The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-02-25

year are completed he expects the running
time of the fast trains between Indianapo-
lis and st. Louis will be five hours.
The coal operators on the line OF the
Toledo, st. Louis & Kansas City are now
loading forty 10 fifty carloads OF coal per
day. against ten TO twelve one year ago.
George III. Branston has been appointed
New England agent of the Chicago. Bur-
lington 4 Quincy, to succeed II. ID. Badgley,
who has gone TO the Chicago Great Western.
VI. T. Newton, passenger conductor on the
Lake Shore who was buried on Sunday at
Cleveland, ran train on the Lake Shore
twenty years. He died from a paralytc
stroke.
The Queen & Crescent will hereafter. on
the third Tuesday of each month, sell one
way settlers tickets to parties of seven or
more TO all points reached by its lines at
half fare.
1t is stated that with the removal of the
Southwestern from St. Louis TO Cincinnati,
an assistant traffic manager will be ap-
pointed, with headquarters at ST. Louis.
East-bound through travel is becoming
Pennsylvania lines are well filled, and last
night there was not vacant berth on the
Knickerbocker, over the Big Four east.
On March the Rochester and Buffalo d.
visions of the Western New York & Penn
sylvania are to be consolidated, and j. W.
Watson. superintendent of the Rochester di-
vision, VIII retire. BOth DIVISIONS VIII come
under G. 7. Dabney.
Passenger officials of Western lines are
complaining OF light business, and they at
tribute the unsatisfactory conditions TO the
fact that the farmer IS sun selling ohly
sparingly of his produce. hoping for better
prices in the near future.
on Sunday Train q. over the Vandalia,
consisting or seven cars. made the run
hours and eleven. minutes. 1t had on
board a theatrical troupe, and left Indi-
annapolis considerably late.
The ARRANGEMENT by which the Chicago &
Alton will run It's through trains between
Chicago and Kansas City via Peoria, 1t is
thought, will increase the business of the
road and be a good thing for Peoria. Only
one OF its trains is TO be run over that
line.
Michigan fruit growers have been prevent
ed from placing their fruits on Western
markets to any great extent by the high
rates the roads charged for transportation,
and they have selected a man TO represent
them and endeavor TO get lower rates east
OF Buffalo and Pittsburg
J. A. Barnard. general manager of the Pc
oria & Eastern, has become a member of
the New York Transportation Club, which
has it's rooms in the Hotel Manhattan.
Chauncey VI. Depew is president of the as
ISOLATION. T. w. Rossiter vice president, John
Christensen secretary and Alfred Skitt treas
urer.
The last three days there has been quite
an Improvement in freight traffic. on the
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died daily. which is about five hundred
loaded cars below the average movement
during the last six months. Ten days ago
the loaded car movement dropped TO $500
cars per day, which was very light for
this system.
Last week stock of the Harlem road sold
at auction at s299 per share. There were ten
stock pays a dividend of 10 per cent. per
annum, guaranteed by the New York Gen.
trail. The stock never finds its way TO the
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tate. This is said to be the highest figure
per share ever paid in this country for rail-
road stock.
Chairman Caldwell, of the Western Pas
senger Association. has little army of de-
tectives out in the market buying up all
tickets issued by the association roads found
in the hands of brokers. All the roads must
redeem them at full tariff. 1t is stated tina I
he daily presents a number of them for re-
demptiol. The roads which have been deal
ing with scaipers now steer clear of them,
being tired of redeeming tickets. 1t is stated
that passenger rates are now better main
tanned than at any time since the association
has been in existence.
The Pennsylvania. both east and west of
Pittsburg, has adopted the practice of COW
ering the hand rails, cylinder-head castings.
steam-chest bonnetS and other bright parts
Of locomotives with paint, instead of giving
from time immemorial According to a local
paper this innovation Is very distasteful to
many of the old engineers. who have taken
of their engines polished for use as looking
glasses. The enginemen, 1t is said, are much
displeased because they have had to take off
the deer horns, stars and other unofficial
ornaments that have served to give many en-
gines some real individuality.
The limited express over the Pennsyl-
vania and the Vandalia between New
York and st. Louis, which is one of the
finest trains on the Pennsylvania lines, is
perhaps, all things considered, the fastest
train of like weight in this country. Train
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fastest long-distance train in the country.
To move these trains at high speed over
the grades of the Allegheny mountains is
make the same speed by the New York
Central and Lake Shore. Train 5, over the
Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago. is by
from Pittsburg TO Chicago, 46S miles, in
twelve hours and thirty minutes, and
makes seven stops. 1t hauls ten cars.
NJ. W. Mansfield. superintendent of the
report for 1895 nearly completed. He states
that the earnings of 1895 were q little bet
ter than in. 1894. but the Pennsylvania
apparently of 100000 This company owns
the bonds of the /. x ", and they draw Z
per cent interest. Mr.. Mansfield says the
business of the indianapolis & Vincennes
has quadrupled since he became it's super
intendent, ten years ago. and with each
year the Pennsylvania Company has TO
pay a reduced deficit. Notwithstanding
declining. He says were rates the same
as in 1885 the earnings would pay fixed
charges, operating expenses, Improvements,
and leave surplus.
Samuel ID. Davis, first vice president of
the Columbus & Hooking Valley, has for
the time being assumed the duties of presi-
dent of the road, vice c. c. Waite. deceased.
He yesterday appointed w. A Mills gen
eral manager Mr.. Mills was assistant to
the late President Waite. The company
will hold it's annual meeting March IL
yrrh0 CiH vvi1I he oil
Mills. who has been appointed general
manager. has been in railroad service
freight office: then he was made freight
agent. then ticket agent, and in 1876 was
appointed general ticket and freight agent
of the Columbus d Toledo: from 1883 TO 1S9;
he was general freight agent of the Column
bus, Hooking Valley & Toledo. and i'm 1885,
was appointed assistant to the late Presi-
dent Waite.
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