The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-07

track between Huntington and Kenova,
which will greatly facilitate the movement
of trains on that division.
There were transferred over the Belt road
in the month of June So, S14 cars, and Belt
engines handled at the yards 5,l3S carloads
of live stock.
George T. Jarvis, receiver Of the Louis
in the city over the Fourth. returned to
his headquarters last evening.
The estimated gross earnings of the Chi
cago, Rock Island & Pacific for June were
with the estimated gross earnings of the
same month of last year.
Travelling Passenger Agent Milliken, Of
looking after centennial business for Nash
Vile. The heated term has put temper
airy check on the business to that point.
B. w. Lally. who had been employed with
the Columbus & Hooking Valley for twenty
eight years, died at Columbus, o., July 4.
He was the inventor of the tiue molding
apparatus which is used so extensively in
railroad shops.
The Toledo St Louis & Kansas City
earned in June $1S3 677.49, an increase over
the corresponding month of 1896 of 81, 559&
In the year ending June 3d. 1897, the road
earned $222b, g9l-2o, an increase over the
year ending June 80. 1896, of 1920, 355.64.
George Bradbury. vice president and gen.
eral manager of the Lake Erie & Western
and other Brice lines, will leave Chicago for
New York on Saturday, and next Wednes-
day will sail for Europe. His wife will ac-
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months
If the court carries out the recomnenda-
lions of Samuel FELTON,, who has Just COM
pleted an inspection of the baltimore o o.
Ohio, the company will purchase but $4,000
tons more of rails, but this will bring hrst
liens on the road, receivers certificates, up
to $4,000 coo or more.
The revenue from excess baggage at such
stations as the Union Station, this city, has
become quite an important revenue pro-
Queer, the money paid or excess baggage
,.av1 rrtv Fvr.Y.
enough to nearly pay the monthly expenses
at the Union Station.
Train %, on the Michigan division of the
Big Four on Saturday handled between
Benton Harbor and indianapolis, as shown
by Conductor BOughton s report, T6 pas
sengers, and one train on the ST: Louis dl-
vision of the Big Four handled 6l2 passen-
gers between St. Louis and Indianapolis.
The Golden Gate special Of the Pennsyl-
vania line, made up entirely of vestibule
cars, reached San Francisco yesterday
morning on schedule time and is credited
with being one of the handSomest trains
which carried Christian Endeavor,, people
across the continent The train Will return
via Yellowstone Park.
During the depression in business E. J.
Barney president of the Barney-SInlth
Company, who had been receiving a salary
of $25, 900 a year. voluntarily cut his own
salary to $500 year, The stockholders at
their annual meeting last week reelected Ie ,,t,
him president Business is beginning to I'M
prove with the works.
So many people have signified inten-
ton of going to Atlantic City over the
Pennsylvania lines July 10 on the excursion
start a special train from Indianapolis,
made up of a baggage car, some DAY
coaches and several Pullman sleeping cars,
and run it throuih solid to Atlantic city.
There are indications that some of the
roads which have undertaken to protect
mileage books against the scalpers have
already arranged to return % the old prac-
tice of paying commissions to scalpers and
ticket agents who Will accept them as an
offset against losing the business which
the curtailing the use of mileage Will BRING
about
NJ F. Bonzano, who has just been ap-
pointed by Receiver FELTON, as general agent
of the Columbus, Sandusky d Hooking Val
ley. will, under the instructions of the re-
ceiver, cut down expenses wherever posi-
BILE without unfavorably affecting business
AS so per cent of this roads traffic IS from
blow to its business.
H. 1. Miller, superintendent of the Van
dalia main line, has received number OF
letters from those who had friends on the
VandaIa Christian Endeavor train which
was wrecked, thanking him for the manner
he cared for the passengers ana Tor the Ell
fort he made to relieve such friends OF all
anxiety as to any of the Christian EndeaVor
people being injured in the wreck.
The ticket agents of the outside offices
at indianapolis are proud of their record
of receipts from sales of tickets IN June,
eclipsing all other months in some years.
The Big Four closed the month with nearly
IS 900 more than on the sales of June, 1896,
the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton, the
Monon the Vandalia and the Pennsylvania
all show very satisfactory gains Tor last
month.
II. M. Bronson, assistant general passen-
ger agent OF the Big Four at this point,
Yesterday forenoon received telegram
from san Francisco stating that the Big
Four train, which carried the Indiana Off
cial board of the Christian Endeavorers and
their friends reached San Francisco on
scheduled time having rested thlrty-siX
hours at Colorado Springs and tWenty-four
hours at Salt Lake City.
The Burlington yesterday announced that
from now until the LIST of November it
will run two homeseekers' excursions every
month The running of these excursions
has for a long time been q prolific source
of decentralization in rates and many of the
roads have tried to have them done away
with altogether. No definite agreement mas
beer in existence and this has tended still
more to demoralize the rates. The Burling-
ton in order to settle the matter and get
it on a definite basis, announced that 1t Will
rim the excursion as announced above. .