The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-30

Rams Brown now ranks as the oldest
engineer in point of service on the Monon
lines.
j. F. Bader, of Houston, Tex, has been
appointed attorney of the Southern Pacific
for the State of Texas.
General Superintendent Waldo, of the
Cincinnati, Hamilton q Dayton road. is off
on a two weeks vacation.
President Thomas and the officials of the
Monon lines were in Louisville on Tuesday
looking over terminal matters.
President Peabody, of the Baltimore &
Ohio ~uthWeste passed through the
city last night en- route TO Chicago.
There is now a heavy movement of block
coal from the Brazil region TO northern
points. All over the north stocks of coal
are light.
The pay roll Of the vandalia for July,
1891. amounted to but $4,000 less than for
july, 1893, Notwithstanding the strike
troubles this year.
Eastern financial papers are speaking in
very favorable terms of the Chesapeake &
Ohio road on account of the unexpectedly
favorable report Of President ingalls,.
The Pennsylvania Steel Company now has
orders for rails which will keep it busy
for several months. 1t will shortly increase
its force 1000 men; $500 are now at work.
The railway commissioners of the State OF
Illinois this week started on their annual
inspection of the railroads of that State. 1t
requires three weeks time to so over the
lines.
Work on the new railroad bridge between
O0lLCl SOhN ilC dild AiAC 10 AlOh O0AiS
pushed. On Tuesday the work of driving
the piling for the second long span was
begun.
The funeral of John Newell. late presi-
dent of the Lake Shore railroad, occurred
at Chicago yesterday, and was attended by
a majority of the leading railroad men of
Chicago.
West-bound travel is now so heavy, on
account of people returning from the sea-
board pleasure resorts, that on nearly all
through trains extra sleeping coaches are
being hauled.
The Big Four passenger engines known
as the Garstang type are giving such salts
faction that ten more will soon be built.
The company will sell some of its old and
lighter engines.
The merchants of Pittsburg have sert a
lengthy petition to the general passenger
agents of the trunk lines, praying that they
the e. A. X. encampment.
The call for the regular bimonthly meet
ing of the passenger department of the
Central Traffic Association has been is
sued for Sept. 5. The principal matter ON
the docket is the proposed abolition of
stop-overs on all tickets.
Said a railway superintendent yesterday:
The labor organizations that were loyal TO
the railroads during the recent strike can
now get anything reasonable they desire
from the companies, so much do the officers
appreciate their loyalty"
The earnings of the Lake Erie & West
ern for the third week of August We're
81, 254, and increase over the corresponding
week in 1893 of 81, 494; The earnings of the
Louisville, Evansville q st. Louis were
2S,69S, a decrease this year of s., 1863.
COMMISSIONS Stahlman. of the Southern
Railway and eamSh Association, has re-
turned TO Atlanta, and is putting things in
order for another year. 1t is believed that
the Seaboard, Airline and the Norfolk &
Western roads will come into the associa-
ton.
The reducing of c. r. Green to the ranks
and the appointing of ]: s.. May as train
master of the Chicago division of the Pan
handle lines is creating considerable COM
ment. 1t is intimated that Mr.. Green was
rather Weakened during the time of the
strike.
The Baltimore & Eastern Shore railroad
Was sold. YESTERDAY; at public auction by
Baltimore. There was only one bid and
that for 100000. by y. L. Bond, represent
ing the reorganization OF the
bondholders.
An organized band of thieves is at work
on the Lake Shore, between Elkhart and
Chicago, and the detective talent of the
who the culprits are. In the last ten days
twenty-six cars have been opened and
goods stolen from them.
General Manager Dickinson, of the Union
Pacific, Is making an inspection this week
of the branches, more especially of those
which are nonpaying concerns. His idea is
to see If such branches have any future
which would suggest that they be still parts
of the Union Pacific system.
A special train carrying United States
troops passed through the city yesterday
en- route from Columbus to New Mexico.
Col. William Shaw, of the Chicago, Burling-
ton & Quincy road, accompanied the party,
which numbered about one hundred. The
train was run between indianapolis and St.
Louis as the second section Of No. IL over
the Big Four.
An ex-railway official alleges that some
of tSe roads which have been paying re-
bates to shippers have not been even
square in transgressing the law. 1t is
claimed that the shippers received only
part of the amount of the rebate, the man
who secured the rebate getting a certain
amount and the railway officials the ball
ance. He thinks that within a short time
some ugly phases of the rebate system will
come to the surface.