The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-01

months Of the fiscal year to Aug. ! were
| ST. 235 g42 an increase of $3.50 lit over the
same period of the preceding fiscal year
Hiram r. Mccullough. formerly general
ern railroad. has been appointed general
traffic manager of that company. Marvin
reght agent ms tb paee 81 Mr. Mecu
Tough. Both appointments take effect al
once.
Large quantities of grapes are now being
shipped to Western markets from New
York. They are shipped in refrigerator
cars, and carry seven thousand baskets;
at Indianapolis, the other half sent TO
Terre Haute,. Evansville or some other
Western market.
Some of the Big Four shops which have
been running of late but eight hours have
commenced running ten hours. The new
shops of the company at Wabash are turn
ing out some very Superior work. At all
the shops four to five engines Thoroughly
rebuilt. with new fire boxes, etc, are being
turned out each month.
:. A. NJ. Tucker. general agent of the Erie
lines and well known in Western railroad
circles, has been taken to sanitarium in
Danville. N Y, suffering from nervous
prostration brought on by overwork. For
the last two months he has been unable to
give much attention to his office. Mr..
Tucker will be sixty wears old next month.
Ind.
the Erie lines. lies at his home at Orange,
n. j.. critically i'll. He was recently at
tackled with appendicitis, his condition be-
came rapidly worse and an operation was
decided on and was performed by New
York surgeon on Sunday. A good deal of
anxiety is expressed as to his recovery as
he had but recently recovered from serious
nervous prostration.
The appointment of a new general man
aGer of the Vanderbilt fast freight lines is
still in allegiance. 1t is, however, a subject
of much interest among freight men, and,
If rumors are to be credited, more than one
individual believes he has a good chance of
being preferred for the position. 1t seems
to be conceded that G. j .Grammar, traffic
siderable influence in settling the question.
There are practical railroad men who as
sert that on the St: Louis division of the
annapolis and Cincinnati on the Louisville
division of the Pennsylvania lines and on
the Monon and the Cincinnati, Hamilton
& Dayton, higher speed is daily attained
than on any Eastern road. size of train
considered, the New York Central not ex-
cepted.
The presidents of the Western railroads.
who were III session at Chicago Tuesday
endeavoring to plan out a successor to the
the job to the freight traffic mana gers
yesterday. The latter officials were no
more successful than their superiors, and
nothing came of the meeting. The traffic
men, however declared themselves in ia
vor of an association constructed on the
plan of the Southwestern Traffic Associa-
ton.
The Illinois Central has come to the re-
lief of the Belleville & Southern Illinois
and has enabled the company to avoid
receivership. Arrangements have been
made to extend the time of payment of the
first mortgage bonds until October, 1897
with interest at Az per cent, payable semi
annually in gold coin. The Illinois Central
guarantees the payment of the bonds and
the inter est thereon, and any bondholder
who does not assent to the arrangement
can have the principal and accrued interest
his bonds by application to the general
offices of the Illinois Central.
General Superintendent Turner. of the
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton lines, and
]. L. Orbison. superintendent of telegraph,
were in the city yesterday official bust
ness. Mr.. Turner stated that the change
by which A. Galloway is removed to Gin
cinnati would only temporarily affect the
indianapolis division 1t is well understood
that as soon as certain litigation concern
ing the sale of the Indiana. Decatur &
Western is settled a superintendent for
that road and the indianapolis division of
the Cincinnati. Hamilton IL Dayton will
be appointed, with headquarters at Indian
apoliS.