The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-15

The Big -Four and the Illinois Central are
at loggerheads over freight matters at
kankakee. and neither will do the switch
ing for the other at that station.
General Passenger Agent Crane, of the
Wabash lines, states that the passenger
earnings for December, 1884, Were $4,000
in excess of those of December, 1888.
The through trains of all the roads rum
ming in here are now heated by steam
taken from the locomotives, and a large
per cent. of the accommodation trains.
Boston papers state that west-bound rates
from New England points are considerably
demoralized and prospects are good that
the Generalization will reach New York.
William Bronson, chief clerk of Harry
Fuller, general passenger agent of the
Chesapeake 4 Ohio. is in the city, visiting
his father, II. NJ. Bronson, for two or three
days.
John Thorne, who built the Utica & Black
River road, one of the oldest of the roads
its president, died in Utica last week, aged
eighty-four.
The receivers of the Union Pacific have
decided to resist the application of the con-
soltdated mortgage trustee for a separate
receivership for the Oregon Short Line and
Utah Northern.
AS an economical measure the Wabash
has abolished the position of road foremen
Of engines, and John Ross and J.. H.. Nc
Clure. who held the positions, have been
given passenger engines to run.
On Feb. / r. Slater will be made general
foreman of the shops of the Chicago &
Northwestern at West Chicago. MIR. Slater
OIuc THE AllIWdQkGe, LAX shore q
Western shops at Kaukauna, Wis.
A. quiet movement is in progress on
the part of the conductors running in
to secure the headquarters of the Order
or Railway Conductors at that point.
The Monon has plans prepared for a new
depot at Chalmers which will be a credit
to that thrifty town. 1t will be of modern
style, contain two waiting rooms, a ticket
office, a baggage room and freight room.
K; H. Wade, formerly general ssuuperin-
I fpn1anf nf tho yEahoSh holding a
similar position on the Southern California
road. is drawing a number of good, men
from the Wabash for service on the South
ern California.
Chairman Midgley has learned that al
ready some of the Western lines have
violated the pass agreement. 1t is alleged
passes have been issued with the deliberate
purpose of putting them to use contrary
to the provisions of the pass agreement.
The report of S.. NJ. Hice, ticket agent of
the Big Four at the outside Office near the
| Union Station shows that, in 1894, he sold
gust. September. October, November and
l December the sales of each month exceeded
$500.
The local passenger agents held their
regular monthly meeting yesterday. 1t was
something unusual that no member had
any complaint to make OF crookedness in
seauently. it took but a short time to trans
act the little business that came before
them.
The Appropriated gross earnings of the
1888 ~ ~ - GA( it9t WIEN Ia Gil
over the same week of 1894. The greatest
portion of the increase was made by the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe system prop
er, IT showing better figures than last year
by 81, 42S.
Harry Miller, superintendent of the Van
dalia main line, was in the city yesterday.
He is a believer in fast trains, and is
pleased over the new departure of the Van
dalia and Pennsylvania lines in putting
on another fast train between st. Louis
and New York. He says it will be put on
next Sunday. ges il
John F. Miller, general superintendent of
the system of the Pennsyl-
vania, is in the city, and yesterday visited
in company with F. G. Darlington. super.
lntendent of the Indianapolis division. Mr..
Miller expressed pleasure over the excel
lent condition of the company's property.
Local fast freight line agents nave been
notified that the New York, New Haven &
Hartford will hereafter make Boston rates
on all business from the West for points
on the Old Colony lines, thus doing away
with arbitraries to a. number of New Eng
Albany and the Fitchburg to take similar
action.
The Merchants Dispatch has contracted
this huber $50 will be built at the Union
car works at Depew, N. Y, the other 15l
o. rnn N Mieh.s The eg new cars Will b Sof fhirt a.
six feet long inside and the most com,
plete in every respect ever built for this
transportation company.
William H. Fletcher, the engineer killed
on the Indianapolis, Decatur & Western,
on Sunday, in a collision, was a striker on
road and went to the Indiana, Blooming
ton & Western. On the l., b. & W.. TAX
ing control of the Indianapolis, Decatur &
the latter road and had been there since
The Knickerbocker fast train over the
urday night, notwithstanding the high
speed at which the train is scheduled, was
the Lake Shore, at Cleveland, late. The
heavy storm of Saturday night, which
faced it all the way from indianapolis tc
Cleveland, made it impossible to make the
time. On Saturday night it was hauled by
two engines and turned over to the Lake
Shore on time.
Intercolonial railway, has invented a ma,
chine for trimming and wedding the righ'
ba Mdy by OF a q locomotive Conceive n 'n The m past sum ne,nS
in tests. it has demonstrated that it will
be a valuable aid to keeping the tracks il
order. The inventor claims that it vii
do the work of five hundred men. 1t clean:
the roadway at the rate of twenty mile:
a day and keeps out of the way of train:
as readily as does any construction train
There died recently in Moscow one o
the great railroad builders of Russia, whose
as this, men may work their way up from
poverty. p. j. Gubonin was the son of I
stonecutter and maker Of whetstones, aftel
a time taking contracts for such work
| which brought him into contact with rOat
and railroad contractors. In 1S4S he began
to take large contracts and during tn,
railroad building era in the sixties, he be
came a leading contractor and built fiv.
different railroads and parts of severa
others.
Lebanon, Ind, has become one of thu
most important way stations on the Biz
Four system. The annual report of d. A
Rice, agent, shows that, in 1894, the tota
receipts from all sources for the year wer,
sos. 093. IL. Mr.. Rice has been agent at tina
station fourteen years and the first yea
the business amounted to less than SAC, 0O0
The receipts of the station for 1894 wer
S14. 1GN.6 So In excess of those of 1893. Their,
were sold at the ticket office 2.S2i ticket
for indianapolis, one way. and 2,GSS round
trip tickets to Indianapolis. The Chicago
Southeastern turned o<er to the Big Fou
at Lebanon 323 loaded cars. The bushes
of 1894 was the largest in the history o
Lebanon: that of 1892 came the nearest t
it, when 1t amounted to $92, SOC. 81.
vi Peak brothers Arrested.
Detectives McCSuff and DOgkerty and of