The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-07

NJ Il. ingalls,, president of the Big -Four.
viii return to New York to-day.
E b. Taylor. general superintendent of
transportation of the Pennsylvania lines.
is Western trip
w. FL. Potter, of Allegheny, Pa, has been
chosen superintendent of the Pennsylvania
lines in Toledo to succeed the late j. S.
Morris.
Oscar Murray. vice president and freight
traffic manager CT the Big Four, returned
from Chicago and Cleveland to Cincinnati
yesterday.
J. J. johnson, general travelling freight
agent of the Missouri Pacific, was in the
city yesterday visiting the furniture manu-
factories in search of business.
>. K Blair, trainmaster Of the Nickel
plate, who has been seriously i'll for some
time, at Fort Wayne is improving, and it
is now hoped that he will recover.
The Westinghouse people are much elated
over the test made by the Pennsylvania
careful tests of which were made last week.
w E. Frenaye has been appointed tourist
agent of the Pennsylvania, with headquar-
tiers in Boston. He has for several years
been connected with the advertising bureau
w. E. Faskitt, general manager OF the
Chicago refrigerator car line, was in the
city yesterday for conference with George
pany.
Jeffersonvile is to appoint a committee
to visit President ingalls,, of the. Big Four,
anu see II ne cannon De induced 10 locate
shops at that point on the opening of the
Louisville line.
J. r. Brooks second vice president of
the pennsylvania Company, who has been
to Cambridgeboro, Pa, where he will rest
for some weeks.
Since the first of the month passenger
men report a marked increase in business
especially with the through fast trains.
The travel to and from Pacific coast points
and to Mexico is the heaviest in some
The employees Of the Big Four have come
to the conclusion that the hospital scheme
ia has been dropped as It was understood
February, and they are receiving their
February pay in full.
r. 0. Hopkins and j. H. Wilson. receivers
OF the Louisville, Evansville & ST. Louis,
and General Solicitor Iglehart are still in
the city, awaiting the action of the court
as regards the raising of funds by the
issuing of receivers certificates.
A general freight agent yesterday said
there is no cutting on grain rates here, but
on other commodities some shading of rates
is going on. Very little grain is now going
west are heavier than last month.
Orville Vaughn, general agent of the Chi
cage Alton, who. was buried yesterday
the Alton since is4 Hen He was tainma Mte
and assistant superintendent up to 1885,
when he took the position of general agent.
The Chesapeake q Ohio has contracted for
a passenger steamer to run between New
port News and Norfolk, equipped with all
modern modern improvements 1t must cover the
The new boat is TO be ready for service by
July /.
Mr.. Leslie, inventor of the rotary snow
pillow, which has been such success on the
Union Pacific the past winter that road
having in service six of them, is building
one to go to Russia. Others are to be built
in Copenhagen if the Russian government
approves of the invention
The L., n. "A. & C. passenger earnings
for the fourth week of February were si4-
week of 1894 of s., 1897, and it was an Increase
. over all previous years. The freight earn
ings the fourth week were s39.225, an in
crease this year of 81, 46S.
General Passenger Agent Byrne. of the
Southern Pacific, has surprised passenger
circles by announcing that on March IL
points would be restored to tariff, and that
the Interstate-commerce Commission had
been notified to that effect.
George G.. Street, who for the past seven
teen years has been the general accountant
of the Blue ana Canada Southern fast
freight lines, has been appointed general
who Resigned to become the general i freiehi
agent of the Michigan Central.
The employees of the New York Central
at at the Grand Central Station and it's vicinity
five years ago organized a building and loan
association and are boasting of having
loaned 100000 in that time. indianapolis
has railroad mems association which
makes a more favorable exhibit.
In February there We're loaded at sta
lions on the Big Four lines 25 $50 cars
against Z4U3I IN FEBRUARY, 1884. In Eebru-
any, 1895, there We're received from connec-
lions 29,Sl3 loaded cars, against 2375 in
February, 1894 making total of 1858 load
1891 Is ears haho'eo' ssaihs' 4''0a IN February
The higher officials of the roads in the
Chicago and Ohio River Traffic Association
are speaking IN complimentary terms of the
manner that j. F. Tucker, commissioner of
the association, is managing Its affairs. For
the last twelve months there has been no
friction between the roads, and rates have
been maintained in a manner unheard of
in the last five preceding years.
The annual meeting of the Grand Rapids
Rapids yesterday The old board of direct
tors was Reelected, except T. J.. o. Brien
who takes the place of f. B. Stockbridge,
the year was $50 ,921, but after providing
for interest deficit of $4,000 exists. w.
o. Hughart was reelected president
Colorado Midland would go into the hands
of receiver. and that George w. Ristine
the old Erie fast freight lines general
such steps will be taken to-day on the au-
thority of Aldace F. Walker, one of the
receivers of the Santa Fe system, of which
the Colorado Midland was at one time
part.
The announcement last night by the Sea-
board Airline railroad officials OF a cut
York and intermediate points to Atlanta,
caused somewhat of a surprise to the Off
Gals of the other railroad companies that
officials as would talk about the matter
yesterday We're, however, inclined TO treat
it lightly and asserted that 1t is but plan
intended to force the Southern Railroad
Association to revoke its order against the
Seaboard AIRLINE and receive it again into
the association.
The annual report of the New York &
New England road ending Dec. 81, 1894,
shows under the reorganized system of
management an unusually good standing,
considering the extraordinary expenses for
improvements and repairs. Although there
was a decrease of $543, $50 in gross earn
frgs,- due to- the business depression, there
was an actual increase in the net earn
ings of 81 1884. This gain is mostly due to
the economy of the new freight system,
by which % per cent. more cars are hauled
per train than formerly. The total gross
earnings for the year were s5,475,62S, a
decrease of S5i3. $50. and the net earnings
were 81 .563, 219 increase of $1,9S4. The
total fixed charges decreased Sl602S, to
$1,S77. 957
A Toledo paper is authority for the state
ment that it will not be long before the
Flint & Pere Marquette road will enter
Toledo over it's own tracks The contract
for building the extension from point
a few miles south of Carleton TO Toledo has
been let to Detroit contractors and work
will begin as soon as March quiets down
a little. Up to date over 100000 has been
expended for the right of way and the
track will be set in manner to compare