The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-05-09

Personal, Local and General Notes.
The Indiana Car-service Association han
dice In April 21,476 loaded cars, the best
months business since 1898.
John F. Miller, general superintendent of
the pennsylvania lines Southwestern sys-
tenn, has returned from New York.
Since Jan. / the Lake Erie & Western
has earned gross 81. los. +s6. an increase over
the corresponding period OF 1894 of $l25,s0l.
The passenger earnings of the Monon for
the week ending May 4 were $40 in ex-
cess of those of the corresponding week
of 1894.
The Wabash is now serving regular meals
in its parlor cars between ST. Louis and
Toledo. A buffet heretofore only has been
in service.
a. A. Heard. late assistant general pas
senger agent of the Missouri Pacific. has
Steamship Company. running boats between
Cleveland and Buffalo.
The earnings Of the Atchison system, all
lines, for last week, were s1,015, 7S5, an
increase of si23s2: for the month. 3d. 4se.
given Appropriated to gross earnings.
James Barker. formerly general passen-
ger agent of the Monon. now holding that
position on the Missouri, Kansas Il Texas,
last Saturday celebrated his twenty-five
anniversary as a general passenger agent
Engine 100, of the Glass p type. which
made such remarkable runs during the
Louisville. is now on the Pittsburg division
of the Panhadle, and is making a great
speed record.
The understanding is that Daniel Creamer,
train dispatcher. will be the successor of
A. :. Knapp, deceased, as master of trans
portation on the Peoria & Eastern, he be-
ing the next in line for promotion on the
Big Four lines.
With the taking effect of the summer
time table the Big Four will run on its day
train a parlor car between Indianapolis and
Benton Harbor, and at night a sleeping
car. which will be a new departure for the
Michigan division.
In April there were shipped from the
Bedford stone quarries, over the Monon line,
3,lCS carloads of stone, going to a dozen
different States. This is one of the best
months business on record. and this month
promises better results if the stone cars
can be secured.
Charles Kramer. the new general man
ager of the dining rooms restaurant, etc.,
at the Union Station, has taken charge.
promises that the indianapolis Union Sta
ton will be one of the best provided in this
direction in the country.
Tomorrow the agreement of the Trunk
Line Association to cease the payment of
excessive commissions on west-bound emf
grant business goes into effect. This &C
ton applies to all Atlantic. ports, the
| Canadian Pacific and the Grand Trunk hav-
ing joined in the agreement.
President j. b. Harter, of the indianapolis
Scalpers' Association. states that the-asso-
| citation went through April without a men,
Der violating the agreement, and not one
was fined. being the first month that there
Il 0dQ not Oeen some crOOkeQneSS 1erreteQ
| out for several preceding months.
The cost of changing the iron gates at the
| Union Station between the station proper
and the train sheds is 1915, bur when COM
| pleted ii will make the exit from the
sheds and the entrance to the train sheds
much more convenient than the old ar
rangement. and crowds can be handled
much easier.
On the 18th of this month Charles w.
| Cook will become general freight agent of
the Cincinnati. jackson & Mackinaw. and
| L. C.M SCHNEIDER will give all his atten-
ton to the passenger business. Mr.. Cook
| recently retired from the Indiana, Illinois
& Iowa as its general freight and pas
| senger agent.
of the Big Four lines, returned yesterday
from Cincinnati, and announces that the
May 10; The Pennsylvania lines expect 10
adopt their summer time table on the same
date, although the matter had not yester-
day been definitely settled.
/ The putting on of the fast limited over
| the Nandalia and Pennsylvania lines out of
st. Louis at noon has not cut into the
business of the favorite Train 20 at all,
but, on the contrary, 1T Is stated officially
that Train 20 is earning from 10 to II per
cent. more per mile run than at the cor
responding period last year.
1t is stated that the Western lines have
decided to let the party rate question adj
just itself until at least a strong associa-
ton is formed. as IL is not at all probable
that any agreement made at present would
be maintained, and the fixing of a 2%-cent-a-
mile rate would place at a disadvantage
the lines which lived up to the agreement.
William n: Jackson. the veteran railroad
man of Indiana, yesterday said when he
sold tickets for the Madison & Indianapo-
lis road, the first road built in the State,
the name of every passenger who boarded
the train was taken. Were such a custom
now in vogue he thought it would be
quite a task TO carry 1t out at the Union
| Station.
An attorney we'll informed regarding the
matter states that while the Cincinnati,
Hamilton & Dayton seems to have the
way people. the litter are very we'll salts
fed with the outcome of the negotiations
and have secured all they desire to enable
them to keep intact the Southern railway
interests.
The passenger department of the Bur-
lington road has decided to run a series of
personally conducted summer vacation
and Big Horn mountains lying east of the
Pacific divide. These excursions have been
run frequently, in the East. but this is
the first time they have been taken up by
the Western roads.
O. T. Peck. in charge of the freight depots
of the Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton at
Toledo. was dismissed for reasons thought
by the management TO be sufficient. The
shippers of Toledo became indignant and
investigated the charges. finding that the
in a request. signed by a large number
of shippers. asking his reinstatement.
n new railroad for the Fox river valley.
WISCONSIN,, Is assured Dy the DETERMINATION
Of the Valley Terminal Company, with a
capital of S750,000. all subscribed. which filed
articles with the Secretary of State of Wis
consin yesterday. The road will run from
Green Bay through Brown, Outagamie and
Winnebago TO Neenah. a distance of about
thirty miles, tapping the cities of Green
Bay, Kaukana, Appleton and Neenah.
j. j. Turner, superintendent Of the Pitts
burg division of the Pennsylvania South
western system. has just received a patent
on an interlocking mechanism for switches
and also for a switch lock. Mr.. Turner
has the reputation of being one of the
most expert signal men in the country. AT
Richmond bridge a signal device of his
invention is in successful operation. while
in the officers association of the Pennsyl-
vania lines he has been honored with the
craftsmanship of the signal committee.
Joseph Wood. general manager Of the
PENNSYLVANIA lines west of Pittsburg, was
on Tuesday, with a party of friends, car
ried over the Pittsburg. Fort Wayne e.
Chicago at remarkable speed. The best
time made DUNG any part of the trip was
between Valparaiso and Wheeler, where
seven miles were made in five minutes. Be
TWEEN Valparaiso and Whiting twenty-Sev-
en- miles were accomplished in twenty-three
minutes. Leaving Fort Wayne at 1:52 p. m.
the run to Chicago was completed in three
hours and one and a half minutes. This
includes a stop of fifteen minutes. making
the net time for a distance of 149 miles
two hours and fOrty-SiX and a half minutes.
The previous run from Crestline to Fort
Wayne. a distance of Isl miles. occupied 3i