The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-11
Traffic Notes.

The Lake Erie & Western handled at In
dianapolis last week but 1913 loaded cars,
24 being forwarded. TIL roads inbound
business is exceedingly light.
The vandalia last week dropped to the
lowest hgure in some years, bringing in but
S04 loaded cars and forwarding 7lS. a total
of 1,522, against 1858 in the week ending
Feb. :.
The Peoria. & Eastern. all things consid-
cred, makes a favorable exhibit. handling
at Indianapolis last week 1,573 loaded cars,
against 1920 in this week preceding. which
was one of the roads best weeks of late.
The Big Four lines dropped last week to
the lightest loaded car movement in many
this point, against 7,7O4 in the week ending
Feb. 2, and against S,lO0 in the week end
ing Jan. 26.
The Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton came
nearer handling it's usual number of cars of
late months than any other line, receiving
and forwarding 6S loaded cars, being but
one less than in the week ending Feb. 2,
the number that week being 6l9.
The empty car movement west is large,
exceeding 5000, which indicates that when
the weather is milder grain and live stock
will move briskly. Last week the Chicago
division of the Big Four hauled west 600
empty cars, the St. Louis division CTS, the
Vandalia 27 and the indianapolis & Vim
ceDnesS $50 empty cars.
The four Pennsylvania lines handled at
indianapolis last week 1902 loaded
cars. against 3,611 in the week ending Feb.
2, and against 1876 in the week ending Jan.
%. The Indianapolis & Vincennes was the
only Pennsylvania line that Showed a IA
vorable comparison last week with the pre-
ceding bringing in $50 car loads Of coal. and
would have done even better but for the
difficulty in handling business
Personal. Local and General Notes.
Daniel Donougf, general ticket agent of
the Union Railway Company, is SO i'll as
to confine him at home
William Greene, general manager of the
Cincinnati, Hamilton 81 Dayton, returned
from New York yesterday.
The Toledo, ST. Louis & Kansas City
earned in January sll2lSe against 1.373 in
Feb. IL is the date for another home-seek-
ers' excursion. AS yet these low rate ex-
eursions have not been the success looked
for.
officials spent last week inspecting the
equipment, terminals, ETC., of the Nickel
plate.
The round trip rate to the Mardi Gras
celebration in Mobile. Feb. 70. will be 500
from Indianapolis, good TO return until
March 20.
William Divine, chief clerk of w. p.
Walker, freight traffic manager of the Ches-
apeake. & Ohio, spent Sunday in the city
With his parents.
The remains of Charles Seiley, the late
Nandalia telegraph operator. who went to
Florida, hoping TO regain his health, arrived
at Terre Haute on Saturday.
r. b. f. PIERCE. general manager of the
Indianapolis. Decatur q Western, says the
statement that he had endered his resigna-
ton in that position is not true.
The United States Express Company will.
on March l, displace the Adams Express
Company on the Baltimore & Ohio South
western. between Cincinnati and st. Louis.
G. j. Stedwell, formerly superintendent
of the Michigan division of the Big Four.
has been appointed superintendent of one of
the Dakota divisions of the Chicago g.
Northwestern.
Rumor has 1t that the Southern Railway
Co.seany VIII seek to secure control of the
Norfolk & Western. A gentleman well In
formed regarding the Southern railroad map