The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-16
Personal, Local and General Notes.

Florida tourist tickets viii be placed on
sale at Northern points Nov. l, fifteen days
earlier than usual.
On Wednesday common stock of the
Louisville, New Albany & Chicago sold at
less than 81 per share.
on Oct. 2S the Wabash will make a cut in
freight rates, weSt-bound. on several arti-
cles not yet stated, from Toledo to Kansas
City.
Under it's reorganization the interest rate
I've is reduced from Z to 4 per cent. per an
num-.
Despite the dull times the engineers on
the Panhandle lines are said to have made
The best wage this year in several years
past.
C. c.. Chase, division superints 4,dont of
the Pullman company, with nea.tGd" IRIS at
Cincinnati, is in the city on off, : >oei-
ness.
The Lake Erie & Western proper ed y
IN the first week of this A'"f H.e-i
against Sio,6i4 in the eorresp9I:t eek o.
c. E. schafr. general Manager; George
Kittredge, chief engineer, alto SEWARD Cost,
general s iaa c, frei aha a sfen re@ of the r. ~ 2 t boug aft are
noon.
The Union Railway Company is handling
from 225 to 250 carloads OF freight Der month
for the American steel works, the works
being reached over the Union tracks and
the old rolling mill track.
For the inspection of the Panhandle Gen.
eral Manager Loree has offered prizes of
500 for the best supervised district and so
for the best subdivision. The inspection
will be made next week.
Since July / the Evansville & Terre Haute
has earned $500, 3i2. a decrease of s2'5 as
compared with the corresponding period of
1895. The Evansville d indianapolis has
$i.oSS.
Harry Miller, general superintendent, and
w. c.. Arp. superintendent of motive power
terday on official business and remained
over until the evening to witness the rail-
road mems parade.
The Monon has three construction trains
III service on the Indianapolis division dis
tributing gravel balias between Delphi and
Nlonon at the rate OF ninety carloads PEI
track are being taken out.
1t is reported that the Pennsylvania Com
pany will be one of the bidders for the Ohio
Southern at the foreclosure sale, Nov. Z
II is claimed that its purchase would give
the Pennsylvania Company great advan-
tage in the matter OF distance.
II. APPRECIATE. of Philadelphia, auditor OF
the city for a couple of days auditing the
accounts of General Agent Kipp, who is
one of the Oldest and most competent gen
eral agents in the service of the line.
The wife of Richard Doyle. who Is train
master on the st. Louis division of the Biz
Four, died at Mattoon yesterday after q
lingering illness. The funeral viii occur al
Nation Sunday afternoon. and a number
of officials from this city will attend.
The sixty-foot. heavy steel IA | laid by The
Pennsylvania road between Altoona and
Pittsburg as an experiment is giving SUI /
satisfactory results that a large mileage Of
the Pennsylvania lines will be laid Will
similar rails when any change is made.
Al the official communications of ths
Central Passenger m are nov
signed by A. A. Heard, secretary of ths
committees. 1t Is fortunate for Mr.. Heard
that so soon after leaving the Great North
ern he has found a position so much to hi
liking.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company ha.
decided to enlarge it's shops at Altoona
and when competed they win be the larg
est and best equipped railroad shops in thi
world. When occupied all the new engine.
for the Eastern and Western lines will b.
built at Altoona.
The Illinois Central is making a vigorou
fight for Its share Of business from the Gin
cinnati district to New Orleans. 1t has pa
on fr.e reclining chairs from Cincinnati q
: New Orleqns. and the Southern Pacific la