The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-10-18
the Wabash train. but. strange to relate,
none was killed
Personal. Local and General Notes.


none was killed.
Personal. Local and General Notes.
On Nov. l, c. F. Parker becomes the SUI
perintendent of telegraph of the Denver 81
Rio Grande.
In the month OF September 3d. 400 tickets
were sold in New York city to Chicago,
against 1850 sold in September. 1892
The Ohio Southern is pushing the con-
struction of its branch TO Wellston, which
will give the road access TO more yalua-
Die Jackson coal mines.
The third annual meeting of the Amer-
can international Association Of Railway
Superintendents of Bridges and Buildings is
In session In Philadelphia,
The Chesapeake & Obi was operated in
l6v on 7S per cent. of Its gross earnings, in
1881 on 20 per cent, in 1892 "A per cent
and this year on 90 per cent.
A. j. Hendrix has been appointed treas
5. Leibs, deceased. Mr.. Hendrix has been
cashier Of the company for twenty-five
years
With. the retirement of ]. P. Ramsey as
the office is abolished and the duties will be
looked after by the president and general
manager, George w. Saul.
The Fort Wayne shops of the Pennsyl-
twentieth third-ciass ''X'' engine. the type
which is making such remarkable rec
ord hauling trains over the mountains,
all having been put in East Of Pitts
burg.
The louisville. Evansville & st. Louis
stockholders will hold their annual meet.
ing at Bellevue tomorrow, and without
doubt ID. j. Mackey will have the same
advantage ne had in the Peoria, Decatur
& Evansville election and the Evansville
&c Terre Haute.
Cincinnati Hamilton & Dayton, returned,
on Saturday, from the East and yesterday
that matters are taking shape for the G.,
III. & d. to take control OF the Indianapolis,
Decatur & Western.
The annual report of the Chicago & East
ern Illinois road for the year ending June
80, 1S93 shows an increase in net earnings
of 1907 per cent. 1t is questionable IL any
other road whose line touches Indiana can
make an equally favorable exhibit. The in
crease in tonnage was 22.94 per cent
OF the four big trunk lines between New
York and Chicago; the New York Central ira
came second, the Pennsylvania third and
the Baltimore e. Ohio fourth. The Chesa-
peake & Ohio has done an immense bust
ness, but 1t came largely from its own
territory and the Southeast
So hard has been the fate as regards ac-
cidents on the Monon In years past that
it's ,a iray set in snee a ne
ter over which there is much favorable
comment. There may be something IN the
roads having t unusually e4Renen epar e
ment.
The 500 line has offered it's connections
basing rate of $50 for the round trip
between ST. Paul and Portland, and sos be-
tween st. Paul and San Francisco. This
latter rate is made over the Canadian Pa
cific to Victoria, and from there over the
Pacific coast steamship line to San Fran
cisco. These rates are a reduction of $50
ticket from the old rates.
The Missouri Pacific has complained to
Chairman Caldwell, of the Western Pas
from Kansas City to New York, via Chi
cago and st. Louis, are hardship. The
Chicago lines are maklng a rate OF 20
best the Missouri Pacific can do Is $3.50,
via ST.. Louis, TO New York. Chairman
Caldwell has called a special meeting to
consider the matter, al rates will IN
doubtedly be equalized.
The Commissioners of Railways of Mas
sachusetts have been called upon to adj
the Boston Herald and the Boston Globe
have been running a special newspaper
train out Sunday morning over the Boston
& Maine road. The Boston Post wished to
share in the expense and carry its papers
on that train; this was not accomplished,
so 1t asked the Boston q Maine company
to run a special at the same rate of the
Herald and Globe train, but few min
utes earlier. This the company declined
brought ' the ma matter before the Railroad
Commission for adjuS tment, and 1t Is at
tracing good deal of attention.
The Vandalia now has fourteen of its
locomotives equipped with electric head
lights, and the Cincinnati, Hamilton &
Dayton has twelve. Both companies.
soon as the earnings will justify, propose
to equip many more with the light, so con-
fdent are they that in the time they have
had them in use several accidents which
would have been serious have been avoided
In speaking of this yesterday a railroad
man who was on the second section of the
train which ran into the forward section
on the Illinois Central road recently said
that all that loss of life and destruction of
property would have been avoided had the
/ locomotive of the second section been
equipped with electric headlight.
The past summer has been great har-
vest for the ticket scalpers. The circutous
routes over which the tickets have been
sold and the lack of attention to the limit
of tickets has been greatly to the advan-
tage of the scalpers. and the roads in this
section, as we'll as the Chicago roads. have
felt it. The receipts from sales of tickets
have fallen far below the corresponding
months of last year. A case in point is
between Indianapolis and Cincinnati. The
scaIpers are selling more tickets to Cincin-
natl, Louisville and many other points on
the direct lines than are the regular out
side ticket offices of the companies. One
day last week one of the indianapolis
scalpers sold thirty tickets to Cincinnati.
while the outside ticket Office of one Of the
direct and popular lines sold but eleven.
Had the roads lived up to their agreements
as regards limits the scalpers would not
have Jared so we'll.
On Oct the Terre Haute & Peoria had
been in control by lease. of the Vandalia
for one year The first year II was uphill
work to make It paw operating expenses
after the roadbed is mt in good condition
toward which long strides have been made,
the road will show deficits I'm anv point.
still ~ is apparent that 10 make the road
What il should he the link between the
Illinois Central junction and Maroa must
he built This IL a distance OF fourteen
miles Parties who owned the propertv
before at one time CONTEMPLATED the MAX
ing Of this IMPROVEMENT, and II was esti-
mated by running little to one side OF
Decatur Ii could be built for 500 00n but
this was not what was wanted To do the
business and make the connections It
ought 70 have the road. tt must be built
through Decatur. and Investigation showed
that II would cost about $500 0n0 TO construct
me road IL should be. But for finan-
eial cloud coming over the road under the
Hervev administration of its affairs il
would have been built. and had the four
'een-rnile link then been huilt those we'll
informed say that the Illinois Midland
which IT then was could have been sold for
million more dollars than was paid by
the Fairbanks Sully syndicate.
A Saloon Mans Plea.