The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-05-21

been appointed travelling passenger agent
of the Grand Trunk for this territory. with
headquarters at Cincinnati
The directors OF the Missouri River and
Illinois Bridge Companies have voted TO
consolidate their interests.
The net earnings o the Pittsburg. Cincin,
natl, Chicago & st. LOWS for April fell
500, 462 below those OF April. 1893.
T. NJ. Wilkinson, general ticket and
freight agent Of the Cincinnati & Musking-
UNI Valley, spent Sunday with friends in
this city
The Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton will
not put on the new fast train between Gin
cinnati and Detroit before the middle OF
next month.
Every ST Louis line but the Chicago.
Burlington & quincy has been fined by the
local association for improper use Of the
mileage book
Traffic Manager Taylor. of the Lehigh
Valley has been given a two months leave
of absence on account OF i'll health and will
go to Europe.
George Gould, president OF the Missouri
Pacific. sailed on Saturday for Europe and
has left the rate troubles entirely with his
traffic men to settle.
The passenger department of the New
York Central has just gotten out an Illus
trated catalogue of its "four-track SERIES
which is a very neat and unique affair.
Parties have fitted up for the Big -Four
some fine picnic grounds at Zionsville, Ind.
There are a number of buildings ON the
premises such as are needed to make COM
plete picnic grounds.
The Evansville & Terre Haute and the
Chicago & Eastern Illinois are getting a
long haul on coal from Kentucky mines to
Chicago and other northern points, ana IS
proving a good earning.
VI. d. Woodford. Samuel FELTON, and 9TH
ers, who were interested In the Cincinnati,
Hamilton & Dayton and the Queen & Ores
cent deal, returned yesterday from a weeks
inspection Of the Queen & Crescent prop
erty.
The Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton and
the Monon are negotiating for one OF the
best business rooms on washington street.
In which to locate their ticket offices and
General Agent Stiles. Of the freight de-
partment.
Texas have signed an agreement with the
State authorities Of Kansas which, II car
ried out, will remove all the general offices
from st. Louis TO Kansas City or some point
in Kansas.
The Wabash road earned in the second
week of May $1SS, $50. a decrease, as com
pared with the corresponding week or los5'
Of $54,1 10. The Baltimore & Ohio Southwest
ern earned in the second week $lOl,SS6, a
decrease this year OF $l2, III.
Trains 20 and 81. between New York and
St. Louis, over the Pennsylvania and the
Vandalia lines, are now made up complete
with vestibule coaches just out of the shops,
il requiring five full trains TO complete the
number needed on regular trips.
George Kuntz, who has worked In the
shops OF the Pennsylvania Company at Fort
Wayne for twenty-four years, was buried
at Fort wayne yesterday. only a daughter
survives him, and the Pennsylvania volun-
tary relief department will pay her $500.
President Maxwell, Of the Jersey Central,
and Vice President King, Of the Baltimore
& Ohio. have entered into an agreement
by which the II. & o. can more closely
compete with the Pennsylvania for traffic
between the Delaware and Maryland Pc
ninsulas and New York.
The operations Of the Lake Erie & West
ern railroad for March were: Gross, $685.
S24; decrease, sG6.0S4; net, $124, 17S; decrease,
$34.138; surplus above charges. So, 1851: de-
crease. $7,l14. Since Jan. L: Gross, 1873. $780,;
decrease. s155. 81; net. 1921. 7O1; decrease, $685.
1874; surplus. 1854, 726: decrease, $69,04O.
The Business Mems Association of Terre
Haute have taken hold OF the project to
fbuild the Terre Haute, Saylor Springs Il
Mt. Vernon road, and Ii now looks as III
before a year rolls round the new road
less be a valuable line for the Prairie City.
+. +. Howley the ~well-known travelling
| auditor of the Pennsylvania Company, has
resigned to accept the position of treasu-
rer of a large shipping house of Pittsburg,
His salary will be 5000 a year. and a GER
adjustment.
The recent request of the Lehigh Valley
road for a new apportiOnment OF the west
| grounded by the official figures of the
Trunk-line Association. which show that
the Lehigh Valley percentage for March
was only l96, while April showed 81 per
cent, due to putting on its Chicago train
| April l..