The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-07-21
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dred engineers and firemen OF that road.
The business men of Toledo will hold
mass meeting THE evening to take steps to
secure. If possible. the headquarters o. the
Brotherhood of Traipmen IN that city. In
dianapolis 10 the favored point with tho
leaders of the organization but no effort Is
being made to secure the headquarters here.
The Terre Haute Car Works Company is
endeayOriDg to arrange with it's creditors
for an extension OF time until it can realize
on it's securities and assets and In the
meantime resume business. meeting was
held yesterday IN Terre Haute between the
creditors and Receiver Baker looking to
such o result.
Harry Crawford. ST.. president OF the
Chicago u Southeastern. who has been IN
the East for several months, engaged as
counsel for some of the litgants in the
Richmond x DanvilIe case. arrived yester-
day. and will remain several days, going
over the road and taking steps to build the
extension TO MnncIe.
The Chicago Il Rock Island. which was
TO have had it's trains running into Fora
Worth BY tho 10th OF next month, has or
dered all construction work stopped. and
Will for the present abandon all attempts
TO get its line into that city. being unwill-
ing TO submit TO the gouging of the prop
erty holders on the right of way.
lie has already been demonstrated that
the new line inaugurated out OF Louisville
for Chicago over she Ohio IL Mississippi
ana the big Is q success. Qo IOIQ10i
reports show that since established an
average of thirty-fve passengers have
been carried on the trains out of the Falls
city. and from local points the business has
been good.
superintendent Bender. of the Chicago
division of the Big Four. said last evening
that 1t had not been settled who would
succeed Mr. Beck with trainmaster OF
the west end. Rumor says IL will be Q man
off of the Ohio Il Mississippi. but this
har In afafo tha
civil service is TO be adopted by the Big
| -Four in filling vacancies.
| At11:30 p. NJ. last night the Big Four took
| out over one thousand militiamen for the
State encampment on their line at Forest
Park. and. in ALL will carry fully two
| thousand men to the encampment. Several
carloads OF the baggage and acc0utrements
| were also shipped from here over the Big
| Four yesterday. The trains will be run SO
| as to accommodate people who wish to
| visit the camp while the troops are there.
While the general passenger agents of
| the Cincinnati, st. Louis. Indianapolis and
| Chicago lines are In trouble over rate mat
| ters. w. Is. Shattuc. who recently retired
Mississippi to take the commissi0nership of
| the Cincinnati and st. Louis passenger
| pool. is in the mountains of Virginia enjoy
ing himself. He has suggested that the
| general passenger agents. IL they need his
services. call q meeting at his pleasure re-
| sort In the mountains.
| What are known as the North-stTeet
| switches have become the most important
business center in the city. 1t is not an
| unusua al thing for one hundred carloads of
freight TO be loaded and unlOaded on these
| switches In o day. A switching zine and
| Grew is kept In service all the time there.
| From these tracks most OF the brok en- stone
| IL taken from oars for dlstri oution on the
| streets; the ice men handle their business
| on these switches and large quantities of
| lumber. lime, brick. etc., arc also handled
there daily.
| A red notion of s. on round-trip rates be-
tween Chicago and points south of the
Ohio river was agreed on at the meeting of
| Southern lines In Chicago yesterday. The
| reduction was made by basing on the 81
rOund.trip rate from the Ohio river. The
| rates from points north of the Ohio river
| were not mOlested. and will remain as they
are for few days at least. 1t is not ex-
| pected that sny new cuts will be made in
Ohio river territory for some time sl.
| though all the roads are looking for one as
| likely to come at almost any time.
| J. E. Cavenaugh. car.service superin.
tendent of the Big Four SAYS he question:
| If there 10 another road in this country
| which Is forced to use foreign cars to the
| extent which the Big Four is. He states
that 20 per cent of their freight business
| which comes to them from connections 10
fast dispatch freight and does not admit
| of transfer from foreign to their own cara.
This makes 1t difficult TO cut down the
mileage which the Big -Four must pay on
| cars OF Its connections. The shipments Oft
Its own line. on the other hand, are COM
modities which do not require al expedi-
| tioua movement
| Charles Nelson. superin tendent Of the
CINCINNATI Hamilton and Dayton lines.
| was In the city yesterday. He says he h as
| received no intimation that with William
| Green taxing the general managership Of
the Cincinnati. Hamilton IL Dayton, he
will not remain as the cOmpsny's general
.I..xk t. Co.
as yet has he been informed that Mr..
| Green 10 to be general manager. Despite
this, Mr.. Green will without doubt be at
the head of the affairs of the c., II. d ID. on
| Aug. /. Where he will get q man who will
mako better general superintendent than
has Mr.. Nelson is q pro blem.
Yesterday. at Chicago. the committee Of
worlds fair exhibitors appointed TO confer
with the railroads regarding reduction in
worlds fair rates. pulled down its tag
and abandoned it's efforts. j. q. P0ngborn,
| chairman of the exhibitors committee. to-
| day addressed letter to the railroads say
| ing that the worlds fair council of admin
istration has refused to acknowledge the
efforts of the committee. and has so per-
sistently ignored 1t that the committee has
| no recourse but to discontinue its work.
The railroads stood willing to transport u
number of editors and their wive sto and
from Chicago If the committee would On
terrain them while here. The council Of
| administration declined to grant free ad-
mission To the ladies. and the committee
thereupon Quit the task 10 had laid out for
itself
There Is said to be general rejoicing that
ID. j. Mackey has again secured control of
| the Evansville * Terre Haute, and 1t
would not be surprise II 10 as announced
that the Mackey syndicate had again got
ten control of the Chicago ~ Eastern Ilil-
nois. In speaking of ID. J. Mackey return
ing TO the control of the 4. ~ T. Fl. the
Evansville Journal says: MIR Mackey
has accomplished financial coup worthy
of any fnsncier of the country In that he
has proved his credit in one of the creates .
markets of the world at a time when tn q
moneyed men are notably unappronch IN biz
The return of the control of the F.. 81 L. II.
to Evansville financiers is an event worthy
of congrRtulation to our citiZens He has
msster mind. and is . splendid example
of the self-made American who devotes
himself To business aud finds success by
hard work. The journals information
does not lead 20 the belief that President
Grsmmer will be deposed. He has proved
himself to be a broad and intelIigent man
In the position TO which he was chosen, and
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