The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-10-17


the receivership of the Northern Pacific.
Mr.. Piles is thirty-seven years old and
Is well known in the State of Washington
as a lawyer and aggressive Republican
campaign speaker.
President Carpenter. of the Chicago &.
Eastern Illinois, states that the road earned
the dividend on its preferred stock for the
first quarter of its fiscal year beginning
with July l in the first two months OF the
quarter.
1t is stated that the freight equipment
OF indianapolis lines is now freer from cars
unfit for service than at any time in years.
Anticipating a heavy fall traffic. every car
worth repairing has been repaired and put
In service.
II. NJ. Bronson, assistant general passen-
ger agent OF the Big Four, returned, yester-
day, from Europe, and was met at the
Union Station on his arrival by a number
OF passenger men, who gave him a hearty
welcome home.
Earnings on the Milwaukee G. ST. Paul
are steadily and rapidly increasing. Those
for the second week in October amounted
to $S36,407. as compared with $685., 2S9 for
the corresponding week last year, an in
crease OF sos. 10.
The Pennsylvania Company yesterday
placed a contract with the Indiana Car and
FOUNDRY Company for two hundred box
cars The company yesterday completed the
contract TO build two hundred stock cars
for the Big -Four.
4AO Oe%Ao LIZ AAddAALo AaAtlbCI lildI
usual. Both the Monon and the LAX Erie
az western are carrying a great deal, and
the shipments North from Southern States
are very heavy, not only OF Southern pine,
but OF hardwood lumber.
The proposition of making North Vernon
a freight division point on the Baltimore q
Ohio Southwestern, instead of Seymour. has
been settled in favor of the latter place.
considerably relieving the anxiety Of Sey-
mour people over the feared change.
President Gable, of the Rock Island road,
denies a report which had gained wide CIR
~culation in Chicago to the effect that the
Rock Island had gained control Of the Iowa
Central. He said there was not even any
negotiation pending in that direction.
decided not to pay dividends on common
stock for the six months ending June so
last. Ihey have issued a statement saying
that the earnings for that period exceeded
2R per cent, but hat they deem it advis-
able to hold the money for other purposes.
On Oct 20 the Monon will put on a new
for Atlanta and Florida business. 1t will
leave Chicago at 1918 a. m. and reach
Louisville at 7:ss Z. m. Returning viii
leave Louisville at 1885 a. m. and arrive at
Chicago at go p. m.
The New York Central inspection party
left New York on Tuesday to inspect the
Vanderbilt lines. in the party. which travels
In three private cars are Cornelius Van
derbilt, Chauncey VI. Depew, II. j. Hayden,
H. Walter Webb, John NJ. T0ucey, h. Van
Eten and j. ID. Laying.
The Pittsburg. Fort Wayne & Chicago To-
connective which made so remarkable a run
from Chicago with General Manager Woou's
party is of the class o type, and has a five
foot driving wheel. 1t was built at Altoona
some years ago, and rebuilt recently at the
shops in Fort Wayne with a new valve
gear.
Paymaster Snee, of the Pennsylvania
lines, has the most systematic method OF
paying off men of any similar officer on that
system. The names of the numerous en-
ployes at the different yalis. depots, shops
and small stations are alphabetically ar
ranged, and there is no delay in finding a
name and the amount of money due.
The Panhandle lines, from the eastern
limit OF the city TO the Union tracks, and
the Vandalia. from Tennessee street to
cleaning r, rn ,rs are nnder e 1Sa q general
the Pennsylvania inspection. party. Super
intendent Zion, of the Union Railway Com
has caught the same spirit and is
putting everything in order.
The passenger business of the st. Louis
& Cairo Short Line has so increased that it
has been obliged to purchase heavier pas
senger engines for its express trains, and
has, this week, received two large passen-
ger engines from the Baldwin locomotive
works. The night express out of 81 Louis
now hauls four sleeping coaches. one for
Atlanta and one for Paducah.
On Nov. 1, d. w. Cooke, assistant gen.
eral passenger agent OF the Chicago Great
Western, viii a k a similar position on
AAN Eli AICSs W. tOOhC - OAC " l. lit
passenger men in the West. and the Erie.
in securing his services, has made an excel-
lent move. Mr.. Cooks duties will be con-
fined to the east end OF the system and will
not conflict with those of f. w. Buskirk,
who represents the Erie lines in the West,
under the title Of assistant general pas
agent.
The stockholders Of the Illinois Central
road held their. annual meeting IN Chicago
yesterday and elected Stuyvesant Fish, Ed
ward j. Hartman and John Jacob Astor
80 f4s a fnrrn 80 torr Ia0nn - nrI0-
coed themselves. After the stockholders
meeting the directors met and elected Off
GERS forethe ensuing year as follows: Stuy-
vesant Fish, president; John c. yelling,
first vice president; j. T. Harahan, second
vice president; A. G. HackStaff, secretary;
K. l.. H. Gibson, treasurer; b. +. Aver,
general counsel and James Fentress, gen.
eral solicitor.
The Journal learns from a reliable source
that Charles M. Hays, as general manager
of the Wabash, received a salary OF $4,000
g ceiyy ea s.. 100 oa III, Tsos ara mSo b have served as wn nnd fsr
Mr.. Hays say that. while he is a strict dis
ciplinarian and will permit no dereliction OF
Being a teetotaler himself. he allows
no employe to drink or smoke when on
duty. Neglect of duty calls forth the strict
thorough sense of duty. he is very popular
with employees who wish to do good service.
Terre Haute Gazette: 1.-THE members of
Terre Haute Division. No. Is, of the Broth
erhood of Locomotive Engineers are arrang-
Ing for a series of lectures this winter on
subjects of interest to their BUSH
ness. The subjects will be quite diverse and
of an interesting character, and win in
clude, THE Economy Of Handling Supplies
The Book of Rules Valve Notion Air
fabrication and Injector Manage
ment,' Train -Dispatching,' The Handling
of Freight and Passenger Trains and. in
everything pertaining to the better
ment of the science. The different officials
will be asked to speak in regard TO the de-
partments which are under their manage
ment. Several large firms who handle rail-
way supplies have agreed to send their ex-
pert men to assist in the course"