The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-17
P~er.onal. Local and General Notes.


Col. Oran Perry. who has been abroad for
some weeks. was at his desk yesterday, re-
ceiving congratulations on his safe return.
The Toledo, Ann Arbor & Northern ex-
poets to-day to begin running it's trains
over it's own track and into its new depot
at Toledo.
The grain-rate war of the Western lines
is practically over. as the transmissour
feet the new and advanced tariff Nov. l..
Charles S. LaFollette, travelling passenger
agent of the Big Four, has been reelected
chairman of the executive committee of the
Travelling Passenger Agents Association.
The reorganization committee of the Ter
re Haute q Peoria railroad announces that
a majority of assents have been received to
the protective agreement, which expires
Nov. /.
With the Improvement in business on the
Wabash lines the working hours at it's
drews shops a portion of the men are work
ing overtime.
E. F. Leonard, one of the arbitrator of
the Joint Traffic Association, and president
of the Toledo, Peoria & Western, has re-
turned from New York, and is acting as
one of the escort of Senator j. B. Foraker.
The board of adjustment of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers on the
Pennsylvania system are holding their
semi-annual session this week in Erie,
with thirty-three divisions represented.
The convention has no special significance.
The report that the Peoria & Eastern
was to remove the headquarters of its
brldge gang, It's storage mouse, ETC., from
Bloomington to Pekin, H., has no founda-
ton. They are to remain, it is stated OFF,
cially. where they have been for years, at
Bloomington.
Chicago lines, in the first nine months Of
this year, delivered at Chicago zoe, III car
loads of live stock. against 1SS, l60 carloads
in the corresponding period of 1896. and the
shipments East were 1854 cars, against
50, $50 in 1895; increase in cars delivered,
II, 95T; in carloads shipped, 4,92i.
The year ending June 80 was the best
year with the illinois Central Railroad
Company in it's existence, SURPRISING hand
Somely the business of the worlds fair
sum of S 1852. 500 there was carried forward
TO the surplus dividend fund 1920. $40. SO.
Harry Miller, general superintendent of
the Vandalia, claims that their new type
of ten-wheel engine, adapted to hauling
fast freight or heavy passenger trains, is
the best for that purpose now in use. 1t
is built after specifications of W. G. Arp,
superintendent of motive power of the
Vandalia lines.
The report of tie receivers of the Balti-
more & Ohio shows that it earned in Sep
TENDER s., 227, Sic, an Increase over Septem-
Der. 1895, of $95.310. 1t is not surprising.
with such an increase as this, when COM
peting lines are showing decreases, that
suspicious are aroused that some under
handed work is going on.
The Santa Fe lines yesterday placed on
sale winter tourist tickets TO Colorado COM
mon points and TO Trinidad points where
they applied last year. The Santa Fe claims
the competition of the Denver & Gulf be-
fore any agreement had been reached by
the competing lines in that territory.
NJ. I. ingalls,, president of the Big Four
and the Chesapeake & Ohio, seems as con-
ident as ever that the Joint Traffic Assoc