The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-04-17
Of the Cincinnati division OF the Queen *
Crescent. with headquarters at Lexington.

Of the Cincinnati division Of the Queen &
Crescent. with headquarters at Lexington.
Ky.
maintenance of way of the old Bee Line
division of the Big Four, has been rams
ferred to the ST. Louis division. and as
sumed his new position on Saturday.
Commencing with to-day. the Evansville
& Terre Haute will nave five trains daily
between Evansville and Terre Haute each
way. and the Chicago ~ Eastern Illinois
the same number each way between Terre
Haute and Chicago.
July / is the date now fixed for q con-
soiidation of the Ohio Il Mississippi and
the Baltimore * Ohio Southwestern roads.
The stockholders of the two roads will In a
few days be called together and many of
the details arranged.
w. X Richards has been appointed gen.
erai freight and passenger agent of the
cleveland. Akron ~ Columbus road. A. w.
Dunning auditor and assistant treasurer.
James Harrington general manager. and j..
j. Henry master mechanic.
On Saturday next Muncie will vote on
the proposition to give the Chicago "
Southeastern q subsidy of $50. 900 If the road
- extended from Anderson TO Muncie. H..
Moore, general utility man of the road. 10
confident that the vote will be favorable.
The Monon has completed arrangements
with the new steamship company running
between Michigan City and the world
fair landing. thus landing pas
sengers directly at the worlds fair grounds
and will selling tickets via this
route May IS.
George w. Jones. superintendent of the
coal branches of the Terre Haute & Indi-
annapolis. was In the city yesterday. He
states that for six months past the ship
ments of block coal from the Clay county
district were the largest in any like period
In the last five years.
The New York Central has notified the
Big -Four management that their lines
would not put in effect the simmer time
tables until May 10. consequently j. @.
NanWinkle. general superintendent of the
Big Four lines. SAYS the Big Four will not
make Its contemplated changes until that
date.
A dispatch to the Journal. from Terre
Haute, dated Sunday night. says: 1T Is
not expected that Charles X. PeddJe, gen.
eral purchasing agent of the Vandalia rail
road. will live through the night. Mr..
Pebble has been connected with the road
since before the fist train passed over it
In 1857"
A; G. Wright. roadmaster of the L.. N. A.
& e., will this morning put a force of fifty
men at work grading and laying track for
the comDany's new yards in the north part
of the city. There will be nine tracks run
ming north from Bruce street. The con-
tract for the round-house wall be let in =
few days.
j. G.. Walber, secretary to the president
OF the Ohio 81 Mississippi road. with head
quarters at Cincinnati, and i. T.. Corning
ton. chief clerk of the freight claim depart
ment of the same road, with headquarters
at Sc Louis. spent Sunday in the city. the
guests of Edward Rumpler, private secre-
tary OF General Manager Barnard. of the
Peoria & Eastern.
II. NJ. Bronson. who was secretary of the
meetings of the passenger men held in this
city on Thursday. sent out in printed form
the proceeding of the meetings on Satur-
day regarding stop-over privileges at In
dianapolis and the adjustment of passen-
ger rates between the lines south of the
Ohio river and those in the Chicago and
Ohio River Traffic Association.
H.. II. Dering, assistant general passen-
ger agent of the Pennsylvania lines, in
commenting Oh the promptness with which
the passenger men granted stop-over privi-
leges 60 worlds fair travel at Indianapolis,
said the trou5le with Indianapolis has
been that no one looks after it's interests in
euch matters. and railroad companies are
not in the habi of granting fayOrs without
the asking.
Yesterday the Baltimore & Ohio intro
duced q reform In ~railroadiDg which. were
other roads to COPY. it would be appreci-
ated by the trainmen. No freight trains
were run other than those carrying live
stock or perishable freig hit. The intention
OF the superintendent is to have the
freights so well cleared up on Saturday.
and keep the business so well in hsnd hat
there will be no occasion for Sunday move
ment.
The new law govern ing the railroads of
Mexico went into effect saturday. 1t pro-
vides that all tariffs must be approved By
the government, prevents the payment of
rebates and generally wages war on any
form of discrimination. prohibiting at the
same time ticket scalping PRACTICES. the OPP
Grafton of contracts or revenue pools, and
rya N nnUor A - Tho -x-L< a. ..- -h-&
rates shall govern, fixing very severe fines
and penalties for violation by companies,
oficIsls OK agents. who shall always be con-
sidered for every legal effect as employees
of the company.
This morning. at 10 o'clock, the original
John Bull train Will leave Jersey City.
over the Pennsylvania lines. The train
will not run at night, but it will reach
Lima, o., on Thursday night. and leave
there on Friday morning. reaching Fort
Wayne Friday, at 1:O5 p. NJ. and Plymouth
at 6:S5 p. NJ. leaving Plymouth on Sat-
urday morning and reaching Chicago
at 8 p. NJ. Saturday. A Number of off,
cials of the Pe~nnsylvania road will be on
the train. George w. Boyd, assistant gen.
eral passenger agent of the Pennsylvania
road. has sent out an illustrated schedule,
which for simplicity and elegance is seldom
excelled.
The committee on railroads of the Illinois
Legislature has reported fayorably on a
ulii requiring EhilIOau companies 10 1urDlSn
cars to shippers for transportation of goods
within twenty-four hours after application
therefor, under penalty of 10 per cent. of
the value of the article shipped. A general
freight agent, in speaking Of this. said:
Now. If the LEGISLATURE OF Illinois Will
pass q law recurring connections of Illinois
roads to return cara within q week after
dispatched from the loading point. the
roads would gladly live MP To the first leg
islation. Before any law like that proposed
in Illinois can be successfully enforced
there will needs be a radical change in the
methods of the present Interchange of
traffic between roads"