The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-09-24

week. but the cuts have for some time been
extended into all of the class rates and Il
condition of things as some of the lines
imagine.
East-Bound Shipments.
East-bound shipments from Chicago last
week amounted to 6099S tons, against 1907
for the preceding week and 5s.422 for the
corresponding week of last year. The roads
carried tonnage as follows: Michigan Cen
trail, $751; Wabash, 5.S3S; Lake phore. 1854;
FIT. Wayne; SSH; Panhandle, 9.22i: Balti-
more more & Ohio COO 5,4S3; Grand Trunk ISL 5SSr;
2G22. The tonnage was made up of the fol-
lowing articles: Flour. 2.O51 grain and mill
stuffs, 22,75s; provisions, 1887; lard, 3.so7;
seed. 45oS; butter. i.461: hides. 1851; lumber.
5,9S1: miscellaneous, 37S Lake shipments
for the week amounted to 1895 tons.
Personal, Local md General Notes.
NJ. E. ingalls,. president of the Big Four.
will return from the East to-day.
Robert Emmett formerly district pas
senger agent of the Vandalia, is IN the
city.
E. E. England has been elected manager
at Mobile, Ala.
The Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton will
on Sunday run low-rate excursions to both
Dayton and Cincinnati.
General Manager Blair is authority for
the statement that the Wheeling e. Lake
Erie is TO be extended To Cleveland, o.
In the four big days of the State fair
over four thousand packages were checked
at the package room of the Union Station.
Chalmers Brown, president of the. Rail-
way Officials and Employees Association.
has gone to New York on official business.
Last week eight new Class r freight en-
gines were turned out OF the shops OF the
Pennsylvania at Altoona, ali for service be-
tween Philadelphia and jersey City.
On Sunday over the entire Old Colony
right-hand running. The change has been
a radical and expensive one TO the COM
pany.
ON the Southern Paei8> the use of brass
checks for checking local baggage has been
entirely abandoned and cardboard checks.
attached TO trunks by strong Irvine. substi-
tuted.
During the extreme hot weather con-
Eastern was stopped. but will be resumed
next week with increased grading and
track-laying forces.
The express over the Monon on Saturday
night left Indianapolis one hour and thirty
minutes late, and arrived at Chicago on
time making one of the quickest runs ever
made over road with so heavy train.
The Brooks locomotive works will this
week begin on a contract 10 build fifteen
locomotives for the Great Northern, and
the Schenectady works are now building
nine locomotives for the Eastern Mime
sofa.
The receiver of the Northern Pacific. In
his report says that the condition of the
property is such that to enable II to COM
pete on an equal basis with its rivals an
expenditure of 100000 will be required in
the next five years.
The Toledo. Peoria & Western earned
gross, in the two months ending Aug. 81
$751;, SOP an increase over the correspond
ing two months of 1894 of $3.50. The net
earnings for that period were Si1,i22; in
crease this year, 1922.
The Big Four lines proper earned in the
second week of September $5136Oo, an IN
crease over the corresponding week Of 1894
OF 500, 612 1t was the best week in pas
senger earnings in the history of the road
by several thousand dollars.
A rumor is current that the Central Traf-
fic and Trunk Line associations are to be
merged. This Is improbable. and doubtless
grew out of the statement that an attempt
is to be made TO make the joint committee
something more than figurehead.
Frank E,lmaker. superintendent of the
middle division of the Pennsylvania, has
resigned to accept the SUPPLEMENTARY of
the Consolidated Traction Company Of
New Jersey. the resignation TO take effect
as soon as his successor is appointed.
In the week ending Sept. q there were
transferred over the Belt road 15.196 cars.
of aS5 cars Belt road engines last week
handled 1,047 carloads of live stock, an
increase over the preceding week of sew
enty-eght cars.
Some of the trainmen running into the
Union station have complained of the
treatment received on the part of the off,
Gals in the train sheds. and an investiga-
ton of the matter has been arranged with
superintendent Zion by committee or the
engineers for tomorrow.
C. z. .Schaff. assistant general manager
of the Big Four, was in the city yesterday
to attend the monthly meeting OF the
- 1~x~x. 49, 1s.&- t.
year since these monthly meetings for
conference were inausurated, and they
have proven decided success in many
ways
hunters to Wisconsin. the laws of Michigan
being so arbitrary to practically shut
out hunters. The passenger men say that
hundreds of hunters have already ar
ranged TO go to Wisconsin from Ohio and
Indiana. from this State alone at least five
hundred.
1t is stated that the Cumberland Dis
patch, roundabout line to the East
& Western and the Shenandoah Valley
: roads, is cutting east-bound rates. The
time made is so slow that competitors are
not likely TO make much fuss about 1t, say
the line managers.
TIE private car of President Ingalls,
which has been in tne Brightwood shops
for a month undergoing general repairs
and repaintng. came out yesterday and
was sent to Cincinnati last night The
new private building for Assistant
General Manager Schaff will be out of the
shops in three weeks.
A short time ago the Pennsylvania bor-
rowed of the light passenger trains of
the New York. New Haven e. Hartford to
run in it's suburban service. The cars and
engines are lighter than the ordinary pas
senger equipment. The experiment has not
been satisfactory, and the old train service
or electric line service Will be adopted
Passenger conductors of the through
trains say that one can see to- what ex-
cess European travel has been carried by
noting the large number OF European
travellers coming home daily. Almost ev-
cry west-bound train is obliged to haul
one or more extra sleeping cars to accom-
modate the business, and often an extra
baggage car
The Louisville, New Albany & Chicago
earned in the second week Of September
S75fs6, an Increase over the corresponding
week OF 1894 OF Sill 623. Since July l the
road has earned S736,099, an increase over
the corresponding period of 1894 of $106 OH
A large per cent. of the increase has come
from the increased revenue or its passen-
ger department.
Officials of the Pennsylvania and Van
dalia lines state that the operating OF
their own dining cars, which was com
menced two months ago. has proven high
" satisfactory and the patrons of the road
are much better pleased. Ii SHOULD be
said that the roads took the business of
the hands OF the Pullman company at a
fortunate time, az, during the last two
months. travel east and west has been
the heaviest In many years