The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-21

he can get cars he says the hipment
from mines their line reaches will run up
to 100 cars a day.
A notice was posted at the Pennsylvania
railroad shops in Altoona, yesterday, stat
ing that in order to reduce expenses IL
would be necessary to close the shops IN
til next Monday. The order affects some
six thousand employees.
AT no time in years has the freight traf-
fc of the Indiana Decatur & Western been
as heavy as now, 1t being limited TO cars
160 Union-line cars and a large number
from other lines, but were unable to get
the number that could readily be loaoed'
etc.
E. r. Bonnet, for years chief clerk for
j. Q. Van Wrinkle, general uperlntenden
eept the position Of chief train dispatcher
Of the Big Four's Chicago division. Frank
Wilson, for some years stenographer Tor
Mr.. Van Wrinkle, will be promoted to
chief clerk.
Last Saturday there were forwarded from
the Southern division of the santa re
thirty-six freight trains, eighteen of these
trains being loaded with live stock for the
Kansas City, St. Louis and Chicago mar
kets. and on the same day three trains
loaded with corn only were sent TO Calves
ton for export.
Prospects are that the Vandalia and the
Big Four est. Louis division) Will tor the
next three months have the heaviest live
stock traffic at any time in the history of
the lines, and in turn the Panhandle and
Decline divisions of the Big Four will be
di Stiy b0iAtAlACo ny tAC IN . SAAP-
ments to Eastern markets.
In the first fifteen days of October there
were delivered at atlantic ports for export
4,203, S45 bushels of grain, against 3,510,271
bushels in the corresponding two weeks of
1895. and a freight official says the more
important feature of the situation is that
all available grain room for months ahead
has been engaged on both Atlantic and Pa
cific steamers.
General Passenger Agent Scull, of the
Baltimore & Ohio, has notified Commits
sioner Donald, of the Central Passenger
Committee, that the road will not redeem
the return portion of round-trip tickets
given on account of voters returning home
If purchased by competitors in testing the
market, as the decentralization promises to
be considerable.
There is trouble among the C~hicago-St.
Paul roads over rates made for laborers.
Some time since q rate of $500 was adopted
by these roads for men who were leaving
the Northwest for points in the South to
secure work during the winter months.
Now it is claimed that some of the roads
have been cutting this rate very hard, and
there is a prospect of all sorts of trouble
over the rate. 1t is said that the cuts in
the authorized rate have been as high as
The annual meeting of the Chesapeake &
Ohio Railway Company was held at Rich
mond. Va, yesterday. Mr.. \. b. BoulWare
was chairman of the meeting and Mi. G.. Il.
Wexford acted as secretary. No business
of Importance was transacted except The
election of the board of directors. The old
board was reelected unanimously. Their
names are as follows: w. p. Anderson,
Rhode Island; Henry I. Wickham, Decatur
Axtell, Richmond; George Il. Bliss, samuel
Spencer, c. H. Aston, Chauncey NJ. Dcpew,
G. D. Dickey. New York; NJ. e. Ingalls,,
Cincinnati.
Train II on the Big Four. better known
as the Southwestern limited, has become
one of its best paying trains. Seldom does
a day pass that it does not have two sleep
ing cars from the East well filed. Yester-
day it had three, and when it leaves In
dianapolis it hauls the Washington sleep
ing ear turned over to the Big Four at
Cincinnati by the Chesapeake d Ohio. Mr..
Chase, Western superintendent of the
Wagner company, states that these are
among the best paying cars they are run
ming. In addition to the sleeping cars this
train hauls three day coaches. q dining car
and a 1 baggage and express car.