The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-01-15

The original mortgage is S5,OO0.0o0 ana I'M
doubtedly Will. II the road is sold, wipe out
all other Indebtedness. Those wen informed
state that after the road is placed in good
physical condition and properly equipped
II viii earn the interest on S5,OO5OoO bonded
debt.
Thomas Noonan. general manager of the
Central States Despatch, left for New En-
gland yesterday 10 look after the interests
Of the line in that section. Mr.. Noonan
states that the earnings Of the Central Des-
of those OF December. 1892.
The Richmond locomotive works, which
gines for the Peoria & Eastern. will this
week commence shipping them back ready
for service. 1t is stated that they have been
repaired TO such an extent as 10 make them
practically as good as new engines.
The superintendent and engineers OF
maintenance Of way on the Big Four lines
are TO meet with General Superintendent
van Wrinkle and Chief Engineer k1ttredge
81 the office OF President ingalls,, on Thurs
day, To consider the question of inn
provementS 10 road bed, etc., the present
year.
The statement which accompanied the an
nouncenent OF IL per cent. semi-annual
dividend TO preferred stockholders of the
Louisville New Albany d Chicago showed
that the last six months the road earned a
surplus Of $l6l.9l6 over fixed charges. The
dividend declared requires s67.500. leaving a
balance Of $l2O.4l6 in the treasury.
Passenger engines 343 and 3i5 have been
transferred TO the Chicago division of the
Panhandle lines, to haul the fast express
trains made up OF refrigerator cars Two
on the Richmond division. The Peunsylva-
MA Company is now giving special attention
10 ilahlng GOOD time with IT'S dressed meats
trains from Chicago and St Louis.
The Library Association of the Pennsyl-
vania road established at Pittsburg i'm 1856
held its eighth annual meeting on Friday
night In the association are Az members,
and in the library which is located in a
room in the Union Station, are 797 volumes
The company gives the association finan-
cial lift occasionally, which fund is used in
purchasing new books Of the most interest
ing character.
a prominent attorney I'm railroad litiga-
ton says the city cannot prevent the Gin
cinnau, Hamilton e Dayton connecting the
approach to its new depot from the Virginia
avenue yiaduct. He argues that the vjaduct
Is simply n change of grade for Virginia
legal right to gain ingress or egress to and
from his property, and were the railroad
company To go into the courts IL will gain
it's point. Although Identified with another
road as its attorney, he takes this position
and Is quite anxious that the question
should be tested. one Of the officials of the
&, n. d D., in speaking of the matter.
said that while this may be true from a
legal stand point, the company would rather
have it's request granted without any liti-
cation as such litigation would mean de-
lay, which the company wishes to avoid.
In the general passenger agents office of
the Lake Shore road at Cleveland is a rare
collection OF old tickets. One if destroyed,
could never be replaced. Every issue of
that road from it's earliest down to the
present has been kept. Several roads which
now form part of that system are also rep
resented. The oldest ticket is a coupon is
sued in 1857. 1t is printed on green paper of
the cheapest kind. From it's typographical
face 1t was evidently turned out on an old
time hand-printing press. There is no sig
nature. number or limitation placed upon
II. The route which Is represented was a
combination Of rail and stage lines. 1t was
serious matter to undertake a journey In
those days. The first coupon in one old
from Cleveland to Girard, distance eighty
miles. Then a transfer was made to the
Ohio Stage Company'S coach, and the trav-
eler was transferred from Girard TO Erie.
fifteen miles At the latter place the jour
ney was resumed rail to North East. y
transfer was again necessary at the latter
station, finally reaching Dunkirk