The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-11-05

per cent dividend declared last week will
require S,32,00, about 10 per cent. OF which
goes abroad.
Judge Jenkins has appointed Alfred l..
cases. with power to examine into the re-
ceivers' reports and TO hear objections filed
against claims.
Mail matter has increased so largely of
late on Indianapolis lines that an additional
man has been put to work. making seven
now employed at the Union Station to
transfer mail matter.
President Ingalls, has set aside $4,000 for
the motive power department of the Big
-Four for this month, which means that
the shops will be run through November
nine hours per day.
The Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton last
week handled at Indianapolis 763 loaded
cars and the Lake Erie & Western 515.
BY an error the figures were transposed in
the weekly table printed yesterday.
The Toledo, St. Louis & Kansas City
earned in October s21s,O4O.31, an increase
over October, 1894, of SO, 800. 40. In only one
month I'm the history Of the road have the
earnings been larger-in December, 1882.
Not much is said about fast runs on the
Cincinnati. Hamilton * Dayton, but several
times in the last few months their regular
express trains have made the run from
Indianapolis TO Cincinnati, Us miles. in
two hours and forty minutes. and twice
in two hours and thirty minutes.
Indications are that the Union Pacific will
be r-eorganized before the Santa Fe, which,
mO0lnS carrier, began the pan OF reOf-
ganization. The reorganization of the
Union Pacific includes 1877 miles OF main
line and the total funded debt will be $780,
1852. The plan. il is stated by Boston
papers, gives entire satisfaction.
The offices which handle business of the
Chicago. Burlington * Quincy will be
equipped in a few days with a new and
complete lines of tickets. The tickets cover
any railway station in the United States
or Canada. Three million tickets have
been printed TO supply agents with.
In the week ending Nov. 2 there were
transferred over the Belt road 17.776 cars,
z7 more than in the week ending Oct. 20.
in which the number of transfers was the
were handled on the Belt road last week
LIB carloads OF live stock, which is one
of the best weeks of the present year.
Railway officials are watching with in
terest as to what the Louisville * Nash
Vile will do. now that the Queen q Cres-
cent has made such a radical cutting down
OF time between Cincinnati and Southern
cities. Some think IL will meet the compe-
tition by cutting rates: others that it Will
attempt to make the same time schedule.
On Nov. l the Central railroad of
Georgia. was turned over to the South
ern Railway Company, which holds q ma
jority of the stock. Samuel Spencer will be
elected president of the company in the
near future. The Southern Railway Com
pany secures control of the property
through the Central Railroad Company OF
Georgia.
Notice was sent to the Interstate-com-
merce Commission yesterday by the 500
rates to the basis in effect before the recent
cut, amounting to 81 between st. Paul and
New York, was put into effect. This action
Is believed TO pave the way for the 500
becoming a member of the reorganized
Western Passenger Association.
The Atlanta fast train OF the Louisville.
New Albany x Chicago, under the schedule
which goes into effect next sunday. leaves
fFhfoo m af DIX nnnn and rcanhaG Alta nfa
at ITO next day. This time will be made
either via Louisville or Cincinnati, in con-
nection with the Cincinnati, Hamilton x
Dayton and the Queen * Crescent. The
train will reach Indianapolis at 515 p. m
The consent OF all interested roads has
now been secured TO the proposition to es-
fa6iish a bureau IN conneeuon with the
charge of the issue of all hsalf-fare clergy
permits for 1896, and the proposition has
been declared adopted. This will relieve the
roads from issuing permits. One joint per-
NIT will be issued by the bureau good on all
the roads.
The eight-inch driven we'll which the Big
Four sunk at Brightwood recently is fur
ntShing 10000 gallons Of soft water per day
for the locomotives. The water comes with
in thirty feet of the surface and is then
pumped into the water tanks. At the Dill
lon-street shops and roundhOuSe one well
has been sunk four hundred feet, but does
not furnish water enough and yesterday a
contract was let to sink a second well.
III. c. Moore, general utility man of the
Chicago q Southeastern, states that the
shippers on the line are now loading about
fifty cars per day and would load one
hundred cars could the company furnish
them. President Crawford has purchased
from the Pennsylvania shops, at Altoona,
three Mogul freight engines, one of which
was delivered last week. 1t hauls thirty
loaded cars over the entire line with
ease.
Corydon Republican: Indianapolis could
secure a great deal more trade if a rail-
road was built from that city by way of
Corydon and on to Nashville, Tenn. Cory
don and Nashville are on a direct line
south from indianapolis. A scope of coun-
try would be passed through that has no
river would not have to depend on the
river to ship their produce and, besides, i'm
the summer and fall il is too low or in the
winter frozen up
the Chicago x Eastern Illinois. is max
ing an excellent record in that position,
which he has now held two years, going
from the Evansville * Terre Haute to that
road. One OF his first moves was to look
after the local business at terminals and
along the line, and as a result, while the
local traffic has more than doubled. New
switches leading TO industries have been
laid and much done to court favor with
shippers.
Central Traffic Association roads will be
held I'm Chicago Friday next for the purpose
OF considering a proposed pool of east-bound
steamship business. The question of the
maintenance OF rates on this class of BUSH
ness was recently referred to a committee
representing the differential lines which are
most intimately related to the business.
That COMMITTEE has prepared a report rec
omrending an equitable division of the
business among the differential roads, and
that rates on steamship business be made
81 less than the present s~econd-class rate on
the differential roads. The general man
ayers will say what should be done with
this report at their meeting Friday next.
Every year makes it more apparent that
the Union Railway Company must take
steps to remove the present Vandalia
freight depot to some other place. in order
that the Union Railway Company may
extend its tracks further west and straight
en- them. On three of the outside tracks
or Wagner around the sharp curve without
trouble. The greatest trouble is in the
Vandalia doing switching at the east end.
its depot practically blockading the Union
traffic. while IL is in progress. At one time
last week. between East street and the
tracks. on the south side of the Union
Station train sheds. were standing six cuts
of trains waiting for the Vandalia TO get
through It's switching. AS property is year
ly becoming more valuable the Union Rail-
way Company, says a railroad official. Will
make nothing by delaying the matter.
The lines I'm the Western Railway Asso-
into the following agreement relative TO
dairy products and poultry: THAT all
shipments of butter. eggs. cheese and
dressed poultry shall be weighed. when
possible. and waybiiled at actual gross
weights as found from the scales. If il is