The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-04

monthly meeting yesterday, sthere being a
full attendance. The usual quarterly divi-
dend of 1is per cent. on preferred stock
was declared and semi-annual dividend
latter will be appreciated by holders of
the common stock, as three semi-annual div
idends have been passed, owing to the de-
pressed times The improvement in bust
ness at the yards the last four months ena-
bles the directors to resume the payment
of dividends on the common stock.
The Big Four at Louisville.
Assistant General Manager Schaff. of the
Big Four. who was in Louisville yesterday.
announced that July 1 is the date fixed
by that company for commencing business
in Louisville. The company has secured
site at Preston and Main streets and will
build a large freight depot, using the Sew
enth-street depot for passengers. For the
present the Big Four will use the old
Ohio & mississippi tracks (now Baltimore
g. Ohio southwestern between Jefferson
Vile and North Vernon, Ind, where con-
nections will be made for Indianapolis, Chi
cago and Benton Harbor.
Earnings of l.. e. & w. for 1894.
The Lake Erie G. Western earned in the
twelve months ending Dec. 81, 1884, gross.
$3.50, ss2O2 against sS512, 62o.22 in 1893. de-
crease in 1894 of sl71, $500. The road earned
pared with 1892, $247, SOO4l The loss of 1894
was largely in passenger earnings, the
sum as in 1888
Personal, Local and General Notes.
/. d. Baldwin, general agent of the Monon
and the c.. H. & d. at this point, is so Ill
as to confne him to the house.
The Detroit. Bay City & Alpena has been
reorganized as the Detroit & Mackinaw,
with capital stock of 100000.
James l.. Finn has been appointed super
intendent of the Wabash yards and other
| property at Andrews. vice j. H. Mcclure,
resigned.
So far as Indianapolis lines We're con-
cerned the first Of the year brought fewer
official changes than has been the case
| in many years past.
| The receipts from the sale of tickets
over the Big Four lines at Indianapolis for
| December, 1894, show an increase of S.
! 40 over those of December, 1893.
| The Lake Erie & Western mileage books
| are now good with several transfer lines at
number. for the Frank Bird Transfer, at
| Indianapolis
| President ingalls, tells William Garstang,
| superintendent of motive power of the Big
| Four, to guage his shop expenses not to
spend over $4,000 per month In January,
| February or March.
number of men who lost positions on
the Pennsylvania and the Wabash lines
| during the Debs strike. have secured places
on the Findlay,. Fort Wayne & Western,
| Just opened for business.
| The Louisville & Nashville has gotten
| out Its calendar for 1895, the same style
| as 1T has adopted for twenty years past.
L ltS simplicity ana convenience make IL a
| popular calendar with Office men.
Fast live stock trains have been. put on
from st. Louis. via Kansas City, tc the
City of Mexico. The run is made in five
1 days, and shippers express themselves as
| pleased with the results thus far.
The Union Pacific has abandoned it's din
ing-car service between Evanston and
| Omaha, and reopened its eating houses.
The Santa F;,e had previously taken such a
step in its transcontinental line service.
Chief Engineer Bolton. of the Southern
railway. announces that work will be conn.,
nenced at once on large shops for the
| company at Knoxville. The shops will cost
| $4,000. and. when completed will give en-
ployment to $500 men.
yard master of the Chicago division OF
the Big Four at Indianapolis, shows thai
IN 1884 for both ends of ' the division ie7 ss;
loaded and 54.53S empty cars.
The net earnings of the Atchison foi
Of q sas from
Earnings of the system for the five months
from asd July f to Nov 30 sho ooa d
r. 3. F. PIERCE. general manager of the
indianapolis Decatur & Western, yester
day, let the contracts for some of the
bridges which to be built the line
this year. The contracts awarded amounted
to $4,000 and went to an Eastern firm
On the first of the yea, the Chicago &
| Great Western commenced running all its
| dining cars on the plan of the Cincinnati
| Hamilton d Dayton and the Monon. The
l ola system OF charging Dy the meal VII
soon pass out of date from present indi
| cations
Freight men should not be disappointed
If freight earnings the first two weeks o
road had hundreds of carloads of freight il
t transit when the rate went up Jan.
| 1894, and this business came into the earn
ings of those two weeks.
The travel of the Lake Erie & Western
this last holiday season on holiday rate
| was 81, 1920 in excess of that of the holida,
season OF the previous year. In fact, Gen
eral Passenger Agent DAILY says the larg
est holiday passenger earnings in the his
tory of the road We're those Just realized
The Canada & Michigan Tunnel Com
pany will apply at the next session 0
way bridge across the river to Detroit a
the point where they have been empowere
to construct tunnel. 1t is the intention t
build a draw bridge, the spans to be no
less than one thousand feet.
The Lake Erie & Western people hay
asked and been granted an option on tn
March /. This would indicate there
one hitch in the deal, 1t was expeete
the matter would be settled Feb 5, whe
the Lake Erie & Western will be held.
The Journal of the Brotherhood of Loco
motive Engineers for 1895 is out in ne,
tractive appearance The mutual life an
| accident insurance departments of the as
engineers from accidents sickness, i
December. being one of the most fats
months of the year.
Capt. John &. Grover will be buried q
I-ogansport. to-day, he dying on Ne
Years day. Captain Grover, when he RI
turned from the civil war, entered the en-
| Dloyment of the Panhandle railway an
has been in the service of the compan
since. In June last, owing to his age an
| poor health. he was placed on the retire
| list of the company. drawing half pay.
/, ! A petition of the American Express Con
| pany has been filed in the United State
| Court, at Toledo, to enjoin the Findla,
Fort Wayne & Western road from enterir
. | into a contract with the United Stat,
Express Company, and temporary il
junction has been allowed. The applies
ton was made as a result of the fight b
tween the two companies named for IL
express franchise over the road.
A syndicate, composed principally
. New York and Chicago capitalists, is bull
: ing a railroad between Crispheld and la
gier sound, Maryland, the motive pow
/ of which is TO be furnished by gas gene
i | ated from gasoline. The system has BET
: | successfully used in Germany, but this w
$ | 1t is claimed to be much cheaper ths
. electricity just as effective and no mo
| dangerous.
j. NJ Chesborough, general passeng
5 agent of the Baltimore q Ohio Sout
q | western announces that arrangement
have been made to interchange milea
: books with the Baltimore d Ohio propt
# the Cincinnati, Hamilton Dayton, Il
r. Cleveland, Akron & Columbus, the Clev
= land & Marietta. the Colurnbus Il Hocki