The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-04

ing time schedules, these lines proposing 10
keep pace with their competitors
George r. KimbaiI, train dispatcher of
the Chicago division of the Baltimore &c
Ohio. retired on the 1st of the month, and
combination diamond ring and stud He
takes a more important place on the line.
The Toledo, st. Louis & Kansas City
earned in the week ending Aug q. 1896,
S6l,757s4; 1856. $57.0e435; increase, s4,6Os.5S,
Month ending Aug. 81. 1S95, $l9S,9l3.3o; 1888,
$1S2 996. Il: Increase S159lS.64. July l to Aug
81 1896 1896 6S7.67; 1885, s54l, 1872; increase,
$40, 29255.
c. f. Fink. superintendent of car service
of the Chicago 81 West Michigan, is in the
city. He states that on their line one hun
dred more carloads of peaches are being
loaded daily, and the company mas every
thing IL the way of ears except fiat and
coal cars, in that service.
Harry Miller. general superintendent of
the Nandalia lines N. c. Dean. superin-
Keen. superintendent of the Peoria division,
| and f. T. Hatch, chief engineer, were in
the city last night They are now on an
inspection trip of the lines.
There has been quite an Improvement in
business at Anderson. Ind. The Decline
division of the Big -Four is now handling
which is marked Improvement over the
business of sixty days ago. but still SO
per cent. below the maximum.
The Lake Shore people are doing good
deal this season in improving their depots
along the line A very neat depot con-
structed of stone and pressed brick, is
of depots has been adopted by the company
for its more important way stations, the
building costing about $1,000.
Unless something unforeseen intervenes
two of the most important roads in this
country will be sold this month at foreclos-
ure sale--the Norfolk d Western, Sept. Is,
and the Philadelphia & Reading Sept 90
In both cases the proprietary companies
have had plans of reorganization prepared,
which after the roads are sold Will prob
ably be carried out
Citizens of Marion, O.. have received q
letter from Vice President Merrill, OF the
to believe that the Erie people will aban-
don their plan of running their through
freights as a division between Huntington
and Gallon, the grades faVoring such a d-
vision of through runs.
The executive officers of the railroad and
steamboat companies composing the South
by the seaboard Airline. On and
after Sept. rates on all classes of
freight in the territory reached by the
Southern States Freight Association Will
be at or about 81 per cent. of the present
rates.
Wednesday was the banner day with
what is known the Roachdale. Cincin-
natl & Chicago line the Cincinnati, Hamil-
ton q Dayton on that day turning fifty-tive
Chicago passengers over to the Indiana,
Decatur Western. Superintendent
Graves, of the Indiana, Decatur & West
ern, says if their st. Louis line was doing
as well this the l., d. q w. would be a
very strong competitor of the other lines.
The efforts of the Erie to recover it's lost
live stock traffic seem to be successful
Last week there We're shipped over the
Erie east from Chicago 325 carloads of
stock, it leading the Grand Trunk nearly
fifty ears Not for several months has any
of the ten Eastern lines lea the Grand
Trunk, consequently the Erie people
much elated over last week S business of
this class.
Larry Sullivan, formerly with the Big
Four now auditor of the Chesapeake &
Ohio, is credited with being one of the most
competent auditors in the country. He has
system of his own devising, and on July
Is ne sent his annual report for the year
ending June 80, 1896. to President Ingalls,
1t Is usually two to four months after the
year expires before auditors have their an
nual reports ready to submit.
Local Superintendent Leyton of the
Pullman company, and Hadlock, of the
Wagner Palace Car Company have had a
busy week. as, in addition to their regular
sleeping cars to look after, they have had
forty-two additional cars which brought
delegates to the National Democratic con-
vention. and in most cases the cars were
occupied at night by delegates The Big
Four sent out a special last night hauling
four of the New York and two of the BoS-
ton cars
President Grape of the Flint & Pere
Marquette, says regarding the reports of
consolidation with the Columbus, Hooking
Valley 81 Toledo that there has been no
consolidation of the Flint and Hooking
Valley roads. although the two roads are
working in harmony. 1t was proposed some
time ago to consolidate the Norfolk &,
Western Hooking Valley Flint and other
roads into one great system of which I
was to be the great mogul,' but the plans
never materialized and there is no prospect
as yet of any consolidation of any of the
roads,.
Toby WEIGH. one of the veteran engi-
neers on the Pennsylvania lines. was fatal
ly injured in q wreck on the Erie d Pitts
burg division and his fireman, p. Ohmstead
was crushed to death Mr. WEIGH begun
service on the Pennsylvania lines forty
years ago. For thirty-four years he had
been running engine on the E. & P di-
running when he received his probably ia
tai injuries. II. w Byers, superintendent
of that division, states that this was the
first accident Mr.. WEIGH was ever in His
engine was hauling the Erie fast express
and near Springboro collded with a light
engine when running fifty miles an hour
Engineer Welch had both legs broE-- and
his skull fractured
In round numbers it may be said that on
June 80, 1886, there were in the United
States in the hands of receivers $50 roads
with 10000 miles of lines and representing
I,OQ. GOO of investments in capital stock
and lands. These figures show a large re-
duction In the mileage and capitalization
sideration, owing to the very large mum.
Der of foreclosure sales during that period
including several properties of great mag
nitude, such as the Atchison. Topeka e
Santa Fe, Erie New York PENNSYLVANIA
d Ohio ETC. Per contra. there were some
large additions to the receivershp list in
Guiding the great Baltimore & Ohio and
from the present unfavorable outlook 1t
begins to be doubtful whether the reorgan-
ization Of insolVent roads will be found to
have kept pace with the new insolvencies