The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-09-15

ago, was permanently elected to that office.
Personal. Local and General Notes.
Z. V. Miles has been appointed agent of
the Nandalia at Colfax, Ind.
VI. f. ingalls,. president, and Oscar Muir
ray, vice president Of the Big -Four, are
in New York.
The failure Of the efforts to reorganlze
the transcontinental line association is
laid at the doors of the Southern Pacific.
The directors Of the c., c., c. & st. l..
have declared a quarterly dividend on the
preferred stock of Ia cents, payable Oct 1.
TENDER earned s23S. 6SO. a decrease as com
pared with the corresponding week Of 1893
OF Z 1890.
The general managers of the roads in the
Union. Railway omDany will meet next
Wednesday, when important matters will
be acted upon.
The Toledo. st. Louis & Kansas City
earned in the first week of September ss5,-
week of 1893 OF $1,iS7.
Assistant General Agent Bronson, of the
pennsylvania lines, was In the city yester-
day for a few hours: He reports the sltua-
ton improving at Cincinnati.
Southern passenger agents are already
preparing for a large tourist travel to
Southern fall and winter resorts. and will
make rates to draw a good patronage.
The Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern is
full time and full handed. Traffic Is so
heavy with the line that repairs are large.
Commissioners Stahlman. of the Southern
Railway and Steamship Association. who
has been in New York through the summer
has returned to Atlanta. his headquarters.
f. G.. Darlington, superintendent of the
indianapolis division of the PENNSYLVANIA
family, who have been absent some months,
home.
President Blackstone, of the Chicago &
Alton. says all reports that the Chicago &
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Kansas Pacific road are merely stock-job-
bling yarns.
G. A. Darlton is to be the superintendent
OF telegraph of the entire Southern railway
system. Mr.. Darlton Is considered one of
the ablest men in the art OF telegraphy in
the country.
The Wabash will use block coal for it's
Locomotives on the Chicago & Detroit
contract to haul 1t. The first shipment was
made on Wednesday.
Since Jan. 1 the earnings of the Evans
vile & Terre Haute are $l35. 1852 below those
OF the corresponding period of 1893. The
earnings of the Evansville & Indianapolis
are 1880 behind those of 1893.
Major Smith, the new president and gen.
eral manager of the Atlanta, West Point &
Western will assume the duties of the
position Oct. 1. Captain Tyler. who retires
on that date. will go abroad for a rest
The two engines which were in the Po-
cahontas wreck, June Z, on the Vandalia,
will be out of the shops, rebuilt, by the
first of next month. One of the engines
was a heavy ten-wheel passenger machine.
Locomotive Firemen. the Terre Haute Ga
Zette says, has adopted resolutions thank
ing Grand Master Sargent for saving the
brotherhood when its enemies tried to de-
stroy it.
An official of the Wabash says that the
wreck on that line during the worlds fair
wiped out the profits OF the entire year. 1t
usually costs % per cent. or the gross earn
ings TO operate the Wabash, but last year
IL cost 20 per cent.
II. N. May. passenger conductor on the
Panhandle lines. has been appointed train
master of the Richmond division OF the
Panhandle, vice j. ). May. transferred to
the Chicago division. The appointment
takes effect to-day.
II. W. Hibbard, general freight agent u
the Nandaiia, was in the city yesterday.
He looks for a heavy movement of cotton
within a few days. 1t takes the roads
which usually haul il North about six
weeks to forward the crop.
1t Is said that within a short time the
general manager and the general passenger
and freight agents of the Pennsylvania
lines and of the Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy will have a conference 10 agree on
a policy of operating the Toledo. Peoria &
Western.
President ingalls, is loosening the relns on
expenses He gave William Garstang, su-
perlntendent or motive power, sl25. 900 to
spend this month, which is 81 5000 more than
i. any previous month this year and en-
cottS M 1dAStduS W push WITH III Jue
several shops.
Philadelphia claims to be in the van for
passenger traffic over any city in the coun-
try. Comparisons show that in one month
4,S0 trains arrived and departed In that
city, handling 3.350.0N passengers, while at
Chicago, during the same period, aS,50s
trains arrived and departed. handling 1,75O,-
coo passengers.
NJ. Il. Ingalls,. president of the Chesapeake
& Ohio, has succeeded in selling TO London
Parties s, 10000 of it's IA per cent. bonds,
which, ne gays, will Put the company in a
strong financial position beside enabling
him ID clear of the floating debt. he is
reported to have received "a cents on the
dollar for them. which, of late. has been
the figure on hrst-class securities.
Giving the figures of earnings OF roads
for the last three years enables one inter
ested in the matter to see just what a road
is doing. The Lake Erie & Western. IN the
first week OF September, this year, earned
Sl9.lG0 in the corresponding week OF 1898
$s4.O56: corresponding week OF 1892, S79. 1856
The Chesapeake & Ohio earned, in the
first week OF this month, Si90. 14: In 1893
| S2o7, 102: in 1892. S2l7. i9i.
H.. II. Dering. assistant general passenger
agent OF the Pennsylvania lines. was In the
J city yesterday mingiing pleasure with bust
ness and calling on his numerous friends
Mr.. Dering states that business with mosi
or the Chicago roads is steadily increzSang
and the general passenger agents hope the
worst has been passed. The passenger bust
ness between Chicsgo and Indianapolis
afr. Dering says. has shown fully as mucf
increase IS has that OF any division wesI
Cs P~ittsburg, the worlds fair having don,
much 10 advertise the line between the
North and South.