The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-15

Earnings. Of the Atchison system-aIl
lines-for the first week Of March were $751;
6sl. an Increase of $20.S70 over the same
week OF last year.
the first week of February 800, de-
crease as compared with February, 1894, of
S2s6O0-reSult OF the rate war;
On Wednesday there were handled on the
Big -Four system ASH loaded cars. The
record is 5000. The Peoria g. Eastern ham
died on that day $50 loaded cars.
The new class rates which were to be
enestive april ! will not go into effect
until after the May meeting of freight Off
never go into effect
VIM. Garstang. superintendent of motive
power of the Big Four. yesterday went
to Schenectady to complete the deal for six
more passenger engines He hopes to have
them in service by May /.
Freight traffic on the Michigan division
Of the Big -Four is now the heaviest c. any
time in its history. On Thursday o. last
week more cars were loaded on its line than
ever before IN any one day.
Next Sunday has been fixed upon for the
the u 4r line ad 3e caaso
Quincy to begin using the Union Station
at st. Louis for passenger trains.
The Chesapeake & Ohio in 1894 spent sio,-
OF its employees, and much was done last
year to aid the railroad department of the
Young Mems Christian Assocla ton.
E. Il. Thomas president of the Erie says
that company will take no part in the fight
now on between the Lehigh. Valley, the
Jersey Central and the Philadelphia & Read
ing over anthracite coal tonnage and rates.
Thus far holders of 81, 900 900 of the Evans
vile q Richmond bonds out of total of
$1,000 have accepted the proposition 9 Of
Haute. No assessments will be received
after to-day.
1T. Creahan to-day takes the position
of freight agent of the Big Four at La
fayette, vice C. o. Stimson, promoted to
be division freight agent, with headquarters
at Lafayette. Mr.. creahan was promoted
from cashier.
The Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul Rail-
road Company has declared a dividend of
per cent on common stock, reduction o. OF
per cent, q senli-annual dividend of 31a
per cent on the preferred, which is the
usual dividend.
Those who have looked over the field say
it. will be at least ninety days before the
Big -Four can get into Louisville over the
new bridge from Jeffersonville, as a good
deal of work is yet to be done 10 complete
the approaches.
It is stated that r. S. Kelly, who rep
resented the Wabash at Louisville, will
go to Buffalo to represent the e passenger
competitors of the Wabash into placing
men at Buffalo.
President ingalls, has been authorized by
spend $3o0.000 in new equipment. An official
Of the road says the conlpany's business
would now be rs per cent. heavier had it
the necessary cars.
The passenger earnings of the Monon lines
for the first week in February were sl2,-
96l2o, an increase over the corresponding
ings the first week were $35,094.8o, an in
crease this year of $611.65.
Freight officials Parker, of the Lake Erie
& Western; Lazarus of the Indianapolis,
Decatur & Western; Gray, of the Penn
syicania lines, and Wood. who We're in
Chicago a couple of days attending freight
meetings, returned yesterday.
Oscar Murray, freight traffic manager of
the Big Four, is in st. Louis looking after
export business 1t Is stated that the Big
& Ohio, has 100000 bushels of export grain
to forward from Western points.
Charles NJ. Beam. engineer on the Chicago
on Sunday last from Chicago to Logans-
porst, with nine cars, in three hours and
,s nv I'M hes niops ~, tbat saiu VIII
e. regular train
w. f. Snyder, general Western agent Of
the passenger department of the Big -Four,
is on extended business trip through
Kansas and Texas. With the Missouri,
Kansas & Texas trains running into the
Union Station at st. Louis its business will
be worth looking after
An official of one of the indianapolis
roads said yesterday: Had the Legisla-
ture of Indiana passed the bill requiring
to weigh cars at every station where one
hundred were loaded annually it would have
cost the roads 100000 to have complied with
the law
Within the last two weeks number of
Monon trainmen,, 1t is stated, have been dis
rules against drinking liquor and loafing
about saloons, and the trainmen now begin
to think that General superintendent Lo-
well is determined to have only sober men
handling trains.
In February there were handled at the
Union Station 1851 trains. hauling 1923
Erie & Western, 161 for the Monon, 154
for the indianapolis, Decatur & Western,
264 for the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton,
3M for the Nand2lia. ISo for the PGlQSyl-
vania and 1,462 for the Big Four
The railroad claim agents in session at
Chieago YESTERDAY elected the following
Pit ttsh first a'' vice president. ". a. Ed
redge, Memphis: second vice president, A. t.
S. A. Mehorter, Philadelphia; arbitration
eommittee-J, T. Graham, Savannah. Ga;
New York York; me next ls meeting t Of the as
ISOLATION will be held in New York early In
August.
Pennsylvania Company tsou1hwestern sys-
tenn has arranged FOR a novel service Re-
tween the shops on its lines. Columbus. c.,
is the headquarters OF the motive power
department and material for constr uction
and repairs or equipment is Kept there III
large Quantities As the shops are equipped
for getting out every part of car 1t has
become the distributing point for the svs-
tenn. and several cars have been lit ed up
to distribute, on certain days OF saca month,
such supplies.
Advces to the Union Pacific receivers
from Portland Ore, state that Judge Bel
linger has denied the application Of H r.
Reed and others for modification OF the
order in the Oregon Railway and Navigation
case. The petitioners claimed that the re-
sponsibility for all debts incurred previous
to July 8, 1894, the date of the appointment
of Receiver McNeil1 should rest on the re-
ceivers of the Union Pacific railroad and be
paid out of the assets of that railroad. The
receivers of the Union Pacific claimed that
the disbursements in question must be
borne by the Oregon Railway and Naviga-
ton Company and paid out of its earnings.
f. o. Mccormick, passenger traffic man.
ager of the Big Four; d. G.. Edwards, gem
eral passenger agent of the Cincinnati,
Hamilton & Dayton, and Frank Reed, gem
eral passenger agent of the Monon, all of
whom are warm friends of the travelling
saiesmen are being pressed by the Trava,ers
Protective Association to use the authority
given them under the amendment to the
interstate-commerce act allowing roads to
issue 5000 mileage books. The committee
of the association says that when the t.
p A. first approached the railroad COM
IA MES in regard 70 an interchangeable
mileage book tie officials said the matter
could be easily arranged We're it not or he
interstate-commerce law: rae association
shared neither time nor labor 10 lave the
necessary amendment passed, and they are
now urging passenger officials TO make
apir