The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-23

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found that. on the contrary. they favored
Jeffersonviile cents per 100 pounds over
the former tariff.
The passenger department Of the Queen
e. Crescent road has just issued very
handsome advertisement in the form OF a.
leafiet advertising their new limited Flor
ida veStibule train, winch mas pecoihe seis
popular.
John r. Phillips, who died at Chiliicothe,
o., on Monday, had been train dispatcher
on the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Tor
on the road in time Of service in that de-
partment.
No. 5, the new fast west-bound train on
the Pennsylvania lines, which leaves New
York al 10 a. m, reaches Indianapolis al
a. m. next day and arrives at st. Louls at
3 p. M, bids fair to be very popular. yes
terday it came in with forty-one through
passengers.
There was a gain in gross earnings on
of $4,000 and a reduction in expenses, as
compared with December. 1896, OF $zz.IIo
which resulted in an increase III net earn
ngs of S17,56o.
The passenger earnings of the Philadei-
phia e. Reading for 1894 were s211,112 less
than in 1893, and the falling or Is attrln-
uted to the business the electro ironey
lines took away from the road IN It's
suburban travel
The annual meetings of the philadelphia
& Reading and of theLehigh Valley STOCK
holders have come and gone, ana >. :;
Harris is still president of the former and
r p. Wilbur continues in that position on
the Lehigh Valley.
Miss Emma Conkling, who for twenty
years has been telegraph operator. com
mencing on the Bee-line at TINS point, dhen
going with the Big Four, has obtained q
three months leave of absence and mas
gone to California.
The Knickerbocker express over the Big
had the ST. Louis sleeping car lot lne
East full, and in the indianapolis and New
York car every lower berth was TAKEN anu
a number of the upper berths
Through the operations of the joint
weighing and inspection bureaus in Deem zee NJ
T Ter, in Haute roads, s,Tn3s; Louisville
roads $5,427.32; Evansville roads, $3.50 10 ;
Vincennes roads, $44O.17, making the total
singular state of affairs exists on the
Nickel-plate road. Freight conductors de-
cline to be promoted to ~nssenger con- con
l. road run 900 miles while the freight con-
ductors have much shorter runs and draw
more pay monthly.
liyered to the Peoria & Eastern recently,
and that road in turn to the Hussey-Kus-
3s4 which was loaded with $4,000 shingles,
being the largest carload OK shingles tnat
ever crossed the continent.
The Louisville, Evansville e. St Louis
ing its faster time schedule between LOUIS
vile & St. Louis, and Receiver Hopklns
quicker than now, and will be when the
spring time table takes effect
w. D. Holiday, of St. Louis pa, assistant slant
lines, was in the city YESTERDAY; In speak
ing of the death Of H. ". Hl6paTa, gen gen
eal freight agent Of t she be taken out Of
| the ranks at st. Louis who would be missed
more than he, will be. as seldom does ,s,ora
| man have larger acquaintance or MOI
| warm personal friends.
| At meeting in New York city between
| Frank Trumbull, receiver of the Denver &
1 Gulf Pacific, and George Coppeii, chairman
reached regarding the use of the Rio
| by the Gulf road The Rio Grande will
make a new contract, reducing the he rental zen
its tracks f 0f M sSI 20 sluuo the
1 building of a new line between Pueblo and
| Trinidad.
| Waiter Hawkins. Florida passenger
IS in the city. He says that while the
| farmers of FLORIDA have received severe
| less they are recovering from the SHOCK
| rapidly. Here and there men can pc see.
in the fields with their h9rses ana pIow my
| of them are awaiting for seed, which the
| railroads will supply just as soon as 1t car
| be obtained.
/. p A. Bonebrake, superintendent of the
| Louisville division of the Pennsylvania
| lines, is in the city. Fast runs on the Penn
| sylvania lines and on the Big Four are be
| Coming so common that he is anxious thai
| the PENNSYLVANIA restore it's fast train be
/ tween Louisville and Chicago, which wa:
| run during the worlds fair, and will try
4 and work the management of the Penn
sylvania lines up to the pitch OF Rutting, Il !
/ on again when the summer Timetable
| takes effect.
| F. G. Darlington, superintendent OF tht
| Indianapolis division of the Panhandle
| lines is preparing his annual report tt
| present to General Superintendent Miller
| for examination, and he in turn hands 1t Il
| General Manager Wood, who gives it t
| First Vice President McCrea TO forward Il
| Philadelphia He must have his report il
| by Feb. l. Superintendent Mansfield, OF th'
| Indianapolis & Vincennes, is busy on n:
| annual report, which passes through thu
same official hands but he has until March
! / to prepare 1t.
The first day of the month, j. r. Cav
| anaugh, superintendent of car service. o
| the month closed over five thousand loaded
| cars would be handled in one day on thu
| system. On Saturday last 5,ooo Were
| handled. He now predicts that before tn,
| present year closes $500 loaded cars vii
| be handled on the system in one day. VI
| the highest number reached. When tn
| road handles $500 loaded cars in any on
| day it is considered good business.
| In recent decision in suit of the Pitts
| burg Cincinnati, Chicago & st. Louis
| against one Russ, the federal court hell
| that the acceptance of a mileage book
which provides that the purchaser agrees
to sign his name in the presence of thu
| conductor each time before mileage is de
| tached, and that unless the signature il
given the ticket is forfeited, does not con
| Stitute an agreement that the conductor
| may decide for the holder we'll as 70
the company whether the holder is the pur