The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-11-12

Anderson. to Miss Emma Childers- They
went at once TO a nicely furnished new
home in Wabash.
The several road masters of the New
York Central lires have been inspecting the
roads In the system for the last ten days.
The Indiana, Illinois & Iowa road COM
pleted It's track Saturday to South Bend,
and will begin running freight over it
The general managers OF Indianapolis
lines will have a meeting in this city Nov.
~. at which some important questions viii
be acted on.
Portland & Rumford Falls road, has been
appointed one Of the Railroad Commission
ers OF Maine.
General Freight and Passenger Agent
signed to accept a similar position on the
Georgia Central.
Chairman Donald has called a meeting of
the Central Traffic Passenger pool for
considered relate to reduced rates.
Carroll Fl. Smith has been appointed super
intendent OF terminals OF the seaboard air
line at Va Mr.. Smith was
Western agent of this company for several
years.
The property and franchise of the Penn
sylvania road in Jersey City, are valued for
taxation at S64, $50, 01S, and it's tax bill in
the State Of New Jersey amounts to $427. s55
per annum.
Last week there arrived at Chicago $3.50
carloads Of live sock. the largest mum,
months. and 1.214 more than in the corre-
spending week Of 1893.
Samuel Carpenter. Of the PASSENGER de-
Mcconnell. of the Chesapeake & Ohio, each
won handsome sums OF money on the re-
suits OF the recent election.
c. H. Lawton, formerly commercial agent
OF the Missouri. Kansas & Texas. has been
appointed superintendent of the newly Gre
ated weighing and inspection bureau Of the
Southwestern Trafic Association.
George Blanchard, chairman of the Gen.
trail Traffic Association, will, on Nov. 70,
deliver an address at the University Of
Commercial Railway Management"
NJ. ". Richards, the efficient land agent
for several years OF the Baltimore & Ohio,
has resigned to accept a similar position
with the Southern railway. S. P. Kretzer
succeeds Mr.. Richards on the B. & o.
There is to be ar important meeting OF
the freight committee Of the Central Traf-
ne Wo Asso Ss tho P at Gthi 6 e. to. tom s0S q F'o E
Parker. OF the Lake Erie g. Western, will
attend.
The Kansas City, Fort Scott & Memphis
ger service in connection with the Florida
Fast Mail, between Kansas City and Jack
%sonville, Fla. The Pullman company has
fitted up several sleeping cars for this new
line.
Forty chief accountants Of the Pennsyl-
vania railway, lines frona the different OFF,
sion at Altoona to consider plans of keep
ing the company'S accounts according to
the suggestion Of the Interstate-commerce
Commission.
set In, the regular winter tourist business
having set In fully a month earlier than
usual. 1t is stated many are purchasing
property in the Southern States, more es-
ing their winter homes South.
The Wabash. the Big Four, the Erie. the
lake Shore. the Michigan Central. the Nick
el-plate, the Louisville, New Albany & Chi
cago and the Grand Trunk a adopted
the new switching tariff to govern switch
ing within the limits of Chicago.
The agreement entered into by the West
ern Passenger Association regarding excess
for a. charge of II cents per one hundred
pounds of the lowest first regular standard
rate. By this plan the pay for carrying
excess baggage Is more equitably regulated.
Col. Samuel Moody, formerly assistant
general passenger agent Of the Pennsyl-
vania lines, now at his home at Beaver,
P York met citv T Iast ws painful n a assidfns IN from New "
cable car. In attempting TO dodge a car
coming in the opposite direction he was
passed over him.
D. G.. Edwards. general passenger agent
OF the Cincinnati, Hamilton g. Dayton, has
added several roads to the list with which
the c., III. a ID. interchanges mileage, the
c., II. & ID. book being good on twenty-five
roads. Under this arrangement mileage
books Of the Pennsylvania and Of the Bal
timore e Ohio are honored between In
dianapolis and Cincinnati.
Passengers on the Knickerbocker train,
under the change which went into effect
yesterday on the Big Four, reach New
York thirty minutes sooner than under the
old schedule, making the time of the Big
Four and the VANDERBILT lines and of the
vsndalia and the Pennsylvania lines the
same between st. Louis and New York, and
between Indianapolis and New York.
It is stated that the Chicago, Rock Island
& Pacific railway owners and officers are
disappointed over the turn matters took
with the Minneapolis & St. Louis. While
the two will likely continue to work N
each others interest and run trains as
heretofore, IL was expected by the c., r.
1. & Z. men that they would come into full
control of the property and could then
handle the business as they chose TO.