The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-06-12
Personal, Local and General Notes.


In a sixty-six-foot turn table at Brazil.
NJ. w. Mansfield, superintendent Of the
Indianapolis & Eincennes, who a few days
ago went East with his family, returned
yesterday.
on Sunday next the Pennsylvania Com
pany will establish a line of sleeping cars
to run between Louisville and Fort Wayne
running via Richmond.
O. p. McCarty, general Eastern passen-
ger agent of the Southern Pacific, who
has been in the city for several days. left
for the South last evening, accompanied
by his son, ID. NJ McCarty.
p. A. Bonebrake, superintendent OF the
Louisville division of the Pennsylvania
lines, has been stirring up the section men
to get the track in good shape for the
fast train service which is to be inaug-
urated on Sunday next between Indianapolis
and Louisville.
III. VI. Bronson, assistant passenger agent
of the Big Four lines, was in Cincinnati
yesterday for conference with the higher
officials of the road. He has some ideas
regarding the train service of the Big Four
which, if adopted, would greatly improve
the service on some divisions.
The Terre Haute. Saylor Springs & Ches-
ter is coming to be something beside
railroad on paper. The route has been
selected and II. c. Pugh has been
being an attorney of ability and much
interested in the building OF the line.
George W. Boyd. assistant general pas
senger agent of the Pennsylvania, has just
full of information. In the work 80 places
are named which are pleasure resorts to
spend the summer, ana by studying the
book one can ascertain the one which will
tit his pocketbook.
Positive instructions have been given to
employees of the Panhandle that refrigerator
products must not be loaded with grease
or any other article which Is liable to
soil the interior of the car. Only such
freight as is carried in clean packages is
to be carried in these cars.
The decision of the miners of Ohio to re-
turn to work had a most salutary effect
on the coal roads whose business for the
last six weeks has been at a standstih.
The Columbus & Hooking Valley has issued
orders TO restore passenger service on all
branches. and In many other ways shows
it's appreciation of a resumption of it's coal
traffic.
1t is announced to holders of Evansville
& Richmond bonds that the terms of settle
ment with the Evansville a. Terre Haute
rectors and stockholders and have been
accepted by holders of sf,225,OCo of Ev-
ansville & Richmond bonds. The settle
ment is therefore declared operative. Each
bond of $1,000 will receive $3.50 in preferred
stock, for the principal and $685. in pre-
ferred stock for accrued interest to Jan.
/, 1885 The preferred stock will be ready
for exchange to-day.
There is much complaint on the line of
the Monon, both on the indianapolis di
vision and the main line that the COM
pany does not cater more to it's local bust
ness Every effort is expended, seemingly,
to build up its through business with fast
trains, etc, while its local business suf-
fers. y passenger man who is conversant
with the situation says the company's local
business could be doubled were it to run
trains to better accommodate the local
travel Its through service is excellent but
its local service could hardly be worse
say the people living at towns on the line.
ID. G.. Edwards. general passenger agent
Of the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton
Yesterday.
weeks he has made it study to adopt
a popular time schedule over the entire
its share of business, and he thinks Indian
apolis is specially favored by the present
schedule. By instructions OF General Man
ager Green the fast trains leaving re-
spectively at m and 2:50 p. IN. are
to be strictly indianapolis trains and will
leave on schedule time regardless of all
connections. Under the present schedule
the a. IN. train connects with the fast
train from Cincinnati 30 Toledo and De-
troit and the 1875 "a. m. train connects
at Hamilton with the fast train from Gin
cinnati at noon, which hauls the Mackinaw
sleeping coach and reaches Mackinaw in
the morning. Coming west the train which
meets at Indianapolis with seven roads
and bids fair to become paying train.
Some time ago dining cars owned and
controlled by the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company, superseded those of the Pullman
Company east OF Pittsburg, except on the
New York and Chicago limited. A plan is
now unuer contemplation whereby the Pull
man dining run the through trains
west of Pttsburg will be taken off and the
PENNSYLVANIA Company run its own cars.
So far as tested the Pennsylvania Off
Gals have found 1t much more satisfactory
TO operate their dining cars and they claim
that there is much gained on the score
of economy. In speaking OF the dining-car
service yesterday ID. G.. Edwards, general
passenger agent of the Cincinnati Hamil-
ton Dayton, said that unquestionably
the plan of serving passengers adopted at
his suggestion on the G., Fl. & ID. and the
Monon was the most economical and sat
isfactory. BY this method travellers call for
what they want and pay a reasonable
price for what they get. Under this method
an economy of 500 per month has been
effected.