The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-29


self much better. and should he continue
| to improve within few weeks he will re-
| turn to the position vacated.
Arthur G. Wells, formerly with the Big
-Four, now general superintendent OF the
Atlantic & Pacific, will come East for
| night went to Chicago to meet him.
7, NJ. A. Zook engineer of maintenance of
| way of the Queen & Crescent southern di-
vision, with headquarters at Chattanooga,
| who has been in the city for few days
returned yesterday TO his headquarters.
S. B. Hynes has been appointed general
manager of the Los Angeles Terminal Com
rany, vice William Winecup, resigned. Mr.
Hynes was formerly general freight and
| passenger agent of the Southern California
road.
1t is stated that the Iowa Central has
been greatly strengthened as d railroad
property by the election last week of Chas.
W. Osborn. of New York, and Governor
Drake, of Iowa, members of the board
of directors.
The Illinois Central for some weeks past
has been replacing the light rails between
Louisville and Memphis with seventy
five-pound to the yard steel rail, and by
Oct. Is the whole distance will be laid with
this heavier rail-
1t is stated that as soon as William Glib
son, who leaves the Big Four to become
assistant to General Manager Green, of
the Baltimore q Ohio becomes acquainted
with the road and it's condition. he is to be
appointed general superintendent OF the
system.
Frank Reed, general passenger agent of
the Monon lines, was in the city yesterday,
and in the afternoon went TO Cincinnati.
He states that their faster trains and ex-
cellent equipment are appreciated, as IS evil
denced in the increase in travel on the
faster trains.
Auxiliaries of the Brotherhood of Train
men are being organized by the wives of
trainmen and their friends. This order,
which has become one of the most flourish
ing in the country, was organized by J. II.
a
Pennsylvania lines.
The Pennsylvania road is now running on
its local trains style of car for carrying
poultry which is becoming very popular.
as the fowls can be taken care of on the
road and fed as Wen as in a coop at home.
The ventilation is perfect, and very few
fowls die on the road.
The annual report of President ingalls,
for the year ending June go 1896, shows
that better rates were received for the
business carried than in the preceding year:
Passenger train earnings increased from 95
cents TO $1.01 per mile and freight train
earnings increased from $l.45 to $lo4 per
mile.
1t is stated that the board of managers
of the Joint Traffic Association are watch
ments with the Western Freight Associa-
ton. There is no penalty attached for
Vlolatlhg aSreeIlenss, anu some oI tIie
the rule of that body
Following is a statement of the Phila-
delphia & Reading Railroad Company for
the month of August, 1886, compared with
the same month of 1885; Profit for the
month, 1854 3Ss. 46; total changes, $780,
same month. $9S3 953 O5; total charges,
1851, 50707; surplus. $96,445.9S.
On Oct. the American Railway Associa-
ton of General Managers and General Su-
perintendents will hold its semi-annual
meeting in New York. c. E. schaff gen
Wrinkle general superintendent, and j. A.
Barnard, general manager of the Peoria &
Eastern. will leave the latter part of the
week to attend it.
On the petition of the officers Of the AL
toona, Clearfield & Northern Railroad
Company, in which they stated they were
unable to pay the running expenses of the
company and the interest on the bonds. a
Pennsylvania court yesterday appointed f:
CT Patterson receiver, to sell the road and
its franchises The liabilities amount to
$226 500. The road traverses Blair, Cambria
and Clearfield counties, and was built as
feeder to the Beach creek system.
Stockholders of the Columbus, Shawnee
& Hooking yesterday elected fifteen direc-
tors an increase of two. The new men are
Ed II. Zurhorst. of Sandusky, o., G G.
j. Hall. of New York, and John P. McCune.
of Columbus. The reelected men are D. S.
Parrott Henry Stearns. C. d. Firestone,
III. ID. Turney, Theodore Leonard and W.
F. Guerin of Columbus; Fl. w. Putnam. J.
F. Greenough and Charles f. Dean, of New
York.
The Lehigh Valley road will suspend
work on it's new station at Rochester, and
the Buffalo Rochester & Pittsburg, which
is also building new station at that point,
has decided to suspend work until the out
look for the railroads is brighter. An Of
fetal of one of the roads stated to re-
porter of a Rochester paper that there was
a general money scare throughout the
country, and his had something to do with
delaying the improvements for the time
being.
1t is stated that Jacob Dold, one of the
largest packers OF Kansas City, has made
arrangements for the shipment of all his
eXport business via New Orleans. 1t con-
sists principally of meat in boxes and lard
O.
thing enormous. and in the past has gone
under this arrangement he will save %
cents on every 100 pounds of provisions
shipped via New Orleans instead of via Chi
cago and Eastern ports.
NJ. w Mansfield. superintendent of the
Indianapolis & Vincennes yesterday re-
ceived letter from NJ. De-Tieve Angelic.
Brazilian road extending from Bahia two
hundred miles to the diamond mines, ask
ing for information as TO the methods of
the Pennsylvania Company in operating
their lines Many important questions
were asked. Mr.. Mansfield sent him the
swered the several important questions
asked
The transportation department of the
Big Four is inclined to be boastful and
claims that other system of roads of
equal mileage are trains run so near on
schedule t1 time On the system there are
and five days out of seven last week every
train reached its terminal on time. and on
late. and those but a few minutes In
speaking of this. one of the officials said
yesterday that three years ago it was con-
sidered a remarkable thing to get any of
the through trains over the line on time, so
crippled was the power and rough the
track: now the power and the track he
says. are second to none.
The rumor has been revived that the
Southern railway is seeking to secure CON
troll Of the Louisville, New Albany & Chi
cago. A gentlemen who is well Informed
concerning the affairs of the Southern rail-
way states that the report is founded only
on the fact that the Southern Railway
Company has purchased some of the stock
and securities OF the Kentucky & Indiana
Bridge Company over which the Monon
runs into Louisville. and the Southern rail-
way did this that in no case could they
be placed at the mercy of the Pennsylvania
Company in working with anv connection
Ii might choose north of the Ohio river
The Southern railway would. he said be
just as likely to purchase the Louisville
Evansville q St. Louis were it to come this
side of the river the AIonon, and he was
satisfied that the Southern Railway Com
pany had no intention of purchasing or
leasing either of the lines named.
At WATER COMPHNY'S MERCY.
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