The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-10

from st. Louis in the hands of brokers,
brought before the meeting and settled aft
er some discussion. though 1t is not known
exactly how it effected. Amendments
to the passenger agreement which was
adopted at the meeting. make IL still more
difficult for one of its members to with
draw. No one, under the amendment, is
allowed to withdraw now until after the
presidents meet and ratify their application.
The Baltimore g. Ohio and the Chesapeake
a. Ohio withdrew their complaints against
the agreement, and they will remain under
to the freight rates little was done except
to restore the tariff east-bound freight.
This restoration will go into effect on
April %
Becoming More DemOraIized.
The Generalization in passenger rates
somewhat yesterday. The burlington &
Missouri River announced that on April
Is it will make SIT round-trip rate from
Denyer to Omaha Fran Kansas City, a
rate of S. will be made to points in Ne
bTaska, and one of 81 to Sterling. Col. The
tickets will have a return limit of ten
days. Another feature which may add
TO the al The West
ern roads are making to run home seek
ers' excursions to all points In Nebraska,
ing The Illinois Central excursions to the
South was the opening wedge and an an,
run home seekers excursions to Texas did
the business. All the Western lines awoke
CURED home seekers excursions fully as
much as the South, and everybody is pre-
parting to run them.
Annual Meeting of the r., c., C. & ST. l..
The annual meeting Of the stockholders
of the Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago & st.
Louis railroad was held in Pittsburg yes
. terday. The annual report for 1894 was
submitted, showing: Gross earnings. $14,-
247 ,S55.73 decrease, as compared with 1893.
Of n-D ri do
crease of $1,269, 111.22 net earnings, $3.4S2,-
35.91; total net revenue, So, 49S.3oo.64, de-
cent. ON Il the preferred stock was paid dur
ing the year. There was reduction or
331 495 tons in the freight traffic as COM
pared with 1893. and decrease OF Ss464 IN
the number of passenger carried The
board of directors of me company being
classified. there were only four to elect at
this time G.. B. Roberts, Frank Thomson,
John P Green and Charles r. Pugh, all OF
Philadelphia, were elected. The board will
organize in Philadelphia on next Thursday.
AfchisOn REORGANIZATION Plan
The Atchison reorganization committee is
sued their plan yesterday, which is signed
by all the members of the joint executive
reorganization committee, and which has
been approved by the New York general
REORGANIZATION committee, the London bond
holders committee and Hope Co, OF
Amsterdam, acting for the Dutch bond
holders The plan proposes to foreclose
the general mortgage and other mortgages
acquired at foreclosure sale in new COM
pany.
Personal. Local and General Notes.
The summer time schedules of the Big
Four lines will not go into effect until
May 49,
The new book of rules copied after those
of the Pennsylvania lines goes into effect
on the Vandalia May /.
At the Union Station proper there are
seventy-four men employed, and IL taxes
So 1888 per month to pay them.
L. s. Croker. who died at East Brain
tree. Mass. on Sunday, was the inventor
of the conductors ticket punch.
The Indiana Car-service Association han
died in March 1885 cars against l7'25S in
February; increase in March, 2,VIz.
w. E. Hutton and ]. r. Waterbury.
New York capitalists have been elected to
the directory of the Ohio Southern.
Export rates are now off as well as rail
rates, and with this an Improvement IN
shipments of export freight is noticeable.
indianapolis packing houses are now
loading about twenty-five cars day with
provisions for Eastern and export markets.
dala, and>family, who have been South
day.
j. J. Turner. superintendent of the Pitts
burg division of the Pennsylvania lines,
is in the city to look after some private
business.
w c. McCrafton superintendent of sig
mails of the Pennsylvania lines west of
Pittsburg was in the city yesterday on Off
cal business
II. F. Bicknell, superintendent of the San
dusky division of the Lake Erie & West
ern. and superintendent of telegraph of the
system, is in the city.
The earnings of the American Express
Company. at its. Indianapolis offices, for
March, were the largest in any month since
the company established an office here.
May ] has been fixed upon as the date
on which the Adams Express Company will
succeed the United States Express Com
pany on the Louisville, Evansville & st.
Louis.
Edward F. Kearney yesterday succeeded
W. T. Brown as chief clerk Of Trainmaster
May, of the Panhandle, and Lewis King
succeeds Mr. Kearney as car tracer of the
company.
Train q the fast limited over the VAN
dalia and the Pennsylvania lines. last even
ing made the from CoatesVille to the
Belt road crossing, twenty-eight miles, in
twenty-six minutes.
With the taking effect of the summer
time table the Big Four will haul on it's
day trains between indianapolis and Ben
ton Harbor parlor cars and on its night
trains sleeping cars.
portation of the Pennsylvania lines west
of Pittsburg, was in the city yesterday
superintendent of the Indianapolis division,
regarding some proposed changes in the
handling of trains.
The three divisions of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Firemen in Cincinnati will have
a reunion Sunday, April %, and send
ing out Invitations to lodges within a radius
of 200 miles to be represented. 1t is ex-
pected that Mr.. Sargent, grand chief and
others of the higher officials will be pres
ent.
Oscar Murray, vice president and freight
traffic manager of the Big Four lines; E.
o. Mccormick, passenger traffic manager:
G. E. Schaff, assistant general manager,
and j. O. Van Wrinkle, general superintend-
emit, will to-day make trip over the Mich
igan division, going as far Benton Har-
Dor.
G. c. Waldo, general superintendent of
the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton lines,
yesterday made a trip over the Indianapolis
division He says the business of the. road
is satisfactory and shows a marked i'm
provement of late in both freight and pas
senger traffic.
G. r. Balch, purchasing agent of the Gin
cinnati, Hamilton & Dayton in the
city yesterday. He says the company will
this season purchase three hundred thous-
and cross ties and forty miles of new heavy
steel rails The company'S bridges are in
such good shape that little will be done in
that direction.
With the taking effect of the summer
schedule the time of the Knickerboclxer
express over the St. Louis division of the
Big Four will be shortened thirty minutes.
This train will then make the same time
between St. Louis and New York which
TIE Pennsylvania fast limited now does.
William Garstang, superintendent of mo-
tive power of the Big Four, has prepared