The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-01-09
The Alton Raises objections.

California railroad will not come under the
scope of the receivership.
The Alton Raises Objections.
The Alton has raised objections to the
actions Of the Illinois Central in making ex-
cursion rates to points on its line outside the
association territory and south of the Ohio
river. The Alton claims these excursions
enue A special meeting will be called for
Thursday TO consider the matter.
Personal. Local and General Notes.
Foreign engines handled at the stock
yards in the, week ending Jan. 1,229 car
loads of stock.
C. c. Waite, president of the Columbus &
Hooking Valley, has appointed G. Z. Duffy
purchasing agent for the company.
The wages of employees on the Chicago G.
West Michigan road over the entire sys-
tenn have been restored to the former basis
H. c. Parker. traffic manager of the
Lake Erie q Western, has gone to Chicago
day.
The Great Northern has introduced on its
sleeping cars the plan of leaving the upper
berth up, unless occupied, where the lower
berth is taken.
w. ID. Holiday, assistant general freight
agent Of the Big Four, with headquarters
at st. Louis, was in the city yesterday on
official business
In the week ending Jan. there were
transferred over the Belt road Ell cars,
an average of 224 cars a day, which is
considered a heavy movement
Gen. John w. Sprague who for thirteen
ion OF the Northern Pacific, died at Tacoma
last week, where he had lived for some
years.
The Chesapeake & Ohio is now delivering
to the Big Four, to go to the Northwest
from Virginia mines, thirty to forty
loads Of coal a day. and would bring more
could the cars be had.
Grand Chief Sargent. Of the brotherhood
of Locomotive Firemen, was in the city
yesterday and left I'm the afternoon for
| Cincinnati to look after matters in connec-
| ton with the Queen & Crescent
The Kanawha Dispatch is worrying its
| competitors by the fast time 1t is making
from the seaboard to Western points with
| merchandise. For young fast freight line
| 1t is making a good tonnage record.
Despite the Predictions Of the railway
money to meet it's April interest. s45. 900
| which brings it up to June !, when S154,00
interest falls due.
A. B. Cults has been appointed general
| apolis & St Louis, vice c. Nj. Pratt who
on the first or the month took the position
| OF emigrant agent, at New York. for the
| Western Passenger Association
| The Chicago & Eastern Illinois earned in
! December $352,527, a decrease as compared
with December, 1892, of s47,O57: This was
| c. & E. /. showed smaller earnings than in
/ the corresponding months of 1892
Addison Day, a well-known railroad man.
m st sed led Far
some years he was a division superinten-
! dent on the Chicago & Rock Island, and
was at one time on the St Louis & Iron
| Mountain.
William II. Taft, who has been appointed
| superintendent of motive power of the Bos-
ton & Albany, began on that road as fire
man in 1852. In 1864 he made an enei-
neer. and since 1879 he has been master
/ mechanic of the company's shops at
/ Worcester. Mass.
! The Pittsburg, Cincinnati Chicago e. St.
| Louis company is making good progress
! in the extension OF it's New Cumberland
branch, on the West Virginia side of the
| Ohio river, and will by the 1st Of next
| month have its tracks completed to point
| opposite Wellsville, o.
| Frank Reed, general ticket and passenger
agent of the Monon., had his district passen-
| ger agents gathered at Chicago yesterday
| TO lay plans to secure the roads share of
business the coming year Mr.. Reed is
! successor to James Barker in the position
Of general ticket and passenger agent.
The Big Four has $4,000 freight cars 1892
| are equipped with the air brake and 1892
with the automatic coupler President In
| gals has given instructions to have every
| car equipped with the air brake and auto
matte coupler as quickly as possible which
means quite an outlay of money as to
| equip the cars with both costs about s125
| per car.
| Frank Palmer assistant general pas
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quarters at Chicago was in the city yes
! terday, stopping a few hours. He has not
! been here for several years. and was great
! ly surprised over the advance indianapolis
has made in all directions. He left last
| night for Oxford, o., to place his daughters
| in college there.
/ stock Of coal in the Northwest, and that
| were there to be severe cold weather the
roads would be taxed to their utmost ca "a,
| their lines. Usually the dealers carry u
| months stock. at least, but this season
| money IS so scarce that they have not laid
| in their usual supply.
DR.. NJ: Moore, general utility man of
Harry Crawford ST., has gone to work
again securing the right of way between
| Chicago & Southeastern road Salem, Mum
roe and Center townships are to be asked
| Mr.. Moore promises the road shall be com.
| pleted to Muncie by the 1st Of July.
The gross earnings of the Big Four lines
| for December fell 1898, 760.64 below those OF
| December 1892, or a decrease of 10 per cent.
The expenses of the transportation depart
| ment fell ID per cent. below those OF De-
cember. 1892. 1t should be borne in mind
that for the last six months the gross earn
! ings have been compared with months In
which the earnings were phenomenal.
An attorney of prominence in railroad
| matters says that the recent action of the
first mortgage bondholders of the Indian
apolis, Decatur & Western practically set
ties the question against the roads passing
under control OF the Cincinnati. Hamilton
& Dayton, unless the latter bids it in al
! the second foreclosure SALE which the c..
II. & ID. people will hardly do. I'm fact, "
! said the attorney, II think the Cincinnati
! Hamilton & Dayton has about concluded
| that IL would be wise TO drop the matter
| OF course the old deal is off, as the interest
! which has accrued during the time the
sale has hung fire, which the court said
| must be paid before the extension was
| granted, has not been paid"
In notifying d. f. Whitcomb. SUI
| perntendent OF the Union Railway
| Company OF the action the gen
! raj managers took on Thursday last
/ they stated that under the new order OF
| things the position of Superintendent of the
Union Station would be created, and If he
chose 10 take it, it was open to him: The
| work will be much less arduous and fires
| from exposure than the one from which he
I retires on March l. There have been sew
eral applications for the position of Super
| intendsnt of the Union Railway and Belt
| road but no definite action will be taker
in the matter until Thursday Feb. l, when
the general managers hold their next meet
| ing The Pennsylvania Company has sug'
| gested for the position j. w. Greenen. trair
master of the indianapolis division of tine
| Pennsylvania lines. Ii is stated that the
| Big Four Is not likely TO object to him. and
! In such case il il quite possible he may
| be selected. George n. Davids, of the Bis
! Four has also been suggested for the posi-
| ton by one of the officials OF the Big Four
| Neither OF these gentlemen has applied 70:
| ing as superintendent Of the Union Railway
| and Belt road of any person connsctec
| with either OF the indianapolis roads, l.
| said 10 be SiDeidng.