The Indianapolis journal., 1895-04-15

Z j. A. Wilkeson, general freight and pas
senger agent Of the Cincinnati & Musklngum
Valley, spent Sunday with friends in this
r. M. Rogers, formerly general manager
Or the Hicks Stock Car Company, has
been appointed traffic manager of the East
man line of stock cars
w f. Bruner, assistant general passen-
ger agent OF the Vandaiia and Pennsyi,
yania lines, came over from st. Louis and
spent Sunday with his family.
Charles Watts, general superintendent of
the Pittsburg Fort Wayne & Chicago.
- satmrday completed his twensyr,eighth year
The Big -Four has under consideration
the construction of belt road to reach
the various industries at Alexandria, Ind,
which is fast becoming an important man
ufacturing town.
An official of the Chicago & Northwest
ern who was in the city Saturday
put on, and business, both local and
through. Is increasing daily.
The big compound Richmond engine
the Big Four is doing all the builders
claimed il would in the matter of speed
power and economy in fuel.
The tracks of the Big Four at it's In
dianapolis freight stations are so arranged
that at one time III cars can be loading
or unloading, with platforms adapted to
handling the freights expeditiously.
A heavy movement of grain east bound
has set in over the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne
q Chicago, which is taken as evidence that
the statement Oh It's having made a large
contract with certain shippers is correct
II. Dickinson, general manager of the
Union Pacific, is spending ten days at West
Baden Springs. The French Lick Hotel
carry gooo many people to this health
resort in the next few days.
w. w. Richardson, of Chicago formerly
with III. r. DerIng. assistant general pas
senger agent of the Pennsylvania lines.
spedsd spens sunday i with his brother who sue
Office.
J. r. Brooks second vice president of
the Pennsylvania Company, while improved
His home is Salem, o., where he stavs
much of the time, each week running over
office. =
The following private car companies are
taking steps looking to consolidation of
land, the Hicks and the Canada and Street
stable car companies. Such consolidation
would greatly reduce the expenses of the
An official of one of the Indianapolis sys-
TENS OF roads states that SO far as he can
learn IN the passenger department. rates
freight men, and the earnings of the re-
spective departments give evidence that
such is the case.
The superintendents of the different roads
have given instructions to have picnic
grounds on their lines cleaned up and put
u Wro.rsa readiness ne, for r. the summer business.
Hamilton & Dayton, has dates taken for
1iilfty-five days already. by different associa-
lions, including three from indianapolis.
The st. Louis & San Francisco road has
rate the $40 one way, and s17 round-trip
Kansas City to Denver, and win sell on
Monday. tickets from St Louis to Denver
ae,,sl at 0p a,if one % way ana ss2 round trip the
sale.
Western roads have decided to make a.
Tound-trip rate of $50 from California to
National Educational Society, which will
meet there July. 5: Practically the same
Southern Pacific will add SIS to the port
land rate, via the Shasta route and Sacra-
mento.
offered rate of forty-two cents per 100
pounds on shingles shipped from Seattle and
other points in the State Of Washington:
twenty-five or more carloads of cedar
shingles shipped to him, The tariff rate.
which is looked upon as low, is sixty-eight
cents per 100 pounds
A wrangle between the Pennsylvania
company and the City Council of Bucyrus
Of the railway company BY which it be-
came possessed of disputed tract of land
a mile down a side street in Bucyrus lri which
paralleled the track, the company claiming
that the land belonged L. to it and the city
needed the side track and during Friday
night put on a force of men who COM
then ran fifty cars on the track to hold
it down. The question of ownership is now
considered settled.
Train 2, the limited from St Louis to New
York over the Vandalia and the Pennsyl-
vania lines, is run at speed on certain
parts of the roads which makes it interest
ing to passengers. Its schedule time from
Greenville to Effingham. forty-nine miles,
is sixty-five minutes; from Effingham to
Terre Haute to Indianapolis, seventy-three
miles, one hundred minutes, indianapolis
to Richmond, sixty-eight miles; ninety min
uteS. From Columbus to PittSburg the
time is not SO fast, but should the time
to New York be reduced another hour it
will require faster time between Indian
apolis and Pittsburg.
A railroad official remarked last night that
one could not help being impressed with
the quietness about the freight yards on
Sunday. A few years ago Sunday was
made the cleaning-up day for indianapolis
roads. and both freight and passenger
but little is done in the yards on Sunday,
and live stock or perishable G Gfreights only
went down Sunday morning to their Of
fees as on week days, and did not get away
Of the cerh go to the oees on psa
and when they do go remain but short
time. He believed the men did more work
in the six days than they did when called
upon to raork on Sunday as on other days.
President Depew, of the New York Cen
trail, expresses the opinion that the action
agreeing to restore and maintain rates will
be most beneficial. He says never before
have the presidents been anxious to re-
store harmony, and he predicts that after
May l very little will be heard about cut
rates for some time to come An old-time
railway official, in commenting on this pre-
diction, said that when he was a young
man he was connected with the Bee-line
as clerk, and remembers that when there
were but three lines to the east rate cutting
was indulgcd in and meetings were held as
now to restore rates. On one occasion John
Brough, then with the Madison & Indian
apolis, as its president and Oliver II.
Smith. then president of the Bee-iine, and
David Macy. then president of the Indian
apolis, Peru & Chicago. the latter sending
east bound business by the Michigan Gem
tral, got together in MIR. Macy's office and
all signed agreement to restore and
maintain rates. Some of the deepest cut
ting had been done corn shipped from
Columbus. Ind. While in tie meeting John
Brcugk wrote note to tie agent at Co
lurnbus instructing him to continue to for
ward business at the cut rate, and there
being no telegraph then he sent it by train
to the agent. A few days later the matter
came to light. and Brough was called on
for an explanation. but he never gave 1t.
Prospect for Spring lamb.
Pittsburg Dispatch.