The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-09

sheet, and it some time ago announced its
intention of ignoring whatever rates were
made in the sheet.
Personal, Local and General Notes
James McCrea. first vice president of the
Pennsylvania Company, has gone East TO
be absent several days.
r. b. Hughes, general superintendent of
the American Express Company. was In
the city yesterday on official business
j. j. Turner, superintendent of the Pitts
burg division of the Panhandle lines, was
in the city yesterday on private business.
W. r. Ijasns, president of the Belt Road
friends have gone to the Northwest on a
hunting trip.
An official of the Panhandle says the
business of the Southwestern system of the
Pennsylvania lines in recent months has
been exceedingly encouraging.
+. n: Bronson, a ass. general passen-
sr agent r o. ne lag Fds sbt ana rom Peoria
tended Western business trip.
Calvin S. Brice, president of the Lake
Erie & Western. announces that the pro-
posed purchase of the Indianapolis, Decatur
g. Western has been shelved.
Mrs. c. r. Wyman of Huntington, Ind.
has been. appointed organizer and inspector
of the ladies' auxiliary lodges of the Broth
erhood of Locomotive Engineers.
The locomotives of the Peoria & East
ern are said by expert master mechanics
locomotives of Indianapolis lines
Evansville & St Louis on Tuesday ran
from st. Louis to Evansville, 273 miles, i'm
seven hours and thirty minutes, including
stops.
The L., y. 4. & C. Ofonon) earned in
1882 TIE Toede st. 0 Louis KaS
sas City earned s105. 742; increase over Feb
ruary, 1894, s17,s1S.
Arrangements are being made by which
be taught in classes in the. use. of. air by
competent instructors. An airbrake instruc-
ton car is being fitted up.
A special of four coaches was hauled from
Greencasfle to Indianapolis over the Big
-Four, yesterday afternoon, in fortytwo
distance, th h and oneliaif miles i''s
The Belt road company yesterday re-
ceiyed the first installment on thousand
tons of new steel rails and one thousand
ties of fifteen thousand which have been
purchased by Superintendent Zion for the
road.
The earnings of the entire Atchson sys-
sS15.o74, an increase of sl9,9SS over the same
week of last year. The earnings for the
month to date are s2,S14,294, a decrease of
There are no new developments looked for
ii the EVansviIie richmond road for
notice to the Evansville & Terre Haute has
expired.
The Chicago & Eastern Illinois earned in
is OF 0se Ohio earned
S2O9,147, an increase over February, 1894,
of 1862, the largest increase in any month
OF its present fiscal year.
Thomas r. LINER superintendent of car
service of the Columbus & Hooking VAL
ley, will be married to Miss Anna Bailou,
the wedding to take place March 20 at the
home of the brides uncle and aunt. Mr..
and B. f. Price, at Seymour, Ind.
The, Columbus & Hooking Valley yester-
book The mileage will not be good on
other than the G. & III. ". line, being
different book from the 1000 mileage books
which good over a large number of
roads.
NJ. E. ingalls,, who has just returned from
New York, says the business outlook East
are getting in more orders and the Big
Four will soon be in the market for a
number of locomotives and several hundred
freight cars
The Pennsylvania now has four through
trains daily from indianapolis to New York.
Train 6 makes the run in twenty-seven
five hours, Train 20 makes the run in twen-
ty-three hours, and the new limited in
twenty-five hours.
The old project of paralleling the Pitts
burg, Fort Wayne & Chicago road has been
revived. and 1t is said a number of men
The line was surveyed some Years ago and and
several towns voted subsidies TO it, which
have now expired.
George Kittredge, chief engineer of the
Big Four lines, was in the city yesterday.
He states that one of the important inn
provements the present year will be the
tween Springfield and Columbus, o., doing
away with several grades and a number
apolis, he says all depends on the earnings
of the next ninety days and the prospects
for fall traffic.
The preliminary plan Of reorganization of
ed that if by March 4, 1895. a permanent
plan had not been agreed on. the securities
could be Withdrawn by the depositors,
nn 81 for
OF the Union Pacific government debt would
render successful reorganization impossible
committee has dsbanded, and all the securi-
ties deposited with it have been withdrawn.
A cable dispatch from London was re-
ceived in New York Thursday by the off,
GERS of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Company, saying it was reported in London
that receivership for the company was
among the possibilities and asking for in
formation on the subject An official reply
was cabled to London stating that the ru-
co com fioated Indebtedness at this time
was less than it has been for long time
past; that it is being carried without any
with the proceeds of securities now in the
treasury of the company and renewed else
The dispatch also stated that the liquida-
ton in the stock was the result OF bear
raid.
a local ticket scalper is out 424 miles of a
Big Four mileage book The traveller pur-
chasing the mileage said he wished 20 go
to Sheibyviile which would use forty
miles of the book Instead he tore off
forty-six miles, then went back in the book
three hundred miles. detaching it from the
cover very ingeniouslys end used the ticket
. left in the book to Peoria and return, 424
miles. He then pasted in the portion OF
the mileage from 4e to, S46 to the remaining
$50 miles, and returned to the scalper. who
opened it and said. You used, see. forty
six miles; all right The book was laid to
one side for the next customer. and day
or two after the trick the stranger had
rIayed on the scalper, by which he RODE
hom Indianapolis to Peoria and return for
out ANYTHING but the scalper was out IS. 49,,
not including his commission on the ticket.