The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-16

Several Eastern lines are employing detec-
tves at Chicago and st. Louis 10 test the
market for cut-rate tickets
Joseph Ramsey, jr., general manager of
the st. Louis terminals and Union Station
was in the city last night en- route East.
The Wabash lines earned in the first
week of February $1S9 295. decrease as
25o
The. Chicago & Eastern Illinois earned in
the first week oe February $67, 500. a de-
crease as compared with the corresponding
week of 1894 Of 5000.
The Toledo, ST. Louis e. Kansas City
earned in the first week of this month s2o,-
3d. an increase over the corresponding
week of 1894 of s2,675
John c. Williams, vice president and gen.
eral manager of the Vandalia lines. who
has been IN Pittsburg for couple of days.
is expected home to-day.
With Charles Hall leaving for New York,
the indianapolis freight bureau. which has
had a struggling existence for the last three
years. passes into oblivion.
The Haskell & Barker car works at
Michigan City has CONTRACTED to build 1900
cars for the Illinois Central, and will next
week considerably increase it's force.
Harry Jackson. for some years a telegraph
operator on the Big -Four. has resigned to
go Win the wabash, with headquarters at
vision.
The Vandalia has considerably increased
It's force at the company's shops at Terre
Haute. General Superintendent Elliott
wants the power and rolling stock entire
put in the best condition.
The. New York Central. the West Shore
Iowance on private cars, including stock
cars, TO Y cent finding that the private
companies could not exist on a lower mile
age per cent.
The severe weather of the past two
months has been of great benefit to the
louisville Evansville & st. Louis Airline
the shipments of coal from mines on its
any former year.
The stockholders of the Columbus & Hook
ing Valley will hold their annual election in
Columbus, o., March 90 So well is the
property doing under President G. c. Waite
mat no change In the directory or the Off
cial roster is looked for.
The indianapolis, Rockport & Chatta-
nocga has been granted an extension of
six months in the commencement of the
grading in Spencer county, and it is ex-
pected to have construction work progress
ing rapidly by the middle of next month
:. The Monon management has purchased
its own lines 100000 cross-ties and 5000 of
the number will be placed under the rails
on the indianapolis division, the distribution
having already been commenced. Purchas-
ing the ties OH their own lines helps out the
farmers.
The contractors of the Patton tunnel inn
provement, on the Louisville, Evansville
Of the brick arch work, and have only until
May ! to complete the other 800 feet. The
severity of the winter has rendered it inn
possible to push the work.
The Charleston. Sumter & Northern rail-
road was sold by order of court at Charles
t Sent ; Eo tb The Pres
lumbia & Augusta railroad but the Allan
tic Coast.line system becomes the real
owner. The price paid was $450,o00
The receivers of the Peoria, Decatur &
Evansville railroad deny the New York re-
port that they had made. an unfavorable
ton of the road. They say they are pre-
pairing a report which will not be completed
before, March L. but have given no nforrna-
ton concerning its character.
The citizens of Benton Harbor are con-
sderably disturbed over the agitation of
the Big Four making Muskegon it's north
ern lake terminal instead of Benton Har-
Dor. survey of the proposed line from
Benton Harbor to Muskegon has already
been made, the line touching Aliegan and
passing through Ottawa county.
The passenger earnings of the Monon lines
the first week in February were s10,6364 40,
1894 Of the freight earnings week of the He
same week were $31, $50, increase this
year of $3.50. The passenger earnings
weeks of 1898 and 1892 we'll as over 1884,
Conductors on the Wabash lines COM
mencing with yesterday. will accept mileage
in dining cars and luncheon in cafe or
buffet cars or for excess baggage. Holders
of mileage books are getting sweeping con-
cessions. The Wabash, however, goes fur
Their in this direction than has any other
line.
A new engine for the Madison hill, on the
is TO be built at the companys shops at Co
lumbus o. One of the old engines is worn
have been piven to bniia Ave coaches and
five baggage cars at the Columbus shops.
The new road engines built this year will
be constructed at Altoona and Fort Wayne
Agents at the smaller stations are COM
planning over the sales of tickets. The
mileage books are coming into such general
use that at many of the stations not one
half as many tickets are sold as in years
past and as the salary OF the agent in many
Is or p .hG b 81
making serious nroads into the agents
revenue.
Master Mechanic Delaney. of the Monon
lines, expects to remove his Headquarters
from New Albany to Lafayette on the COM
pletion of the new shops at the latter city,
that these are to be the most complete
shops erected of late years. the n,achin-
cry for the shops has. already been con-
tracted for, and it is the most modern In
every respect.
Nathaniel Van Horn, who from 1869 to
1888. represented the Erie lres as general
later with the Lehigh Valley road. has
cepted the position of secretary of the
National Railway Pnbiieation Company.
Horn is we'll known. being among the old
est passenger men in the service. He be-
gan railroad service in 1883 as clerk in
the Baltimore & Ohio ticket office.
The freight traffic of the Monon is now
limited to the power the company owns.
senge M''i business SIS IS mproving l is FOR
tunate for the company that it has been
so exempt from accident the past winter
and that Master Mechanic Delaney has
got the power into such excellent condition.
General Superint endent Lowell is watching
the transportation department with a care
which means the best service for the COM
pany.
The re-establishment of through grain
rates between Western and Eastern roads
seems now inevitable, the Central Traf-
fic Association has allowed the Chicago &
Rock Island to begin through billing on
grain and its products from all Illinois
points on it's line to Central Traffic and
Trunk-iine territory, the new arrangement
TO go into effect Feb. q. This places the
Big Four in the same relation with the Chi
cago & Rock Island as two years ago, when
the two lines did such immense grain
traffic both for Eastern and export markets
Japan Mny Soon BE Our Rival.
TACOMA, Wash, Feb 15-Franl B.
Woodruff, president of the Pacific CONNER
cial Company. who has returned from a