The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-10-31

before the opening of the worlds fair will
go into effects one way-Inless something
unforeseen comes UP between now and
Nov. 5.
The Big Four now has 400 locomotives.
and Is yet TO receive from locomotive works
on contracts fifteen more OF this number
all but twenty are first-class locomotives of
their type. On the Peoria q Eastern there
are seventy locomotives. ten of them being
new, making $50 engines practically under
the control OF the Big Four. which is eighty
more than on Nov. i, 1882.
Investigation has shown serious state
of affairs on the Indiana * Illinois Southern,
which the late wreck has brought TO light.
II is stated that there is not one mile of the
track In condition TO run a train over faster
than twelve miles an hour: Without ques-
cent wreck, and where the money will come
from TO pay them Is questioned.
The first quarterly statement of earnings
of the Louisville, New Albany Chicago,
since the classification of the capital, was
issued yes terday. 1t shows a surplus equal
to per cent. earned on the new preferred
stock in the first three months since its
issue, and the directors have informally de-
cided TO make this preferred stock per
cent dividend payer.
The resignation of l.. II. Brockenbrough,
general freight agent of the Chicago d
Eastern Illinois, Is taken as evidence that
there is something i'm the report that G.. j.
Grammar, late with the Evansville & Terre
Haute. is to be appointed traffic manager
of the Chicago & Eastern Illinois. in which
case it would not have been pleasant for
Mr.. Brockenbrough to remain with the COM
pany.
The employees at the shops of the Big
Four In this city, at Mattoon, and. in fact.
all OF the larger shops of the company,
have commenced working ten hours day.
In the car department, especially. is the
company busy. the passenger equipment,
the past summer, has seen such hard
service that 1t needs general repairs. There
$50 passenger cars to go through the
Henry Fraser. general agent of the Big
Four, yesterday morning closed a contract
with the Citizens Street-railroad Company
for the shipment of fifteen miles lies. or steel
lightweight carloads. via Central States
Dispatch. These rails are to be used in the
extension of the Haughville, the insane asy-
lum, the Noble street, the Madison avenue
and North Pennsylvania-streete electric lines.
Three private cars are en- route west
ward over the Pennsylvania lines-one. the
sleeper Iolanthe, occupied by j. ID. Spreck-
els en- route to California; another by NJ.
s. Grant, with his mother and family, the
car Mascot; the others the private car of
the Louisville & Nashville, occupied by
G.. Oliver Iselin, of the famous yacht syn
dictate. On the New York Central Or. Car
roll Durham Is en- route to Santa Barbara
on the Wagner car Riva.
With a majority of the roads in this
State the gross earnings for the third
week of October are coming in on the right
side of the ledger. The Louisville. New
Albany & Chicago earned s90.79S. an in
crease over the corresponding week of
1892 of s22933; the Chicago & Eastern ILL
600; the Evansville Terre Haute, S7,l6l,
an increase this year of 8 l 42s; the Peoria,
this year of Sl5S; the louisville. Evans
vile q ST. Louis, $S6,60i, a decrease this
year of s23Gl; the Lake Erie s & e western
Indications are that T. o. Mccormick,
passenger traffic manager of the Bis;
Four; ID. G.. Edwards, general pas
senger agent of the c.. II. & d.. aud w. C.
Queen Crescent, will conform TO the
wishes of the commercial travelc.s and is
sue a S'oG S mileage i, b4on 5000 on
* Eastern, the coal roads of the c., III. q
D.. and the Louisville southern; controlled
lines will force other strong lines to yield
to the wishes of the commercial men in
this respect.
j. Q. Van Wrinkle. general superintendent
of the Big Four lines, yesterday issued
the notices to the effect that the Cleveland
division will be extended from Gallon to
Beilefontaine. and the indianapolis division
from Bellefontaine to Indianapolis. The
Jurisdiction OF Mr.. j. 4. Higgins, superin-
tendent will be extended over the Indian
apolis division. with office at Cleveland
The jurisdiction Of Mr.. William Gibson,
superintendent, will be extended over the
Sandusky division. with office at Spring
field. o. William Gibson will have charge
OF the terminals at Columbus, Delaware
and Springfield. with Office at Springfield
Mr.. c. w. Bender will have charge of
the terminals atfCincinnati and Indianapo-
lis with office at Indianapolis.
The fears that after the close OF the
worlds fair tho.'e would be large number
of railroad men out of work seems to be
groundless. In the first place the regular
crews have done a much larger per cent.
CT the increased work as a result OF the
fair than many would think On the Big
Fou.' and the Monon, the last few weeks,
despite the denials of officials. the regular
crews have been doing so per cent. more
work than when travel ia of the ordinary
volume. On either road named 1t would be
difficult to find trainman who did not,
through July, August, September and Oc-
tober make forty to forty-five days. having
in view In doing two objects-f.'st, get
ting all the money they could; second,
preventing the employing of extra men
far as possible to endanger their positions
or result i'm the discharge of n lot of men
after the close of the worlds fair. Beyond
this freight traffic Is improving TO such an
extent that all freight crews which were
pressed into the passenger train service
can drop back to their trains. A transport
tation official said yesterday: 1T now
looks to me as II our road would he obliged
to put on more men instead OF laying off