The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-06-30

But the deal is now SO far perfected that
the several roads ere operated as the Balti-
moro & Ohio property. the orders emanat-
ing from Baltimore.
Personal. Local and General Notes.
The tourist rate sheet rates go into effect
Tomorrow.
j. w. Dickinson. SUPERINTENDENT of the
Southeastern division of the Cotton Belt,
has resigned.
President Clarke. of the Union Pacific.
owing to ill health, is to take q vacation of
indefinite length.
J. A. Edison. superintendent of the Sc.
Louis South estern railway, has resigned.
to take effect July 10.
+. Martin. general agent of the Missouri.
Kansas * Texas, is spending couple or
days in the city looking up buslDess.
c. w. Green. for some years with the
Nickel-pla has been appointed to repre-
sent the Big Four in she Kansas City terri
tory.
Since the Peoria 81 Eastern begnn to run
all it's trains through to Springfield. o.. the
business of the eastern division has nearly
doubled.
An extra coach has been added to the
Now York Central and Lake Shore twenty
hour train. and the time Is made quite
readily with five oars.
The employees of the Toledo. st. Louis 81
Kansas City have not as YET presented
pointed s. Il. Galloway receiver
L. A. Lawes. the newly ppointed me-
chanical engineer of the Big -Four. removed
his family here. yesterday. from Detroit,
and, on July i. will take charge.
DR.. Arnold. of Cleveland, o., chief exam
liner of the Pennsylvania voluntary relief
department west of Pittsburg. Is in the
city in the interest of the organization.
Trains 30 and 33. now run over the Gin
cinnati, Hamilton * Dayton and the Mo-
non between Cincinnati X Chicago are
solid vestibule trains. just out OF the shops.
The business of Trains 20 and 81, over the
Pennsylvania and Nsndaha lines. has so
increased that another coach has been
added making eight cars hauled on Train
20.
The Louisville. New Albany 81 Chicago
this week has received from the BALDWIN
locomotive works one frst-olass eight
wheel and one irst-class ten-wheel passen-
ger engine.
The worlds fair business OF the Bslti-
more Il Ohio is increasing in a gratifying
manner. It's through trains via Columbus
and via PittsbuTg are now run daily In two
or three sections.
f. o. Mccormick. general passenger
agent of the Cincinnati, Hamilton Il Day.
ton. gave notice that all trains on the c.,
II. & ID. lines Will stop at all stations in
both directions July 4.
For some time past the through trains OF
the Pennsylvania from Indianapolis and
Louisville have been carrying into Chi
cago 10 to 40 passengers To the train, as
shown by the official record.
On July Edward g. Fishback Will re-
tire as commercial agent of the Santa Fe
lines at CincinDatl. and James Hazard
now located as commercial agent at
Pueblo. comes to Cincinnati. IL
This afternoon the Leidkranz Society of
New York. mum berng two hundred, Will
pass over the Big Four en- route to ST. Louis.
and from there to Chicago. The party has
nine cars, seven of them Wagner sleeping
cars.
George Lowell, assistant general super.
intendent of tho Monon, says that every
car and engine the company owns is IN
service. and had they one third more equip
Eent of all kinds 1t could be used to great
advantage.
The postal department is so well pleased
with the postal cars the Big Four built for
it's through service that il asked the COM
pany to build two more after the same
pattern, and work will be commenced at
once on them.
The three lines, the Monop. the Big Four
and the Panhandle. will sell tickets for IS
for the round trip INDIANAPOLIS to Chicago.
on Saturday nlghte. for late as well as early
trains. The Big Four has d train out st
12:45 and the Mopon at 2:30 A. NJ.
The old buildings on Fourth street, Chi
cago. where the new general Office building
of the Monon is to be erected, have been
torn down. and the company will to-day
receive bids for the new office building,
which. 1t Is estimated Will cost Sos. 00O.
1t Is announced that on Sunday the Chi
cago II Northwestern road will iDaugurate
fast train service between Chicago and
milwaukee, and will reduce the running
time of several trains between the two
cities to two hours and fifteen minutes.
w. ii. MoDoel, general manager of the
Louisville. New Albany x Chicago, has re-
turnsd from New York in an economical
mood. and is looking about DO see where
expenses can be currailed without un-
favorably affecting the traffic of the lines.
E. A. Ford. general passenger agent of
the Pennsylvania lines. has issued the
Pennsylvania summer rate book. 1t -
much more complete with information than
any former issue. containing routes and
rates to all principal points of interest in
this country.
A railroad man of prominence from the
Northwest, who was in tie city yesterday,
states that A. j. Mohler is to be made vice
president OF the Great Northern. Z. Shields
succeeding him as general manager. and J.
ID. Farrell succeeding MIR. Shields as gen.
eral suDerintendent.
Joseph York. the Oldest locomotive en-
Eineer in the United States. lies seriously
i'll at his home in Mesdville. Pa. He was
at the worlds fair in charge of the Arabian.
primitive engine which the baltimore ~
Ohio has on exhibition. In 1895 and 1885
Mr.. York ran the Arabian on the b. Il o.
road.
George Lowell, assistant superintendent
and Chief Engineer Hail. of the Monon,
were in the city yesterday. One of the OBJ
jects of Mr.. LOweifs visit was To take steps
to better accommodate the worlds fair
business. and az result an extra coach
VIII be placed In the Union Station at the
proper time to be hauled on Trains 80 aud
4for Chicago.
The Pennsy lvania's Columbian express
10 by odds the most popular train run be-
tween New York and Chicago. No extra
fare Is charged OH this train, aud it is being
run daily Ia two 10 four sections. On the
limited extra fare Is charged; this. how
ever. is now run In two sections. bat carries
the millionaire. gilt-edged travel, as the
railroad men class 1t.
Yesterday the Big Four commenced using
it's double tracks from the Union tracks out
about five miles. On the Cincinnati end
of this division there are now thirteen
miles of dou BILE track, and six more W i'll be
opened in q short time. With the long side
tracks which have been put In this season
between indianapolis and Cincinnati.
about thIrty-twO miles are practically
double-track road.
A syndicate of local and foreign capital
ists has been organized TO construct q new
road from Columbus O., 20 Benton Harbor,
Mich. The company is capitalized at
g. 0a0 010 md the financial arranramRnfa