The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-22

| hauled from Indianapolis to Cincinnati in
three hours and fifteen minutes
The Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern now
has in service twelve of the Garstang type
of locomotives first introduced on the Big
Four, and in performance with express
trains all are making a remarkable record
for speed and power.
The fast afternoon express over the
Monon, which was scheduled to make the
run from Indiana polls to Chicago in four
hours and forty-five minutes. on Thursday
left Indianapolis fifteen minutes late and
reached Chicago on time.
II. T. Bickell, who succeeded George T.
Jarvis as assistant superintendent of the
Lake Erie & Western, is proving very
ployes. His business is largely with the
transportation department.
The Lake Erie & Western main line is
pairing favorably with last year. seven or
eight freights running each way. AT Lima
about sixty oil-tank cars are shipped daliy,
the season having just set in briskly.
Wilbur Lee, formerly general passenger
agent Of the Lake Erie e. Western, has be-
come quite land holder. He, with friends.
secured 10000 acres of choice land in
Texas, they are now arranging to COLOMBO
The resignation of Gen. Horace Porter
first vice president Of the Pullman COM
parry has been accepted, and the impress
sion is that the two vice presidencies will
be eonsol old and i r. IL, W We now
Miss Jessie Dell of Sylvania. Ga, is the
auditor of the Sylvania & Rocky Ford. and
has filied the position with marked success less
years of age, very popular in social cir
Giles, and is an unusually bright young
lady
a proposition to the Western roads that
both interests, on Oct. 1, advance rates on
Kansas City. Chicago St. Louis, Indianap-
oils and Peoria more than any other
points
Frank Reed, general passenger agent of
the MOnOQ lines. Ii the city Yesterday
on official business. He says their regular
business is comparing favorably with last
year but in the excursion business they
have not done as we'll as in the summer
and fall of 1895. He left last night for Gin
cinnati.
Ticket Receiver Crane of the Pennsyl-
vania lines. when at the races last May
had a pocketbook stolen; yesterday 1t was
returned to him by a stranger, minus the
$40 he had in it, but his passes were I'M
disturbed. The person returning it says he
found it in a shed at the State fair
grounds.
Conductor Heath, of the Peoria & East
ern, who was injured last week, was yes
terday yd taken to St Vneents b a"s3ta e 10
along without amputating the arm The
shoulder blade is badly crushed, and it is
difficult to tell what it may be necessary
to do for few days
The Big Four people figuring
new time schedule between Cincinnati and
and one-half It's white special now makes
it in eight hours, and the Cincinnati, Ham
lltOn IL Dayton and the MOnOn made a
seven hour~and- forty-five -minute schedule.
The Big -Four will cut that fifteen minutes.
The Pittsburg. Fort Wayne & Chicago
has made an arrangement to carry the
business of the Big -Four to Canton Via
Crestline very favorable terms and the
next few weeks the Big Four expects to
former road in the way of visitors to the
Republican candidate for President of the
United States.
]. B. Walsh. general yardmaster of the
Chicago q Eastern Illinois has resigned
He has been on that road nineteen years
commencing as a clerk in the superntend-
ent's office. He has in that time held the
positions of fireman, engineer, conductor
and yardmaster. filling all with ability. 1t
is denied that he is to take a position on
the Vandalia.
Joseph Ramsey, vice president and gen.
eral manager of the Wabash is one of the
hardest working railroad officials in the
country and has a remarkable knack of
turning out a large volume Of business per-
sonally Often, he has been cautioned
against overwork. but pays no heed. even
when uttered by his superior officers who
would like to have him more cautious in
the matter.
The Seaboard AIRLINE has filed notice of
the restoration of all passenger rates on its
lines to take effect Oct. !. The competing
lines did not meet these reductions in pas
senger rates, which are now restored, ex-
cept on the Chesapeake bay. II the Sea-
Southern and the Pennsylvania will imme-
diately restore rates on the York line and
Norfolk rail connections.
Inc tranScOnClnentaI roads are ali stirred
up over the discovery that since the re-
sumption of business on it's Sunset route
the Southern Pacific has been paying SIS
commission on every passenger from New
York to San Francisco who is ticketed
over the Sunset route. This is the highest
commission yet paid transcontinental
business and it applies to domestic bust
ness as well as to immigrant business.
In speaking of the manner in which NJ
f. Ingalls,, president of the Big Four re-
members statistics connected with the OPP
GRAFTON of the Big -Four road 1t was re-
marked by a railroad official formerly on
the road that Mr.. Ingalis's memory was
better than the statistics of the auditors
department, for he had them in his mind
in such manner that, without hesitation
he could give results going back years
with an accuracy which is marvel.
It begins to look as if the outside ticket
closed Passenger Traffic Manager Ed
wards of the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Day
passenger business of the Indiana, Decatur
q Western has about decided to put the
tickets of the T.. D. & w in the Cincin-
and close the office on South Iliinois
street str. The Pennsylvania Company and the
tunity and close their lower Offices
The Interstate-comm cree Commission yes
terday, at Chicago investigated charges of
Northwestern territory D. O. Ives, general
freight agent of the Kansas City, st. Joseph
& Council Bluffs and three other feeders
of the Burlington road, admitted that his
road was still rebilling at the balance of
rae true rate, but only to limited extent.
George H. Crosby, general freight agent of
the Burlington and Missouri lines in Ne
braska. and w. NJ. Hopkins of the Mime
apolis &. st. Louis. denied their roads in
dulged in the practice of rebiling.
Tomorrow the general passenger agents
of the lines which formed the old Chicago
q Ohio River Passenger Pool will meet in
Cincinnati to attempt tc reorganize it. Ii
is not proposed to withdraw from the Cen
trail Passenger Committee. but to form an
association which will govern the business
on somewhat different rules than those of
which will not clash IN any manner with
that association The move is made with
the hopes OF cutting down expenses of the
roads in the way of outside offices. ETC.
there being more than it is thought really
necessary at several points touched by the
Chicago and Ohio river lines.
superintendent Deane, of the Vandalia
main line, was in the city yesterday in
specting the terminals He is pleased with
the new freight engines. He states that
when the Pennsylvania Company took
hold of the Vandalia the power was not
sufficient; it had not been increased with
the volume of business or the locomotives
with the increase in size of the cars. so
1t was necessary TO at once purchase
twenty-five new freight engines of the
best type, the Nandaa prided itself
that 7 could move freight a little faster
than any of its competitors, as is dem
onstrated in the fast express freight re-
Gently put on The train leaves Indianap-
oils at 7:10 y. m, reaches St. Louis at 1880
a. m a distance of 30 miles, and coming
east. an answering train makes equally as