The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-01-05

yesterday for a short conference with First
Vice President McCrea, OF the pennsylvania
lines.
The average delay Of cars in days handled
by the Indiana Car-service Association for
1893 was $50; in 1892, 112 days.
The PENNSYLVANIA Voluntary Relief AsSo-
citation increased its membership on the In
dianapolis division in 1898 22S members.
The earnings OF the Chesapeake & Ohio
the last week in December ran S2,Uo a Gay
ahead of the corresponding week or 49,
T.. b. Wall, assistant to General Man
| ager Wood, OF the Pennsylvania lines, VINO
has been in Europe some weeks, has re-
| turned.
colt on the 500 line. which had been on
since Feb. 10. 1892. the 500 having agreed
to maintain rates.
The Louisville, New Albany &c Chicago
interest on its first mortgage bonds ten
days before it was due.
Lafayette Briggs has been appointed com.
mercial agent of the Traders dispatch at
Chicago, n. a. Skinner agent at the same
point and j. II. Delaney Western travelling
agent
An important meeting of the directors of
the New York & New England railroad
was held at New York yesterday. 1t was
determined to support Thomas G. Platt for
permanent receiver.
The friends of the California Traffic AS
ISOLATION have raised $4,000 to place the
organization on a permanent basis and
make the contract with the Panama Kali
road ompany good.
Master Mechanic Swanston's report of the
Pennsylvania shops at this point Will show
that, during 1893, 113 locomotives passed
through the shops and about oO per cent.
had general repairs.
The growth of west-bound business with
the Vandalia is shown in the statement OF
General Yardmaster Averill. In 1888 the
road forwarded west from Indianapolis A.
7SS loaded cars, in 1875 but 1S,0fS.
The terminal facilities that the Chicago,
Burlington &. Quincy is TO soon open for
business az st. Louis are said to be among
the most commodiouS and conveniently ar
ranged Of any road in the country.
The Lehigh Valley Jan. l Cancelled its
contract with the Central railway of New
Jersey. over which its trains run into the
Jersey City station, and renewed It's old
its New York business.
The report thai the Pennsylvania intends
extending it's system to Omaha is charac-
terized by Second Vice President Green as
absurd, it being the settled policy Of the
company not to build or acquire any lines
west Of the Mississippi.
The lumber traffic Of the Lake Erie &
Western and the Monon from the north
that of 1892 for the same period. but the
last eight months of 1893 1t dropped nearly
80 per cent. below the tonnage of 1892.
The ladies' auxiliary of the railway
brotherhoods of Fort Wayne. a very pros
porous organization, on New Years night
handsomely entertained the members OF
lAC VIZ &N1ALS ~ ~ 81 49,
1t is really the railroad branch of the Z. Nj.
c.. A.
The general passenger agents of the Gin
cinnati and Chicago lines will meet next
week to settle the dispute as regards trans
fer charges. The transfer company wants
81 a person transferred and the roads want
to pay but 40 cents. There is quite a sum
of money at stake.
Vice President McCrea, of the Pennsyl-
vania lines. says the unfavorable business
exhibit of the Louisville division is due to
the dullness of the cement trade, off of
which line heavy shipments are usually
has gone East in larger quantities than
usual via st. Louis instead of Louisville.
Chairman ATidgely, of the Western Freight
Association, declared that freight rates will
go up on Jan. 6, and that the 500 Pacific
will by next Monday, at the outside, aban-
don its 25-cent rate from Minneapolis TO
he seab9ard. A proposition to pool the
the Western Freight Association lines.
Yesterday the passenger department of
the Big Four was notified that two new
sleeperS, the Yuba and Yuma, had been
sent from the Wagner shops for use be-
tween Cincinnati and st. Louis. The cars
are the finest that have been turned out
Of that mandatory in the past year, and
were in a measure devised by the Big
Four people. They have many new features
that make them all that Is desired by the
weary traveller.
Mr.. Pratt, head of the Western Passen-
ger Association emigrant clearing house in
New York, has been practically made gen.
eraI agent Of the association. The propo-
sition was unanimously approved by all
lines represented at Yesterdays meeting of
the association at Chicago, but Mr.. PrattS
title will not be confirmed until one line
not at the meeting is given an opportunity
to vote. All other business at the meeting
was Of a routine nature.
Mayor Hopkins, of Chicago, has taken up
the fight for the adjustment Of grade cross
ings, and declares that the tracks inside
the city must be elevated. Health Com
missioner Reynolds has submitted a report
in which he declares that if other roads
Erie there will be no necessity for elevating
the tracks. According to Commissioner
Reynolds, this line carried 22S,UW passengers
into Chicago and did not injure any OF
them.
The meeting Of the transcontinental
lines at Chicago, yesterday, was a grand
talking match, and nothing was done. The
Canadian Pacific would not give the other
lines anything to work on 1t would not
say what differential il desired, and when
asked to name a rail rate to the Pacific
coaste which would be to it's satisfaction IL
declined to say anything. The meeting
will continue to-day, but can hardly result
in anything unless the Canadian Pacific
comes out of its shell.
The Guide TO Florida" issued by the
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton railroad pas
senger department, under direction of Gen
eral Passenger Agent D.. CT. Edwards, has
augmented his reputation as a unique and
form of getting up descriptions of the sunny
chimes has been eliminated by Mr.. EDWARDS
In a breezy running story a traveller gives a
graphic description of the trip to Florida,
Cuba and New Orleans. The value of the
work lies in the that it gives
tourists. The book is deliberately Illus
trated.