The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-03-08

economical measure.
William r. McKeen, president of the
Vandalia, is so i'll from "A bad cold as TO
confine him TO the house
f. z. Jeffries. of Vincennes. yesterday
begun service with the Evansville * Terre
Haute as its agent at Evansville.
The Panhandle company Will in a few
days begin the erection of modern style
depot at Marion. Ind, to cost $1,000.
The low rates to California now prevailing,
passenger men think. will be short lived,
so earnest are the efforts making TO stop
the rate war.
The Big Four people are sodding the
occupied grounds about their new city
around them
w. p. Ijams president of the Indianapolis
stock-yards and Belt road is arranging TO
go TO California next month to visit the
A. 3. Starr, superintendent of the Pitts
burg Fort Wayne * Chicago, was at his
Office for a short time Tuesday. He is still
quite weak from his recent severe illness.
j. T. Lane, travelling passenger agent of
the Baltimore & Ohio, on Sunday passed
his thirty-fifth anniversary as an employee
or that company. He began as a brakeman.
A railway official who keeps well informed
as to the affairs OF the Atchison, Topeka
q Santa Fe, says there will soon be gen.
eral change in the management of that
property.
On Monday Train q over the vandalia
was hauled from Terre Haute to st. Louis
in three hours and thirty minutes. making
stops at county seats and railroad crossings
on the line.
agent Of the Pennsylvania and Vandalia
lines, returned yesterday from Florida, ac
companied by his wife, who has been South
for some weeks.
The tralnmen on the Chicago & Eastern
Illinois feel little sore that on the same
day that the Journal announced reduction
Of 10 per cent. to be made I'm their wages
there appeared an item announcing the
usual quarterly dividend OF IL per cent.
Colonel Cobb. chief engineer of the Ohio
Southern. with large surveying corps, is
and the Cincinnati, Lebanon & Northern,
a project which has been shelved for some
months, owing to the depressed times.
William Quinn, Big Four yardmaster,
yesterday accompanied c. E. Schaff sec
rotary Of President Ingalls,, and Superin-
tendent Bailey on their trip over the Cairo
division. 1t Is understood Mr.. Quinn Is to
be appointed trainmaster of that division.
James McCrea, vice president of the
Pennsylvania Company. and president of
the Union Railway Company; Joseph Wood,
general manager, and John +. Miller gen.
eral superintendent Of the Southwestern
system, are expected in the city to-day
The new board of directors of the New
York. New Haven & Hartford will hold
meeting the plans for extensive terminal
improvements at New Haven will be sub,
passenger station and large freight depot,
and fifty-stall roundhouse
G.. J. Mullaney, general agent of the
freight department of the Nashville, Chat
Atlantic, was in the city yesterday He
thinks 1t Will be some months before the
Southern Railway and Steamship Associa-
ton harmonizes it's interests. and that the
rate war will be more serious than is
now looked for.
1t is stated that A. a. Zion, superin-
has, through dismissals and reducing
wages. cut down the expenses of the two
interests 80 per cent. but it is evident that
when business on the Belt road and at the
Union Station reaches it's usual volume the
present force will not be able to properly
perform the necessary work.
The passenger business of the Peoria e.
Eastern Increased to such an extent the
last month as to be noticeable. On one
train, Tuesday night, was carried forty
tickets. One of the conductors says it
seems like old times on the road, so near
IS the business reaching the volume that
II was when known as the Indiana, Bloom
fngton & Western
The Belt Line railway, which runs around
West Superior, Wis, and connects with the
dock, mills and elevators at the East End
has been sold to the Northwestern Coal
Railway Company, which is building the
largest coal dock in the world, on Alouaz
move by President HILL of the Great North
ern. to make connections with the mills and
elevators at the East End.
Quint McNabb, who recently resigned as
superintendent of bridges on the Big Four
has Joined the Peck brigade on the ST.
Louis & Iron Mountain. and with large
force or men is erecting a bridge q short
distance out of St. Louis. Sixteen men
who held positions of more less impor-
lance on the Big Four and who have re-
signed. have been employed by General
Superintendent Peck on the Iron Mountain.
]. r. Cavenaugh. superintendent of car
service Of the Big Four, states that their
and all are in service on March l. 1893
there were in service on the Big Four
lines 1892 foreign cars and $685. of the cars
foreign lines. On March l, 1894 the Big
Four had in service on its lines but 11.O92
foreign cars. and but 66s1 of its own cars
on foreign roads.
The committee appointed by the Union
Railway Company to ascertain what could
be done to purchase and get the proper
title to the ground on which the Vandalia
city freight depot stands. so that the Union
company may extend its tracks further
westward, is making good Roadway in Sc
curing the required quit claim. So long
title of the Terre Haute & indianapolis
cannot be disturbed.
f. o. Hopkins and ]. II. Wilson, receivers
on Tuesday appeared before Judges Woods
and Allen. of the United States Court at
Chicago. to make their first report The re-
port Is q lengthy one and contains recon-
mendations looking TO the needs of the road.
on, returning to Evansville the receivers
will, In day or two. go East and try and
harmonic matters with the bondholders
who seeking their removal
The severe economies now in vogue and
the dullness of business on the grangers is
reflected by the statement of President Per-
kins Of the c., Il. & O., who is quoted as
saying in Lincoln. Neb that on the c., 3. e.
O. system Idle men number 10000 and he
could not say when they will be re-employed
A Lincoln dispatch further says that the
company has 1900 cars which should go to
the repair shops, but the cars will stand as
they are till business shows signs of re-
vival.
In 1893 the work of laying the passenger
tracks of the New York Central with steel
rail weighing eighty pounds to the yard
was completed. This year the company will
commence laying it's freight tracks with
rails of equal weight The rails will be laid
bolts, and will have the ServiS tin plates
under the joints. Between Albany and New
York. for quite distance, on sharp curves.
a rail weighing one hundred pounds to the
yard Will be laid.
Within a few days arrangements will be
COMPLETED by which the Pittsburg, Akron
G. Western Railroad COMPANY will be
placed in a position to pay all liens now
standing against Ii. The receiver proposes
to issue certificates aggregating Si00.000 1t
IS understood that a deal Is already COM
pany will be able TO float the certificates.
The liens amount to about 100000. This
will leave 100000 10 care FOR other indebt-
edness. The plan outlined also provides
that the receiver will be given permission
TO operate the road for few years. The
big mortgage Of several millions against
the road will not be fOreClOsed.
d. ]. Mackey. late president of several
Evansville railways. is often unkindly criti-
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