The Indianapolis journal., 1895-08-22
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At New York yesterday Judge Lacombe.
of the United States Circuit. held
a special term of the court 10 hear
a motion for the sale of the prop
erty of the New York. Lake Erie & Western
Railway Company at the instance of the
Farmers Loan and Trust Company,
trustees on behalf of the holders OF the
second consolidated mortgage bonds. There
was no opposition to the motion, and at the
close Judge Lacombe granted a decree au-
thorizing the sale He appointed Arthur II.
Haven special master to arrange the terms
of the sale. Those terms will be published
the reorran;zatidn fo1nnittee m os Wbich
Pierpont Morgan is chairman.
Personal, Local and General Notes.
c. c. Merrill general Western agent OF
the New York Central. is in the city.
The Pittsburg, Shenango & Lake Erie
has decided TO build large repair shops
at Conneaut, O.
A. G. Sherman, who represents the pas
senger department of the Union Pacific in
this territory. is in the city.
G. w. Hale has been appointed general
freight and passenger agent OF the Kan
sas City. Watkins & Gulf.
Operations will to-day be resumed at five
OF the coal mines on the Indianapolis az
Vincennes.
Pennsylvania Train 20, on reaching CO.
lumbus. o., has for some time past been
so heavy. that east of Columbus it is run in
two sections.
General Superintendent Graves, of the In
dianapoIis, Decatur & Western, who has
been at Atlantic City three weeks. resting,
returned yesterday.
cars passed over the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne
& Chicago loaded with hay from Dakota
for Eastern markets.
The Young Peoples Christian Union of
ffab trfr m
lumbus, o. The train was run In two sec
tions and at a low rate
Charles Mordaugh. who represents the
Chicago Mwaukes ST. pauI IN TINS por feI
company. which left the city yesterday.
1t is stated that next month the Chicago
& Southeastern expects to pay all back
claims against the road for labor or ma
terial, and commence October with clean
record.
A. ID. Perry. passenger agent of the
Chicago & Alton, has been advised that
cheap harvest excursion tickets VIII be
sold to all points in Kansas Aug. 20 and
Sept. 10.
1t is very evident that the Empire line
people do not expect to go out of busi-
ransed to increase its equipment one thou
sand cars.
ID. G. Edwards, general passenger agent
of the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton lines.
who has been resting at the lakes few
days, will to-day return to his headquarters
at Cincinnati.
Lee Mozer, train dispatcher on the Chi
cago & Erie. has been OFF duty for several
weeks on account of paralysis of one arm.
Mr.. Mozier was formerly on the INDIAN
apoIis & st. Louis.
The Wabash earned In the second week of
August $3.50, sos an inc Increase 60 over m the the c9rre,
Erie & Western earned in the second week
s7i ,2s2. a decrease this year of A.156.
r. r. Bentley, general baggage agent of
the Pennsylvania lines, who has been IN
Louisville for two days. arranging TO handle
the G. A. r. baggage. was in the city yes
terday, and last night went TO st. Louis.
H. W. Taylor, general freight agent of
the as IN hns efy ofber re
eral freight agents he Is anxious about
cars to handle the prospective heavy fall
traffic.
E. a: Ford. general passenger ps, agent ah,,ro OF
and of the Vandalia, is on western trip.
and compliments the representatives OF the
lines on the. good results Of their summer
work thus far
John Chesborough, general passenger
agent of the Baltimore & Ohio Southwest
ern, was in the city yesterday, joining a
party OF t aitsnd en al eetg TO be
held there to-day.
Mr.. Ed Kelluni, of Anderson. who has
been ticket agent for the Big Four at that
point for the past ten years, has been pro-
division, vice Charles Blackman,
to Buffalo. n. Y.
Barney Lantry, one Of the leading rail-
road contractors of the West, is reported
to be dying at Strong City Kan. Mr. Ian
try built a large mileage of the Santa Fe
and now has heavy contract in Mexico.
He is the wealthiest man In Kansas,
The cases pending against William Whee-
don, late passenger conductor on the Madi-
son division of the Pennsylvania lines (State
cases), where Irregularities are are alleged In
hearing next month"; The suits attract more
than ordinary interest
The Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern city
ticket Office. at Fourth and Main streets,
that city, has been thoroughly. overhanled.
decorated and refurnished. When finished
il will be the handsomest in Louisville and
among the neatest in the country.
The company which Is building an elec-
trio line from Washington to Baltimore
on Monday placed order for thirteen
tons Of steel rails with the john
of the rails to weigh eighty-fve pounds TO
the yard. The price is R4 per ton.
The owners of the Chicago Great Western
have decided to build a sixty-two-m mile ex-
tension, leaving their present road at Hay
field. Mimi. They now own the road as far
as Manly. and have Cancelled the lease to
the Iowa Central: BY building @ twelve miles miles
Of road the Great western would reach
Mason City. Ia
A large per cent. of the business going
TO Boston this week on knights Templar
tickets via the direct Boston lines will
take advantage of the diverse route"
rangement and return via New York and
Washington. The Baltimore * Ohio South
western people expect a rush when the
start home.
The Pennsylvania lines east of Pittsburg
are running excursions this year in all di-
rections as freely as are the lines west of
Heretofore most OF the excur-
sions east of Pittsburg have been TO sea-
shore points; noT the Pennsylvania is
numerous low-rate excursions TO
the mountains of New York and Pennsyl-
vania.
The Indianapolis and Chicago lines are
doing nearly double the passenger business
OF last year, the effects of the worlds fair
travel at last having apparently been over
come Especially are the night trains well
cars running between these two points and
Chicago and Cincinnati usually being oc-
cupiec.
A large majority of the Louisville, Evans
Vile e ST. Louis bonds have been deposited
with the New York Security and Trust
Company under the bondholders' agree
ment of May last. The extended time for
depositing such bonds expired yesterday.
This action insures an early reorganization
of the company and taking the property out
of the hands of the courts.
Expert judges of railway Improvement who
have recently passed over the Peoria divi-
the excellent condition OF the track, the
improvement in equipments. the increased
side track room and much better conven-
fences in every respect for handling the
business, both passenger and freight. and
with this the business is showing a hand