The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-12


Milwaukee & St. Paul has paid per cent
dividends on its preferred stock and } per
cent. on its common stock, without Dor
rowing money.
On Sunday the Indiana Decatur & West
ern will put on new train to arrive at
indianapolis at 2:40 p m, sonnectlng VIII W.T.
train for Cincinnati.
The superintendent of the Ohio River
road has notified train crews that tramps
must not be allowed to ride on their trains,
and if it is allowed the dismissal of the
train crews would result.
It is stated that the Knickerbocker ex-
press, on Thursday night, between Indian
mile in forty-four seconds and a second
mile in forty-six seconds.
The stockholders of the Louisville. New
Albany & Chicago and of the 1ndianap-
oils, Rockport & Chattanooga will hold
their annual meetings for the election of
directors in this city on Wednesday, Sept.
will make the Toledo. Peoria & Western
much more important feeder to the
Pennsylvania lines than heretofore. 1t is
operated jointly with the Chicago, Bur-
Hngton q Quincy.
West-bounds through travel continues I'M
usually heavy. Big Four Train II yesterday
had four sleeping cars well filed, for st.
Louis and points beyond. and Trains and
q. of the Pennsylvania lines. came in with
extra sleeping cars attached.
1t is stated that since the Vanderbilts
took control of the Pittsburg q Lake Erie,
now practically a part of the Lake Shore,
they have expended Sc 900 600 in improve
mentS to the property. partly in reducing
grades and Strengthening curves.
The Cincinnati, Hamilton Dayton will
Tomorrow run another s. round-trip ex-
cursion to Cincinnati. With this MONTH
probably, the Big Four and c.. H. & d.
will drop the Cincinnati Sunday excursions,
which have been run alternately.
Tomorrow the Pennsylvania Company
will run special from chicago to Atlantic
CITY to accommodate the general passen-
ger agents who desire to go to the conyen-
ton of general passenger agents, which
convenes at Atlantic City next week
G. G. Hancock, general passenger agent
of the Philadelphia & Reading, who two
benefit of his health this week returned
20 his headquarters at Philadelphia. He
expects to resume active service Oct. l.
In the early spring the PENNSYLVANIA
trains between Pittsburg and Cleveland,
and as result their passenger business
between those points has increased 30 per
cent. over the corresponding period OF 1898.
The Glass X engines which are making
such excellent records in hauling trains
Nos. and 20, between Columbus and In
dianapolis, were built at the shops of the
Pennsylvania Company at Fort Wayne and
have always ranked among the best en-
gines ever built for the Pennsylvania lines.
General Passenger Agent Houk. of the
Toledo & Ohio Central, claims to have
proof that the Cincinnati Hamilton &
Dayton has been dealing with scalpers,
erly protected and for that reason it with
draws from the Central Traffic Committee.
The Pullman company is just finishing
the last one thousand freight cars it has
been building for the Baltimore & Ohio
and WILL with their completion it is
stated shut down the freight car build
ing department indefinitely for lack of
orders. About three hundred men are en-
ployed in that department.
Orders are now booked with car-building
works for about 100000 cars. and with
locomotive
works are now employing about so per
cent of their usual force and most of the
work is done by the piece Locomotive
works, it is stated, are employing about go
per cent. of their usual force.
The board of managers of the Joint Traf-
ifs Association has 1isapproved an appli-
cation for a rate of one fare for the round
trip for the Governor of Indiana and his
party from indianapolis to New York and
rates for parties of ten more. The oc-
casion of the Governors visit to New York
Indiana to the United States battle ship
Indiana.
On Tuesday Herbert d. n. Bennett, pri-
yate secretaryzto General Superintendent
Miller, OF the Southwestern Pennsylvania
lines, will leave on the Pullman hunting
car Izaak Walton for Philadelphia. and on
Thursday accompanied by Amos r. Little
director of the Pennsylvania lines, residing
at Philadelphia, and four friends of thai
gentleman, will leave in the car for the
Dakotas and Montana on a months hunt
ing trip.
G. 2. Atmore. general passenger agent
of the Louisville & Nashville was in the
city yesterday. He states that while pas
senger business with Southern lines has
been better in some years. of late he
thought the Southern roads had not felt
the business depression much as those
north of the Ohio river. Good crops and
improved prices have benefited the South
ana IN turn had benefited the roads, but
there was room for Improvement
Said a general passenger agent whose
word Is authority. in passenger circles:
Ihere is not a general passenger agent
in the Central Passenger COMMITTEES ter
rftory who deserves as much credit as does
Frank Reed, general passenger agent of
the Monon, for maintaining passenger
tarlH rates and working clear of scalpers
No general passenger agent has been called
upon to meet sharper competition and none
mas more strictly adhered to rates"
Commissioner Donald of the Central
Passenger Committee has been in Toledo
a couple of days trying to harmonize mat
ters between the Cincinnati, Hamilton &
Passenger Traffic Manager Edwards of the
G.. H. a D., stands ready to take the mat
Ter up but General Passenger Agent Houk
OF the ONO Central, holds aloof and it is
evident is determined to carry out his
threat of withdrawal from the associa ton
c. e. Schaff. general manager and E.
the Big Four lines, returned yesterday
from three days trip over the Big Four
dlnes IN IN the system there are 2346 miles,
ana these gentlemen traversed two thou
sand miles of the distance Mr.. Mccormick
says there cannot be found in this coun-
try an equal number of miles of track in
as good condition. He says no city pas
senger agent Will be appointed at present.
Mr. Schaf says their business is improv-
ing somewhat, but he does not look for
any large Increase until after the election
of Mckinley.
meeting of the committee appointed to
ADJUST the differences between the Ohio
lnuiana and Illinois roads as to coal rates
10 Michigan points has been called to be
heid IN Ioledo, Sept 10. The Toledo Blade
says: AT the time the committee was ap-
pointed it was thought that it would have
nothlng 70 Go, 1t was believed that the
Indiana lines would assume more con-
serVatiVe position and that matters would
ADJUST themselves. The committee was an
pointed subject to the call of COMMITTEES
out those VINO favored the committee fiat
tered themselves with the idea that it
would not be necessary to call a meeting
But the situation has been growing worse
every Gay since the meeting in this CITY,
AithouSh the published rate from Ohio
mines to Grand Rapids is 1.50, and from
Indiana mines is 81. it is no secret that
coal is being carried from the Ohio mines
ONO lines refuse to submit to a 5O-cent
dinerential from the Indiana lines The
lines from the Indiana districts NAV as
we'll understand this first as last A traffic
official said: We will cut the rates until
there is no room left for a differential be-
fore will submit to such a scale as the
Indiana roads are trying to force upon
us
REAL-ESTATE TRANSFERS.