The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-02
Swallowed by the Missouri.

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~ceiver's certificates outstanding will have
sale.
Swallowed by the Missouri.
A portion of the right of way of the
Kansas City, st. Joseph & Council Bluffs
road at Winthrop was swallowed up by
the Missouri river Tuesday night. This
was the only direct line open between st.
ing gone into the river, and all trains now
run over a cutoff built by the Burlington
company; The Atchison bridge is still in
tect 1t.
Personal, Local and General Notes.
f. O.. Mccormick. passenger traffic man
ager Of the Big Four, is resting at French
Lick Springs.
The minimum weight for a carload OF
salt has been fixed by the Central Traffic
Association at $4,000 pounds.
T. A. Whitmore. assistant president of
the Hicks Live Stock Car Company, OF
Chicago, was in the city yesterday.
The National Association of Railway
Contracting Freight Agents will hold its
annual convention at Buffalo on the 18th.
President Ingalls,, who has been at Hot
return from Europe, returned to Cincinnati
yesterday.
The c., H.. & d. has added a magnificent
new Pullman sleeper to its equipment, TO
run between Cincinnati and Chicago. 1t
takes the place OF one wrecked during the
recent strike.
The Pennsylvania railroad is having a
wall map 115 feet long and fifteen feet
high, showing the Pennsylvania systems
lines and connections, prepared for the
waiting room in the Philadelphia station.
The Western trunk line committee met
at Chicago yesterday to discuss matters
of routine, the chief matter ON the docket
being the division OF business. NO lmpor-
tant action was taken by the committee.
George Stimson. purchasing agent of the
Big Four, has not rendered his resigna-
ton. as reported, and does not contemplate
doing So He has gone ito to Galiforp hnt to q afs
understood President ingalls, is DESTROYS or
retaining his services.
OF the ffty-four railroads in Ohio only
nineteen nave thus far paid the excise tax
(under the McMahon law for the support
of the Railroad commissioners Depart
ment. Tuesday was the last day for pay
ment without the penalty of $1,000 lump
fine and SO per day for each day or de-
linquency.
Applications for work in shops and on the
road have been 50 numerous that the Off
GERS whose duty it is to employ this kind
Of help have in many cases posted huge
Of any sort is needed; all of which shows
that a very large percentage or the me-
chanies and labOring men of the country
hard winter for wage earners
The stockholders of the Chicago Railway
Terminal Elevator Company held a special
the amendments proposed by the directors
to the certificate of incorporation of the
company. The Chicago Railway ermin
Elevator Company is an American corpora
ton, the successor of an English company
known as the City of Chicago grain ele-
vators, limited. The new company mas
taken out a charter in Illinois.
1t is thought that Jackson Smith, general
passenger agent of the Louisville & Nash
vile, with headquarters at Cincinnati, will
not accept the position of head of the pas
senger department of the new Western di-
vision of the reorganized southern Rail
30 rouananU tho offer of which TIlmOr
credits him with receiving. He regards
his chances for promotion on the L. x n
as too good to be sacrificed by a removal.
General Manager Greene, of the c., Il. *
D., tells a Cincinnati reporter that his
road is suffering no inconvenience at the
hands of strikers, and, in fact, has not so
learn at this late day that the daily re-
ports from Cincinnati of trouble in the
c., II. & ID. yards during the prevalence
of the strike We're practically without
foundation, though this has a tendency to
weaken ones faith in the veracity of the
reporter.
At it's recent meeting the Central Traffic
n the foiio%ing: m 4 freight GehsP billed billed f freaP or
therefrom forwarded, shall, unless proof
is forthcoming satisfactory to the in
spector that the property was legitimately
contracted at the authorized through rate.
and the way bill to the rebilling point
shows that the proper proportion was
at the full local tariff rate therefrom, pro-
Vided that such local rate is higher than
the proportion of the through rate. If the
local rate is less, the proportion of the
through rate must be charged"
1t is expected the new Union Passenger
Station at st. Louis will be opened for reg
ular traffic by the first Of next month.
way Association, and General Manager
Ramsay are already established beneath
tiers as fast as due regard for EXCELLENCE
of work will permit. Tn train sheds Will
cover thirty-two parallel tracks. The bag
Completed. and the gates leading from the
esplanade to the platforms are in position.
The waiting room. 1t is claimed; will far
ing and in conveniences anything OF the
sort in the world.
j. Pierpont Morgan and others, compris-
ing the committee under the trust in
denture of the Union Pacific Railway Com
pany OF Sept. 4, have addressed a circular
70 the holders OF the six-per-cent. col
denture and maturing Aug. l. They say
the receivers of the road have regularly
deposited with the trustees of the loan the
monthly installments of interest, and they
are OF the opinion that If this course Is
pursued the noteholders would be wise to
refrain from pressing Tor payment or the
principal. or forcing a sale OF the collateral
pledged for the notes. Negotiations be-
tween the committee and the receivers has
vide for the deposit of such monthly in
stallment on interest account. In the
opinion OF the committee the collateral is
more than sufficient 10 secure the ulti-
mate redemption OF the notes.
Treasurer Calf, of the Kansas City
Railroad Company, has Is
sued a notice TO the holders of trust re-
ceipts issued by the Midland National
Bank Of Kansas City, the Mechanics
Bank Of St. Louis. and the Mercantile
Trust Company of New York city, under
agreement for the reorganization Of the
Kansas City. Wyandotte & Northwestern
Railroad Company, that on and after Aug.
i their trust receipts may be exchanged
for first mortgage. series A. bonds OF the
Kansas iii Northwestern Railroad Com
pany in amounts of 500 and muitiples,
and for fractional scrip certificates in
smaller amounts, upon presentation OF
trust receipts - ID. ). II. smith. who has
been appointed fiscal agent for the pur-
pose of making this exchange at his office
In the Equitable Building. at which time
and place payment viii also be made or
the interest accrued upon the trust receipts
and upon the bonds ~exchangeable there
for to July !. 1894.