The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-02

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from the Missouri river to points in Mon
tana and to points on the lines of the Ore
Others of the stolen tickets read from the
Missouri river points via Julesburg to
Gulf. The tickets have all been bulletined,
and, of course, are worthless for passage,
but the road is fearful that they may be
picked up by unWary travellers who are
prone to do business with scalpers.
Personal, Local and General Notes.
.Ex-trunk Line Commissioner Albert Fink
is reported to be seriouly i'll.
Nj. w. Mansfield, superintendent of the
indianapolis & Vincennes, is in Pittsburg.
G.. H. Roser, general manager of the
Lima Northern, has resigned, retiring yes
terday.
II. Pomeroy. general manager of the
Nickel-plate line. is in the city on off,
president of the Baltimore & Ohio, is in
the West. and to-day will go to Chicago
over the Big Four.
The Monon people have under considera-
ton restoring Trains 9 and 10, to better
accommodate the local traffic between In
dianapoltsa and MonOn.
Both the Big Four and the Cincinnati.
Hamilton & Dayton are now without city
passenger agents and applications for the
positions are numerous.
Charles S. Andrews, passenger agent of
the West Shore, is in the city. accompany
ing the New York delegation to the Ma
tional Democratic convention.
RecelVer Drake, OF the Cincinnati, jack
son d Mackinaw, who has, with his fam
lily. been spending several weeks at Nara
gansett Pier, has returned to his headquar-
ters.
A. D.. Shaw, yardmaster of the Peoria &
Eastern, has resigned and was yesterday
succeeded by c. W. Neisunger, one of the
older of the conductors on the Big Four
lines.
C. H. Chappell, jr., son of Vice President
Cchappell. general manager Of the Chicago
q Alton, has been appointed contracting
agent of the SeahOard Airline. with Office
at Memphis, Tenn.
In August there were handled at the
city freight depots of the Pennsylvania
lines 40, S51 225 pounds of freight, represent
ing 1874 cars. against Al, rs, 63S pounds, rep
resenting 3,773 cars in July.
The American Society of Railway Super
intendents will hold it's twenty-sixth an
nual meeting Sept. 9 and 10 at Niagara
read concerning railway operation.
The Pennsylvania Company is expending
several hundred dollars in improving the
street under the viaduct. grading it to con-
form to Alabama street, which was re-
Gently improved. and bowldering it.
Charles Alexander. who has been con-
nected with the Union Star line at Louis
given the title of travelling freight agent
of the Union line, operated by the Penn
sylvania road.
A Boston stakeholder in the Summit
Branch road, which is operated by the
pennsylvania, wants an accounting, alleg-
INC ,nora tbon their share IF the nro6ts
accruing to that branch.
Freight cars of the Seaboard Airline
ana OF the southern Runway are pecoIAlng
quite numerous on the Union tracks and
switches. to Indianapolis industries, indi-
eating that these lines are increasing their
business north of the Ohio river.
The city engineer of Chicago is now at
work making surveys along the line of the
Chicago & Western Indiana and the Pitts
liminary step toward the elevation of the
tracks of these roads from Seventy-first
street north
The directors of the New York, Ontario
& Western have about decided 20 order the
passenger department to do away entirely
with mileage books and make 2 cents per
mile the rate on the whole line. The New
York Central for years has made such a
rate between all stations.
The transcoltinental lines have refused
to make a rate of S25 one way Second
class from ST. Paul. Minneapolis and Du-
luth to north Pacific coast points. They
have also declined TO make a rate of $22-50
on Second-claSS continuous passage tickets
to Spokane from the points named above.
President Spencer and other officials of
past been going over the system. consider
ing the question of improvements at Pin
spend q good deal OF money, among other
things erecting n cotton press, large
quantities being handled at this point.
information was received yesterday that
on Monday George B. Sherman. general
lines. with headquarters at Buffalo, had
been thrown from a carriage drawn by a
runaway horse and seriously. if not fatally,
injured. His real condition is not vet
opiates to relieve his pain.
Mrs. Riley. mother of John Riley, super
intendent Of the Peoria & Eastern, and of
Charles Riley. chief clerk of j. r. Cava-
naugh, superintendent of car service of the
Big Four. died yesterday. Besides two
sons, she leaves a husband and Two
years of age. and was highly esteemed by
all who knew her.
superintendent Sanborn. of the Boston
Terminal Company. and the corps of en-
gineers who accompanied him on his
European trip returned on Saturday. Presi-
dent Clark. of the consolidated lines. viii
reach home on Friday. and early steps will
be taken to commence the building of the
new passenger station at Boston, which is
to be the largest and most perfectly con-
atructed union station in the world.
The Mike Mura. the first steamer of the
new Seattle-Oriental line, the Nippon Yu-
sen Kaisha, has arrived at Seattle, Wash.
The arrival of the steamer was made the
occasion of a great celebration with all the
commercial interests Of the city. The new
with the Great Northern, and when fully
equipped. it is believed. will prove a for
midable factor in the Pacific carrying
trade.
In August there were loaded at the city
freight depots Of the Big Four 1888 cars,
unloaded 1896. making a total of 6.19 car
loads of freight handled during the month.
against 1851 handled in August. 1898. N0t-
outstanding the fact that a less number
of carloads of freight were hanGled the
tonnage this years was fuly up to that Of
last year, but for several months past no
car has been considered loaded unless car
rying u certain number of tons of freight.
A railway official yesterday, in speaking
of the numerous disasters at switches of
late. said that he sometimes thought the
outlay for ineerlocking plants and signal
inventions was not justified, and that if
they were all removed travel would be
safer, as it would tend to make engineers
and yard men more careful than they now
appear TO be. Ii they were made to realize
that the safety of human life rested en-
tirely with them and not partly with me-
chanical appliances it might result in
greater alertneSS.
The Southern freight war probably will
be resumed in earnest. and the indications
are that the 50 per cent. cut of the South
ern railroad. which was suspended owing
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