The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-07-30
General Nofes.

There are 3,170,0O0 pounds of sugar afioat
In Cleveland harbor awaiting shipment
east by rail.
The Louisville & N~ashville's earnings for
the third week of July amounted to 1853
500. a decrease of S11. 515 for the corresponds
Ing week last year. and for the three weeks
OF the month, T,li0,0i5, a falling off of
n. X. Porter & Co. of P~ittsburg. who
rake a speciality of the manufacture of
hight locomotives. claim TO have built more
OF mat class of engines than any other
works In the world and 10 have distributed
them TO more countries.
Work is progressing rapidly on the But
Ter * Pfttsburg railroad between Butler
and the Allegheny river. Many steam
shovels. together with hundreds OF carts
and horses with large gangs of Italian la
borers, have been distributed along the
line.
There is said to be a good prospect for
the construction of a new line of road from
Harvard. ILL.,, TO connect with the Chicago.
Milwaukee * St. Paul at either Delavan
or Elkhorn; Wis. which will form an adj
ditional outlet for the coal product of west
ern Illinois to milwaukee, and points i'm
central and northern Wisconsin.
Articles of incorporation for the Shelby
Vile Southern Railroad Company have
been filed at Shelbyville. Ill. The new
road is 10 run from Shelbyville 10 Alta
mont, forming n connection between the
Shelbyville branch of the Chicago & East
ern Illinois and the Chicago. Paducah az
Memphis. Surveys have already been made
and il is expected TO have the road com
pleted by Dee. L.
TIL official statement of earnings OF the
Chicago. burlington * Quincy for June
and for the six months ending June 80 is
disappointing. The total earnings for the
six months were SIS. 1872. 117.S2. and operating
expenses. so, 800, OBS. 10. as against total
earnings of sl4. 65s. SS4. Al. and operating ex-
penses of $9,S.3.slO.16 for the corresponding
six months of 1895. The net earnings for
June show an increase of only So. 975.75
There are still rumors afioat TO the effect
th9s the Pennsylvania Is TO assume direct
coStrol of the Grand Rapids K Indiana and
all its branches. Coupled with these ru-
mors is another which says that the gen.
eral SUPPLEMENTARY of the acquired prop
erty Will be placed In the hands of G.. III.
Walton. superintendent OF the Chicago di-
vision of the Panhandle. and that in that
division. will succeed Mr.. Walton in the
position OF superintendent.
The soft coal rate war between the Chi
cago-St. Paul lines was settled at a meet
ing OF the managers on Tuesday. The
Burlington and the st. Paul roads with
drew the sl.35 rate and agreed to restore
the tariff TO the $50 basis TO ST. Paul and
Minneapolis. ihe Duluth line agreed 10
maintain a s5-cent. rate from St. Pau 10
Duluth. and rates will remain on that basis
until Aug. 81. After that date the rate will
be advanced 10 81 from ST. Paul to Duluth.
with the Chicago rate 62iz cents above the
Duluth rate.
The freight traffic officials CT the South
ern and Southeastern lines met in ST. Louis
en- Tuesday TO consider the threatening as
pect of affairs growing out OF the severe
cut on through traffic from northern At.
lantic points. The action OF the federal
ing that local business must be done on
the same basis as the cut through rates
left the association nothing TO do. as IA
was evident that the courts action had put