The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-11-25

usually ANaf~ IA thC I'm Nf'
there were transferred over the Belt 1922
cars, which was the. maximum number,
with one exception, since the road was
opened. The Belt road last week handled
for the yards 1880 carloads of live stock.
in the three items the number Of cars
handled Is seldom exceeded.
Traffic Notes.
There were handled at indianapolis last
week sos empty cars.
The PENNSYLVANIA lines handled at In
d%ianapolis last week 5,S0T cars. 4.5I7 being
loaded.
The Big Four lines proper last week
handled at this point 9.422 loaded. cars, 70S
more than in the week ending Nov. ls.
The Peoria & Eastern handled on both
divisions last week at this point 2,347 loaded
cars, nine more than in the week ending
Nov. 16. 81 Dos q
With the Panhandle the east-bound move
ment IS still in excess of the west-bound.
last week 1,2i5 loaded cars being forwarded,
against l,O65 brought in.
The Indianapolis G. vincennes last week
handled the largest number Of loaded cars
in it's history, with two exceptions. Its in
cars.
For the first time in many months the in
bound business or. the Lake Erie & West
ern came near being as heavy as its out
bound, the road bringing in 2S3, against 305
loaded cars forwarded.
The Vandalia handled at Indianapolis last
WtCh G,ob- tO4utQ cars, Dfl0SlIlR ~ l.5Sl and
forwarding west ss1 loaded cars. This was
an Increase over the week ending Nov. 10
of nineteen loaded cars.
The Monon continues to handle over 500
cars at this point weekly, which is an ex-
cellent showing under present conditions.
The road last week handled at this ter
minal GOO cars, $40 being loaded.
II was a close race last week between the
Chicago and the Bee-line divisions of the
Big -Four lines, the former leading the Bee
I bsea, hut twelve we loaded adde cars; the latter
(east end 1858 loaded cars.
The Cincinnati, Hamilton & DAYTON last
week made a very creditable exhibit,
loaded. Although this road has a large
freight equipment, it feels the scarcity OF
cars more than some other roads, as it has
no connection to draw cars from.
The Indiana, Decatur & Western IS sur
prising its friends in the amount of bust
ness it carries; handling at this station last
road brought into Indianapolis ninety-hve
loaded cars. on Thursday seventy-six and on
Friday seventy-two. The inbound move
heht Oh iast week Is seldom exceeded.
Personal, Local and General Notes.
r.. 3. +. Peirce, receiver of the Toledo.
st. Louis & Kansas City, will go to Toledo
to-day TO be absent the entire week.
DR.: II. ID. La Cossitt. of G~reenville, Pa,
has been appointed medical examiner of the
pennsylvania voluntary relief department
OF the Pennsylvania lines at Pittsburg.
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a new. line OF sleeping cars between Gin
clnnati and Jacksonville via CHATTANOOGA,
the Southern railway and the Plant sys-
tenn.
s. III. II. Clark. managing receiver of
the Union Pacific lines, arrived in st. Louis
yesterday, where he will spend a few days
with his family, resting from his usual
arduous duties.
AS competitors expected. the new line to
st. Louis over. the, Indiana. Decatur Is
Western and the foIedo.1 st; Louis 4 Kan
sas City has cut the tariff TO $3.50. The
regular rate is $3.50.
Engine is, on the Indianapolis, Decatur
d Western, was turned out of the West
side shops Saturday practically a new loco
motive 1t OWNS in service.
II. VI. Waite. of Lexington, KY, is visit
Ing friends in this city. His record as
superintendent OF maintenance OF way on
railroad men OF the country.
The official report OF the Toledo, st.
Louis d Kansas City shows that for the
business has fallen behind the east-bound
tonnage less than IS per cent.
Now that the Joint Traffic Association is
an assured thing. agents in the depart
ments which may be affected by the abol-
ishment of agencies are becoming anxious
as to when it will so into effect.
The Big Four management has notified
its own lines to be loaded, as every car
they can ommand is needed TO accomo-
date shippers on their own system.
The old engine Yarmouth, built at the
Altoona shops in 1869, has been rebuilt and
sold TO a car works company TO do switch
ing. For years it was one of the famous
engines on the Pennsylvania lines east.
The Cadiz branch of the Panhandle is
lines, it having been constructed before the
Madison & indianapolis road. 1t was built
by the Steubenville & Indiana company, in
the early fifties.
The Illinois Central will. with its ac-
quirement of the Chesapeake & Ohio South
western, have 1900 miles Of road and will
have a shorter route between Louisville
and New Orleans than that of the Louis
vile & Nashville. m ~.
The Baltimore & Ohio is said to be acting
very dishonorably in retaining on is W
lines, and this is the reason the Cincinnati,
Hamilton q Dayton is so troubled to fill
its orders for cars.
The Pennsylvania Company gives notice
that ii will strictly pursue the policy of
equipping all foreign cars in use on its
road with grab-irons to conform to the
interstate-commerce law and the expense
will be charged to the owners.
Train s. west-bound over the Panhandle,
Is now hauled by q ten-wheel engine and a
both engines, including tender, is 1914 900
pounds, making il the heaviest double
header run in the United States.
i. II. Brockenbrough, general passenger
agent of the Ohio Southern, has notified all
roads using the in tefmileage tickets read
ing that line that the same will be discon-
tinued Dec. I. and after Jan. / the mileage
books of other lines will not be honored
on the Ohio Southern.
The average price of all railway stocks
sold the first ten months of 1895 was 1914
per share. against $685. In 1894. the ag-
gregate values being ~ per cent. more than
in the same time during 1894. October
transactions a~ggTegated-a value OF $780,
COG, 600 in excess OF October, 1891.
One of the largest and longest iron tres
ties In the world, extending from Home
stead TO Bradford. on the Pittsburg & Lake
Erie, is to be double tracked to handle
the business between those points more ex-
| peiitiously. This company also proposes TO
double track the long bridge crossing the
Monongahela river.
William Swanston, master mechanic OF
the shops of the Pennsylvania Company at
Indianapolis, is credited with having his
shops in the most orderly condition and
the grounds surrounding the most Clearly
and attractive OF any shops and grounds
the Pennsylvania inspection party visited
on their recent inspection trip.
Two passenger conductors were dismissed
on the Evansville & Terre Haute TO make
room for men who would NIL the posi-
tions for less money. As a consequence,
on the first trip one or the Kew men re-
fused To honor a through ticket and put
the passenger off at Xincennes. A lawyer
was consulted. and IL is stated 1t cost the
+. a. II. IL. Company $500 TO compromise
the case
Pittsburg Post: 'E. A. Ford. general pas
senger agent OF the Pennsylvania lines, IL
known from the Atlantic to the Pacific
as a man. who Is Straightforward, honest
and conscientious in all his acts In al
uaftera partafp;,u a. fra fic a ffnfrS he ny.