The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-29

but two were passengers, thirteen were elli-
pioyes and three trespassers. OF those in
jured twenty were passengers, thirty en-
ployes and two tramps.
East-Bound Shipments.
East-bound shipments from Chicago last
week amounted to 54,963 tons, against 49,
5SS for the preceding week, and 5S6o4 for
the corresponding week of last year. The
roads carried tonnage follows: Michigan
Central. 4.749; Wabash, 1890; Lake Shore.
1882; Fort Wayne, 10.9SS; Panhandle, 1916;
Baltimore Ohio 100; Grand Trunk, ESQ;
1.755 Shipments We're made up of the fol-
lowing articles in tons: Flour, 3776; grain
II, s07' dressed beef, 1873; butter, 1,14o;
10 s.e9 '''''' '''''~'' 49,
Personal, Local and General Notes.
r. Campbell. general passenger agent of
the Louisville, Evansville & st. Louis, is
quite i'll.
w II. McDoel vice president and general
manager of the Monon lines, is expected
home from New York to-day.
Charles McCammon. trainmaster OF the
Monon lines, who has been i'll. has so far
recovered as to resume duty again.
The Ohio Falls car works. at Jefferson
VILE have been awarded a contract to
build $50 cars for the Southern railway.
All the Wabash shops closed yesterday
morning to be closed until Friday, Feb. 1.
1t is done to reduce the expenses OF jan
uary.
l.. c. Johnson, of Chicago, division super
intendent of the Wagner Palace Car Com
pany, was in the city yesterday ON official
business
The Monon's new application for clergy
mems permits requires a complete descrip-
ton of the applicant to prevent deception
in any form.
Female spoilers. it is said, are exercising
their talent on the Buffalo division of the
Lake Shore road, with disastrous results
to the passenger conductors.
ISall rs 10 CT Co
completed contract to build LOCO box cars
for the Pennsylvania lines, 800 of which are
for the Union Star line service.
The remains of Col. Horace Scott were
placed in a vault at Cave Hill. Louisville,
KY, and in ABOUT a month will be
taken to Springfield, Mass, for burial.
The Big -Four has continued its through
sleeping cars between st. Louis and Column
bus o., and is running the same cars To-
cally between st. LOUIS and Indianapolis.
A. ]. Gibbons chief engineer of the Van
dalia lines, has decided to make his head
quarters at Terre Haute, it being nearer
the center of the roads in the Vandalas
system.
The Baltimore & Ohio people have, in
the last few months, added some very fine
new r, passenger equipment to their lines in
favorably with those of their competitors
The prospects that the Terre Haute. Oh
ney & Chester road will be built are very
have o surveying corps locating the line
within thirty days, and a number of good
SUBSIDIES are promised.
A. S. Johnson on Feb. l. takes the posi-
ton of chief train dispatcher on the Find
lay, Fort Wayne Western Mr.. Johnson
Was formerly me- trainmaster of the Fort
the Lake Erie & Western.
Capt. James Phillips, formerly passen-
ger conductor, now division superintend-
ent of one of the roads running into Dali
las, Tex, was recently reported seriously
i'll. His wife writes friend here that he
is slightly improved, and there is now some
hope of his recovery
The Lake Shore management has issued
a bulletin to the effect that all train crews
after making a. run. Business has been 50
heavy with this road. between Cleveland
and Buffalo, that train crews. in their
anxiety to increase their wages, have taken
too little rest.
1t is stated that Col. B. w. Wren, gem
ersl passenger agent of the Plant system of
passenger department, and it is causing
some anxiety among the passenger men,
President Plant, it is stated. has given him
ment after his own ideas
The Grand Trunk has notified all the
Western roads that it will not advance
points. 1t notified in return that the
Western roads would demand full per-
continental business. and that under no
circumstances will any reduction be ac-
cepted.
o. p. McCarty general travelling passen-
ger agent of the Southern lines, states
that the experiment of fast train once
week between New, Orleans and the Pa
cifc coast has proved satisfactory that
it will likely be made daily train. The
run from New Orleans and Los Angeles
is made in sixty hours and to San Fran
cisco in seventy seven hours
No progress has been made with the
Union Pacific in it's row with the other
Western lines. 1t demands share of the
Puget sound business, and the other lines
are equally determined that it shall not
have it. Unless something gives way
"A a
rates If the Union Pacific will not ad-
vance rates by February. as agreed, none
of the other roads will do it.
At the meeting in Cincinnati of the heads
OF departments of the Big -Four system,
President ingalls, said he would like to
have these conferences held monthly. and
asked that hereafter on the fourth Tues
day of each month the heads of each de-
ference on matters which arise from time
to time. He thinks such meetings can be
made beneficial TO the operating of the
several departments
A railway official writes the Journal as
follows: Il notice mention of the fact that
the g o railway "a S,aya Is anoq, to adept the
of single track which they have interven-
ing between the two, portions of double
track, account of the nature of the To-
cation, it being such as to prevent a con-
| tinuous double track being built 1t was
| stated that the system had been in use on
| the c. & o. was the first American road
to put this system in operation The STAFF
| system has been in use on the c., NJ. & ST.
| p, near Savannah, for the past year and
! gives entire satisfaction.
! The growth of shipments of packing
house products and dressed meats over the
| Big Four lines east in the last year is
| causing a good deal of comment. The Big
| -Four is daily moving from St Louis TWEEN
| ty-fve cars loaded with dressed meats
! and paciing-house products; the Peoria d-
/ vision receives fifteen to twenty carloads
/ per day, turned over to them at Blooming
! ton, H., by the Chicago & Alton. and
| shipped from Kansas City; the Kankakee
| IL Seneca turns over ten to twelve carloads
/ day the Big Four at Kankaiee.
| shipped from points the Chicago & Rock
! Island and from fifteen TO twenty carloads
! from Chicago turned over by the Illi-
! nois Central to the Big Four at Kankakee.
/ Most of the product off of the Peoria d.
| vision and from Chicago is exported via
| Newport News. Al indianapolis the road
! gets twelve to twenty carloads of packing
| house products.