The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-19

their full local rates out of the excursion
rate and it is likely that they will agree
to run the excursions.
j. r. McGregor. who has been. appointed
natl, Hamilton & Dayton. with headquar-
ters at Cincinnati. will not assume the
duties of the position until Oct l.
Baltimore &c Ohio Southwestern reports
for the fiscal year ended June 80: Gross.
S. ass 395: increase, s135 359 net, 81 1000; de-
crease, s135, SCI: total income 81 1855; de-
a stS@sa: eiA0''l' surplus s''''s''
With the taking effect of it's winter time
table the Cincinnati Jackson & Macklnaw
will esta bish through night service between
Jackson. Mich. and Cincinnati Arrange
meHts have been made with the Pullman
company for sleeping car service
a passenger train was over the Pitts
burg. Fort Wayne and Chicago yesterday
from Chicago to Canton, O.. in ten sec
tons, ten minutes apart, and ten COACHES
in each section, every seat occupied; there
being over five thousand people in the one
hundred coaches.
George W. Kittredge. chief engineer of
the Big Four lines has been eXper1me ntlng
with crossties which have been dipped in
ereosote before being put in the track, and
IS so we'll pleased with the results that all
ties on the main lines viii probably be SO
treated before being placed under the rails.
A special meeting of the Southern States
Passenger Association has been called for
Oct. at Louisville. 1t will partake of the
nature of a mass meeting it's object being
the discussion of winter tourist rates for
roads have been invited to send representa-
tives.
People living west of the Mississippi river
will have cheap fruit this winter The
cut in rates has inaugurated heavy ship
ments of fruits from Michigan, Illinois and
Indiana. Grapes and apples are the prin-
part of the country the fruit crop of 1886
failure.
Reports made by the Erie Railroad Com
pany for the fiscal year ending June 80 be-
ing seven months under reorganization,
show gross earnings to be S17 ,0f7.376; in
crease asa, $lo17,667; operating expenses; So,
SlI,423; increase, $500, 752; net, 81 l399o2: in
crease, 915. and a surplus after fixed
charges of s151,709
The authorities of Xenia o. have noti-
fed Ralph Peters. superintendent of the
Little Miami division of the Panhandle
lines. that should the telegraph office of
the company be removed from Aenia to
Cincinnati the law requiring all trains TO
run at g speed of not over four miles
hour in the city limits would be enforced
strictly.
The Pennsylvania Company operating the
Pittsburg & Erie, is about completing a
river at Warren. The wooden structure is
one of the oldest on the Pennsylvania lines
and is the last one on that division, the
money the last two years in renewal of
bridges on that division.
Chief Engineer Wilson, of the Cincinnati.
Hamilton & Dayton lines. was in the city
yesterday. He states that in early June he
was authorized to exDend. above the ordi-
nary cost of maintaining the roadbed $780,
090, but before he had fairly commenced
the work laid out instructions came to stop
improvements until the times looked more
promising for railroads
The Interstate-conmerce Commission. in
session at Chicago yesterday, began hear
ing charges by Sutfern ffunt &. Co. of De-
w., NJ ,o aeif ISL me 1nd1ana Dbeatdr
the practice of the road in imposing a pen
atty amounting to double-tariff rates on all
grain in excess of the maximum weights
allowed for the carload loaded in one car.
A railway official who is a close observer
or improvements. in passenger service said
States in the same distance is as good serv-
Ice rendered as by the roads now doing
business between Cincinnati and Chicago
and Louisville and Chicago. The Big Four,
the Cincinnati Hamilton & Dayton. the
Monon and the Pennsylvania lines give as
and the character of the equipment of the
through trains is not excelled.
The Muncie Belt Railroad Company at
its annual election of officers yesterday
Frank c. Ball; vice president. r. ]. Beat
~; treasurer, George A, Ball, and secre
tary. George Q. Cromwell. NJ. f. ingalls,,
president of the Big Four: John T.. Dye,
attorney of the Big Four: G. E. Schaff,
osborn secrefarv Of tbe same road Hon
John w. Ryan. local attorney of the Big
Four and the officers of the company were
selected as the board of directors.
The roads in the Transcontinental Pas
senger Association have refused to make
a rate of one fare, for the round trip for
parties desiring to visit Canton o., the
home of the Republican candidate The
reads in the Central Passenger Committee
have made this rate right along, but the
transcontinentdl lines have declined to par
ticipate in it. The roads in the Western
Passenger Association were yesterday
asked for a special rate for a party desir-
ing to visit Canton from Lincoln, Neb the
home of Mr.. Bryan. No action was taken
on the matter. although the chairman SUBJ
United it to a vote of the roads.
The Terre Haute Gazette says: 1.-The
more one sees the more convinced is he
that the Pennsylvania Company means to
deserve the favor of the people of this city.
1t is spending a-large amount of money
here notwit hstanding hard times. Recently
$50, 900 worth of new machinery has been put
in the shops which are to be enlarged far
beyond their former capacity. We would not
be surprised to see within a year as many
men employed there as before the change
of ownership. The changes at the shops
wonderful and are not realized by our peo-
pie. The removal to this city of all the di-
vision superintendents is another big gain.
for these men all have a number of clerks
and their families. There is going to be
great concentration of work here and the
cOmD2ny deserves well from the peODle of