The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-05


Dec II of the Norfolk & western were
Mo,l97956. an increase of s27s,139
c: A. Desassure has been. appointed gen.
eral passenger agent of the Memphis &
Charleston. vice r. w. Wren. resigned.
c. w. Bliss, son of President Bliss of
the Boston & Albany road, has been APP
pointed assistant general superintendent of
the road.
The Southern Passenger Association win
probably pass out of existence Jan. 15 as
twenty-three roads have given notice of
withdrawal.
A. w Noyes has been appointed travelling
passenger agent of the Chicago Great
Western for Indiana and Illinois and J.
A. Granger for OHIO.
With the first of the year the Louisville,
Evansville & st. Louis commenced using
the passenger station of the Pennsylvania
Company at New Albany.
William Hayes, one of the older of the
passenger conductors on the Nickel-plate,
has been appointed depot master at Chica-
go at a comfortable salary.
j. G. RIPPLE late district passenger agent
of the Pennsylvania Company, will, on
jan 10, become one of the district pas
senger agents of the Baltimore & Ohio. i.
c. Nj. Bissell, of New York. has been
elected vice president and general manager
of the Findlay, Fort Wayne & Western
railroad, vice c. G. Patterson, resigned.
ID. f. Whitcomb late superintendent OF
the indianapolis Union Railway Company,
has become interested in some electric lines
In New. Hampshire. which promise good
financial results.
The Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern, in
connection with the Baltimore G. Ohio, has
under consideration it is stated officially,
Louis for New York.
Harry Crawford, jr., states that the Chi
cago & Southeastern is arranging. to pur-
fered seriously in it's business the last few
months for lack of power.
t. II. B. Emery, for for some time pas past agent
through the. city yesterday en- route to
Buffalo, he having been appointed general
agent OF the line at that point.
In the first six months of the fiscal year
with the Peoria, Decatur & Evansville,
ending Dec. 81, the road earned s4Sl O55. Al,
against $452, 1864 in the corresponding six
s %s7ths Of 1885, an increase in 1884 Of sss-
j. D.. Livingstone. formerly on the In
DIANA Bloomington & Western. now super
in the city yesterday. the guest of Superin-
tendent- Fargo, of the American Express
Company.
The work of converting the Bedford &
Switz City from a narrow to a standard
gauge road has been commenced. The road
is owned by the Monon, which is laying the
rails taken up on the Indianapolis division
in widening the gauge.
Harry King, who has been freight and
ticket agent of the Louisville Evansville
years, has been appointed superintendent
of the Louisville. Evansville & st. Louis
terminals at New Albany.
G. ]. Gensinger, who for some years has
been contracting agent of the White line
at st. Louis, has resigned to become the
southeassern a at Kansas e City This IS said
to be stepping stone to something better.
e. st. John, recently elected vice presi-
dent and general manager Of the Seaboard
and by circular issued to agents and en-
ployes, all of whom are to be retained,
urges them to put forth their best efforts
in the companys behalf
The Pennsylvania motive power inspec-
ton party, consisting Of j. Landers. 1ndi-
Demeroes, NJ. Pontius and ". n. Cleveland,
of Columbus, o., are this week inspecting
the power of the Panhandle lines, the j.,
| NJ. & /. and l. & V. roads.
| Harry Miller, superintendent of the Van
dalia main line. in the city yesterday.
| He admits that for this kind. of weather
| Vandalia are better than the Panhandle
| eight-wheel engines in the handling of the
Nandalia heavy express trains
The Indiana Car and Foundry Company,
| of this city, yesterday closed contract for
| the building of five hundred stock cars for
Nor foaa tSa ne thew 6f 'h nave
| good contracts in sight. The works are
| expecting to start up full in all departments
| in few days.
| the Michigan Central. announces by circular
that his headquarters viii be at Detroit.
| that Mr.. Mitchell was appointed to this
| position as step to his being the sue
eessor Of H. B. Ledy var a, as president and
| NJ. e. Doul. has been appointed COM
| nercial agent of the Yazoo & Mississippi
| Valley road at Louisville Inc appoint
Visiting is friends here ns on New New Years day
and was. not aware that such step was
contemplated, but it is evidence that the
| road is now under control of the Illinois
! Central.
| Engineer j. T. McWilliams has completed
| tbs survey of a railway route for Flag
| Grand canyon of the Colorado thirty five
| miles away. Another new railway. project
! that is under consideration is the con-
| struction of road from some point on
F, the Fort Worth & Denver, near Amarillo,
/ Tex, through the Pescos valley TO Rose
| ger agent of the Southern Pacific is still
| detained in the city by the illness of his
! known as the Sunset limited running
between New Orleans an San Francisco
is great success, and is divertinS travel
from the Northern routes. During the win
| ter months it has great advantages over the
| Northern lines.
! London papers are critcising the manner
! the Illinois Central is handling the property
with a good deal of severity. The London
statist and the London Financial Times
criticisms, The latter criticses the policy
| of the company with regard to absorbing
! other properties and finds fault with want
! of clearness in the annual reports. 1t con-
! cudes by saying: Taking the company
! accounts they stand they show grave de.
| terioration both in earning power AND
| financial strength.
Three important railroad agreements are
| now effective dating from Jan. l, the most
| important of which is the ear mileage
| agreement begun by Western lines and now
| extending over the whole country. 1t is
questionable If this agreement can be
carried out Another agreement is the can
ceiling of all commission contracts and the
absolute maintenance OF passenger rates
!, by the ten trunk lines and a number or
+! Western roads; the third is the ant-pass
agreement of the Western lines: An
earnest effort win be made to hold all lines
| which have entered into such agreements
strictly TO the provisions of such agree
! ments.
The committee of the Western lines which
| had under consideration at Chicago the
matter of allowing differentials to the
Canadian Pacific Yesterday made definite
proposition to that line looking TO the aboli-
ton of the commissions paid at Canadian
| and American ports. 1t is not proposed to
| do away with the commissions entirely,
/ but to reduce them in large measure. II
the Canadian Pacific does not accept the
/ plan the Western roads will begin the fight
! against it with renewed vigor. The commit
| tee which has under discussion the boycott
| on the Union Pacific announced that 1t
| was not able to agree and will take further