The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-20

direction.
A. G.. Palmer, general freight agent of
the Peoria, Decatur d Evansville, was in
the city yesterday. The handsome earnings
this road has been showing were largely
due to his efforts.
The Texas & Pacific is providing all it's
stations in louisiana with separate waiting
rooms for white and colored people, and at
the union depot. Alexandra. the same rule
Is to be observed
The funeral of Homer Fulton, express
man, was postponed until Sunday at the
earnest request OF. large Number of ex-
pressmen who will be able on Sunday to
attend the services.
A gentleman from Columbus, o., is nego-
tiating with Thomas Taggart for his lease
rooms and lunch counters, with probable
ity that the deal will be effected.
George Daniels, general passenger agent
of the New York Central. has made such
the old guard of New York city will at
tend church in Albany next Sunday.
William Clark, for ten years commercial
has been promoted to the important posi-
ton of general Eastern freight agent of
the company, vice Frederic X. Knowland,
deceased.
News was received yesterday of the death
of Albert Rokusek in California, whittier he
had gone for his health but too late to be
senger agent of the Cleveland, Akron &
Southern.
The Pennsylvania passenger department
crease in theatrical business a result of
building several baggage cars sixty feet
in length to carry the equipment of theat-
rical companies.
The wives of railroad men and others in
terested in the Brotherhood of Railway
Trainmen are about to organize a Ladies
Auxiliary of the brotherhood, similar to
the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers.
The directors of the Minneapolis & st.
Louis, it is stated, will next week declare
two-and-one- half-per-cent. dividend on its
preferred stock. This road is said to have
the largest number of feeders, mileage con-
sidered, of any road in the West.
The Wabash earned in the second week
of April s220576. against $203.95 in the cor
GOO n ss T meek To If St LOUIS
against s27.4ls in 1894 and ssOsl7 in 1898.
The Big Four ard the Lake Shore have
on more trains between Cleveland and
Berea by making all classes of coupon and
commercial mileage issued by either line
good on trains of either road between those
points.
1t is stated that the stockholders of the
Toledo. Ann Arbor & North Michigan will
interpose obstacles in the way of the bond
holders securing the property. In the face
Of the sale Of the road to the bondholders
, the stockholders on Thursday held their
annual meeting and elected a board of di
rectors.
C. G. Waldo, general superintendent of
Gayord BEACH General sunerintsndent a, of
the Pittsburg & Lake Erie. formerly with
the Decline, who had been in attendance
at the ST. Louis meeting, stopped over a
couple of hours at Indianapolis, yesterday,
OF their return.
o. B. Corwin. of the oldest passenger
conductors in the country. who for the last
few years has been running on the Balti-
more & Ohio, and prior to that on the CO.
lmnnbns & Hooking Valley, was buried mle on on
Railway Conductors and Masonic lodges
taking part in the ceremonies
The Southern Railway Company has con-
tracted with the Ohio Falls car works to
build fifty cars, to be used during the ex
position at Atlanta. The Pennsylvania had
several hundred such cars a short time ago,
which the Southern railway could have
purchased cheap. They were built for the
worlds fair business. but were not needed.
It is looked upon as being very compli-
mentary TO J. @, Van Wrinkle. general su-
perintendent of the Big Four and Joseph
Ramsey, general manager of the St. Louis
apolis railroad circles, that at the meeting
in ST. Louis of the American Railway As
ISOLATION both were elected members of the
executive committee for the three years
term
The special train over the Vandalia on
Thursday night, consisting of four private
cars and baggage car made the run from
East St. Louis to Indianapolis in five hours
and sixteen minutes, being the fastest time
ever made by any train between those
points. The train was in charge of con-
ductor II. Nj. Kearns. Harry Miller, SUI
perintendent of the main Iine came over
on the train to Indianapolis.
The Chicago & Old Colony Railroad Com
pany, capital stock, $15, 600. has filed arti-
cies OF association with the secretary OF
State. The company proposes to construct
eight hundred miles of railroad in Wiscon-
sim from Madison to Sturgeon Bay some
point on the southern State line In Kenosha
county to Superior. and from Green Bay to
Lacrosse: The incorporators are Charles D.
of Fond Du Lac; John S. Mcclure and AL
bert Heiman, OF Chicago.
With the taking effect of the summer
time schedule the Indianapolis & VincenneS
will put on a new. train each way, to run
daily between Indianapolis and Spencer,
leaving Spencer at Z a. M, reaching indian
apois at a. m, and returning at s. p. m.
With the putting on of this. train the train
now leaving vincennes in the morning. will
be made express between Spencer and In
dianapolis, and express to Spencer in the
afternoon. An effort will be made to bet
ter accommodate the patrons of this road.
Z President George B. Roberts, of the Penn
sylvania. denies the report that his com
+ pany would discontinue the use of the Pull
man Palace Car Conpany.s sleepers and
parlor ears at the termination of the pres
that class of rolling stock in its own shops
President Roberts denied the story in toto.
The contract with the Pullman company.
he said, does not expire for five years and
when it does it will be renewed He could
not imagine how such story gained circu-
latfon
George stevens. general manager of the
Chesapeake & Ohio, T. d; Myers. president
mac and Captain King, of the Norfolk &
Western, came over. yesterday, from St.
Louis on Big Four Train IS, which made a
great run with seven cars. Between sew
eral points the speed indicator in General
Manager Stevens's car showed speed of
sixty to sixty-five miles an hour, and be-
tween Danville and indianapolis speed
of seventy-two miles an hour for consid-
cradle stretch.
A railroad mail clearing house of novel
character has been established at Cleve-
land. To this clearing house all railroad
mail is sent and it is made up in pack
ages and pouches for the various trains
Just as il done at the postofice. The men,
bers of the clearing house are the Lake
Shore, Erie. Big Four, Nickel-plate, Cleve-
land, Canton & Southern, Valley, Cleveland
Akron & Columbus, Pennsylvania. Wabash
Glover Leaf, Chicago e. Northwestern, Chi
cago. Milwaukee & st. Paul. Santa Fe, Erie
Dispatch, Empire Line. White Line, Mer-
chants Dispatch, Cleveland & Buffalo
Transit Company, Detroit & Cleveland
Steam Navigation Company, Northern
Steamship Company and Union Transit
Company.
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