The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-15

means to prevent the use of exchange
orders.
The private car of President Woodford,
Of the Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton lines,
Is in the shops of the Indiana, Decatur az
Western, being rebuilt after a more modern
pattern.
has just completed at Osborne a model
passenger station for towns CT that size;
It's style of architecture is attractive ana
Ii is conveniently arranged.
Track laying has been commenced on the
extension of the Chicago & Eastern Hi
nois between Shelbyville and St. Elmo. Ill,
& Eastern Illinois with the Vandalia line.
General Freight Agent Chamberlain, Of
the Erie road, Albert S. White, general
manager of the Erie Despatch, and John
f. Miller, agent of the Erie at New York,
have started on an extended western buSi-
ness trip.
The Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton is de-
livering to the American steel works OF this
city large quantities of pig iron. Yesterday
it delivered sixteen carloads at one time.
The ore is shipped over the G., IL. d ID.
from Toledo.
A. j. Pitkin, superintendent of the
Schenectady locomotive works. was in the
city yesterday. the guest or William Gar
the Big Four. Mr.. Pitkin will take two or
three weeks vacation and will spend the
time hunting in Illinois.
The Wabash lines earned in the first
week of October $24S, 655, a decrease as com
pared with the corresponding week or 1879
of 1893; the Baltimore & Ohio Southwest
ern earned in the first week $l21, Az, a de-
crease this year of II ,023; the Chesapeake
& Ohio earned $1S1, BAG, a decrease this year
of $20,579.
of the Southern railway, has been relieXed
from acting as receiver of the Georgia IA
Newman. Of the United States Court for
Northern district of Georgia. The release
was made upon motion of Mr.. Leslie Ryan,
of New York. solicitor for Mr.. Spencer.
Gi,3pa Wy ~ Arn MO nnnninta6 GnnPrin-
tendent of motive power of the Vandalia
lines he has formed a wreching crew SINH
lar to those on the Pennsylvania lines. on
Monday one of the large ngines left the
track at Greencastle and witsin three min
utes after a telegram reached Terre Haute
the wrecking train and its crew were on the
road to GreencaStle.
General Manager Hayes, of the Grand
Trunk, says that while he is credited With
having it telegraphed over the country that
he is in any sense a revolutionist, he says
he is working hard to improve the service
of the road, and denies that he intends to
make any sweeping changes in the depart
ments under his supervision.
e. D. Broner, of Detroit, assistant super
intendent of motive power of the Michigan
Central, is in the city on official business.
He states that the Michigan Central has
just received from the schenectady iocomo.
tive works five passenger locomotives OF
the type which it is expected VIII
haul twelve to fourteen cars over the road
at ~seventy-two miles an hour. IL required.
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establish it's fast train service between CAL
ifornia and Chicago. The fast train VIII
days and Saturdays, and arrive at Los
Angeles in seventy-two hours. East bound
the train will arrive in Chicago on Mon
days and Thursdays, the time for the east
bound trip being the same as that or the
WeSt-bCund train.
Superinte adent of Motive Power Cory, of
the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton lines.
was in the city yesterday looking after
the engines being rebuilt at the shops of
the Indiana, Decatur & Western. He states
that one of the two engines in the wreck
near Longwood recently was so used up
that it was not worth rebuilding; the other
was not so badly damaged, and will soon
be in service again.
Often at Indianapolis there will be
standing on unloading tracks, consigned TO
local commission houses, forty to sixty
carloads of fruits and vegetables. AT all
railway terminals the same condition eX-
lists. On Monday last there We're standing
on side tracks of the Pennsylvania lines at
Pittsburg 217 carloads of fruit and vegeta-
bles, largely apples, grapes and potatoes.
From the Lake Erie grape belt thousands
of carloads of grapes have been and are
to be shipped to all parts of the country
The committee of the Western Passenger
Association in charge of advertising, rates
and transportation has recommended that
free or reduced transportation shall not be
issued on account of advertising in organ
lied societies., associations. commercial
companies, periodicals., catalogues, etc, but
shall be confined strictly to regularly pub
lished standard newspapers and periodicals
intervals. The report of the committee
will without question be adopted nearly as
1t stands by the meeting of the association,
which will be held this week.
Robert Geiger, general freight agent of
the Louisville division Of the Pennsylvania
line, has been in the city a couple of days.
Mr.. Geiger has recovered his usual health
and VIII soon complete his thirty-ninth
year in railroad service, he entering the
service in 1857 as q clerk and telegraph
operator of the Belt line at Marion, O.; in
1860 he was appointed clerk to the general
was appointed freight agent Of the Bee
line at indianapolis; in 1875 he received the
appointment of general freight agent of
the j., NJ. & l.. now the Louisville division
of the Pennsylvania lines.