The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-10-29

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the two divisions there were handled at In
dianapolis 1853 loaded cars, an increase
over the week ending Oct. 20 OF 6lS loaded
cars.
The four Pennsylvania lines continue to
make a favorable exhibit, in the week end
ing Oct. q handling at indianapolis 424o
PRECEDING week. ana AZ more than the
same lines received and forwarded at In
dianapolis In the corresponding week or
1888.
The inbound business of the Lake Erie
& Western continues to be heavier than the
outbound. Last week this road brought
sent out. For some weeks past shipments
of produce in here from Michigan have been
heavy. This road carries nearly all the OIL
tank line business into this section.
The Big Four lines last week exceeded
all previous weeks since the consolidation
Of the four lines, handling at indianapolis
ss,sn loaded cars, which was Isl pore than
than in the week ending Oct. IL. Going back
to the corresponding week of 1893. an in
crease Is shown this year OF Icy loaded
cars.
The Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton last
week made an unfavorable exhibit. which
was largely due to a scarcity or cars;
depends on the Vandalia and the Indian
apolis, Decatur & Western for cars. Last
total Of S5 cars, 65 being. loaded. This
was twenty-eight fewer loaded cars than
in the week ending Oct. q, and 16l less
tudu III lit Corresponding WCCh VI
Personal. Local and General Notes.
C. E. Schaff, assistant general manager of
the Big Four. went to New York yesterday
to confer with President Ingalls,
On Nov. / the Vandalia will begin to pay
coal premiums to engineers and firemen
where a saving OF coal is effected
The managers of the coal roads Of Ohio
are trying TO get together and arrange
to handle the traffic at a more profitable
figure.
There Is some uneasiness among passen-
ger conductors on the Vandalia;- one has
been dropped and others called on Tor
explanations.
The Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton yes,
terday handled on its system nine special
trains. carrying either theatrical parties or
excurSionists.
Western lines will not absorb the 50 ar
bitrary on shipment to Chicago stockyards.
and Eastern lines have agreed to do so
after Nov. IL.
A. NJ. schoyer. superintendent Of tele-
graph of the Pennsylvania Company, has
gone to Mount Clements, Mich, for treat
ment for rheumatism.
Early next month the rates on live hogs
river points to Chicago will be advanced
to 231S cents, and a strong effort will be
made to hold them at that tariff.
On the first of next month NJ. L. Byers,
indianapolis division of the Panhandle. will
go to the Chicago division, and w. c.
Loree Will return TO the indianapolis d.
vision.
General Passenger Agents SOUL, of the
Baltimore G. Ohio. and Lambert, of the
West Shore, who have been in the West
several days prospecting as regards bust
ness, returned to their respective head
quarters on Saturday.
]. Q. Van Wrinkle on Saturday was in
one of his happiest moods. On Friday the
number of cars handled, it reaching 5.757
loaded cars. The highest number Of loaded
cars ever handled prior to Oct. 20 was 5.713.
Officials who attended the meeting. at
Cleveland last week are not very loud in
their boasts of what was accomplished
Like the freight mems meeting at Indianap-
oils. the most important questions are left
to committees to report at the next meet
ing.
F. L. Gowen, Of Philadelphia, president
of the Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf. has
i hPPGidRsed ]. F. p H Bradford aadi Eene and s tpaffic
manager, F. l.. Moeler superintendent of
transportation. and James Cunningham
master mechanic.
saying that 55S trains arrive and depart
at the new Union Station in seventeen
hours. not twenty-four. and that between
are handled at the station.
The Pennsylvania Company is building a
bs dSs sns station It hai At s Marion bi Ind ar II Will will
be built of oolitic stone as high as the base
OF the windows; the remainder will be white
pressed brick. The work is under the su-
pervision of A. VI. Underhill.
General Superintendent Peck. of the st.
Louis & Iron Mountain, announces tina
on Dec. 2 a new fast mail service will be
west. The train will leave st. Louis at Z
a. m, on the arrival Of the fast mail train
from New York over the Pennsylvania
and the Vandalia lines.
At the close of business Saturday there
A were standing on the Si6ptrack near Ala
bama street sixty carloads Of apples, po-
tatoes and cabbage. Receipts Of produce
weeks past; in fact, c-onsignments have
been large all the fall. Most of the pro-
duce shipped in here is from Michigan and
New York.
carry out their programme, eventually the
road will have terminals at Cincinnati, Chi
this a railway official high in rank says
the owners of this road were always castle
builders. and he Is very sure they will not
accomplish what they say they will until
capitalists see more money in railway in
vestments than the last three years have
shown.
The Lake Erie & Western earned in the
third week of October sS6, AIS. an increase
s1s. The Wabash carried Ss2i, $50, a decreast
this year Of soo,4i The Toledo, st. Loui:
this year of s5s.449. The Toledo, st. Loui:
1863. an increase this year Of s3.S9S: the
LOUISVILLE, new Albany q chicago, SbZ, yUl
a decrease of $50. 1872; the Chesapeake & Ohio
$lS6,360, an increase of $1,211.
A COW wearing a bell was run over ant
killed on a railway near London England
recently, and the owner sought to recover
damages from the railway company. Or
the trial of the case it was proven tina
the engineer blew the whistle loudly, try
ing to frighten the cow away from the
track. The farmers lawyer also proved
that the cow was equally attentive to bust
ness as the engineer, in ringing her bel
and e~xerting herself to scare the engine
off the track. The jury gave a verde
for the cow.
To what extent the worlds fair In.
creased the business of the Big Four is
shown in the official statement that in
September alone the Big Four at its Indian
apolis ticket Office sold $5, EGO of tickets
while in September this year the receipt.
from sales of tickets to Chicago amounted
to only S3,110. The last day Of the Crane
Army Encampment the Big Four sold ovel
twelve thousand dollars worth of tick
cts at this point. In this connection 4
should be said that for six months pas
every division Of the Big Four has shown
increased receipts from the sales of ticket.
over the corresponding months of 1898.
WEATHER FORECAST.