The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-02

!rhe VI TUG T9au I'D t.ceiyef a majority In
the two townships where H.
proposition of the c. Il g. +. wes u eA'enu
the line from Anderson to Mnnsie'
Personal. Loca, and General Notes.
o. w. Ruggles. now general passenger
agent of the Michigan Central began me-
railroad career as newsboy on the Trains Oh
that road.
The Chesapeake & Ohio Is steadily increae-
ing in Importance as coal road. It's oelIt
cries at Newport News are fully 1OO.cVO tons
per month.
The Cincinnati, Hamilton 81 Dayton hSe
contracted with the Brooks LOCOMOTIVES
works for SIX freight and two large switch-
ing engines.
The directors of the Pennsylvania rail;
road yesterday declared semiahnnai
dividend OF 2i2 per cent In CASH anu PeA
cent In stock.
The interchange of traffic between the
Chesapeake * Ohio and the Big -Four; at
Cincinnati, averagesl 80 loaded cars per DAY
in each dire ctiOn.
Capt. John J. Kinney, late of the secret
service on the Missouri, Kansas ~ texas.
has been appointed to Ike positioh on
the Santa Fe lines.
T.. Z. Cutter Yesterday retired as auditor
of the Ohio * Mississippi, the cause oeine
its consolidation with the Baltimore ~
Ohio outhwestern.
There were transferred over tie Belt
road, In April. .273 cars. egaiDst $3.50 IN
the corresponding month or 1917, oe-
| crease, this ear. of 1.G03 cars.
EP. Lord, late superintendent of motive
power of the Big -Four. has accepted the
position of general manager of the Porter
locomotive works at Pittsburg.
The passenger earnings of the Big F0ur
for April will exceed those of April. lsg2.
by $4,000 The Indianapolis offices make
An ctn az Tod
In April eleven locomotives received
general repairs at the Brightwood shops,
twelve passenger cars we're rebuilt. re-
painted, etc, and $500 cars were repaired.
Charles Millard. general agent of the
Missouri Car and Foundry Company. has
closed contract with the puesli
| Crescent road to build one thousand D0X
| oars.
Belt road engines handled at the Indian
apolis stockyards. last month. 2, 404 car
| loads of stock. against 3,5t5 carloads in
April. 1882, o decrease this year OF !. l6l car
| loads.
In the way of reducing expenses the
| Queen a. Crescent has dropped three OF
| its travelling passenger agents and large
| number of clerks ID the various depart
ments.
John Lehr who. a few months ago. took
| the agency of the Peoria d Eastern at
| Peoria. has rendered his resignation. to
| appointed.
The report of d. NJ Donough, general
| ticket agent of the Union Station. will
| show that the receipts from the sales OF
| tickets IN April were Sl4. S64 ahead of those
| of April. 1882.
Edwin Bonnell returned. yesterday,
oGief clerk to- j. 8. AVA Van 0' Winsle' general
| superintendent of the Big -Four. vice
| George Burns. resigned.
The Wabash Plain Dealer says the Eel
| River road, from Butler to Logansport,
| now operated by the Wabash, will. within
the next eighteen months, Do operated by
| an independent company.
The Illinois Central is in the market for
forty.eiGht engines; of these twenty-sx
| will be of the mogul type, seven eight
| wheeled passenge engines. and fifteen six
wheeled switching engines.
The Big Four handled. at its Indianapo-
lis terminal. in April. 1924 cars. 3S.07S be-
ing loaded. The company loaded. at its
| city freight depots. 4.2SS cars and unl0aded
| 3,66S. making q total of 1851 cars.
| The Big Four will spend considerable
money this year In building new depots on
| its several divisions IN the growing towns
| of the gas belt. especially, present accom-
modations being wholly inadequate.
| The Cincinnati. Hamilton IL Dayton
again takes its position among the large
| dividend paying roads. 10 commencing
yesterday to pay q quarterly dividend of
| IA per cent. TO the common stockholders.
F. j. Darlington. SUPERINTENDENT of the
| Indianapolis division of the Pennsylvania
| lines. who has been confined TO the house
for several days. was so much better yes
| terday that he came to the office for O short
/ time.
| The Wabashs new line. from Chicago to
| Detroit. Is 212 miles IN length, which is
| thirteen miles shorter than any existing
L lrpA ThA IL nn<ro ,lnxS NJ [~2. T..
curves. and the maximum grade is twenty
| six feet to the mile.
Work IS moving slow on the new yards of
| the MODon. north of the city, ROadmaster
| Wright finding il impossible to get men
enough. When completed the yards will
| be a great convenience TO the Monon and
| be- O credit to the company.
The Railway Yardmasters' Association
| will hold its annual meeting in Duluth
| June IA. There have been O number of adj
| ditions of late TO the association, and the
outlook for the organization. President
Hicks says. is much brighter.
The Brotherhood of Trainmen now has
| 500 lodges and ffty-two lodg es of Ladies'
| Auxiliaries. The Brotherhood of Locomo-
tive Flremen sol lodges. It is said the
average membership TO o lodge is about
the same In the two associations
The Vandalia and the Big Four trains
| Yesterday morning left st. Louis without
waiting for Western connections. The Mis-
souri, Pacific. the ST. Louis 81 San Francis
co and the Iron Mountain roads all had
washouts. which stopped their trains.
The monthly statement of George Ben
| der. superintendent of the Chicago DIVISION
| of the Big Four. shows that there were
handled. in April. on the Chicago division,
| 1883 loaded cars. against &c $40 in April.
| 1852. an increase, this year. of 1,G46 loaded
| cars.
The Pittsburg. the West Shore and the
4 I'll a
between Boston aud Chicago. which is
making il quite warm for all of its COM