The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-10-16

Valley road This led President Waite to
advance his salary $50 per month Now he
has been offered similar position on the
Missouri Pacific.
Now that the Kentucky & Indiana bridge
has gone into the hands of a receiver New
Albany is taking steps to see that it's in
terests are protected, Louisville being dis
posed to ignore New Albany in the matter.
On the opening of the worlds fair GAYLORD
Beach, general superintendent Of the Pitts
burg & Lake Erie. offered any employee free
transportation who would visit the worlds
fair. About eight hundred have accepted
the offer.
The oil traffic of the Lake Erie & West
ern is increasing. and forms an important
item in its business, most of it being
hauled local rates, and there is no ex-
pense attached to it in the way of loading
or unloading.
J. w. Daily, who recently retired as SUI
pefintendent of terminals of the Missouri
first he has taken in twenty-six years. He
will visit several Eastern cities, accom-
panied by his wife
Gently introduced gas burning in the buffet
stoves of the sleeping cars, and finds it
much of a success. Many private cars are
now doing all their cooking By gas, it
moving the offensive smell arising from the
use of oil.
The Great Northern road Is scattering it's
representatives all over the country. One
Will probably be placed at Indianapolis in
a few days. George b. Nichols goes to
Galveston to represent the road, and good
men will be placed at PittsburgJ Cleveland
and Buffalo.
A vice president Of one Of the Indianap-
oils systems of roads who for years has car
ried all kinds of liquors on his car when on
the road has dispensed with all Intoxicating
liquors, even dropping beer. Apollinaris is
the strongest drink which appears upon his
table or is offered to visitors to his car.
t soSth,sd or are contemplating asking
sidewalks west of the Big Four freight
depots on South Delaware street, between
Virginia avenue and the Union tracks, in
the same manner which the Big Four has
rebuilt the sidewalk between the Union
tracks and South street. making the street
and sidewalks entirely asphalt.
Before the Improvements are completed
In the way of cutting down grades and
filling depressions on the Peoria e. Eastern,
1t is expected to have it SO that on the
hauled from Indianapolis to Peoria. Now.
on what is known as the first district,
thirty-five loaded cars are hauled either
way; on the second district thirty, and on
the third but twenty.
William Green. gen raj manager of the
Cincinnati, Hamilton Dayton, was in the
city on Saturday, having just returned
from New York. In speaking OF the prob
abilities of the c., ii. & d. soon taking
control of the indianapolis, Decatur <
Springfield. he said the way things look
rying about that deal. but they expect to
steer clear OF receivers
There has been a great increase in ship
ments of live stock the last few days over
The latter has all its new patent Hicks
cars in service. which, with its old ones,
makes six hundred. The Vandalia last
week turned over here to Eastern con-
nections. after feeding and resting the
stock at the Indianapolis yards, ninety
three carloads Of cattle and hogs.
The passenger business of the Big Four in
the past four days has been more than 1t
could handle with ease. The volume of
that THIS Ifo Gah be tha
this corporation, at the beginning of the
fair, supplied with the most extended
facilities of any road between the Ale
gals says he cannot conceive where the
people all come from, as every train on
the road has been fully loaded the past
week.
Edward P. Scott, a former employee of the
PENNSYLVANIA Railroad Company, and
member of it's relief department, two years
ago last September fell from telegraph
pole while in the performance of his duties
and broke his back. He has not only lived
since his terrible mishap, but is now act
ually getting a little better. He resides at
his home in Greensburg, and can now go
about in propeller chair. Professor Forbes,
of the faculty of the Jefferson Medical
him, visits him about once a MONTH and
thinks he will continue to improve al
though very slowly. Mr.. Scott draws,
considerable sum monthly from the relief
department.
The programme on Saturday was that
VIM. Gibson, superintendent Of the Cincin-
natl division of the Big Four, will have
the c. S. & c. division added TO his mile
age to look after and portion of the
Cleveland division. T.. ]. Higgins, as
dianapolis division, with the Cleveland di-
vision, extending from indianapolis to
Cleveland under his jurisdiction, and
the Indianapolis division, will go to the
Cairo division, succeeding B. S. Sutton,
who returns to the Whitewater division.
b F. Sipp, superintendent of the White
water division, will be taken care of in
some other department. By this move the
operating expenses of the superintendent
department are reduced one superintendent
and his clerical force. cutting off $3.50
monthly expense.