The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-11-27

and "a crossing collisions. OF those killed,
. were employees. 4 passengers and 10
trespassers; OF those injured, 17 were en-
ployes. 90 passengers, and z persons steal
ings rides
on Sunday Col. Thomas Gibson, the SUI
pervisor Of the Altoona division of the
Pennsylvania lines, died at his home, aged
eighty-two years. of general debility Col:
Gibson had been connected with the road
for fifty years, and the famous Horseshoe
curve was under his supervision.
A number Of persons have been left when
going to the observation-disclosures station
to take the Knickerbocker fast train east
which does not stop there. AS Ii Is a new
departure, patrons Of the Decline division
Of the Big -Four feel that proper notice
should have been given If the arrangement
is a permanent one
At Chicago yesterday Judge Grosscup
sustained the objections Of shippers TO the
railroad on cattle cars taken to the stock
yards. The court announced that he would
nGbiIy the I road dsc rfecslysrs to anana9n one ane
to shippers, as it settles the lo-ng-contested
matter of stock yards terminal charges
1t is stated that at Cleveland there Is a
perfect sea OF loaded ears. The Bee-iine
division of the Big Four is pouring loaded
cars In there at the rate OF 300
the Western roads consented to let them go
will at once tranfer the freights to New
York Central cars and return the Western
cars.
T.. w. Harper. attorney for the Brother
hood OF Firecen, has written
an article which will appear in the De-
zine, on strikes. legal and illegal. The
purpose OF the article is to make plain
how far a railway employe can go and be
within the law In taking part in a strike
in the light of recent decisions OF the
courts.
on THANKSGIVING day. the Big -Four win
have one chartered train out of Lafayette
for Indianapolis by the Purdue football
club and its friends, and will run another
special TO bring those at way stations who
wish to witness the contest OF the teams.
This company will also run excursions from
Wabash and from Union City to Indian
apolis on that day. and the p. & f. from
Champaign, Ill.
Holders of over two-thirds of the bonds of
the indianapolis, Decatur & Western have
authorized the committee to accept the
the Brice syndicate o. e. & vs. This
committee is also empowered to borrow
money necessary to put the road in good
needed, in case the negotiations with YER
milye & Co. do not go through.
Following is the comparative statement
& ST. Paul Railroad Company for the
s.sss. ss7.s s.; 1894. s2.sso. sss.S s., a decrease Of
SOD. siG.51; 1874 nss'i S. s5a. MS I a decrease ts4esas's Of
s27s, 1897: "a. met ~earnings-1Ss3, $3.50, 343. 81;
lsS4. H.2s7,&65S, a decrease Of 1863. 1856. 7s.
Fiscal year for four months from July L:
Gross earnings-1S93, $11,947, 405. %; 1894, S1O,-
or, So. So. aSdecrease of S1.S74, 3d. q. Expenses,
including taxes-1S93, T.512, 697.09; 1894, S.
625. 500. "a, a decrease of 1856, sos. II. Net earn
ings. 1893, ABB, 70S.14; 1884,, s., 44o. 65S. SO, a de-
crease of s9SS. 0S9. Is.
The Little Rock & Pacific Railroad Com
pany has filed its charter with the Arkansas
Secretary OF State. The capital stock Of
the new corporation is placed at 81, 600, 900,
of which $4,000, or $1,000 per mile, has
been subscribed and 5 per cent. paid up.
The length of the road, including branches,
will be $50 miles. the main line being 160
miles. 1t will run through Pulaski, Perry,
Yell, Logan and Sebastian counties touch
ing at Perryyille, Danville, Bonneville and
Dardanelle. The western terminus will be
Wister Junction, where it will conect with
the Choctaw lire. The road will be indie
pendent of the Gould system and the Little
Rock & Memphis road
William Garstang. superintendent of mo-
tive power of the Big Four, yesterday re-
ceived a telegram from the Barney &
| Smith car works stating that to-day they
would ship one of the new trains for the
Knickerbocker express, and another on
Thursday. The coaches will seat seventy
two passengers, are complete in every re-
spect, have closets and wash rooms for both
ladies and gentlemen, are lighted with
| Pintsch gas, heated by steam from the loco
motive, and are highly finished both in the
interior and exterior. The combination cars
for these trains are sixty-five feet in length,
| twenty-eight feet of the car for baggage
| and the other part of the combination car
will seat forty-six persons.