The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-07-11
Ea-t-Bound shipment. from Chicago.

E~ast-bound shipments from Chicago
last week. except live stock. amounted
TO 1888 tons. against 1902 tons
the week before and 5I.0S1 tons
for the corresponding week last
year. The roads carried tonnage as fol-
lows: Michigan Central. 5.46i; Wabash.
2.92S; Lake Shore. 9,325: Fort WAYNE. 6.329:
Panhandle. 500: Il. & o.. ESQ; Grand
Trunk. 2.s5l; Nickel-plate. 4.5S6; Erie. s.
or; Big Four. l.943.
Personal. Local and General Notes.
On July | the Big Four handled oats
passengers; on the I'd. j 1883; Sd. 34.679; 4th.
5O,5S2; 5th. 1921; 9th. 1887; eth. $3.50.
Edward Shelah has been appointed resi-
dent engineer of the Midland division of
the Wabash. woe Wesley V~anderhook. re-
signed.
Superintendent Mansfield. of the Indian
apolis IL VIncennes. went to Chicago yes
terday. expecting TO put In the week at
the worlds far.
General Passenger Agent DAILY, Of the
family, has gone to the worlds fair. and
will be absent about a week.
E. O. Mccormick. general passen ger
agent of the Cincinnati. Hamilton 81 Day
ton. is in Chicago for q conference with
General Passenger Agent Reed, OF the
Monon.
Travel to Chicago started in briskly
again yesterday. and the demand for chair
car and s~leeping-car accommodations was
largely in excess Of what could DO fur
nished.
The position of superintendent of Big
Four terminals at Indianapolis has been
abolished. and J. @. Hicks. who held tho
position. will remain with the road in some
other position.
New men rave taken hold of the Cleve.
land. LOrsin IL Wheeling road. and are
practically rebuilding it, renewing the
Bridges and laUin0 a neW and hAaVlAr TAIL
Its entire length.
A further Issue of the consolidated mort
gage bonds of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company. amounting to 90. 900. 900. has been
listed, bringing the Issue OF this class OF
bonds MP to S3S. AIS. 5000.
The st. LOUIS * Madison road. a line
built to the coal mines of Madison county,
Illinois. has been opened for freight and
passenger traffic. The road is eleven miles
long, running from near East st. Louis to
Marine.
In the week ending July s there were
transferred over the Belt road 18. l22 cars.
being the lightest movement of any week
of the present year. Belt road engines
handled 79S carloads of stock, which Is u
very fair business for the first week In
July.
A demurrage bureau has been established
at Hartford, Conn, to 20 into operation on
July is, which will cover all stations in the
State of CONNECTICUT. Its rnles are similar
Co tnOee OF the h0Oue lSlauQ CaT-s6TVlC0
Association. which went into operation on
July 1.
Bellamy s. Sutton. superintendent of the
Whitewater division of the Big Four, will
to-day be appointed superintendent of the
Cairo division. Woe j. W.. de-
ceased. Mr.. Sutton's place on the White.
water road will be filled by the promotion
of Q train dispatcher.
The low rates given on Saturday by the
roads running TO CHICAGO are not, as yet.
proving the winning card they were ex-
peoted to be. The four lines. which IN
on all their trains on Saturday night last.
take more than nine hundred people out of
Indianapolis.
In addition to the regular bimonthly
meeting of the Central Traffic Association
lines. at Chicago to-day. o meeting of the
general managers has been called. The
most important matter they will consider
Is the action of the Grand Trunk in placing
its tickets on sale In several Chicago no.
tels-a violation of the association rules.
There are 81. 500. 900 frst mortgage bonds
of the Cincinnati. Hamilton * Indianap.
oils road, which fall due in 1908. which are
drawing z per cent. interest. A portion of
the new bond Issue will be reserved to take
these MP when due If they cannot be pur-
chased before. and the interest charge of
this division of the G. Ii. & ID. system be
cut down.
The members of the indianapolis Freight
Bureau, an institution established q few
years ago by the Board of Trade. will meet
next Wednesday to decide whether to pro-
long the life of the institution. Some Of
the members take the ground that the
duties which fall on this bureau could
readily be looked after by the railroad
committee of the Board of Trade.
A sleeping car now passes through here
daily over the Pennsylvania lines. which
runs between Chicago and Asheville. N.
e. 1t Is said to be the intention of the
roads over which 1t runs TO make 1T a
permanent through sieeping-cari line. In
the winter it would be greatly appreciated
by invalids and their friends who go to
that section to spend the winters.
The Acknowledgement Of the State OF
Indiana yesterday made arraD gements
with Henry Fraser, general agent of the
Big Four. to carry the Indiana militia and
their baggage and acc~outrements to Mar.
kels. now known as Forest Park. on the Oc.
caslon of the State e~ncampment. There
will be eight carloads of freight. Forest
Park has been fitted up at an expense OF
nearly $4,000 by citizens of Terre Hante
who wanted that city to have q park
near by.
Seth Hunt. who died last week at Spring.
field, Mass, had been In the treasury de-
partment of the Connecticut River road
fifty years. and the last thirty-five had beer
treasurer OF the company. David b.. Hunt,
auditor of the Mexican Central. is n son OF
the deceased. At the time of his death he
was seventy-nine years old. One of his pc.
culisrities was that he would not eat meat
and had not for the last fifty years of his
life; neither would he drink intoxicating
liquors.
The New York Central Is carrying it's en-.
ployes to the worlds fair on q liberal scale
and in q systematic manner. the Lake
Shore. the Michigan Central and the Wag-
ner Car Company joining In this action to
make 1t q success. A special sleeping Cal
is run from New York city twice a week
and will be run in that manner until al
employees who wish to avail themselves OF
the generous action of the several com
panies have visited the worlds fair. Spe.
cial tickets are provided. to he issued or
approval of heads of departments; berth,
In the sleeping cars are Tree and meals ar,
furnished st half price. The Missouri
Kansas ~ Texas does even better: It sivei
it's men free transportation and two weeks
vacation without cutting oil their pay.