The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-12-13

dCCONil VI Ill ledlll. MI. Dllld mas repre-
scented that company at Gas City for twen-
ty-one years. He Is now president OF Jones'
boro's Town Council
Personal, Local and General Notes.
Chief Engineer Hall. OF the Louisville,
New Albany & Chicago. is in the city.
The State board Of railway appraisers
has fixed the value OF the railway proper
ties in Ohio at $105. 50, 200.
The management OF the Northern Pacific
Is arranging to handle it's suburban trains
by electric instead of steam power.
Work has been commenced on the link
which is 10 Inc the Panhandle and
Baltimore & Ohio railways at Washing
ton, Pa.
Western coal dealers are making a vigor-
Gus protest against advancing the rate on
anthracite coal from Buffalo west 80 cents
per ton on Jan. i.
George II. Daniels. general passenger
agent OF the New York Central, says his
road will endeavor to hold the railroad
speed record in this country.
The New York Central has Just issued its
hensive map of its system and connections
from Boston 10 Chicago and st. Louis.
The Panhandle Railway Company Will
appeal the Anna Moore suit to the Supreme
Court. A jury in the Miami Circuit Court
last week gave the plaintiff Judgment for
5000.
b. K. Elliott. OF the engineering and
maintenance of way department of the
Vandalia, has resigned, and on the first of
the year goes to Pittsburg to travel for a
paper house.
In November there were shipped by RAN
from New Albany 1900 barrels of apples.
Since the season set in 1o2, 900 barrels of
apples ave been shipped from that point,
mostly northward.
In November there were shipped east
over the Panhandle from the indianapolis
stock yards 667 carloads of live stock.
against 4S2 in November, 1894, an increase
this year OF 1S0 cars.
The gross earnings OF the Big Four I'm
November were the largest In any Novem>
Der since the consolidating was effected;
being $l,9f, 02, against N,aO2,12S in 1884. and
against 81. 1O0,OS9 in 1893.
In November the Chicago. Burlington &
Quincy handled 9O,lsc loaded cars, includ-
ing 1886 Of stock. The business was hardly
up to October, in which month 5000 load
ed cars were handed.
w. II. McDoei, vice president and general
manager of the LOUISVILLE, New Albany d
Chicago, has spent this week in looking
the road over, visiting the terminals and
the new shops at Lafayette.
j. Q. Van Wrinkle, general superintendent
Of the Big Four, and VIM. Garstang, SUPER
intendent of motive power, are in Louis
vile observing the progress making In ter
minal improvements at that point.
The New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio re-
ownership fight was settled yesterday, and
the rights OF Receiver Tod will not be
further contested by Babst. The terms Of
the settlement were not mad public.
J. II. Whaling. purchasing agent OF the
wisconsin Central. has resigned, effective
Jan. 10. A. D.. Allibone will be his
successor. Mr.. Whaling Is to take the
position OF treasurer of a land company.
A member of the reorganization commit
tee of the Louisville, Evansville & st. Louis
says the committee has not yet completed
it's reorganization plan, and for that reason
is not pushing the foreclosure proceedings.
The directors OF the Denver & Rio
Grande road at a meeting in New York
yesterday declared a dividend OF l per cent.
on the preferred stock. This is the first
payment on the perferred stock for Several
years.
Between Columbus and Pittshurg. on the
Panhandle line, ii is now no uncommon
thing TO see ten sections of one freight
train following each other about ten min
utes apart, often not more than q four
mile block apart.
The death is reported of the wife of Col.
Haines, commissioner of the Southern
States Freight Association, in Atlanta. The
deceased was a sister to Col. c. d. Owens,
vice president and general manager of the
Atlantic & Danville.
The Chesapeake & Ohio passenger de-
partment has gotten out for an advertise
ment a portrait OF President Cleveland,
nearly l~ife-size, to be used on its street
bill boards in the principal cities in the
West and Southwest.
The Pennsylvania employs A, 600 men, and
pays out annually to them s36. 900, 900: the
Panhandle lines employ $500 men, and the
WdEtS DdlN diiludliS dIC sc,VOVtvVVs tic
Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago employs
10000 men, and pays them annually
100000.
Train q. over the Panhandle and Van
dalia, yesterday hauled a special car on
which were fifty Sisters of Charity, en-
route from Philadelphia to St. Louis. On
the same train were three Englishmen, who
were going to Arkansas on a hunting trip,
an expedition for which they were finely
equipped.
Col. A. ]. Hartford, the inventor of the
steel railroad tie, and president of the New
York q Chicago Improvement Company,
is looking about for a site to establish large
works to manufacture steel ties. Cleve-
land, o., is at present the most favored
point for such a plant. The cost
of the plant is 100000
One of the new ten-wheel Baldwin freight
engines of the Louisville. New Albany Il
Chicago was in the city Wednesday and at
tracted a good deal OF attention. The en-
CINE brought forty carloads of live stock
through from Chicago en- route to Cincin~
natl. turning the business over to the Gin
cinnati, Hamilton & Dayton.
p. A. Bonebrake, superintendent OF the
Louisville division Of the Pennsylvania lines.
was I'm the city yesterday to visit the shops
and see what was being done with the en-
gines OF that division. Mr.. Bonebrake says
the new fast trains over their lines be-
tween Chicago and Louisville are doing a
very good business. and have been put on to
stay.
The Midland Terminal Creek road will
IG ~ kAAA0 OAAA
1t will connect with the Colorado Midland
and largely increase its ore shipments.
Since George w. Ristine took the manage
ment Of the Colorado Midland there has
been a handsome increase in business, and
this new line will still further increase its
revenues.
Presidents ingalls,, OF the Big Four:
Caldwell. or the LAX Shore: Ledyard, OF
the Michigan Central. and Galloway, of the
Nickel-plate. are in New York this week,
Besides being interested I'm the meeting OF
presidents. they will confer on the divi-
for the Vanderbilt lines to fix upon the
amount of the next dividend.
A telegram sent from indianapolis to an
Eastern paper stated that George Brad.
bury, vice president and general manage
of the Lake Erie & Western, had declared
in convincing terms that there was no in
tention on the part of the Brice syndicate
to consolidate their Ohio lines. When this
was shown Senator Brice he Is quoted as
simply asking IL Mr.. Bradbury stated his
authority.
New Albany Ledger: The Louisville
papers keep up their clatter about the
reorganization of the L., +. & st. l.. Air.
10 Louisville. The Airline never did Sc
we'll as It Is now doing, and the b%ondhold.
ers OF the road are satisfied with Its opera
ton by Receiver and General -anag T.
O. Hopkins. They are very likely TO LET
well enough alone.
Calvin s. Brice. IL Is said. still has under
consideration the proposition OF the trunk
line presidents that the Lake Erie q West
ern become a member OF the new joint
traffic association, having not fully made
up his mind. The presidents are particu-
larly anxious 10 have Senator Brice CO.
money for stockholders by cutting down
axpenees and the maintaining of rates, ana