The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-17
intention. II possible, OF eventually CONSOLE
dating all the roads which were known as
Mackey lines.


llililOlS CeutTdl RdllTOdQ SOulPduy W. iAN
City of Bloomington. For a great many
years the right of way of the Illinois Gen.
trail that lies west OF the track between
Washington and Chestnut streets in Bloom
ington has been of public use and has been
used more or less as a street. Some time
ago the railroad sought to exercise control
over the grounds which a grown to be
quite valuable. The company fenced it in
but the city of Bloomington removed the
fence, claiming that the ground had been
used as a public street for more than TWEEN
ty years and the street had become estab-
question as to the right to the property by
suing the city. The case in the Circuit
the Supreme Court affirms the decision, de-
Gliding that a street had been established
and that the railroad company could not
reclaim the property.
Personal, Local and General Notes.
Directors of the Illinois Central Railroad
Company have declared a semi-annual div
idend Of 2s per cent.
the Lake Shore & Western. went to Chi
cago last night on official business.
T. Q: Mccormiek. passenger traffic man
ager of the Big Four, was in the city yes
terday en- route home from ST. Louis.
George Daniels, general passenger agent
of the New York Central. is on an ex-
tended Western trip. On Tuesday he was
in Kansas City.
J.. d. Hawkes., who has been appointed
general manager of the Detroit & Mack
NAV, was for some years chief engineer on
the Michigan Central.
Earnings of the Chicago, Milwaukee &
ST. Paul, for the second week IN January
same week of last year.
Next Wednesday President Hill, of the
Great Northern, accompanied by his wife
and daughters. will sail for Europe, ex-
pecting to be absent for ten weeks.
The annual report of William Sullivan.
agent of the Big Four at this point, shows
that in 1884, ss,3io cars were loaded and
unloaded at a cost of Sc cents per car.
Winter home-seekers' excursions have not
been the success that some of the passenger
men had looked for. That of Tuesday was
a failure in all directions, it is stated.
s. r.. Galloway, the newly-elected presi-
dent of the Nickel-plate, has gone to New
York to confer with the Vanderbilts as re-
CARDS the management of that property.
George T. Gunnip, general agent, who req
resents the Santa Fe in this territory, is in
the city and states that with the excep-
ton of California business travel is exceed.
NJ Z. ingalls,, president of the Big
-Four, has asked all of his officials to meet
him at Cincinnati; Jan, p, to talk over mat,
in improvements to the roads equipment,
etc.
1t is stated that s. H. Kneeland will be
& Kansas City by the bondholders, to keep
the organization In perfect form. Mr..
Kneeland represents the largest individual
interest.
1t is stated that the business of COM
promising with the various interests that
are oIashing in the reorganization of the
Cleveland, Canton & Southern have been
this city.
Train IL, over the Chicago division of the
new coaches built by the Barney & Smith
works, the ladies' coach and the parlor car
being among the finest ever seen at the
Union Station.
8. A. Spencer, formerly agent of the Gin
cinnati, Hamilton & Dayton at Connersville,
Ind, but more recently trainmaster on he
Somerset & Cambria, has been appointed
superintendent of the road, with headquar-
ters at Connelsville, Pa.
G.. E. Schaff. assistant general manager
of the Big Four, was in the city Yesterday,
going from here to Findlay to adjust
troubles which have been pending for maay
months between the Big -Four and the
Toledo & Ohio Central.
George T. Nicholson, general passenger
agent Of the Santa Fe. has decided to move
Chicago. and W. J.. Black, assistant general
passenger agent, is to have charge of the
business west of the river.
The new through trains which the Van
dalia and the Pennsylvania lines will put
on Sunday between st. Louis and New
York city are to be known as trains num-
No. 10. and No. 2 to No. 16.
The proposed conference between the
trunk lines and the Western roads regard
ing commissions and differentials has been
Indefinitely postponed. because of the in
ability of some of the representatives of
the trunk lines to be present.
The new fast train that the Vandalia and
the Pennsylvania lines are to put on Sunday
to meet the competition of the knicAr~-
booker, put on three months ago by the
Big Four and Vanderbilt lines, Is to be
known as the Manhattan fast express.
The Lake Erie & Western management
has under consideration the changing of the
time schedules of it's through trains on TIE
vision, which will make it a much more
important passenger line than in the past.
In the United States Circuit Court at
Charleston, s. c., Jan. 16, Judge Slmonton
has rendered a decision in the case of
John III. Inman, James Swan and Bernard
S. Clarke VS.. the Asheville & S~partanburg
railroad and signed a decree for the sale
of the road In S~partanburg within the
next thirty days.
Under the new schedule on the Vandalia,
which takes effect on Sunday, ,ae accommo-
dalton train win leave at 1880 a. m. as now.
and the fast train west at s a. M. passing
the a-ccommodation at Greencastle. reach
ing Terre Haute a half hour ahead of the
accommodation. and st. Louis two hours
and one-half ahead of it.
The United States consul at Matamoras,
in a report to the Department of State,
says that the bonus OF $3.50, 600 offered by the
town of Brownsville, Tex. to the first com
pany building a railway from that point to
CORPUS Christ or to San Antonio is stu
ly facilitate trade between the United
States and Mexico.
The Lake Erie & Western in the week
enulnS Jan. ID earned 4l,4lS.OS, an increase
over the corresponding week of 1894 of
$9.04S.63. The manner the Lake Erie &
Western is beginning the year in the mat
ter of earnings indicates that the predic-
ton of Traffic Manager Parker thai ,he
road will earn 5000, COG more in 1895 than it
did in 1894 is likely to be realized.
The invention known as the snow fanger,
the device of a mechanic on the Wabash
road, is proving a very effective implement.
1t simply cleans the snow which accumu-
lates in the fiange of the track and be-
comes SO hard as to more or less decrease
the power of adhesion of the engine to the
rail. The last few days have given an ex-
cellent opportunity to test its merits.
NJ. c. Healion, notice OF whose r~esigna-
ton as auditor of the Chicago & Great
Western was. given a few days ago, has
been appointed private secretary and con-
fidential man of President Hill. OF the
Great Northern. A letter from which this
information is obtained says he is to have
nothing to do with the operation of the
road. but is to look after MIR. Hills per-
sonal matters.
w. G. Crimson. president of the Calumet
& Blue Island Company's lines. has issued
an order changing the title OF Mr.. VI. NJ.
Richey, SUPERINTENDENT. to that of general
superintendent, and his authority is en-
tended over the Joliet a Blue Island, the
Chicago Sc southeastern and the Chicago &c
kenosha railway. Mr.. Richey was for some
years ~yardmaster of the Wabash, ard later
of the Lake Erie & Western at indianapolis.
The new fast trains over the Chicago &
l. L ~ Illinaic NJ tho I hhrCxfll@ O. Nraol,