The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-11-09
Personal. Local and General Notes.

RaAACA aAA
John NJ. Hood has been reelected presi-
dent OF the Western Maryland for the
twenty-third consecutive term.
The winter excursion rate on the South
ern roads this season has been fixed at Z
cents per mile. actual mileage.
President Ledyard and his subordinate Of
fcials have. the past week, made a careful
inspection of the Michigan Central
In passenger circles IL is believed that in
less than a year the run from Chicago 10
San Francisco will be made in three days.
Freight men say that unless an unusual
demand should spring up for grain during
the winter there will be no advance in east
bound rates.
President Mayer and party Of Baltimore
& Ohio officials left Baltimore on THURSDAY
on their annual inspection trip. They VIII
be in Chicago over Sunday.
James Means. division freight agent of
the Panhandle lines, with headquarters
at Pittsburg, has been fined 500 for violat-
ing the interstate-commerce law.
Ii is stated that the general offices of the
reorganization of the company, viii be re-
moved from Evansville to Louisville.
The Toledo. St. Louis & Kansas City
will soon be in the market for three nun
dred cars, chiefly coal cars. the coal traftic
of the road of late having largely in
creased.
ON Nov. II rates on clearinghouse
products and merchandise to Colorado COM
mon points win be advanced, but not to the
tariff in force before the recent demoraliza-
ton set in.
John Tobin, formerly on the Wabash, has
been appointed general roadmaster OF the
Kansas City, Fort Scott e. Memphis. His
territory extends from Springfield, Mo-, 10
Mammoth Springs. Ark.
The Chicago e. Alton has had it's line into
Peoria in operation less than one month.
and is surprising its competitors by the
amount of business, both freight and pas
senger, 1t Is doing at that point.
The funeral of John Taylor. late general
manager of the Lehigh Valley road, which
occurred on Thursday, was attended by a
large number of railroad officials. some
going from the West to be present.
The Louisville. New Albany & Chicago in
the last week in October earned SlOO,OSS,
the largest weeks earnings in its history.
In the month of October the road ea.ned
1915, 40, against $2S2.A in October, 1894.
During the present month the Panhan-
die will receive nine Class K freight en-
gines now building at Altoona. Four Will
come to the indianapolis division and five
to the Chicago division. All are for heavy
freight service.
General superintendent Caniff. of the
Lake Shore. has offered 500 reward for the
arrest and conviction Of the person who
shot conductor +. r. Barnett, near Erie. a
few days ago. 1t is now thought that Mr..
Barnett will recover.
Alexander Boulton, one of the oldest men
on the PENNSYLVANIA In time of service.
died at Pittsburg o N Wednesday. For twen-
" years he had run as passenger con-
ductor one of the through trains between
Pittsburg and Altoona.
The management of the Southern Rail-
way Company, which has just taken control
of the Central Railway OF Georgia, has
eased the minds of the officials of the latter
by announcing that there will be but few
changes in any department.
The Pennsylvania is building at it's shops
In Altoona a new pattern OF coal car. The
cars have a carrying capacity of 70,C0C
pounds. have air brakes and patent coup
lings, and are several feet shorter, but
higher than the more common style Of cars.
The appraisal Of the estate Of the late
General Manager Towne, OF the Southern
Pacific, places its valuation at 1881 535. 90.
of this amount but SO, 600 was i'm life in
surance. His estate consists largely in real
estate, shares Of stock and promissory
notes.
OF the Indianapolis divisions of the Penn
sylvania lines. in October, twenty-four en-
ployes became members of the Voluntary
Relief Association. There are but few OF
the employees who have been with the road
any length of time who are not members
OF the organization.
The New York. New Haven & Hartford
has purchased 40 acres of ground, four
miles from the City Hall of Boston, or
which ii will lay an extensive system OF
tracks. The ground has a deep-water front
of two and one-half miles. and is easily
reached by the tracks Of the Old Colony
system
Judge Buckingham, of the Shelby County
Circuit Court. has just made a ruling in
vile brought suit against the Big Four TO
compel the company TO place an electric
light at a certain street-erossing In that
city, holding that the city has no power to
compel 1T to do so.
The Lake Shore has notified connections
that before issuing reduced transportation
to those entitled to IL authority must first
be secured of the general passenger agent
II Smith panaTQl nQCGnnUaF agent saws
the road is disposed to grant all proper
requests. but insists on knowing what is
to be done in that direction.
Passenger officials of local roads are
much pleased over the heavy travel to
visit the chrysanthemum show. Each year
shows a large increase over the preceding
one. On Wednesday and Thursday mos,
of the roads were obliged to put on extra
coaches to accommodate the travel, which
was composed largely of ladies.
All lines between Chicago and Kansa:
City make common time, fifteen hours
The Santa Fe now proposes to cut thi'
down to fourteen hours, Ii having the
shortest line. The Chicago & Alton. tn,
Chicago & Rock Island and the Chicago
Burlington a. Quincy claim that they cal
as easily make that time as can tn,
Santa Fe.
1t is stated that a big freight war ii
transcontinental shipments into Utah from
California is at hand. 1t is a fight Of SaI
Francisco merchants to get a share of tn,
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goes largely to Chicago. 1T is 1890 mile,
from Chicago to Salt al City, while 1t il
but s23 miles from San Francisco to thu
Mormon capital.
There Is no foundation to the rumor
sent out from Lafayette that the Monor
people had fears of their trains being heiC
up and had armed its train crews. SUperin'
tendent Parker says the. statement that ht
had been forewarned of danger of that char
acter is untrue and might do the road
harm. No more is o done to guarc
trains than has been done for years tc
protect the express companies against rob
berry.
receiver of the Colorado Midland. says tina
the receiver is rapidly Strengthening OH
the financial difficulties and getting the
road on a paying basis. The payroll OF
employees is $4,000 per month and is me-
promptly. All money above actual operat
ing expenses is being used in making bet
terments to the property. which had be
| come badly run down, both in it's roadbeC
and equipment.
A statement is going the rounds that tn
Lake Shore has In service the heaviest pas
senger engines built. This is not correct
The grades on the road are so light tina
an ordinary eight-wheel passenger engin
will haul ten cars with greater ease thal
the largest passenger ngine built haul ST
cars over most roads. Its level track an
freedom from curves accounts for tn
small cost at which the road hauls freight
The heaviest passenger engine in servic
now on the road weighs but fifty-seve
tons.
General Passenger Agent Fisher, of tn
Columbus x Hooking Valley, says the Co
nection with the Chicago & Erie, is tn
shortest line between Columbus and Chi
cago, being some half mile shorter than tn
Panhandle. fourteen miles shorter than tn