The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-06-21

of the Big Four lines, accompanied by his
family, will go East on Friday TO be alb
sent two weeks.
The dismissal of a number of train dis
patchers on the Wabash makes 1T necss-
sary for those retained to be on duty twelve
instead OF eight hours.
]. A Barnard. general manager of the
Peoria & Eastern, and a party of friends,
will to-day go TO Old Point Comfort on his
special car for a weeks stay.
a general passenger agent remarked that
he thought that with the proposed boy
colt of the Lake Erie * Western all at
tempts in that direction would end
James Bruce, who last week resigned as
the Buffaio, Rochester & Pittsburg, viii
on Monday next return to that position.
Orlando TAYLOR. late assistant general
ship Company. has been appointed general
passenger agent of the New York. New
Haven & Hartford
1t Is said that the members Of the Amer
sponded promptly to the effort to raise
money to fight the Illinois roads on the
anti-scalping question.
The Frankfort News suggests that while
the Monon is building new passenger sta
ffnodns on the main line 1t gnoula GIVE sne
Frankfort, for instance.
When II. s. Ives died he owned five thou
sand shares of Ohio Southern, the par value
being $4,000, but 1t was sold for s25O,0O to
New York parties interested in the Cleve-
land, Akron q Columbus.
The Louisville, Evansville & St. Louis
earned In the second week of May $25,131,
a decrease this year of ss,7ss; the Peoria.
crease this year OF 1885.
L. A Emerson has been appointed traffic
manager OF the South Carolina & Georgia
with headquarters at Charleston. He will
have full charge of all traffic matters and
report direct to the president Of the road.
E. b. Thomas. vice president of the Erie,
and It's general manager. allows the super
1nfandanfQ of fha Several f=iO 00lU
two-thirds the amount of money for ex-
penses as compared with twelve months
ago.
The indianapolis & V.ncennes company
will to-day commence running its local
freight trains regularly as prior to the
codi miners strike. Inc service nad Deen
cut down on account of the short supply
of coal.
notwithstanding all reports to the con-
trary, a prominent Southern railway Of
head OF the Southern Railway and Steam
ship Association for another year with in
creased authority.
Under the revised bylaws and c~onstitu-
ton Of the American Railway Union. an
insurance department is created both for
life and disability benefits, but it is OPP
tional with the members Of the association
to take advantage of the benefits it af-
fords.
f. O. Mccormick, passenger traffic man.
ager OF the Big -Four, and ID. b. Martin,
have been in New York for two or three
days comforting with the Vanderbilt peo-
pie as regards improving the train sery-
ice, are expected home to-day.
Rich coal beds have been struck at Kent
land, Ind, half way between the Big -Four
and the Panhandle lines. and an effort will
named to build a road to the newly dis
covered mines. The discovery of the coal
well.
Commencing with Sunday next the New
York Central will run hourly out of New
00sk all night ndPo sSsSngsF trains stTe as far tS Ss
service beginning at 8 p. m. and ending at
5:5 a m, when the regular day service
begins. This is a new departure for
American roads.
At two of the eight mines on the In
dianapolis & Vincennes the miners yester-
day resumed work, which was very for
r rondse' which in depend SapdPiY largely 1E S0a on OF mines Tever Of
this road for fuel was about exhausted.
| The Lake Erie & Western had gotten down
to a two days supply.
Complaint Is made that the Big Four Is
n fSe bnIiness ff6ep sS ogf5w aeSemm ilmited, ea far
bound, Is doing. Daily between st. Louis
and Indianapolis passengers are obliged to
stand in the aisles, and yesterday nine pas
sengerS at St. Louis, two at Terre Haute,
five at Indianapolis and seven at Marion
modations.
The loss experienced by the Pittsburg,
May is considered as foreshadowing the
percentage of loss other Western roads
will show, as the economies practiced by
the Pennsylvania people operating it make
the road a fair example by which to judge
of others. and 1T is believed rhe decrease
in net earnings of other important lines
to be heard from will be at least one-third
the loss in gross.
When the heavy travel Of the worlds
fair commenced the Pullman Palace-car
Company would charter no cars except at
full capacity Of the car. Prior to that the
company had a certain scale of prices
asking the company TO again adopt. Under
the old scale, to charter a car from In
dianapolis to New York. for instance. the
Pullman company required 800; under the
new rule the same accommodations cost a
party which wishes to charter a car S12o.
The Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton, in
these depressed times, is proving one or the
exceptions in the treatment or its employees.
AS yet, no reduction in wages has been
made, neither is there likely TO be, and in
no department has the force been so cut
down as to in the least interfere with hand
ling it's business. While the officials of 9TH
er roads have kept the employees on the
has left them undisturbed. As a conse-
quence, grievance committees and threats
of strikes are unheard of on that road.
Vice Chairman Pratt. OF the New York
clearing house of the Western Passenger
Association, has gone to Montreal to con-
fer with General Passenger Agent McNtc-
oil, of the Canadian racine, regarding re-
ports that the latter line Is paying COM
missions on its emigrant business in viola
ton of the clearing house agreement, which
the Canadian Pacific agreed to observe at
the time 1t was formally adopted by the
association lines. Late advices from that
portion of the world have been to the eff
feet that the Canadian Pacific has not been
observing the agreemnt as closely as the
association lines would like to have it.
The knights of Pythias are making eff
forts TO get one of the lines leading to
Washington to still further reduce the rate
for their annual gathering in that city.
All roads have agreed to make the rate
one unlimited fare for the round trip from
all points. The knights of PythiaS want
a one-cent-a-mile rate, the same as is
given TO the Grand Army of the Republic.
railway officials argue that the knights
are mostly young men holding good posi-
tons or in comfortable circumstances, while
a majority of the G.. A r. men are in
humble circumstances or crippled SO as
TO be unable 10 work, consequently they
Beginning July 1, northwestern lines will
cancel their lake and rail rates via Chi
cago. This will again make the trunk lines
show their hand. II they wish they can
force the corresponding rates via Duluth.
and give rail connections a chance at the
business; If they do not, Northwestern lines
can pro rate with the Grand Trunk or the
Big Four on any necessary rate on the
basis of 1212 cents to Chicago and 20 cents
Chicago to the seaboard. The visit of Oscar
Murray, vice president of the Big Four, to
Chicago at the present time has something
to do with the situation which will present
itself July 1. Central Traffic Association