The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-04-13

have let a contract to build a railroad from
81 Elmo, Ill. to Brooklyn, opposite Pa
ducah. KY, a distance of about one hun
oIea miles The new road will be known
as the Chicago, Paducah & Memphis rail-
Way. At ST Elmo 1t will connect with the
va Mhaosssh Tor Chicago, and at Marion with
connect with points near Paducah.
Personal, Local and General Notes.
The annual election of directors and Off
GERS OF the New York Central will be held
In Albany next Wednesday.
Inc surgeons of the Michigan Central are
travelling around in a private car vaccinat-
ing the entire force of employees.
William Taylor. chief clerk of William
Garstang, superintendent of motive power
of the Big Four, is I'll with pneumonia
s. II. H. Clarke president and receiver of
the Union Pacific. has left Omaha
extended trip for the benefit of his health.
Andrew Shea. who, on Feb. ], succeeded
j. Il. Witty, as roadmaster of the Union
tracks and Belt road, died yesterday Of
typhoid fever.
o. p. McCarty, of the Baltimore & Ohio
Southwestern; f. o. Mccormick, of, the
Big Four, and G. b. Ryan are in Washing
ton for a day or two.
j. j. Mclaughlin, superintendent Of the
Butte Anaconda & Pacific on May re-
tires to return TO the Chicago Great West
ern as superintendent.
j. A. Barnard, general manager of the
tendent Van Wrinkle, of the Big Four lines,
are expected home from New York to-day
Harry Delaney. superintendent of motive
power of the Louisville. New Albany 81
Chicago, has received letters patent on his
smoke consumer. one OF the best inventions
of its kind.
The Great Northern announces that on
April 10 IL will meet the rates made by the
Sunset route from New York TO California
terminal points and to northern Pacific
coast points.
There is a lively struggle for control be-
tween the stockholders of the Toledo, Ann
Arbor & Northern Michigan. The contest
ants are known as the Austin and the
Walker factions.
The Boston & Albany is to build new
shops this summer in West Springfield,
Mass, abandoning the shops at Spring
field One of the buildings will be 4l2 feet
long by 314 wide.
With the taking effect of the spring and
summer timetable on the Big Four two
trains Will make the run between Indian
apolis and Cincinnati in two hours and
fOrty-five minutes.
President Robinson, of the Mexican Cen
trail, who has been in Mexico for some
months. returned TO Boston on Tuesday
and confirmed the report of business i'm
proving on that road.
William c. Hickman, assistant superin-
tendent of the railway mail service. is a
a pastor OF an Indianapolis church, and
later president of Hanover College.
William Broderick supervisor of the east
end of the Cleveland division of the Big
-Four, retireS next Monday and goes to
the st. Louis & Iron Mountain, of which
e. A. Peck is general superintendent.
H: $. Mitchell, superinteendent of the
an absence of six months on the Pacific
coast for the benefit of his health, has
turned and assumed his usual duties.
Stuyvesant Fish, president, and j. T.
Harahan, vice president. and a number of
other officials of the Illinois Central, have
for few days past been on an inspection
of the entire system, going over the MisSis
sippi Valley line as we'll.
The quarrel between the Adams Express
and the United States Express companies
States Express will carry nothing turned
over to il by the Adams company unless il
be prepaid to destination
Harry Miller was in the city yesterday.
He SAYS he goes to St. Louis on Monday
| to take the SUPPLEMENTARY OF the Vandalia
main line. and on that date Mr.. Bonebrake
| will succeed him on the Louisville division
| Of the Pennsylvania lines.
1t is learned that l.. c. Garrett purhased
| the worlds fair buildings for the Chicago.
Burlington a. Quincy. which will use the
etc, at terminals, the material in those
buildings being we'll adapted TO such use.
b. L. Mccain, who has been travelling pas
| senger agent of the Chicago & Alton for
several years, on May l goes to New York
as Eastern passenger agent of that cCm-
| pany, vice Charles Oberg, resigned, and
i. ID. Cooper, Of Kansas City, succeeds
Mr.. McClain as travelling passenger agent.
Z. o. Mccormick. Of the Big Four, re-
| ceived telegram yesterday from Mr.. ).
| f. b. Morse, at Buffalo, the Eastern pas
| that he mad accepted his appointment as
Eastern general passenger agent of the
Southern Pacific, with headquarters at
| New Orleans.
A meeting of general passenger agents
| of the Central Traffic Association lines
| division of competitive passenger business
| and the Recommendation of a meeting Of
| the Joint committee OF the Central Traffic
New York, April -. This latter meeting
is to consider the division also.
] In March there were loaded at stations
/ on the Big Four system 26.s26 cars; on the
| Peoria & Eastern. 2G09: total. 30 1876; re
| ceived from connections. Big -Four. 26,1l2
ing ue total Of 2S05s The grand total ai loaded
| al stations and received from connections
| was 57,491 cars, an increase over January
| OF 2,21 cars, and over February of 1912.
Through the Terminal Railway Associa-
| ton, of St. Louis, securing control of the
| st. Louis Merchants Bridge Terminal rail-
| way. III. ". Gays, general manager of the
latter. is thrown out of a position. Mr.
Gays was for years general freight agent
| thirty three years been In railroad service
/ He ranks high as a traffic or transporta-
| ton man.
| The report of Milton H., Smith, president
/ of the Louisville & Nashville. shows that
/ from July / to March 81 the freight earn
| ings of the road fell S2,l13,2lO below those
of the nine corresponding months ending
Il
| ings decreased $3.50. $685. and earnings from
| miscellaneous business $l93.102, making the
| total decrease in gross earnings for the
period named $2,706, 139.
| There is a possibility Of rate troubles on
/ grain out of St Louis At present the
/ shipments of corn from that point East
| are heavy beyond precedent, and the Big
Four. in connection with the Chesapeake <
/ Ohio, via Newport News, and the Wabash
| are carrying the bulk of 1t. The former
/ has a differential TO work on, while the
| Wabash has none but is said to be MAX
| ing the same rate that the Big Four does.
Papers were yesterday served on the
| Farmers Loan and Trust Company, of
| New York, as trustees, and the Erie rail-
| road in a suit brought TO restrain the Erie
| from issuing the proposed new S0.0O0.000 of
| general bonds. The object of the suit is to
/ test the validity of the bonds which are
| proposed to be issued in pursuance of the
| plan of reorganization, on the ground that
| the mortgage OF $7O,OoOOO would increase
| the Erie's Indebtedness beyond the amount
| allowed by law.
| a few months ago agents of Mexican rail-
| ways were in this country to get engineers,
| firemen and brakemen TO go TO Mexico to
| take positions Mexican roads, and Sc
1 cured quite number of men from this sec
ton, many OF whom have returned. They