The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-08-01

Personal Local and General Notes.
The stockholders OF the Wabash viii
meet in st. Louis Sept. 10 10 elect directors.
The Peoria & Eastern is testing on one
Of its engines q new electric neadllsht,
which Is said to have merit.
Superintendent of Motive Power Prescott.
OF the Vandala. is fitting up all its pas
sepger engines with chime whistles
II. c. Parker traffic manager of the Lake
Erie & Western, who has been quite III Tor
several days. was much better yesterday
Thomas Noonan, general manager OF the
Central States Dispatch, left for Phiia-
delphia last night, 10 confer with the Pniia-
delphia & Reading officials.
John Lape. recently appointed master
mechanic OF the shops OF the LouisvllIe,
Evansville * st. Louis at princeton, was
formerly mechanic In the Vandalia SHOPS
The old shops of the Pittsburg. CHARTERS
& Yougbiogheny road at Mckees ROCKS
are being converted into wire mill, the
Pennsylvania Company having Abandoned
them.
The Pittsburg & Western will, to-day,
abandon its Lake Shore connection on its
p p & r division. at Painesyille. o., nav
ing had trouble with the Lake Snore as re-
CARDS rental
Since the first Of the year the Pennsyl-
vania lines have handled 12,Of,2l0 tons OF
coal and coke, against z, 100 tons IN lne
corresponding period Of 1884; increase TINS
year, 4,5f2, i6l tons
The Pennsylvania is receiving new coal
and iron ore cars at the rate OF ten TO M
teen per day, and will next week De recelV-
ing box cars recently contracted Tor al the
rate of twenty per day
ID. A. Wightman, of the Pittsburg loco
motive works is on a Western trip. On
Tuesday he was in Terre Haute, taking
with the Vandalia officials as regards build
ing some locomotives for those lines.
oscar Murray, vice president and freight
traffic manager of the Big Four, is quoted
as saying that in all probability the rail-
roads will have, this fall, business III All ue-
partmentS that Will SurpaSS anything Seeh
since 1892.
W. w Travers arrived last evening from
Cincinnati, and will to-day assume the
duties Of right hand man OF r I: Fargo.
who to-day becomes superintendent or the
Southwestern division of the American Elk
press Company's lines.
c. E. Schaff. general manager of the
Louisville Terminal. j. O. Van Wnkle,
and G. w. Kittredge, chief engineer. are
in Louisville. arranging for opening the
Big Four into that city
The stockholders Of the projected Terre
Haute, Saylor Springs & Mount Vernon
line will hold their annual election at
Mount Vernon, ILL.,. Aug. s. 1t Is expected
that definite action looking 10 beginning It's
construction will be taken at this meeting:
The Baltimore & Ohio southwestern pas
senger department has contracted with the
department headquarters of the Grand
Army Of the Republic from the states OF
Kansas, Arkansas and Texas for the an
nual encampment in Louisville next month
The pharmaceutical convention will meet
at Denver from Aug ii to a. Arrange
ments have been completed for the extern
sion of return limit until Sept. /, provided
tickets are deposited with the joint agent
Denver. Colorado Springs, Manitou or
Pueblo prior TO Aug. 70
Local excursion business on the Balti-
more & Ohio Southwestern lines continues
excellent. Last Sunday they picked up
eleven coach loads between Vincennes and
Cincinnati, besides handling special trains
hefur
st. Louis and Vincennes.
The Lake Shore, for the first time in
many months. has its full force or men
at work on the more important divisions
On the main line there are sixteen to
eighteen freights daily in both directions
and the Detroit branch is doing the heav-
lest business in its history.
The Louisville, New Albany & Chicago is
making some progress toward securing
good terminals at indianapolis, and has Sc
cured options on sevsra pieces o Oh PropedI s
mite action will be taken regarding the
property they decide to purchase The op-
lions still have thirty days TO run
A monster fifty-ton bridge beam Is now
burg to Philadelphia. to be used in the new
bridge over the Delaware river. 1t Is
loaded on four cars, and the train hauling
rs feet long, ten feet wide and two feet
thick.
Charles Mordaugh. who represents the
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul in this
territory, says that in the eleven years he
has held this position he has never known
the ST. Paul TO get such large summer
resort and pleasure travel from the terri
tory under him this year. At all the
lake resorts the pleasure seekers are num-
erous.
The West Shore road. for the accom-
mediation of travellers, will sell prepaid
,rtificates allowing the privilege OF paying
Tor excess baggage between any two points.
but checking only to destination of ticket
presented. This road will carry bicycles
door ready TO receive his wheel at des-
tination or point or transfer. NO cheek Is
given. neither does the company subject
itself to any damages
In arranging for the knights Templars
business on the occasion or the conclave
at Boston next month the passenger ofh-
Gals have shown more than ORDINARY. Wis
dom. A traveller. 10 avail himself or the
low rate must go TO Boston personally and
remain there three days before ne can get
his ticket properly certified Tor return.
This has disappointed a good many who
intended TO avail themselves of this oppor-
tunity to visit New York and some other
Eastern points without going as far as
Boston
mechanical engineer yesterday said
that one of the surprises to him was that
the Vandalia. progressive as ~ usually Is;
had not ere creesn a Of the Belt road and
of the Indianapolis & Vincennes. Such a
signal would not only enable the Vandalia
10 make the run lTOlu lciit iidueC " III
dianapolis seven or eight minutes quicker,
but would save much wear and tear in ma
chinery. He believed that this one item OF
wear and tear from stopping and starting
in two years would pay the cost OF the
interlockng plant.
A freight man, yesterday, In commenting
on the fact that the Pennsylvania lines
were getting so large a per cent. or the
export business, said: "An unusual condi-
ton of things exists. The ocean rates from
Boston, New York, Philadelphia apd Baltl-
more are about the same, and this gives the
PENNSYLVANIA lines an advantage. They can
take their business TO Baltimore, and by
doing so are entitled TO scent lower rate
than from New York. At Philadelphia the
Pennsylvania would get 2 cents per one
hundred pounds differential. Ii Is stated
that % per cent or rs export business Is
now going out via Baltimore
III Is stated that while the Generalization
in rates is not so great at Chicago as dur
ing the last three months, there Is still
enough shading done for the cut-rate roads
TO secure more than their ordinary share
of the business Some OF the roads dlsre-
| gard the car-service rules, thereby ex-
| empting shippers from the expense or de-
| Law in forwarding or in unloading freights.
| and are doing other minor things which
are in effect. cutting of rates IL is looked
| upon as unfortunate that there was bad
/ hreak i'm east-bound lake and rail rates,
| led nv the Lehigh Valley road. and other
| lines are adopting the same practice and
| the lake line agreement is in fair way
TO become ineffective
while the Big Four is looked upon as