The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-21

this point last week 4I02 ears 3.002 being
loaded, against 3.070 loaded cars in the
week ending Sept. L, and against 4,44S in
the corresponding week of 1885
The Peoria & Eastern, the west
end, is doing good business on both d.
visions. There We're handled at Indian
apolis last week 2,27l loaded cars, against
1910 in the week ending Sept. II, and
against 2,154 in the corresponding week OF
Personal Local and General Notes.
The stockholders of the Evansville &
Terre Haute will hold their annual meeting
at Evansville Oct 10.
The Joint Traffic Association has ordered
that apples in bulk be carried as class
sixth instead of class fifth, which means
lower rate
Train 20 over the Pennsylvania lines, on
Saturday last hauled private car OF the
Butte, Anaconda Pacific railway deslg-
mated "Olo."
The Wabash is fitting up all of it's switch
ing engines with screening coal CRATES, ana
will hereafter burn coal screenings instead
of lump coal
W. A. Mills, assistant to the president of
the Columbus & Hooking Valley, who went
abroad a few weeks ago for his health, re-
turned on Saturday
The Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern has
Withdrawn from the agreement with the
Big -Four and the Cincinnati, Hamilton 81
Dayton on party-rate business.
To-day the shops the Erie system,
which have been running eight hours start
with the road justifies the change.
The directors of the Evansville & Terre
Haute have declared dividend of per
cent. on its preferred stock, one-half pay
able Oct. Is, the other April Is, 1891
D. E. Mcmillan, general agent of the Co
lumbus, Sandusky 81 Hooking, has resigned
to go into the coal business. and Will be sue.
ceedeG, it is stated. by w. w. Daniel. OF
Cleveland.
E. w. Hiner has been appointed assistant
general passenger agent OF the Lima
Northern, with headquarters at Lima, o.
For some months past he has been general
agent of the Ohio Southern
The Pennsylvania people have given the
Westinghouse Air brake Company an order
for 80 900 sets of brakes To fill the order
will keep $50 men busy, it is stated, until
March J. the works running day and night.
Under the Brce management the Cincin-
natl, Jackson & Mackinaw is making more
favorable exhibits. Since Jan. l the line
has earned $478.44S, an increase over the
corresponding period of last year OF S66,Sle
1t is understood that with the return OF
President Hughitt, of the Chicago q North
western, to the West, he will promote Cen
eral Manager Whitman to the vice presl-
dency made vacant by the resignation of
w. H. Newman.
James NJ. Ashley. former president of the
Toledo, Ann Arbor * Michigan, who was
buried last Saturday at Alma, Mich, began
the construction of the Ann Arbor road IN
1878. and the road was built from Toledo
to Ann Arbor by him.
> The famous $S00o00 suit of the Central
Trust Company, Of New York against
Judge Stevenson Burke will come up for
a hearing next term of court at Columbus,
o. The petition in error was filed last Fri
day in the Circuit Court.
The railroad commissioners of several of
the Southern States will meet In New
York tomorrow to see if something can be
done to settle the rate wars between South
ern roads. It is proposed to settle the war
by arbitration IL possible.
Rate cutting on the Northwestern line is
telling on the earnings. The second week
of this month the Chicago, Milwaukee &
st. Paul shows decrease as compared
with the corresponding week of 1885 of
$112511, the loss being wholly on west
bound business.
Wednesday is the day fixed for the fore
but yet no one knows whether it is fully
settled that it will take place, so various
are the equity suits now pending The tate
of the company lies wholly, 1t is stated,
with j. Pierpont Morgan
The reports of the passenger men show
that about 60 per cent as many people We're
week as We're last year. The Louisville d1-
vision Of the Pennsylvania lines came near
er handling its usual number than han any
brought in 812 people.
George Bradbury, vice president and gen.
erai manager of the Lake Erie & Western
week took the first premium for having the
best turnout on exhibition, 1t consisting of
a fine pair of horses, a spider phaeton, fine
harness and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS man
accompanying the outht.
1t is practically settled that the bureau
at St. Louis to look after the redemption
ISOLATION lines will place e. @. BREASTED,
formerly with the Vandalia. in charge OF
it. He it is said, has no friends to favor
or enemies to punish. as heretofore he has
been only in neutrality-suspicious. service.
One of the veteran scalpers of the city
says one of the drawbacks to their making
money is that people are getting posted IN
tranSporta ton matters Formerly, he says,
they could often pick up a ticket, which a
traveller did not wish to use, worth several
dollars, for twenty-five cents; now half the
value is demanded, and but few even short
mileage tickets are now bought at less than
fifty cents to one dollar.
The Lake Shore company is now cutting
down what is known as Derby hill, re-
ducing the grade twelve inches for dis
lance of one mile. The work of cutting
down the grade on Farnham hill is com
pleted. and when the Derby hill lowering
of grade is made the highest grade between
Buffalo and Cleveland Will be done away
with and the highest grade remaining Will
not exceed sixteen feet 10 the mile
Train 20. over the Vandalia and the Pan
handle when it reaches Pittsburg, is one
of the grea test trains in the country. When
it leaves Indianapolis II usually has nine
cars, and when It ieaves G9unoUs IL naS
six Pullman cars, and the long train is
hauled through six States at an average
speed, stops deducted, of forty-two miles
an hour and usually reaches Pittsburg on
time.
The Lake Erie & Western earned in the
second week OF september Sot,0Zo d uS-
crease as compared with the corresponding
week of last year of 81 $50. The Chicago q
Eastern Illinois earned in the second week
S73 500 a decrease this year of $1,000; the
Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern earned
$l2O ISL. a decrease this year of I4.913 the
decrease was in passenger earnings, the
road last year in the corresponding week
handling the Grand Army business for
Louisville.
The number of passengers transported
over the Erie company's lines during the
seven months since reorgan1Zed was Ib2C,-
$50 travelling 1856 90 922 miles. and producing
So 104 so revenue. This was an increase
over the same months Of 1885 of 170965 pas
sengers 229 per cent, 6342, 1l5 miles. 3.o3
per cent and $197, 1855 in earnings, CTS per
cent The average revenue per passenger
per mile was 1.66S cents and the average
distance Travelled per passenger was "a 1876
miles the former increasing 0050 cents,
800 per cent. and the latter 0.291 miles. LII
per cent over last year The average num-
Der of passengers in each train was 4l04
and in each car S.S4. the one decreasing DOL
per cent. and the other 3.07 per cent.