The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-05-29

daily two or three express cars, SO heavy
is express business. The bicycle trade alone.
requires one extra car on each OF the
trains.
the third week of May were $3.50: 1863. an in
crease OF s1l4.430: for the month TO date,
2,l9S.Si5. an increase of slSS. l64.
The Louisville. Evansville & st. Louis is
showing better earnings Of late. IL is again
moving a good deal OF grain to the seaboard,
and its coal and stone traffic has been much
heavier since the first OF May.
The statement that the Wabash manage
ment Is Diminishing the men who worked LOT
the company during the Debs strike is de-
MED. the management treating all men who
then entered their service h~onorably.
The Iowa Supreme Court has decided, in
the case OF Cation against the Rock Island
railway. that overcharges previous 10 the
enactment of the Jnterstate-commerce law
by Congress could not be recovered
p. A.. Bonebrake. superintendent of the
Louisville division of the Pennsylvania
employees for color blindness. He arrived
here on a special train last evening.
The limited mail over the Panhandle,
which. between Columbus and Indianapolis,
has heretofore hauled only mail and ex-
press cars. has added a combination car
10 the train 10 travelling men
chiefly.
A. Z. Rehling, who has been superintend-
ent of the shops of the Wabash at Fort
Wayne, has resigned and is succeeded by
Edward F. Needham, promoted. Mr.. Rehling
Ia hCAA NHt R0EiAACi ht
three years. His retirement was or his own
~volition.
Plans have been completed for four tracks
on a portion of the Boston * providence,
now controlled by the New York, New Ha-
ven K Hartford, and the contract Tor the
work; i Mh nc NIL COS cost nr seye tn Iu mai 10 when bS1
President Clark intends sailing Tor Europe.
The Chesapeake & Ohio earned In the
third week of May $40, ssS, an increase oyer a
being the largest increase shown that week
by any road in the country. Coal trainc on
ments Of grain and live STOCK We're the iarg-
est In the history Of the road.
H.. Moore. general utility man of the
Chicago & southeastern: was in the city
tiers the Chicago q Southeastern Is getting
into fine shape at Brazil. Five miles or
side tracks and switches will be put in
there at once. The company expects to do
fall L :" 'a'''
dalia line, is quoted as saying that wnen
the improvements contemplated TO the main
line are completed. some of their best trains
will make the run from ST. LOUIS 10 IN
dianapolis, 20 miles, i'm FIVE hours or less:
The erection of in~terlocking switches ana
signals Will enable the company 10 make tne
run fifty minute quicker than 1T does now.
The Young Mems Christian Association of
Columbus, o., on Sunday held its nineteenth
anniversary exercises. Trainmen on roads
running into Columbus are largely repre-
sented in this association, and have done
much to make it a success. The association
has a chorus of twenty men, all rallroaaers'
who furnish the music on such OCCASIONS
-Four OF the number make a quartet, wnlcn
is considered one Of the finest In the state
of Ohio.
Travel ON Trains % and 81. between In
dianapolis and Columbus, on the Panhandle,
has become so heavy that the company VIII
be Obliged to put oS on a az stoppaess more
and force travel to some of The trains
which DO more local work; Trains 20 and
through business and six ears is al the
engines can haul on the time these trains
are scheduled.
W. II. Line. the veteran passenger con-
ductor on the eastern division of the, Pitts
burg. Fort Wayne & Chicago, road, was
brought TO Fort Wayne a few days ago In
Superintendent Charles Watts private car,
and is now in the Abbott Sanitarium, un-
dergoing treatment by DR.. Stemen. About
EIGHT months ago Mr.. Line was passing a
heavily loaded express truck on the platform
at Mansfield. o., when one or the packages
fell down, striking him on the head and IN
hicting a dangerous wound. wnlch mas since
disabled him. Mr.. Line has been running a
passenger train on the eastern division OF
the Pittsburg road for forty years.
Everything points to Terrs Hante seS M6ln{
Vernon road. Civil Engineer Elseier mas
located the line and msde favorable report epp;n
into details as regards the cost OF puliuins
the road and giving estimates OF Wnat us
he RoaTd of Trade and the citizens of Terre
Haute exhibit toward this enterprise is in
great contrast with that of the commercial
bodies and citizens of Indianapolis: All me
| projectors of two roads ask OF indianapolis
IS a right OF way TO a connection with the
Union tracks. while Terre Haute not only
gives the right of way but a handsome
Subsidy to the I. H., s. S. & Mt. V.
The April statement of the Chicago, Bur
Unpton a Quincy road Is something OF an
Improvement over the reports Tor the nrst
three months of the year. In April the
roads net earnings fell off but $62.7sl, The
deicit for the month was but $40, lO7. For
The first three months of the year the
dacrease i'm net earnings averaged $250,O00
a month and the deficit averaged about
500. 600 a month. The gross earnings or the
charges and expenses were $3.50 50, a de-
Gcit Of $40. 7o7. and a decrease of $s2 ISL from
the same month OF last year. From Jan. L
~ Anril 20 the gross earnings have been
| So O32i 1O7. the total expenses and charges
| so.3i2.3SO a deficit OF $3.50 275. and a decrease