The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-22

factory but the eastern division is much of
an elephant to the Big Four, which opsr-
The business OF the Indianapolis division
OF the Monon is quite satisfactory. as the
present movement is; much Of i. long-haul
haul freight Is not counted, their plant
not having yet been rebuilt. Last week the
Monon handled, at Indianapolis. 55S cars
and OF the number All were loaded.
Personal, Local and General Notes.
The stone traffic Of the Monon from the
Bedford quarries last week reached 564 car
loads.
f. b. Thomas, president of the Erie, is
still West looking after the interests of
the company.
Traffic Manager Todd, of the West Shore,
has returned to New York after an ex-
tended trip West.
The Panhandle train masters and gen
eral yard masters viii hold a meeting in
Dennison to-day.
Samuel Rice, ticket agent of the Big
Four at the lower Office, is SO i'll to
conffne him at home.
fees of the Big Four at this point will
close at p. m. until Sept. J..
Toledo is vigorously pushing it's claims
for the location of the headquarters of
the Order of Railway Conductors.
The Baltimore & Ohio are to go into the
hauling of dressed meats and have con-
tracted for three hundred refrigerator cars.
The Pennsylvania is builulng a Glass p
engine especially adapted to hauling the
fast express trains between Pittsburg and
Cleveland
sylvania lines to go to Chicago to the brew
ers' convention. The Pennsylvania will
run special train for the delegates.
E. A. Ford, general passenger agent of
the Pennsylvania lines west OF Pittsburg,
who has been in California With an invalid
wife for three months, will return May 1.
The, Pennsylvania will soon establish at
It's Altoona shops a plant similar to that
now in use at the Purdue University, Lafay-
cite, for testing the merits of locomotives.
The Lake Erie & Western will probably
with the taking effect of the summer time
table, again put on its night train each
way between Indianapolis and Michigan
City.
G. III. Hudson, who was last week APP
pointed chief engineer of the Southern
railroad lines, was for three years super
intendent of transportation of the Chesa-
peake & Ohio.
d. e. Donough, general ticket agent at
the Union station, says the receipts from
of any week since the holidays both local
and through business improving.
n. M kimball. late superintendent Of the
was on Saturday presented by the employees
who were recently under him with ten
pieces of expensive furniture.
On Thursday night there were standing
on side tracks at st. Louis 2s4 private cars
which brought railway officials to st. Louis
to attend the annual meeting of the
American Railway Association.
Under the title of Tours This Year., the
passenger department of the Chicago &
West Michigan, in an eighty page Book.
OF the tours and resorts of Michigan.
The Cincinnati Hamilton & Dayton has
closed contract with the Terre Haute
l25 carloads of freight per month COM
ing to the c., H. & d. over the vandalia.
Competitors of the Lake Erie & West
road will this season inaugurate it's low
excursions to Chicago and other points,
which SO demoralized passenger rates last
year.
The Louisville, New Albany & Chicago
earned in the second week of April $64. OS1,
AGAINST $54.656 in the corresponding week
Chicago & Eastern Illinois earned in the
second week $4,000, an increase this year
Of 1900
The Great Northern railway has discon-
tinued the interchange of passenger traffic
with the st. Paul & Duluth. and the con-
dgctors Of the Great Northern are instruct
ed to refuse for passage all tickets, any
portion of which reads over Inc st. Paul &
Duluth.
At several points where the. Panhandle
large force of men patroling its tracks to
watch for powders which might loosen
and roll upon the track. The danger now
being over, most of these men have been
put at other work
The regularity with which the passenger
trains of the Monon for the last six
conditions. have arrived at Indianapolis
is favoraby commented on. In but five
cases have trains been late, and in but
two an hour or more late.
Tor the month of March the train mileage
of the Big Four increased 7.2 per cent, and
the loaded car mileage increased 1913 per
cent. The average loaded cars hauled per
train mile increased ID loads, per cent
The total car mileage increased 1876 per
cent as compared with 1894.
The amount of west bound business over
the trunk lines consigned to points west
of Buffalo and Pittsburg for March was
12S. 225 tons, against -i4,S59 tons in March
1895. There was thus increase of 14,G75
tons for March, this year. Uf this increase
2,S65 tons was first-ciass freight.
1t is the understanding that all Eastern
lines will to-day restore rates to the basis
of 20 cents per hundred pounds, Chi
cago to New York. If the Chicago lines
do as they have agreed, increased ship
ments Of grain East via the indianapolis
men.
The running of the special from st. Louis
with four private cars ON Thursday and
Friday has demonstrated, say the Penn
sylvania people that they can shorten the
over the Vandalia and the Pennsylvania
lines two hours and still make the run
without any severe strain.
The Baltimore & Ohio, it is stated, is de-
road of Ohio. The 3. & o. has secured ST.
200, 900 of the second mortgage Six-per-cent.
bonds on the reorganization agreement,
but majority of the frst-mortgage bond
holders, it. is said, favor reorganizing the
Valley road in the interests of the Wheel
ing & Lake Erie.
President Brice, o. the Lake Erie &
Western, reports the following results from
operation of the road for February:
February. 1890. 1884, Increase.
Earnings '......... .s26i,51 s2s7,ois sA4e5
Net ............a1s.As sloe.seo sl1,5ss
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