The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-06

The vandalia fell about 500 loaded cars
below It's usual number handled weekly |
at Indianapolis, forwarding west 14o ana |
bringing in 900 loaded cars. or the in
bound business. 123 cars were loaded with |
live stock.
The four Pennsylvania lines handled at |
Indianapolis last week 5,254 cars, 2,946 being |
loaded-the lightest movement of loaded
cars in any week OF the last year and
half. The indianapolis & Vincennes was
the only division which came near doing
an average business.
Personal, Local and General Notes.
The Vandalia is now testing the COM
pound freight engine, Pittsburg build.
C. z. Johnson went to Pittsburg on JAM
l to represent the Northern Pacific lines
In that territory.
The Cleveland, Lorain & Wheeling COM
menced with the year the issuing of 500
mile mileage books.
w. ID. Trump has been appointed essis-
tant general manager OF the Flint d Pere
Marquette, with headquarters at Saginaw.
The cold snap brought to a standstin tenn
porarily the work on the new city freight
depot Of the Monon and the improvements
at its outer yards.
c. w. Smith, who is proposed as receiver
for the Atlantic & Pacific. was at one time
general manager of the Indianapolis,
Bloomington & western.
1t is said that the friendly traffic alliance
between the Vandalia Company and the
Illinois Central is TO be continued as under
the old order of things.
Fast freight line men have received their
annual passes for 1896, which. is taken by
them as evidence that an early dissolution
Of any fast freight line is not contemplated
Possibly the last regular meeting OF the
Central Traffic Association will be held in
Chicago tomorrow. If continued it will
become a less important factor in railway
operations.
The earnings OF the Toledo, ST. Louis &
Kansas City for December were $l44 S65.l6,
9f Ss as Tsn rosd
since July 1 were S1,0S7, 972. 10, increase
over the same period in 1894 of s30,2si.1s.
General Passenger Agent Lomax, of the
Union Pacific opposes any reduction in the
price of Pullman upper berths. He believes
that any attempt TO establish first and Sec
ond-class rates in the same sleeper would
not meet with favor on the part of the
travelling public.
The absorption of the Vandaia by the
Pennsylvania Company gives the latter in
Its southwestern system 2, 123 miles of main
line and an unbroken main line from Pitts
burg to. ST. Louis of 61s miles. with 610
locomotives, 41S passenger cars and over
10000 freight cars.
The material for an interlockng signal
at Greenup, where the Vandalia crosses the
Peoria, Decatur & Evansville, is on the
ground, and it will be placed in position
as soon as the weather will permit. A num-
Der of interlocking signals will be put in
this year, it is stated, on the Vandalia.
Shippers OF live stock at Kansas City are
considerably exercised because on the first
rates and commenced charging for actual
weight of stock shipped. This does away
with a practice which has been in vogue
at Kansas City ever since Ii became
live stock market of importance.
General Passenger Agent Edwards. of the
Cincinnati, Hamilton 4 Dayton, has issued
a notice to the effect that onmencing sun
day, Jan. 5, the sale of Sunday excursion
tickets shall be confined TO points TO which
the regular one-way rate is $3.50 or less.
Tickets must not be sold to points to which
q Il mr.
1t is limited that Engineer of Maintenance
of Way Loree, of the Chicago division of
the Panhandle lines, will soon be promoted.
Should Bonebrake succeed Turner on the
Pittsburg division, Mr.. Loree may come to
the Louisville division. Mr.. L0ree was in
the city on Saturday, but showed no dis
position to talk about the coming changes.
w. +. Walker freight traffic manager of
| the Chesapeake & Ohio. gives notice that.
| effective Jan. 10. Mr.. Don Alexander will
| be appointed assistant general freight
| Louisville division, between Louisville ana
| Ashland, KY, and the Ohio e. Big Sandy
| division, also the Southern and Southwest
| ern territory.
The elegant steamers of the Plant system
! will leave Port Tampa twice each month
| during the winter season for the island OF
| jamaica The Queen 81 Crescent passenger
| department makes this announcement In
| connection with their three through Florida
car lines daily. The Florida Limited re-
| quires but one change of cars between
| Cincinnati and Tampa.
General Superfn tendent Waldo. OF the
| Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton lines, and
General Solicitor Marshall, of the same
! company were in the city Saturday on OFF,
| cial business, Mr.. Waldo to arrange for
consolidating transportation Offices and Mr..
| Marshall to look further into the litigation
| regarding the damages the c., III. q D..
people claim for cutting off the approach
| to the ground on which their city freight
| depot stood.
William Bruner, assistant general passen-
- 81, holt rJoxr
ness Sc of the VandaIia for 1885 as having
been very satisfactory, especially from In
Louis at noon for New York, is proving a
paying. enterprise and has not had any
marked effect on the business or the fav-
| so satisfactory are it's earnings.
| 1t is stated that J. J. Turner, as vice
president and general manager of the Van
dalia lines, will for the present IL not per-
manently, make Terre Haute his headquar-
| ters. For superintendent OF motive power a
better all around man than W. G. Arp could
not well have been selected The Vandalia
has always been fortunate in its selection
| of men to fill this position and the choice
of Mr.. Arp is no step backward. 1t is prob
able that Terre Haute will profit by. the
coming change. and that it will result in
| the employment Of more men at the main
| shops in that city.
1t is stated that Col. Charles Hays. who
on Jan. became general manager of the
| Grand Trunk, was offered, few days af-
ter he accepted the Grand Trunk position,
and before IL became generally known. the
| position of general manager OF the Great
| Northern railway, but was obliged to de-
| cline. He then recommended r. III. Nc
Giugham one of his division superintend-
ents, for the place, and it is announced that
Mr.. Nottingham will assume the duties on
the Great Northern Feb l. There is infor-
nation that an official on one of the In
dianapolis lines can have a good position
on the Great Northern when Mr.. Nc
Guigham takes charge
The engineers on freight trains on the In
dianapolis division of the Panhandle are
becoming experts in handling their trains
when a portion of the cars are equipped
with air brakes. 1t is very difficult TO slack
or stop a train when thus equipped with
out considerable jolting and jerking as
the air brakes work quick results. and the
hand brakes do not take immediate effect.
The engineers Of that division have formed
a club, called the keystone" and have
headquarters at Columbus, o., where they
meet regularly and exchange views on a
number of subjects of interest in their
work. They have placed in their rooms a
full equipment of air fixtures and as a
result of practical study the engineers OF
the Indianapolis division have the proud
distinction Of being the finest OF any divis-
ion of the Pennsylvania system.
The Lake Shore reports the earnings for
earnings, 1896, S2OSl3 e0S: 1894. S19,557 S69 in
crease for December, $l.25s.0s4. OPP
Grating expenses, 1895, Slt45.42S; 1894
sls,ls6.O67; Increase for December 81
2S9,S6l. Net earnings. 1895 s6,3S 475: 1894
$6371 .S02 increase for December, S16,673
Fixed charges, 1895. 50 $50 COO; 1894, s. 402 $50
decrease for December 1928 Balance