The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-24

Personal, Local and General Notes.
The Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton viii.
on Sunday, run another 81 round-trip ex-
cursicn TO Cincinnati.
The Chicago &1 Eastern Illinois will build
several passenger engines. much Of the
same type as the Big Four Garstang en-
CINE.
The c., c., c. & St L.. in the second
week in September. earned, s260,609 de-
crease. as compared with the correspond
ing week of 1885. of s25.204.
Transportation officials are this week in
spectfng the Baltimore Ohio lines west.
Several of the freight and maintenance
ofhcials accompany the party.
Under a new order hereafter passenger
engineers and firemen on the Lake Shore
are to follow their runs instead of their
Lake Shore lines.
Col Samuel Moody assistant general
passenger agent of the Pennsylvania lines,
has returned from his two weeks vaca-
ton, which he spent in hunting at his old
nome in Beaver, Pa.
Joseph Ramsey, jr., vice president and
general manager OF the wabash lines VINO
of weeks, yesterday returned to his head
quarters at St. Louis
B. T. Bancroft, formerly in the machin-
dusky & Hooking, will. on Oct, /. take
the position of superintendent of the Rock
Island shops at Chicago.
A call has been received for. the semi.
annual meeting at Richmond. Va, of
freight claim agents on Oct. Is. Freight
claim agents from all parts of the country
are expected to be in attendance.
Shipments of poultry to Eastern mar
kets are important feature of traffic, and
in this feature indianapolis is now in the
lead Lead There is a great demand Tor special
The Ohio Southern will be sold at fore
closure sale Nov Z. The understanding
seems to be that it will be bid in by the
Brice syndicate and then consolidated with
other lines in which they are interested.
The Western roads have voted down a
proposition to abolish all stop-over prlvl-
leges in connection with tickets to Utah
and Montana points and make all tickets
for these places good for continuous pas
sage only.
To-day. the secretaries of five railway
to further perfecting the work and meth
men identified with the mechanical depart
ments of railway service.
This month five vestibuled combination
baggage and passenger cars will be turned
out of the Columbus shops for the Penn
sylvania lines Southwestern system. They
are said to be very complete in every re-
spect and supplied with all modern inven-
tons.
Capt Harry PolIett, superintendent of
colnshire Gnglandl road and his chief
assistant, P: M: CIure, are now in this
inspection of several of the American and
Canadian railway lines.
The Louisville, New Albany & Chicago
earned in the second week of September
$50, 1913. a decrease. as compared with the
corresponding week of 1895 of $l6,363. The
light stone traffic is now telling on the
earnings of the road more unfavorably
than any other class of traffic.
A burglar captured at New Castle, Pa,
was found to have in his possession cloth
ing belonging to Vice President Brooks of
the Pennsylvania Company, General Su-
perintendent Watts, of the Pittsburg, Fort
Wayne q Chicago, and of Judge Stowe,
-t,A &C. nff hn cxylx va mia
lines.
E. B. Thomas, president of the Erie, in
his annual report speaks of the Joint
bn aS he results N thus n1s far
Justify the belief that it will and now is
the means of erecting better main 1aa
tenance of rates on through traffic than
had been possible previous to its organi-
zation.
The Interstate-commerce Commission yes
terday concluded it's Iabors in Chicago and
will resume the investigation along the
same lines at Kansas City to-day. John
I. Clark. general freight agent OF the Chi
Howe, traffic manager of the Pabst Brew
ing Company testified yesterday without
disclosing anything of interest.
General Passenger Agent cHeafford, of
the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, has
issued a Circular letter relative to the
traffic of the late G. A. r. Encampment
departments for the manner they secured
the immense business done, and the
with which it handled. In the four
days the road delivered at st. Paul over
g. 600 people.
The biennial convention of the Order of
The Railroad Conductors of America, to be
neld in Los Angeles, Cal, in the early part
Of next May, promises to be one of the
most notable gatherings in the history of
that city. Elaborate preparations are now
under way by the railroad men of south
ern California for entertaining the visitors.
Grand Chief Conductor Clark, who is at the
head of the organization, has been in the
city for several days attending to preiim-
mary matters in connection with the con-
vention.
The third annual meeting of the Amer
can Academy of Railway Surgeons met
ut the Auditorium Hotel, Chicago. yester-
lay for session of three days Dr. John
E. Owens of Chicago, president of the
opened the session by reading
paper on pert a Mg hn obert mafhe
general attorney of the Rock Island road
]. F. Pritchard, of Manitowoc, Wis, and
number of physicians from all parts of the
are in attendance.
The change in management of the Van
dalia lines. so far as Terre Haute is con
Four. In other words. the Big Four gets
some business which, had the old order of
things been continued. would not have
been secured. Residents of Terre Haute
state that among business men there is a
much more kindly feeling toward the Big
Four than in former years, and the i'm
the Big Four has been making
and has under contemplation at that point
will further increase the interest of bust
ness men of that city in the road
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company is
sued an elaborate itinerary of the trip of Ii
Hung Chang over their road and sent them
as souvenirs of the notable event. On the
envelope and first page are embossed in the
proper colors the flags of the two nations.
and above them the American eagle in
gold. On the second page of the pamphlet
is a photogravure of China's ambassador
and his autograph in facsimile. Toward
the end of the book is map of the United
States with the line of the Pennsylvania
whole is one of the most elegant itineraries
that could be produced
The report that the Southern railway is
likely to secure control of the Louisville,
New Albany & Chicago is not credited by
hose who should know something of the
future of the road. Should the Southern
railway come north of the Chic river it
would depart from what is looked upon as
he dividing line between Northern and
considerable per cent. of the business it
gets from competing lines. The Monon and
other lines would arrange to work more
closely with competitors of the Southern
and it is not looked upon as a
practicable thing for the Southern Rail-
way Company to do.
The application of the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company for a two-dollar dIIer-
entail between Chicago and New York by
The inability of the comps.,y to secure its
full quota of business The companies en-
Toying the differentials among them the
Erie Ontario & Western Baltimore 6.
Ohio and some of the Buffalo lines, will
ma turally insist that if the differential
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