The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-09-29

Indiana, Illinois & Iowa road as a rate
disturber, placing the whole line in one di-
vision. Instead OF two.
The Wabash earned in the third week
of September s249,s o7, a decrease this year
of $59.S70. Since the 1st of January a de-
crease OF S,95S. z3 Is shown.
The Missouri Pacific and Iron Mountain
announce that the two-cents-a-mile party
rate Is applicable to all points on the lines
OF the Gould system
The Missouri, Kansas & Texas has de-
cided TO build a road which Will connect
Joplin, Mo, and Parsons. Kan. The money
to build the link has been arranged for.
The Ohio Falls car works has started UP
it's passenger. as well as freight. car-build-
ing department. Work in the passenger
department is confined to rebuilding
coaches
Thirty representatives of railways GEN.
tering at New Orlenas met to organize a
local association, and after a two days
session adjourned without accomplishing
anything.
William Backus. of the Atchison. has in
vented a car coupler which railroad men
look upon as the best invention of that de-
scriptioT yet devised The Santa Fe may
give 1t q test.
Trainmen on the Pennsylvania lines will,
on Oct. 1, don their winter uniforms. A
full suit, including overcoat, costs $2 to
<o a lIdlllldu HOW ms " pay " AS
own suit on nearly all roads.
Commissioner Stahlman, Of the Southern
Railway and. steamship Association. has
succeeded in inducing several of the South
ern roads TO join the association which
have never before been included.
The Order of Railway photographers claim
that their membership has decreased less
as a result Of the depressed times than has
P%ittsburg now leads in membership.
The Lake Erie & Western earned in the
third week of September $7,676, an increase
over the corresponding week of 1898 of
xS,5lS; the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern,
$135, 145, an increase this year of N.506.
II is understood that the Illinois Central
will name the successor OF q. j. Grammar
a ase assist e 6b general sont6 manager OF %it the his sh es.
firing to-day to go with the Lake Shore.
The United States Appellate Court. at
Chicago, on Monday will hand down the de-
elsion In the case OF the Cincinnati, Hamil,
suit the outgrowth of the Ives-Staynor
deal.
A telegram to the Journal states that o.
p. McCarty, late general passenger agent
OF the Baltimore 81 Ohio Southwestern, has
accepted a position with the passenger de
| partment of the Southern Pacific, with
headquarters at New Orleans.
w. S. Green. chief electrician of the Ches-
apeake & Ohio, has equipped two OF the
passenger trains with electric tail lights,
which are proving a great success. The
same batteries which light the train are
used for the current, and the lights can be
seen at a great distance.
Work is to be resumed on the Atlantic
| Short-line, projected TO run from Macon tc
savannah. Thirty,eisht miles of the dis.
lance is graded and brfdged, and on clever
miles of the distance the track was laio
when 1t was abandoned. New parties have
| taken an interest In the project.
Harry Miller. superintendent of the Van
dalia main line, was in the city yesterday
| He thinks the new schedule between 81.
Louis and Indianapolis for Train 20, which
takes effect Sunday. can readily be made,
although 1t is the fastest time ever made
by regular trains between the two points
Frank Palmer, assistant general pas
senger agent of the WABASH, with head
quarters at Chicago, was in the city yes
| terday. He states that the Chicago Detroit
line is doing a very satisfactory through
business. but as yet its local traffic Is
| light. as it passes through but few i'm
| portant towns.
al superintendent of the Cincinnati, Ham
ilton & Dayton, going to the Nickel-plate
later, but who retired from railroad service
| owing to nervous troubles, is now in Con-
neaut, o., out of business, but of late he
| has so much improved that it is hoped he
will yet be able to return 10 railroad SER
vice.
The movement to have each engineer
| employ a fireman of his choice is gaining
friends, and 1T is believed Ii will become
quite general eventually. The 500 line was
it has proven very satisfactory thus far
In case of strikes it Is thought the engineer
would have such influence over his fireman
that trouble would be avoided.
At a meeting of the executive committee
of the trunk lines at New York. yesterday
the question of car mileage was consid-
ed which will confer with the executive
| committee of the Western and Southwest
ern railroads TO obtain an agreement upon
a uniform rate of one-half per cent. pei
mile on all freight cars except refrigerators
At the worlds congress of railway EN-
ployes. to be held in Paris next month,
among the subjects discussed will be the
establishment of eight hours as a days
work, the creation of an international
fund, the establishment of one day of rest
heavy goods trains on Sunday and the pen.
sioning of old employees when unable tc
work.
Tn gross earnings of the Chicago. Bur-
iington IL Quincy for the month of Au-
gust were - 1854, 143, a decrease of $142. 252
from the same month of last year. The
total net earnings were s531.s27. an increase
OF S22S, H7; operating expenses decreased
S34S.1 l9 during the month From the first
of the year to Aug. 81 the net earnings of
the road have decreased SOS, 997, as COM
pared with the same period of last year.
| l.. Z. Lockwood, of Chicago, general
agent of the Nickel-plate, was In the city
yesterday to attend the funeral of A. NJ
stated that the Nickel-pIate was now
handling a much larger tonnage of freights
than at the corresponding period last year,
and the increase of passenger business since
putting on through trains had been much OF
a surprise
Ticket scalpers say that September has
been a good month for them. there have
been so many low rate excursions and low
rates to Indianapolis attractions. One OF
the sealping offices. between the 18th and
18th of the month, bought and sold 1,C6(
tickets of parties who came in here and
wished to sell the return portion of their
| tickets, and the other four offices did a
big business.