The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-12

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excursion year.
Eastern roads are not doing as well in
the way OF earnings as the Indiana roads.
AZ New York Central in February earned
$2,966.6SS, a decrease as compared with Feb
ruary. 1894, of s37, 302.
Oscar Murray, vice president and freight
traffic manager of the Big Four, passed
Chicago to attend the freight meeting to
be held there to-day.
Train men on the Monon are uneasy over
senger service claiming not to know the
couse therefor. Among the number were
two passenger conductors.
C. p: Schaff, assistant general manager of
the Big -Four, was in the city yesterday,
ana VIII to-day accompany General Man
ager Barnard on a trip over the Peoria &
Easterns Western division.
There were transferred over the Belt
road in the week ending March 9, 14,374 cars,
an increase over the week ending March
of 5G5 cars. Belt road engines last week
handled sos carloads of live stock
c. w. Mordoff yesterday took charge as
city ticket agent of the Ohio Central lines
employ of the Lake Shore at Chicago, and
has had a good deal of experience in rail-
road work.
Cyrus Dixon, formerly ticket agent of the
agent OF the Great Northern at Spokane
has had his duties increased to look after
that point.
All employees of the Union Railway Com
Pany at the Union Station are to be uni
I has haen including GAP In the past there
and no uniformity; now it is proposed to
bring 81 all employees into line in this matter
II they Wish to continue in the employ of
the company.
Tie Building and Loan Association of the
New York Central at New York boasts of
having loaned s200,0Go in five years Treas
urer Cannon, of the indianapolis Railroad
Mems building and Loan Associa ton, states
that this association has been In existence
inc hot
loaned $756,000.
Thomas L. Anderson, general passenger
agent of the Seaboard Airline, VIII retire
from that position April l. and George
Rhodes, emigrant agent of the company,
will take his place. Mr. Rhodes was re-
Gently taken by E. ST John traffic manager
of the Seaboard Airline, from the Chicago
& Rock Island.
Samuel Spencer, president of the South
ern railway, is at Atlanta, expecting to re-
of the future of Atlanta depends, as the
company will build extensive shops there
or at some other point on its lines. Suits
amounting to $100,vvo are now pending in
Atlanta against this company.
1t is stated officially that the Chicago,
Peoria & st. Louis will absorb the Fulton
Narrow-guage, convert it into a standard
guage and extend it to Rock Island. This
done. neither the Indiana or Illinois will
of the month the Bedford g. Bloomfield, of
this State, will be a standard guage.
A conductor, train baggage master and
on Saturday suspended for ten days with
out pay for carrying the remains of a child
Ind, to SpencerviIIe, O. The men we're sus-
pended for disobeying the rules of the COM
pany and violating the laws of Ohio.
On Thursday presidents of the roads run
o. will meet to agree on plans for remod-
cling the Union Station at that point, into
on the same day the presidents of the roads
running into Dayton, o., will meet to take
definite action action as regards erecting new
The new ore car built at Fort Wayne for
the Pennsylvania Company was exhibited at
Ashtabula, O., on Saturday, the test being
men. The test was very satisfactory, and
more cars of that pattern will be built.
cinders and Stag, and SO arranged that the
contents OF car can be dropped very quick
ly
The Great Northern railway is to be ex-
tended to Victoria The proposition is to
connect the mainland of the State Of Wash
ington with the island of Vancouver by a
make a landing a short way out of Vic
toria and run into the city. Though the
scheme is an assured thing there IS a d.
verSity Of opinion as to the route to be
taken.
James Barker, general passenger agent OF
the Missouri, Kansas & Texas, writes that
the entrance of that company's trains into
the Union Station at St. Louis has been
delayed beyond expectations, but they will
Close traffic relations have been established
between the Big Four and the NJ, X. & t.,
which will doubtless be beneficial to both
roads
F. c. Darlington, superintendent of the
Indianapolis division of the Pennsylvania
lines. is giving the more economical use of
equipment a. careful study, the railroads
being lame in this direction Theodore
Voorhees,, a well-known railway official, es-
on an average but one hour in twenty-four
notwithstanding what has been accom-
pIished by the car service associations.
A meeting of general managers of the
Western lines was held in Chicago yester-
day for the purpose of considering the per-
centages of the Western lines in freight
sion, resolved itself into a committee, which
did q heap of figuring but took no action
which the lines now have Some such ac-
ton may be taken within short time,
however.
Orr of the large ten-wheel freight en-
gines built at the Richmond locomotive
works, last year. for the Big Four, was
yesterday taken into the shops az Bright
compound engine. The compound engine
of this type already in service on the Big
il proves expensive several of the ten-wheel
freight engines will be converted from SIM
pie to compound locomotives.
The New York west-bound freight pool
between the trunk lines has been perfected,
and tomorrow the next step viii be taken,
the establishing of joint agencies doing
is stated that the POOL starts off under very
satisfactory conditions, as is shown by the
fact that ali differential rates west bound
have been abandoned. Joint agents for the
distribution of freights, it is claimed, will
not only handle the business more econom-
ically but will do away with nine-ten
Of the present incentive to rate cutting.
AIonzo c. Mather. general manager of the
Mather Stock Car Company. has been in
the city for a day or two. Fe says that
private car companies are now under
cloud they eanno. afford 60 furnish cars
have agreed to pay. In the last few days
the company he is employed by has de-
cliried to build cars on the terms most
of the roads will pay. The New York
Central, the West Shore and one or two
other roads have refused to pay the old
mileage per eentage, which left but 4
small margin after the cost af the cars
and expenses Of keeping them in order were
deducted. not paying mort than 3 FER cent
On sae money invested. and at the end of