The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-05-29

in excess Of the corresponding week OF
1883. Although but S21.21 ahead, il is taken
as very encouraging.
z. G. Johnson has just completed his
twentieth year OF service in the passenger
department of the Louisville & Nashville
The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy and
the Chicago & Northwestern have each con-
tracted for 1900 tons OF steel rails at the
lowest figure rails have ever been pur-
chased. 1t is stated.
The Wabash people have abandoned the
idea of putting. on a fast limited train De-
of the continued light passenger traffic be-
tween those points.
General Passenger Agent Atmore. of. the
Louisville & Nashville, is delivering a
series of interesting lectures through the
South, advising the Southern people to en-
courage immigration.
1t is stated that the PENNSYLVANIA man
competition in speed the Vanderbilt lines
may undertake between New York and
any Of its Western terminals.
John NJ. Toucey, general manager of the
New York Central. has been elected a mem
Der OF the executive committee of the East
ern Railroad Association, the annual con-
vention of which just closed at Washing
r.. s. Hayes, who was last week elected
president OF the Construction Company, of
Chicago. which is to build the West-side
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& Duluth and receiver of the Georgia Cen
trail.
Commencing yesterday the Pennsylvania
will run dining cars from Pittsburg to New
York on train leaving Pittsburg at s a.
m., eastern time. This is the connecting
train with Train 8, leaving Indianapolis
at $40 .. m.
A sweeping reduction in freight rates
from New York to Southern points went
into effect yesterday. which 1T IS feared will
QaniZinU of the Southern Railway and
Steamship Association.
Freight traffic with the Big Four is so
much on that twenty-five Of the engines,
all in first-class condition. have been white
loaded and housed until business improves.
Six on the Peoria & Eastern have been
treated in a similar manner.
Rumor again has IL that President Clark,
of the New York, New Haven & Hartford.
Is to resign. One well informed regarding
this road says every few months such a
report Is set afoat by his enemies, but
proves to be false. as will this. probably.
Richard Henry Morris, for a long series
OF years the right Of way agent Of the
Pennsylvania railroad. died at his home I'm
Bristol last week. Captain Morris made a
great record during the civil war, and has
been a very valuable man to the Pennsyl-
vanfa-
Since Jan. l the Pennsylvania lines have
handled $500, 023 tons of coal, a decrease as
compared with corresponding period last
year yesI., of 2 ;s Ss tons 1s the hs,r result dt.0 Of d the : DC.
OF fuel from mines ON the Pennsylvania
system.
re A, e: Harvey yss gho for some years 4 has
England. on June ! retires and is succeeded
by G. A. Butler. formerly freight and pas
senger representative of the Great North
ern in northern Indiana, Ohio and central
Michigan F,
Under the new schedule Big Four Train
IL, on the Chicago division, makes the run
minutes quicker than on the old schedule,
and Train is. going west, makes the run
from indianapolis TO Chicago thirty min.
utes quicker.
Superintendent Zion, of the Union Rail-
way Company. and his secretary have
moved the office from the fourth floor to
itor Vinnedge. with his clerical force, has
moved from the fourth TO the third floor
In the Union Station.
In April there were 104 accidents on rail-
ways of this country, In which twenty-eight
persons were killed and lightweight in
jured. OF those killed ten were tramps
wrecked. The accident list for April was
the lghtest Of any April in many years
past.
Through the economies introduced on the
Big Four the operating expenses of the road
for April were $S6,1S7 below those Of April,
1893, and for the ten months of the COM
pany's fscai year, which ends with June 80,
the operating expenses are $685. 62 less than
for the corresponding period ending April
so, 1893.
The Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton and
tne Dig our are uolnS u SOOu- BUSINESS
in hauling coal from the river northward,
a portion of the coal stopping at Indianapo-
lis. The. indianapolis Artificial Gas Com
pany is now laying in its years supply ct
a cost. Ii is stated, of only S1.S6 per ton,
and So cents of that is freight.
The Evansville e. Terre Haute earned
in the third week of May SIS, lis. a decrease
as compared with the corresponding week
Of 1893 of S5,3i9; the Evansville & Indianap-
oils earned S.145. a decrease this year of
$2,S45; the Louisville, Evansville g st.
Louis earned $26,566, a decrease this year
OF 1888; the Peoria, Decatur & Evans
vile, SIG, 943, a decrease this year Of s555.
These roads were formerly known as the
Mackey lines.