The Indianapolis journal., 1896-10-12

vandalia hauled west 921 empty cars. The
Big Four's Chicago division 9l3 and with
all lines the movement of empties was
large.
Personal, Local and General Notes.
NJ. Z. Ingalls, president of the Big Four
who has been East ten days, is expected
home to-day.
George Smith, assistant general passenger
agent Of the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Day
ton, Is IN Michigan on week 8 outing.
Freight with the Pennsylvania and the
Baltimore & Ohio lines is the hes V
lest at any time in the last eight months.
Business has so increased with the Wa
bash road of late that at its terminals ii
is putting i'll service additional engines and
crews
Colonel oran Perry, general agent of the
pennsylvania lines at this point, who has
been abroad several weeks, will reach home
on Wednesday.
Frank Shelton, clerk in the office of
Harry Miller. general superintendent of the
Nandalia, yesterday went to Brooklyn, n.
Y. where he will be married tomorrow.
The c., G., c. & ST. L. earned in Septem-
per I.l26,277 2 a decrease aa @ as compared with m
lines have earned So, ,291 097, a decrease this
year of $40l S52.
On Saturday the directors of the Lake
officers who served last year, and declared
the usual quarterly dividend of IA per
cent, payable Nov. IA.
James McCrea, first vice president of the
on Saturday and gave orders that the
work on the new Union Station be pushed
as rapidly as possible.
A deal is on through which the Columbus,
Sandusky & Hooking expects to gain en-
trance into Toledo over the Wheeling &
LAX Erie, the former crossing the Wheel
ing d Lake Erie at Bellevue.
There has not been a month the present
year in which the Indiana, Decatur &
Western has not shown some increase in
freight earnings, but in passenger earnings
the exhibit Is not so satisfactory.
Cars of Mexican roads are becoming quite
numerous in yards of the roads centering
here a result of the establishing of
more friendly relations between the roads
of this country and those of Mexico.
The passenger department of the Cincin-
natl, Hamilton & Dayton will make a one
fare round-trip rate from all stations on
the Indianapolis division on account of the
Repub lean rally at Rushvile Oct. Is
The Pennsylvania company, in laying new
ties on sharp curves, now. varies them in
width at each end to fit the radius of the
furve cur At WamRum They they are ne puttid1g nd IN IN
but five inches at the other.
The Columbus & Hooking Valley has sue
ceeded in establishing market for Hock-
ing coal in Chicago: using the Erie to get
the coal to that city. and 1t is believed
this is but the beginning of an immense
coal traffic over the two lines,
The annual meeting of stockholders of
the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton will
occur to-morrow, when the terms OF four
of the present directors expire. No change
is looked for, however, the members whose
terms expire will be reelected.
The new management of the Columbus
& Hooking Valley has adopted vigorous
policy of retrenchment, and number of
changes, it is stated. are to be made. on
the 18th w. H. Young, contrac citing agent
at Toledo, will retire and the office be abol-
ished.
The Baltimore &, Ohio has received two
If the monster freight engines it has con-
racted for. These engines weigh 1l0.0o0
pounds. have twenty-five by TIVE twentyisiigiht- itsino
Wheel and will carry 1So-pound boiler
pressure.
The general solicitor of the Columbus &
Hooking. Valley is fling at county seats seats
by that company to the Guaranty Trust
Company. OF New York. trustee. dated Oct.
/. for $50. .000. 900. The mortgage has TO be
fied at fifteen county seats
The Chicago division of the Panhandle
line is now double-tracked twenty-eight
miles from Chicago east, and so numerous
are lap sidings between Chicago and Co
lumbuS that at a moderate expense the
road can be made double track, and viii be
as soon as business generally reVlves.
penalty of 5000 against three roads
in Pennsylvania has been ordered collected.
These roads failed to report to the statis-
ticaI bureau their operations for the fiscal
wear ending June 80. The roads are the
Pittsburg & Western, the Pittsburg q
Northern and the Altoona & Pittsburg.
The semi-annual dividend of the Pennsyl--
vania Railroad Company. to be declared
his month. it, is said, will be, as usual, 212
per cent. The earnings have fallen off this
year but it is believed the dividend will
be earned. President Roberts is improv-
ing in health SO rapidly that IT is expected
he will be able to attend the meeting.
The Toledo. St. Louis & Kansas City
earned in the first week of October $40
Ill 06 an increase over the corresponding
week of 1895 of s5o02 % Since July | the
road has earned $632 99S. IS, an increase over
last year of $64. "a. No road in the coun-
try all things considered. has made as
favorable an exhibit has this the last
twelve months.
DR.. Talbot medical examiner of the
Pennsylvania voluntary relief department
for the Indianapolis lines, states that never
has been formed has such a condition pre-
vailed as that of last week. OF the 1400
members who are on the indianapolis
lines there was not man off on account
on two weeks vacation. Last week the
medical examiners of the lines west of
Pittsburg. who number eighteen, held their
annual meeting in Cleveland, and four of
the medical examiners of the lines east of
Pittsburg were present. At the conclusion
of the meeting. at the expense of the Penn
sylvania Company, the gentlemen present
were given banquet.
The reports that A. J. Smith, general
passenger agent of the Lake Shore. is to
retire are very annoying to him, says one
of his friends. The Journal has twice de-
MED the report on the best autharity.
In the front rank among general passenger
agents in this country. He is so regarded
by every one of the Vanderbilt lines. and
in all association meetings his opinion and
advice considered most valuable. Per
sonally. he is one of the most lovable of
men. and / think has more true. warm
friends who love him for what he is than
any other general passenger agent of my
acquaintance, and there is no reason why
he should be harassed by such newspaper
notices, for which both the highest author
CI,D,