The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-07-17

f. o. Mccormick. passenger traffic man.
ager OF the Big Four lines. has gone East.
c. E. schaff, general nanager of the Big
-Four. was in the city yesterday. and start
ed 10 Chicago at noon.
w. p. Elder has been appointed travelling
freight agent OF the Baltimore * Ohio, with
headquarters at Columbus o.
In June there were loaded and unloaded
at the city freight dep0ts OF the Big -Four
6543 cars against 7.447 in June. 1925
Vice Presidents Harahan. of the Illinois
Central. and Peabody. of the Baltimore *
Ohio Southwestern. are in New York.
The common stock OF the Big Four yes
terday dropped TO S25 per share, the lowest
figure since the lines were consolidated, In
July, 1889
The Toledo & Ohio Central has just put
I'm service two new and elegant Wagner
sleeping cars between Toledo and Marietta,
via Columbus.
j. Q. Hicks. superintendent of the Big
Four yards at indianapolis. will next
month complete his twenty-seventh year of
service With the Big Four.
f. J. Easley has been appointed super
intendent of the St. Louis. division of the
Mexican Central. vice T. III: Thomas, re-
signed on account of I'll health.
On July Is J. A. Jordan assumed the du-
ties of vice president OF the Green Bay x
ager Of the Hannibal & st. Louis.
special train was hauled on Tuesday,
on the Cincinnati division of the Pennsyl-
vania lines. us miles in 1So minutes, max
Business men on the line of the Grand
Rapids & Indiana are pleased that the
Pennsylvania Company. in reorganizing
the road. have Incorporated under the same
name.
A r. Dillon late secretary TO the general
manager of the St Louis d San Francisco,
has assumed the duties of secretary and
treasurer of the suburban street-railways
of ST Louis.
]. j. Turner vice president and general
manager of the Nandalla lines. mas re-
turned from the East. where he went to
spend a few days. with his Iamiiy, now at
the seashore-
John +. Miller. general superintendent of
the Southwestern lines In the Pennsylvania
system, yesterday reached his stxty-siXth
birthday. He has been in railroad service
forty-five years.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
will hold their fifth biennial convention in
the delegates expect to be in session at
least three weeks.
The American Association of General
Baggage Agents is holding its thirty-first
semi-annual convention in Philadelphia.
Seventy-fve delegates and their families
are in attendance.
The Louisville. New Albany e. Chicago
earned in the first week of July s60.S65.
against $5s.795 in the corresponding week of
1895. and against $685. in 1894. when the
DebS strike was on.
Arrangements have been made for trans
porting the Seventeenth Regiment of the
United States Infantry. stationed at the
tennial celebration. the troops going into
camp there for several days.
NJ. L. ingalls,. president of the Big Four,
is disposed TO do his part toward giving EN-
dull times he did not cut down the appro-
priation for the shops In july or the work
in the engineering department
1t is stated that the New York Central is
about TO secure control of the Ogdens-
burg & Lake Champlain. IL having secured
a majority of the first consolidated bonds
of the road. which amount TO $500 600, and
were scattered all over New England.
A committee comprising r. Dale Benson,
Charles Plat, Richard 8 Brock, Harry +.
West and Augustus Thomas has been
formed to protect the interests of holders
of Terre Haute & Logansport railroad
bonds. which defaulted on the 1st instant.
On Tuesday a train of seventy-nine cars.
all loaded with wheat, was hauled over
the Pennsylvania lines from Erie to Bal
timore. The train was equipped with air
brakes. and is said TO be the longest air
brake train ever hauled since the air brake
was invented
Train 5. over the Pennsylvania lines has
now been running eighteen months, and.
although scheduled TO make its run from
Jersey City to Indianapolis in twenty hours
and forty-flve minutes has arrived nearer
on time since put on than have the slower
scheduled trains.
The Pittsburg & Western a few months
ago. introduced on its system the bulletin
system of discipline, and il met with a good
deal of opposition. 1t is stated that the
men are now we'll pleased with it's work
ing that they have no desire to return to
the old methods.
The total land sales of the Northern Pa
cifc Company during the fiscal year just
closed. amounts TO SOL. This is an in
crease of nearly Sl,Oo0OO0 over the land
sales of the previous year and is cited as
evidence of revival of business and settle
ment in the Northwest.
1t is reported, but not confirmed that
upon the reorganization of the Northern
Pacific General Manager Kendrick will re-
tire and be succeeded by Traffic Manager
Hannaford. Other changes are mentioned.
but no positive information regarding them
can be had at the present time.
The board of managers of the Joint Traf-
fic Association have ordered that the pay
ment of commissions on freight to steam
ship companies after Sept. 1 must be dis
continued, and that after that date the
number of import agents will be limited
TO one for each railroad at each Atlantic
port.
The colored Methodist churches of this
city are holding. camp meeting at Trails
Grove on the Eastern division of the
Peoria q Eastern. While the camp meet
ing is in progress the p. & f. will run a
special train from Indianapolis 10 the
grounds every Sunday at a. m, and re-
turning train in the evening.
d. s. GRAY. who has just retired as gen
eral Western manager of the Union line
to devote his whole time to the Joint Traf-
flc Association has been in railroad serv-
Ice since 1850 commencing as a clerk in
the Decline. In 1864 he appointed gen
era superintendent of the Union line, and
i'm 1887 became general manager of the line.
Since 1889 he has also held the position of
general agent OF the Pennsylvania Com
pany.
The Santa Fe railway has announced
7-cent cut in the Galveston corn rate. from
Wichita, Kan. To meet the rates made by
the Frisco and Missouri Pacific early in the
week. AS a result Galveston buyers are
paying one cent more than buyers for the
Eastern market. A corresponding cut in
the wheat rates was also made. Up TO the
present time Wichita mills have absorbed
practically all the wheat but IL is expected
that wheat will now begin to move South.
1t is altogether probable that corn rates
to the seaboard will be restored TO the 20
cent basis from Chicago. The Central
Freight Association met Wednesday at
Chicago. After lengthy discussion which
consumed the entire day il was decided to
recommend TO the Joint Traffic Association
a return TO the 20-cent basis from 10 cents.
The theory that the reduction was neces-
sary 10 meet the competition of the Glover
Leaf was exploded. The Clover Leaf peo-
pie say they are maintaining rates corn.
and cite as evidence the fact that they
have not been handling any corn.
The Panhandle company. says the Pitts
burg Post has begun to wage against
the messenger agents who travel over that
line and who have heretofore been carry
ing large bundles of merchandise. dry
goods. etc. or having the same checked in
baggage ears under the name OF one firm
at the rate of . cents on each one hun