The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-06-29
SUMMER RESORTS.

months to 20 into the South west and work
up worlds fair business tor the Wabash.
He left last night for his new. but tenn
porary. field.
George 7. Gunnip, who represents tho
Atchison, Topeka a. Santa Fe in this terri.
tory. states that the passenger bueiness
with the Santa Fe Is requiring all the
equipment they can readily command. and
the travel to the Pacific coast has been In
creasing since Juno !.
A Detroit paper says that the Pullman.
car shops in'that CITY. which have given
employment to eleven hundred men, will
close it's doors within two weeks. and those
who are in authority say they will never
be reOpened. This Is simply the result OF
the natural depression after the tremen-
dOus rush in preparing for the worlds fair.
The earnings of the Evansville & Terre
Haute the next three months promise to
business IL heavy beyond precedent. the
watermelon crop 10 beginning to move, and
Is carried mt good rates. and the shipment
of grain will be large. so good 10 the crop.
The coal traffic OF the line 10 steadily In.
creasing.
w. A. Osmer, chief engineer of tho In
dianspolls. LoGsnsport Il Chicago. has
been in the city q couple of days He says
that next week they will begin c0nstruc.
ton work at two or three places, and unless
the financial stringeucy disappoints the
projectors in getting the money arranged
for before thirty days comes round big
force will be employed.
The roads running into Louisville have
not been adhering to rates on freight busi-
ness. and on Tuesday q meeting was held
TO take steps to sOlidify rates. As result
an agreement has been entered into by the
general freight agents of the several lines
TO live strictly up to tariff rates hereafter.
The Louisville. Evansville " St Louis
line is said to have been the chief of the
rate cutters.
Augustus Wick. one Of the veteran pas
senger conductors on the Pennsylvania
road. was buried on Tuesday at Pittsburg.
coach three feet in length and twenty
eight inches high; on one side in blue i'm
mortelles were the letters Up. r.. r." The
deces sed was well educated. and for time
aid from the scenes Of the Russo Turkish
war. On the road he was known as the
model passenger conductor. not only in
moving trains and hauling passengers, but
In his reports. which were very clear and
concise.
The earnings of Indiana roads for tho
third week in June are coming in moro
favorahly than was looked for. The Louis
Vile. New Albany Il Chicago earned S7S..
002. an increase over the corresponding
| Western S67. 977.e5. an increase this year of
| S7.4e82s; the Evansville 81 Terre Haute
| S26.544. an increase this year of S3.7i4;
the Louisville. Evansville IL Sc. LOUIS
SOO,Ooos hu lucIohso tDis car Ol SS.U-D, the
Evansville 81 INDIANAPOLIS S6.s7i. an IN
crease this year of S7cl: shs Peoria. Deca-
tur * Evansville Sl9.242. an increase this
year of $3.50; the Chicago IL West Micbi-
| gan SSI.592 an increase this year of sS6l;
the Wabash. S272 $50. an increase this yenr
| OF s5.024; Michigan Central sl51. 5s5 an in.
crease this wear of 8. $50; the Toledo. St.
Louis & Kansas City SSl. 500, an increase
this year of e5.4lS IL will be noticed that
the Monon shows the largest increase in
earnings according to it's mileage of either
reported,