The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-05-22

circuit Court. The suit IL tor the lore
the light of test case. The documents in
the case cover a considerable period OF time,
and are very voluminous. Colonel Ingersoil.
possession, and there was a question as to
how tar he was bound TO go in his testi-
mony.
Election to Vote a Subsidy.
The commissioners of Jay county have or
dered a special election in Penn township,
Jay county, to vote on a subsidy OF $4,000
to the Indiana Central railroad. The fol-
lowing cities have already voted aid TO this
project. Huntington; so oo0 Warren. 5000;
City, $1,000. This railroad will run through
the Indiana oil held and will be constructed
this year.
Personal, Local and General Notes.
e. o. Mccormick. passenger traffic man.
aager OF the Big -Four. has returned from the
John G. Williams, late general manager
of the Vandalia line, has resumed the
practice of law.
= The Indiana, Decatur & Western win on
Sunday run an excursion to Decatur and re-
turn at 81 for the round trip.
The present week 500 Immigrants have
been taken through Pittsburg by the Pan
handle TO go 10 Western points.
Passenger train crews. from the porter
up to the conductor, on the Vandalia are
now, when in service, uniformed.
The eastern and western divisions of the
Erie main line are hereafter to be known
as the New York and the Allegany divi-
sions.
Edward A. Milford, well-known ticket
broker. died at Chicago yesterday Mr.. Null
ford for some years had scalping Office in
Indianapolis
L. b. Taylor. general superintendent of
the transportation department of the Penn
sylyania lines west, was on Tuesday called
to Philadelphia by the death of his father.
Chauncey Nj. Depew, president Of the New
YORK Central, says rates are being strictly
maintained and that railroad business Is
bound to improve within the next sixty days.
Col. John Wise. passenger conductor on
the Vandalia for over thirty years, has
fully recovered from the injuries received
in the Coatsyille accident a year or more
ago.
1t Is stated that the running time of the
fast mail train over the Vandalia and the
Pennsylvania lines is to be shortened an
other half hour between st. Louis and
Pittsburg.
The Big Four is again obliged to postpone
putting in effect its summer time schedules,
the Vanderbilt lines are not having their
schedules dated. May 81 Is the date now
fixed upon.
The closeness of the traffic alliance be-
tween the Big Four and the Toledo e. Ohio
Central is evidenced in the fact that only
and Toledo. - 80 =
Edward Parry and John Mcmahon, pas
senger conductors on the Cincinnati Ham
ilton & Dayton, this week received blue
envelopes. No reason was assigned for
their dismissal.
One of the new Class engines on the
Pennsylvania lines hauled = special train of
eight coaches. carrying $50 people, from
Plttsburg TO Wheeling, sixty-six miles, in
ninety-fiye minutes.
sued an order prohibiting officers from ac-
cepting presents from employees and instruct
ing employees not to make gifts or subscribe
10 testimonials or any kind.
j. III. Hanna, formerly travelling freight
agent Of the Grand Trunk in northern In
diana and OHIO, has been appointes assist
at foreign freight agent of the Grand Trunk,
with headquarters at Toronto.
In the long years which William r. Nc
Keen president of the Vandalia lines,
not until the Pennsylvania Company took
partial and then full control would he listen
to running excursion trains on Sunday.
The Western roads on Monday withdrew
the reduced proportional tariff on grain in
connection with the lake lines, and after
June l will apply regular local rates to Chi
cago on through business via the lakes.
The Railroad Brotherhood of the Phila-
delphia & Reading held its twenty-second
annual convention in Reading on Wednes-
day; The treasurer's report showed that
the brotherhood had $4,000 in the treasury.
The Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton has
put steam shovel in operation at its
gravel pit at Hamilton, o., and will re-
ballast its track between Cincinnati and
a day day. s '' '' '''S
The Erie will prepare a new time schedule
and shorten the running time of its fast
train one hour and forty minutes between
Jersey City and Chicago, and will also shcrt-
en- its. time between Jersey City and Gin
oinnati.
The Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton is
putting in a long siding at Tyner's to ac-
and enable parties owning a large bed of
fine molding sand to ship 1t on an ex-
tensive scale
The Joint Traffic Association has de-
clined TO comply with the request of the
New York Exchange relative to the delivery
of fractional parts of carloads OF flour, or
TO make any of the other changes desired in
the -four rules.
d. G. Edwards, passenger traffic man.
ager of the Cincinnati, Hamilton e. Day
ton. and John Chesborough, general pas
senger agent of the. Baltimore & Ohio
Southwestern, were in the city yesterday
en- route home from Chicago
The gross earnings Of the Chicago, Mil
waukee & st. Paul from July /. 1894. to May
H. 1896, snow an increase over the CORE
| s4.ss2, 252 and the current week. it is stated
| will make the increase $5,0O0,000
Everything points to the Pennsylvania Sc
curing control of the Baltimore az Lehigf
| Valley and the York Southern railways and
| then uniting them under the control of the
Pennsylvania The Pennsylvania has made
a uennlte proposition 10 the owners OF tne
| lines.
President Robinson. of the Mexican Cen.
| trail, confirms the statement that a close
| and doubtless profitable traffic alliance haG
| been formed in connection with the Louis
Vile & Nashville, through the establishing
| OF the Atlantic and Mexican Gulf STEAMSHIP
| Company.
| Judge " Bacon, general agent Of the pas
| senger department of the Chicago & Rocl
Island, is in the city. ne says the recen
| rains have given a different look to matter:
| generally, and the outlook for business fol
| the Western roads has greatly improved
/ since May i.
The fast trains OF the Pennsylvania, tht
| Big Four and the Cincinnati, Hamilton a
| Dayton are all scheduled to leave Indian
! apolis at 2:i5 p. m, and the strife to bs
! first on to the union tracks will yet leaC
10 some accident. At other union station:
| trains must be scheduled to leave one Of
| two minutes apart.
The report that the Cincinnati, Hamilton
| 6, Dayton will cut passenger rates whel
! the Big Four and the Toledo & Ohio Cen
| trail open their Toledo and Detroit line 1
| officially denied. The company will depend
said an official, ION its excellent service be
! tween Cincinnati and those points. and no
| on rate cutting to get business.
IL is stated that Harry Miller, superin
! tendent of the Vandalia main line. ha
| finally arranged gravel pits a short dis
| lance west OF Terre Haute. Two steam
shovels are in service, and seven construc
ton trains. and the several tracks 81
| arranged that there is no delay in placin,
trains in position for loading or dispatch
ing them.
The citizens Of Brazil are again pressing
upon the authorities OF the Vandalia 1
| build a new depot at that point. Brazil 1
one of the best passenger stations on tn