The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-15

William Crush, general passenger agent
Texas, is In the city, Mr.. Crush was for
years with the Monon.
G. r. Gulick. sentenced TO death for trea-
son in the Sandwich Islands represents
the Chicago, Burlington e. Quincy in that
country. and has for several years.
s. r. Galloway. president and general
manager of the Niekel-piate lines, who
has been In the city for a couple of days,
night
way. Company and the Belt road, and of the
roads operating over the Union tracks and
Belt road, will hold a meeting here next
Tuesday.
The Pennsylvania and vandalia are haul
ing on their fast limited train between ST.
Louis and New York some eighteen-section
sleeping cars, the largest car built by the
Pullman company.
The five hundred Union line cars recently
built for the Pennsylvania Company at
the Ohio Falls works are to be used
as the quota of the Terre Haute & Indian
apolis. and are numbered from 1901 to $500.
There are eighty-four men on the In
who began work with the company between
the years 1869 and 1875 that have never been
disciplined for the slightest fault in service.
The Chicago & Alton in 1894 paid s per
cent. on both it's common and preferred
stock in dividends, and earned rs per cent.
ard condition. no boating debt lei being 's ere
ated
The Chattanooga Southern railway was
sold yesterday at public auction at Gadsden,
i was bid in for $4,000 by Judge ". B.
Thompkins. representing the New York
Superintendent Lowell, Of the Monon lines.
is strictly enforcing the order forbdding
employees drinking anything Intoxicating
said, is being watched to see that the order
is not violated.
The snow blockade on the Pennsylvania
lines has been completely lifted On Tues
day forty-five freight trains passed Altoona
east-bound and thirty seven west-bound,
and the movement of passenger trains
not interfered with.
The Order of Railway Telegraphers is
making. an effort to increase its. member
ship. 7. NJ. Pierson, grand senior teleg-
road centers working up an interest in the
organization in Indiana.
A. A. Zion, superintendent of the Union
annual report. which will be very complete.
LIS IL IS the first time an annual report has
railway and Belt road
w. b. Shattuc and e. d. Caldwell have
accepted the appointment of arbitrators of
trail Traffic Association lines as applied to
theatrical and party business. They must
select a third arbitrator
Some of the creditors of the Toledo Ann
Arbor & North Michigan have asked the
court to surrender certain rolling stock in
satisfaction of their claims which the road
was allowed to retain under the ruling of
the court on July IL, 1894.
H.. f. Moore, a telegraph operator in the
poaaanhandle yards at I4ogansport in August.
ON Wednesday his widow, Anna B. Moore,
brought suit against the company for $780,
zoe for the death of her husband.
John f. Miller, general superintendent of
the Panhandle lines, received a telegram on
Wednesday stating that Division Superin-
fatally iii, was better and his physician
hoped the Improvement to be permanent
one
The travel to Pittsburg from, indianapolis
averages twelve persons nightly. and Dis
trict Passenger Agent Rockwell is urging
the management to put a sleeping car on
apolis and Pittsburg, TO accommodate the
Pittsburg travel and the overflow of New
The Chicago & Eastern Illinois railroad
posted an order at Danville, yesterday, that
until further orders the Danville shops
days. The policy of the road at present is
to reduce expenses and dispense with the
lutely required.
The approximated gross earnings of the
entire Atchison system EN- 70 for the first week
$s7,se6 from the same week of 1884. The
earnings OF .o the ne Colorado Midlsnd for II, the
week were e. sSos4 an Increase Of @ The
A7S473, decrease of S26,56S
The Minneapolis. ST. Paul 6 Ashland Rail-
railway from NIinneapoIis to Ashland. a dis
lance of two hundred miles has filed
ticles of organization with the Wisconsin
Secretary of State. Its capital stock is ST.
100000. The principal stockholders are
Thomas Bardon. ]. w. Cochran, Col. John
H knight and w. r. Bowron.
The Panhandle people will begin work on
the new $4,000 passenger station at Piqua.
O., as soon as the weather moderates. All
IS beas paSs been en t
tendent. Darlington. boasts of having the
most complete and convenient, yards at
Piuua TO be found at any similar railway
center in the country
While the Vandalia- Pennsylvania limited
makes the run between st. Louis and New
Kew York the Knickerbocke makes the
Pennsylvania limited. The knickerbocker
leaves indianapolis at $40 p. m. and reaches
sywania limited leaves Indianapolis is at e ao5
p. m. and reaches New York at $50 p. III.
Senator Henderson yesterday corroborated
solicitor for the Burlington & Missouri River
railroad system after his retirement from
the, Senate. THE tender of the position
the line of my profession from my State
and from outside .of it, Owing to the fact
in Nebraska. and that / expect to make my
permanent home there refused to consider
require a change of residence"
Parties who are anxious to bring about a
settlement of the claims of the Evansville
& Richmond bondholders against the Ev-
ansville & Terre Haute road state that a
wrong Impression is current as regards the
adjustment. The Evansville & Terre Haute
company agrees not to create any new
bonds upon the E. & Il. ii. proper in addi-
ton to those in existence except on the
following conditions: Such new bonds, if
any. to be created only on the assent of ma
jority of the holders In value of the pre-
ferred stock to be issued in lieu of Evans
vile & Richmond bonds, or falling to OBJ
tain the assent of u majority of the said
preferred stock, this company is to have the
privilege of creating such new bonds with
out the assent of said holders of stock on
the condition that 1t will, in its opinion,
either retire said preferred stock at par in
cash, or else give the said holders of pre-
ferred stock the privilege OF exchanging the
same at par for new bonds which may be
created: the substance Of such provision to
be Incorporated in the certificates of stock.
j. c. Sharcr's Purchase.
J. c. Shaffer formerly president of the