The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-01-11

Wabash, the Rock Island, the Michigan
Central and the Chicago & Erie. The road,
when completed, will be known as the
Indiana Northern, and 1t is expected to be
as valuable a line as has the Elgin, Joliet
d Eastern proved to be-
Patrick Murphy, who commenced work in
t the fortIss les, when r. j. Peek was President
platform man at the Indianapolis city
freight depot died Monday night He had
worked up to a few days before his death.
ID. G.. Edwards, general ticket and pas
& Dayton will be in the. city to-day. The
c., II. & d. people are anxious TO secure
better quarters TO have q freight office on
Washington street as well as the passenger
department.
The Chicago & Rock Island has abandoned
its general agency at Sioux City, Ia, and
III. w. Jackson, who has held the position,
has been appointed commercial agent of the
company at Pueblo, vice J. NJ. Allen, pro-
NOTED to division freight agent Of the road
for Illinois.
]. z. Harter. superintendent of the Chi
cago * Southeastern, is one of the appli-
cants for the SUPPLEMENTARY of the Union
A. ZioS T master of af transportafion of the
Belt road, would like to be the successor
Of ID. f. Whitcomb.
At the adjourned meeting of the lake and
rail and the all-rail lines at Chicago yes
terday committee formed jointly of lines
whose interests terminate at the Niagara
lines was appointed 10 consider rates for
the coming season. No date for the report
OF the committee was fixed.
d. j. Mackey who has been in the city
for day or two looking after matters in
connection with the receivership for the
Peoria, Decatur & Evansville, returned 10
Evansville at noon yesterday. A gentleman
who had conversation with him says he ac
cepts the situation philosophfcally, feeling
that he has done the best he could.
Capt G.. ]. Grammar makes his head
quarters now in Chicago, at the offices of
the Chicago & Eastern Illinois, and from
the interest he takes in matters 1t is
thought he is under pay. His prominence
lines got into trouble causes his movements
TO be watched with more than ordinary in
terest.
The Vanderbilt lines propose, with the
taking effect of the spring time table, to
shorten the time between New York and
St Louis two hours. One hour is to be
made up east of Cleveland and President
ingalls, promises to make up the other be-
tween Cleveland and St. Louis: to Cincin-
natl the time will be shortened one hour
or more.
The Illinois Central has made an answer
to the charge of decentralization of South
ern business brought against 1t by the AL
ton. The answer was of pacific nature.
The Illinois Central agreed to stop what
ever Generalization had arisen by .rea-
the Ohio river. The Alton claimed that it
had lost thousands of dollars by the action
of the Illinois Central.
There is official authority for stating that
the New York Central and the Lake Shore
companies have prepared a train schedule
which they propose to put in effect with the
spring timetable, running train each way
daily between New York and Chicago in
eighteen hours, two hours quicker than the
exposition train was run for some months
last summer. The New York Central Will
shorten its time between New York and
Buffalo one hour, and President Newell says
the Lake Shore will shorten its time, as
compared with last season, between Buffalo
and Chicago, one hour.
A railroad official who recently had con-
verSation with some of the high officials of
the Pennsylvania says there is no real foun-
datiOn for any statement that the PennSyl-
vania Company has its eye on the Evans
vile & Terre HaUte and will eventually
purchase il or secure control of ii. He said
eight months ago, they had known, or even
six months ago have thought that railways
would be in their present condition, the
company would not have fastened the deal
by which it secured control of the Cleve-
land & Marietta, the Toledo, Peoria K West
ern and the Vandalia, but it was fact that
six months ago the deals in each case had
gone so far as to make it dishonoTable to
withdraw.
1t is stated that one of the subjects which
General Manager McDoel, of the Monon,
and General Manager Green, of the Gin
cinnat Hamilton & Dayton, both of whom
are now in New York, viii discuss, will
be the shortening of the running time be-
a speed war. as the Big Four. with its
practically new track and engines, is in
shape 70 make such competition warm, and
the Pennsylvania people are anxious it is
stated, to have the Monon throw down the
speed card and give it excuse for some
fast running between Louisville and Chi
cago All the lines named are in good
shape physically for high speed. In fact, it
Neutrality-suspicious. schedule than three years
ago al speed OF thirty miles an hour.