The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-05-16

steel. a hve-span structure, the three chan
mel spans cantilever and the shore spans
truss: The bridge and its approaches will be
1900 feet in length
Each year is showing an increase in pas
senger traffic on the Chicago & Indiana d.
vision of the Chicago q Eastern Illinois.
More is doing In a local way than in through
business, no special effort being made TO IN
crease through business.
The Lake Erie & Western has posted no
tees TO the effect that after July all local
number OF roads have of late adopted this
rule. 1t is done that tickets may be used In
the month issued. Tickets not used on the
day sold will be redeemed.
Within the past week the conductors on
the Chicago & Eastern Illinois have taken
up ten mileage books presented by illegit-
Imate holders and collected full fare: This
has alarmed one Chicago scalper, who has
a number of the mileage books of this road
on hand, that he has promised to handle no
more of them If the company will redeem
those he now holds.
BUD voris died of heart disease very sud-
denly In Louisville on Thursday night. Mr..
Voris was for twenty years a passenger
conductor on the Louisville & Nashville.
est in the stone quarries at Bedford. Ind,
and 1t proved very profitable venture he
leaves a wife, son and two daughters. and
an estate said to be worth at least 100000.
Despite the talk that freight traffic is lit
tie light In the twenty-four hours ending
Monday at a. M. the official report shows
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forty-fve sections.of east-bound freights and
brought west from Pittsburg twenty-seven
sections. OF the deliveries at Pittsburg,
eighty-four cars were loaded with dressed
meats and forty cars with cattle shipped
from the Indianapolis division OF the Pan
handle.
A. s. Durham. general manager. of the
Ohio Southern. has resigned and the office
has been abolished. 1. II. Burgoon has been
appointed general superintendent He Ii
now with the Utah Central. at Salt Lake
lTr ptrr xra ~ a
with the Indiana, Bloomington & Western
under c. Il. Henderson. Placing him on the
Ohio Southern Mould nacase that the - Aus Is
with that property.
Should passenger business revive as ex.
pected. the Pennsylvania will again put or
its fast express between Louisville and Chi
cago via Indianapolis. which was running
during the worlds fair the train going north
passing indianapolis at p m and goine
a handsome increase In Chicago business
this season. as 1t has been very light since
the worlds fair and people are now again
wanting TO visit that city
II is likely that meeting of the Western
Passenger Association will be called In the
near future to consider the question of the
transportation of bicycles. The majority OF
the Western roads declare themselves op-
posed to the free transportation of the
| wheels, but there are two or three of the
| smaller roads chat are in favor Of 1t, and
| they will have the matter brought before
| the general meeting Of the Western Passen-
ger Association. TO be held after the return
| of Chairman Caldwell from California.
| The Joint Traffic Association managers
| have appointed committee 10 bring the Gin.
| cinnati Hamilton & Dayton and the Louis
| Vile, New Albany & Chicago into the Join
| Traffic Association. This committee viii
| meet. probably next week, to confer With the
| proper authorities regarding the matter. r
| d. F. Peirce. receiver OF the Toledo. st
Louis & Kansas City, shields himself behind
| the courts and will not become a member
| but SAYS he will cooperate and assist the as
| ISOLATION in bringing about the reforms pro
| posed
Frank Reed. general passenger agent OF tn,
| Monon lines. was in the city yesterday. H
| thinks the train schedule which goes into ef
1 feet tomorrow will be the most satisfactor,
| yet made. People living on the line can ge
| into Indianapolis at a. m, and the trail
cage. arriving there at $50 p. m; The fas
train west over the Cincinnati, Hamilton 4
| Dayton, which leaves Cincinnati at 1873
noon. will connect with this train for Chi
cago. The change is the more radical iron
| the fact that there will be no noon train 70
| Chicago over the Monon from Indianapolis.