The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-09-27

Tor train employees, agents. etc, on the
pennsylvania line 10 don their winter suits
The Indiana Car and Foundry Company
Is turning over the new stock cars the
works are building for the Big Four road
at the rate Of five a day.
The Toledo. St. Louis & Kansas City
earned In the third week of september.
s4o.06S an increase over the corresponding
week OF 1894 OF x3.f29.1s.
President Robinson, OF the Mexican Cen
trai. passed west on Wednesday night en-
route to Mexico. where he will remain for
two months or more.
l.. G. Bell. who has represented the pas
senger department OF the Plant system at
montgomery, Ala. on Oct. l goes to Chi
cago to represent this company.
recent decision of the Supreme Court
road company need not employ man for
locomotive engineer who gets drunk.
Thomas Bussey, the oldest engineer on
or apopiexy. He had been on the Western
q Atlantic since 1t opened for business.
The rates on Southern business via Pitts
burg have been advanced all round cents
per iW pounds, and the railroad companies
nave agreed TO adhere strictly 10 the new
rates
William Browning, formerly a railroad
man and brother of John W. Browning,
passenger conductor on the Monon, lies very
Hospital.
F.. c. Darlington. superintendent Of the
Indianapolis division OF the Panhandle
lines sailed yesterday for Europe. His
health has not improved by his stay at
Deer Park.
II is reported tAat the Duke of Marl-
borough. Miss consuelo Va6derbilts fiance.
has become director of the Grand Trunk
railway. and that Sir Charles Rivers VIII
son will make such an announcement in
few days.
Judge Bacon, representing the passenger
department. Of the Chicago & Rock Island,
and X. Il. jones' the freight department
are In the city Both report the business
outlook with the Chicago Il Rock Island to
be daily improving.
The bonded debt of the Louisville. New
Albany az Chicago is now $13. 800. 900, all but
ss,5Oo.oO0 of that sum being at the rate of 6
per cent. interest, and none falling due be-
fore 1910 The s3,5o0.ooO bears 51s per cent.
interest per annum.
Within the last year the Louisville New
Albany & Chicago put in twenty-five new
sidetracks required by new. industries To-
Gated on the lines. and heightened twenty
sidetracks which were not OF the capacity
such Industries required. -
The Richmond locomotive works are now
building for the Big Four three heavy
switching engines for service on the bridge
and at the Louisville terminal. These are
In addition to the six switching engines
just received from the Schenectady works.
The Philadelphia & Reading has estab-
lished stock yards al Lancaster, Pa, which
is an Innovation on the Pennsylvania road.
all the stock traffic for that region of Penn
sylvania. and has done large business
Late developments show that scalpers in
New York and San Francisco are doing the
bulk of the immigrant business at manipu-
lated rates. in spite of the inability of the
Western committee which visited New York
recently TO find any serious Generalization.
General Manager Morrill, has announced
the appointment OF L. F. Parker as gen.
eral attorney of the St Louis & San
Francisco railway, to succeed Edward
Kenna, who has been appointed general
solicitor of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa
Fe.
BY the New York Central securing con-
troll OF the Erie canal the possibility of
maintaining east-bound rates is greatly
strengthened, say freight officials, as the
Central Is in a position to dictate canal as
well as rail rates between Buffalo and New
York.
Commercial Agent Pendleton, of the VAN
dalta. says. the blockade of the last few
days on west-bound business has been
largely due to Western connections not be-
ing able to take care of freight at St
Louis but the situation is now improving
daily.
Sending out two pay cars on the Wabash
system, which was inaugurated three
months ago, is proving highly satisfactory
to the employees. as under the new arrange
ment every employe is paid off by the 10th
of each month for the preceding month
service.
The traffic OF the Vandala is so heavy
a.
TO further increase it's power. The COM
pany is now running more passenger trains
than at any time in its history. and its
freight traffic is heavy beyond precedent
Passenger engines are making extra mile
age, so that some of the heavier ones may
be used In hauling freights.
Despite the fast run made by the Wabash
special train, recently, carrying George
Gould from Chicago to Detroit. the Michi-
gan Central still claims to have the best
speed record between those two stiles. On
the Michigan Central the special was
hauled from Chicago to Detroit in five hours
and twenty-five minutes In each case the
distance Is the same, PAP miles.
The freight officials of the Pennsylvania
are more boastful than ever over the i'm
mense volume of freight business they are
doing all over the system, and attribute 1t
to the fact that their competitors are main
tanning rates; They claim that when such
ways leaders in tonnage. as was the case
at Chicago and st. Louis last week.
The last spike has been driven in the
| Choctaw. Oklahoma & Gulf road, connect
ing South McAlester and Oklahoma City.
| The road is now complete from Wister, l..
| T. to FL Reno. o. T., a distance of 2iC
miles. The first through train was coal
train. Double daily passenger trains viii
| be put on Oct. 10. at which time grand
| excursion will be run from Fort Smith
| Ark, to Oklahoma City.
| The Louisville. New Albany & Chicago
company has two large track-iaying gangs
| at work between Frankfort and Indian
| apolis laying seventy-five-pound-to-
| ward steel rail at the rate of one mile a
| day. From Chicago to Frankfort the entire
/ line is now laid with rail of that weight,
| and enough rails will be received in the
! next few days to complete the line from
| Frankfort to Indianapolis
The grain men are continuing their boy
| colt of the Chicago & Northwestern be-
! cause the company demands of shippers
/ that on grain billed through they give the
| destination of the car before IL is trans
| ferred. As that discloses all the ordinary
| grain shipper wants to keep secret for his
customers his arrangements with Eastern
/ roads and variety of other things, the
i demand is considered offensive
The private cars i'm which most of the
| prominent railway officials ride in this
| country are weighted down with ballast &c
| make them ride easy. In the compartment
between the floors OF all the private cars
on the Pennsylvania lines number or iror
rails and car axles are placed and so care
! fully distributed and fastened that any in
| equality in the roadbed and sharp curves
| becomes hardly noticeable.
The local passenger officials yesterday
| held special meeting TO consider thu
| question of rates to the coming chrysan
| themum display in November. ii was voted
TO make a rate of one and one-third fare
| for the round trip TO exhibitors commenc
ing Nov. and extending TO and includins
| Saturday. Nov. 9, and to visitors Of tn
floral display .one fare for the round tril
on Nov s and 7. good to return on the sth
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