The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-11-04


the new regime: General freight agent, r.
NJ. Frazier; general passenger agent, o. P
McCarty; auditor, f. S. Thomas; general
superintendent, l. G.. Rawn; superintendent
or construction. c. +. Bent engineer of
Under the new management Mr.. VIM. Dun
can VIII have charge of the freight and pas
senger traffic in St. Louis. While at present
the passenger department is located in Gin
cinnati il is generally understood that ii
will shortly be removed to st. Louis.
Personal, Local and General Notes.
Yesterday six firemen on the Big Four
were examined for promotion to engineers.
On Nov. l, n reduction of 10 per cent in
wages went into effect on the Mobile &
Ohio.
Charles ]. Jack, formerly freight agent
of the Monon, has been appointed claim
agent of the company.
II. VI. Briggs was yesterday appointed
general agent of the Peoria &, Eastern, at
Peoria, vice j. II. Sessions, resigned.
The Pullman car between indianapolis
and New York, taken off with the opening
of the worlds fair, goes on again next
Sunday.
c. H. Smith, general agent of the Cincin-
natl, Hamilton & Dayton, is in the city,
looking after some important matters for
the company.
The Evansville papers say that J.. B.
Campbell is to be made general freight
agent of the Macley lines and r. ~ Camp
bell traffic manager.
George r. Gunnip, general agent of the
Santa Fe and Thomas Campbell. general
agent of the Wisconsin Central, are in the
city on official duties.
Chief Engineer Becker states that by
Dec. l the double track Of the Pittsburg
Fort Wayne a Chicago between Pittsburg
and Crestline will be completed.
George Daniels. general passenger agent
of the New York Central, and Vice Presi-
dent Flagg, OF the Wagner Palace Car Com
pany, will sail for Europe on Nov. H.
To-day the dining cars come off of Trains
l and s, over the Big Four. between In
dianapolis and Chicago, but the dining-car
service will be continued on Trains IL and
IS.
steel rails is very dull. The roads are buy
ing very little for retracking. and the de-
mand for new railway mileage is very linn
tied.
The biennial eyesight test for color and
nearsghtedness of trainmen, operators
yardmen, switchmen and hostlers has been
inaugurated on the Pennsylvania lines west
of PittSburg.
Western. has got the employees paid up for
August service: next week he will pay for
September. and after that hopes TO pay
more promptly.
AS the returns come in for October two
important characteristics Will be shown:
First, that gross earnings are increasing;
second, that operating expenses have been
, considerably cut down.
At the State convention of the Young
Mems Christian Association, now in prog
ress, some steps are TO be taken looking TO
the reorganization of railroad men s
branch at Indianapolis.
With the taking effect OF it's winter sched-
ule, the Monon will drop Trains 81 and 81,
between Indianapolis and Chicago. the one
arriving now at Indianapolis at 2:f0 and the
other departing at 4:2O y. m.
The twenty-hour train between New York
and Chicago, known as the exposition flyer
will be taken off Nov. 10. The Empire
State express, running between Buffalo and
New York Will be COZ tinued.
The syndicate owning the Missouri, Kan
sas & Texas has decided TO begin. the extern
sion of the road 10 San Antonio immedi-
rial was never lower in price.
The Chicago & Rock island earned, gross
in October, $2145. $3.50, anlincrease over DC
tober 1892, of S22S, 054 Is. The opening of it's
Fort Worth extension has something to do
with this remarkable increase.
Fl. NJ. Bronson, assistant general passen-
ger agent of the Big Four, who has been
confined to the house for several days
with "a bad limb, is improving and hopes
to be on duty again next week.
r. A. Ford, general passenger agent of
| the Pennsylvania lines, last evening went
to Terre Haute TO confer with President
| McKeen and General Manager Williams. of
the Vandalia, as regards the winter time
table
The Chicago & Indiana Coal road is being
| greatly improved in the way of new bridges.
| \ new iron bridge has just oeen completed
| over Pine creek, and another will be COM
I pleted this week over Coal creek, near Wee
! dersburS.
! The Big Four is fitting up very hand
! sOmely the passenger equipment it is to
! put on between st. Louis and Washington
! in connection with the Chesapeake {. Ohio,
! and the trains il will run between St Louis
/ and New York.
| In October there were handled at the bag
gage rooms of the Union Station, $3.50
| pieces of baggage. Worlds fair travel did
| not increase business much at the station,
/ as last year, Al, 500 pieces of baggage We're
| handled in October
L. s. Coffin. the founder Of the .White
| Button movement is visiting railroad cen
! tevs and delivering effective addresses to
| railway employes, who turn out well 10
/ hear him. He will probably stop in Indian
/ apolis before the year closes.
The third section of the Pittsburg, Fort
! Wayne & Chicago out OF Chicago on Thus
] day night consisted of thirteen ears, occu-
pied by arabs Mo0rs Eskimos and Chi
| nese who were at the Midway PIalsance
| and are now returning home
/ The estimated gross earnings of the en-
! tire system OF the Rock Island road both
east and west of the Mississippi river, for
| the month of October are 81, ,29S, an in
/ crease of $22S. 054, as compared with the
| estimated earnings Of October. 1892.
The press of Kansas City is striving 70 in
| duce the Southwestern Traffic Association,
! in reorganizing, TO change its headquarters
/ from st Louis to Kansas City. As four
/ fifths OF the members reside at st. Louis 1t
| Is ndTOiN pIODablc any Ct4ttilSC VIII NC
The Alton has given notice that it will
| use the $50 rate between Chicago and St
| Louis as basing rates The rate will be
| rendered TO its Eastern CONNECTIONS. as has
/ been done by the Wabash. The move was
! induced entirely by the competition Of the
| Wabash
| The Illinois Railroad Commission. accom-
panied by General Manager Williams of the
! Nandalia lines, on Thursday inspected tbs
| Peoria division Of the Nandalia, and the
1 commissioners were pleased with the
| marked Improvement in the roadbed since
/ the Inspection last fall
The net earnings of the Wabash for
+ September were .943 a decrease of So
Cos from the corresponding period OF last
/ year. The decrease in total earnings is in
/ the face OF an increase in passenger earn
| ings Of Sl5S,000. Freight earnings decreased
during the month $4,000.
| The New Albany Ledger says that Pres
! ident Mackey, OF the Louisville, Evans
! Vile & ~. Louis ought to forget the in
| terests of Evansville long enough 10 dc
F, justice 70 New Albany, his road getting
| more business in New Albany in a week
| than IL does in Evansville in two months
No commission will be paid 10 agents on
| the sale CT tickets at the reduced world
| fair rates unless some of the general pas
| senCer agents repudiate the agreement
| which VIII be disappointment 10 some OF
| the ticket agents, who have been very care
ful 20 keep account OF all sales OF tickets
| to the wouds fair as well as in other di-
| rectiOns.
| There is great danger OF the taking of
| of too many passenger trains and in that
| manner injuring business more than the
| avuauGp of ,rop1 train service. will Justify