The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-23

1897 of 81 Ol4 800 above dividends, charges,
ETC., against surplus the corresponding
period of 1896 of $4,000.
Twenty damage suits it is stated will
be filed against the Chicago & Eastern Illi-
noiS by persons who were injured in the
wreck at Coal. Bluff about a month ago.
Four have been filed already
Freight traffic over the Vandalia lines
is now so heavy that the company is util-
izing all of its yard room at indianapolis
to good advantage for the first time since
the outer yards were constructed.
The tonnage and the car mileage Of the
Big Four lines this month will not only
exceed that Of any December in the his
tory of the road, but any month since the
Big -Four consolidation was effected.
Engine 1O2, on the Panhandle. on Tuesday
afternoon hauled Train 20 consisting of
nine cars. leaving indianapolis seventeen
minutes late. and on the fast time of Train
70 reached Columbus on schedule time.
The proposition that the Big Four and
the Toledo, St Louis & Kansas City should
build q passenger station at Marion is off,
and the Big Four will carry out it's origi-
nal plan and build one on the site first
proposed.
Fred Van Nest, formerly in the Big Four
-Four offices at Belefontaine, was, while
sitting at his desk on Tuesday suddenly
stricken blind. No cause is assigned for the
terrible affliction.
Three of the largest divisions of the
United States Express Company will, on
Jan. l. be consolidated-the Southern. the
a. -.
dish will be placed in charge with head
quarters at Cincinnati.
The gross earnings of the Northwestern
road for the month of November were
$3,24 H. an increase of $725,ST over the same
month of last year. From June to Nov. 80
the gross earnings of the road were $i9,376,
$50, an increase OF 81 215,S9S
In legal and financial circles the belief
prevails that the Toledo, St Louis & Kan
sas City will be out of the hands of a re-
Geiver and new company organized by
I
hands of Il receiver since May 49, 1898.
The Flint & Pere Marquette Railway Off
Gals have signed d contract under which
no labor excepting members of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor will be employed
in the big transfer freight depot at Luding-
ton, Mich. The company desires to guard
against further winter strikes.
The railroad companies are now handling
an unusually large amount of mail and ex-
press matter. Both the Big Four and the
pennsylvania lines are running extra ex-
press cars and the postal cars are seldom
more crowded with postal matter than the
last ten days.
The Baltimore & Ohio has put on hand
some new train, built by Pullman, to run
between Columbus and Cincinnati. 1t is
painted and finished after the pattern of
the Royal Blue service on the Baltimore &
Ohio main line. Similar trains are being
built to run between Cincinnati and Pitts
burg.
There have been rumors that the Kansas
City, Pittsburg & Gulf after reaching
connection would be made with the Balti-
more & Ohio Southwestern. and this has
LED the Citizen th' OF Pana H. to make
point of connection with Eastern lines.
On Jan: Don Alexander, who now rep
resentS the Chesapeake & Ohio at Louis
Will retire to become general manager of
the Blue Ridge Dispatch, and his present
position will be abolished. F. 7 Walker. at
Richmond, will go to Louisville as general
agent of the Chesapeake & Ohio.
The yard facilities of the Big Four at
Anderson, mo, have become too limited to
handle the business at that point, espe-
cially on the Michigan division, and to-day
9: E. Schaff, general manager; j. Q. Van
Wingle general superintendent George
Kittredge, chief engineer, and VIM. Gar
stang, superintendent of motive power, will
visit Anderson to make plans for enlarg-
ing the yards and buildings.
The general merchandise business on the
various railroads centering in Chicago has
increased very largely within the last ten
the holiday trade, but the increase is fully
80 per cent. over the increase of last year.
The passenger traffic for the holidays has
not begun to move in any volume as yet,
but all of the roads say that they are look
ing for a much heavier traffic than at this
time last year
The roads which have decided to issue
their own interchangeable mileage tickets
and have thus practically separated from
the mileage bureau of the Central Passen-
igan Southern, the Ann Arbor & Toledo.
the Chicago e. West Michigan, the Detroit
Grand Rapids 81 Western, the Flint & Pere
Marquettes, thes Grand Rapids & Indiana,
the Manistee & Northwestern the Michi-
gan Central, the New York, Chicago & st.
Louis tNickel-plate) and the Pittsburg &
Lake Erie. There may be others, but these
roads are all that have been heard from.
The presidents of the trunk lines and their
associates held a prolonged meeting at the
rooms of the Trunk Line Association in
Yesterday
considering east and west-bound rates.
The meeting was adjourned until this morn
ing without any definite result having been
reached. This meeting is of especial impor-
lance, because an effort is being made to
restore west-bound rates and have them
rigidly enforced 1t is anticipated that the
result of the meeting will be a general in
crease in rates, as this is regarded an
especially propitious time for an increase.
The matter, it is said, rests largely with the
Pennsylvania and New York Central roads.
The directors of the Lake Shore, the
Canada Southern and the Michigan Cen
trail Railways have declared the regular
Semi-annual dividends on the stocks of their
respective companies. The estimate of the
Lake Shore for the year ending Dec. 81
ing: Gross earnings, $40, 293.013 an increase
of $S108l; net earnings, Sc 500 42S, an increase
increase Of S @ The estmated statement
of the Michigan Central and Canada South
ern for the year ending Dec. 81, 1897. as
compared with 1885, as follows: Gross earn
ings $13.630000, a decrease of $1SS.000; op-
Grating expenses, SO, 1SS, OOO a decrease of
ST. 900; net, $I,447 900, decrease of $4,000;
surplus after charges to Michigan Central,
$3.50 GOO a decrease of $21 600; to Canada
Southern, $2S2, 000 a decrease of $4,000
Samuel FELTON,, president and receiver of
the Queen & Crescent, was one of the first
to introduce paying premiums to road mas
tiers, supervisors and section foremen, and
so satisfactory have been the results that
he has increased the amount of premiums
and the number of employees who receive
them. The annual inspection has Just been
completed and r. d. Mullane, road master
of the Chattanooga division, received "A gold
medal; NJ. Phillips supervisor OF the third
district, SIS in cash. best yard, j. Moloney,
at Lexington $50; on the Cincinnati diviS-
ion, j. Kearney. foreman of Section 81 re-
ceived $50; ]. Singleton, of Section "a, $40;
E. Massey, Section q, 500: on the Chatta-
nooga division II. Gotten. of Section 80, $50;
c. w Dodd, Section SO, $40. and s. McPher
son, Section II. $40. An extra premium was
awarded to James Corbett, supervisor of
cuar announcing the awards Receiver Fell
ton SAYS he wishes to congratulate the Of
hcers, foremen and laborers upon the great
Improvement made in the condition of the
road this year.
w. II. McDoel vice president and general
manager of the Chicago, Indianapolis &
Louisville, will on Jan. / complete his thir-
ty-third year in official capacity. He en-
tered railroad service, however, in 1860, in
q clerical capacity. He came to the Monon
in 1884 as general freight agent, became
traffic manager, then vice president and
general manager. then receiver of the road
during its term in the hands of the court.
/ and now again its vice president and gem
mol mo ma GER n11rincr his with