The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-11

to-day. Notwithstanding the declaration
OF the Union Pacific that ii would attend
no more meetings until the boycott against
II had been removed, it was represented at
the meeting yesterday by General Passen-
ger Agent Lomax.
Car-scrvice Rules Attacked.
The car-service committee of the Cincin-
natl Freight Bureau has reported to the
executive committee of that body on the
legal status of car-service rules as now
enforced. The result of the committees
Investigation was that any attempt by car
freight for enforcing payment Of car-service
was perilOus and without sanction of law.
Also Ais ,t that tire receivers. In aeauiescing therein.
judicial to themselves.
Personal, Local and General Notes.
With S. r. Galloway aking the presi-
dency of the N~ickel-plate road, several
official changes are likely to follow.
1t is stated that the railways have, in the
last four months, realized $25, 600. 600 for the
transportation CT this years cotton crop.
The Haskell & Barker car works, at
Men city, shut doWn on tuesday
operations in a few days.
In 1894, Western roads brought into Chi
cago 54,264,OW bushels less of grain, and
Eastern roads took out of Chicago 10, $780,
0D bushels less of grain than in 1893.
The Columbus & Hooking Valley has es-
tablished a mutual benefit association,
which is starting off under very favorable
auspices. Seventy per cent. of the employees
are already members of the organization.
John F. Miller. general superintendent of
the southwestern system of the Pennsyl-
vania lines. asked for thirty new engines
this year and has been informed that he
would get twenty, mostly freight engines.
In hauling the special train of Ohio ex-
cursionists which arrived at Pensacola
Wednesday night, the Louisville & Nashville
road beats it's best record. the average run
from Louisville being fifty-eight miles per
hour.
Freight Conductors Burgess, Crbahns
and Gregg. On the western division of the
Nickel-plate, have; since New Years, been
promoted to conductors OF passenger
trains, running between Chicago. and Fort
Wayne.
The Lake Erie & Western surprises even
the management by beginning the year
with increased earnings, the road the first
week in January earning So, 57o.C5. an in
crease over the corresponding week of
1894 of 81, 391. AZ.
manager of the Cincinnati, Hamilton &
Dayton, and @. c. Waldo, general super
intendent. returned from the Chicago meet
ing YESTERDAY and Mr.; Waldo stopped over
at indianapolis for the day.
The statement of the Louisville & Nash
vile Railroad ompany for the six months
As. an increase of s42s, 552: net earnings.
8. 101, 251, an increase. of S225,774; surplus,
$a0S, 433, a decrease of S70I, 2f7.
The Ohio Falls car works have secured a
contract to build five hundred cars for a
Southern road, and the Pennsylvania Com
pany is SO we'll pleased with the cars these
works have been building for them that
they will probably have five hundred more
built.
The Railroad Commission of Illinois has
given the Chicago, Paducah & Memphis
permission to cross the Louisville, Evans
vile & st. Louis, at grade, at Mount YER
non, on condition that the two roads will
place an interlocking device there and
properly maintain 1T.
Freight rates on packing-house products,
from Omaha east. were advanced on Tues
day. The minimum weight in cars is raised
from %, 600 to 24,0G0 pounds, and freight,
although but 1900 pounds, must be billed
at $1,000 pounds, which means an advance
of $3.50 per carload, Omaha to Chicago.
The Pennsylvania motive power depart
ment has under consideration the building of
larger freight Engines for. service on the
Pennsylvania road proper, where the track,
bridges, etc, will bear an engine of any
weight likely to be built. The largest en-
CINE the company now builds Is class r."
the engine itself weighing 10000 pounds.
H c. Parker, traffic manager of the
Lake Erie & Western, returned from Chi
cage yesterday. He expresses the opin-
ion that the east-bound lines out of Chicago
are practically adhering to tariff rates,
possibly where some one line is behind in
it's per centage. a little shading of rates is
being permitted to even up their per cent
ages.
Col. Samuel Moody, who recently re-
turned to the service of the Pennsylvania
lines. is making a Western trip, stirring up
the representatives of the lines. The Penn
sylvania management now realizes that to
get it's share of business it's representa-
tives must be on the alert. The Pennsyl-
vania now has competition such as it new
err had before, both as to time and char
acter of equipment.
F. H. Short, treasurer of the Cincinnati,
Hamilton & Dayton, and E. F. Osborn,
secretary of the Big -Four, met in Dayton,
on Wednesday, having the proxies to elect
directors of the Dayton & Union for the
ensuing year. which resulted in the cleo
ton of NJ; D.. Woodford. H: F: Shoemaker,
I.avnr. T. +. Dvel r. w osborn. n g
Merry and c. w. Fairbanks.
On Wednesday the Panhandle company
compromised two $4,000 suits for damages.
One was the case of Edward Coppock,
an ex-brakeman, who was struck on the
head at Hartford City by a water spout,
$4,000; he Compromise at 500. The other
case twas that of the widow Of brakeman
w. H. Garst. who died last June from
was compromised, at $500.
A prominent Pennsylvania official says
that John G. Williams, vice president and
general manager of the Vandalia line, is
highly thought of by the highest officials
of the Pennsylvania, and not a remark has
been made in his presence which would
his present position. President Roberts, in
speaking of him, said: HE is an able man,
well up in legal matters; is very firm
when sure he is right and talks but little.'
An express train on the Baltimore &
Ohio Southwestern was running about fifty
miles an UOuT oil NcunSSudy Nnen c1Sl-
neer Muster noticed a large wild turkey
feeding on the track. When it rose to
fly it was struck by the engine, stunned
and dropped on the cross beam in front
of the engine. and before it could rally
fireman Luke ran out and captured it.
Last night the engineers and firemen To-
Gated at Washington, Ind. had q ban
quet at which the turkey was eaten.
Yesterday a special train Of five private
cars came in over the Big Four's Chicago
division and went South via Greensburg
and North Vernon, then over the Balti-
more & Ohio Southwestern to Louisville.
There were on board this train Stuyvesant
Fish. president: j. T. Harhahan. second
vice president of the Illinois Central. and
a number of capitalists interested in the
Illinois Central. Their visit 10 Louisville is
looked upon as having much significance
and may lead TO the purchase by the ILL.,
nois Central of certain lines north OF
the Ohio river.
The Railroad Young Mems Christian As
ISOLATION at Mkhart, Ind. some wears
ago erected a building on the grounds OF
the l.. $. & NJ. s. Company, at a point
quite convenient for the men. The COM
pany gives the use of the ground for a
term of years. but the association has car
ried quite a debt on the building. In con-
sequence of well directed efforts during the
past two or three years this debt has
been reduced until last week only 500 re-
manned. New baths have been put in
Jointly by the association and the company
and altogether the association is in an un-
| usually prosperous condition.
H. b. Hammond, president of the Indian
apoli~ Dacatur e. Western. has one of the