The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-25

had It's way the B. & o. would have pike
road and the Panhandle would be a wreck.
Some fifteen years ago the Chicago &
Northwestern adopted the policy OF hliing
all vacancies by promotion, and employees
understand they will be taken care Of In
this manner. AS a result, the company
secures the best Of service from contented
employees.
On Dec the Cincinnati, Hamilton &
Dayton will abandon entirely its old par
TALLY burned freight depot on South Ala
bama street and transact all its business
at the old Bee-line city freight depot,
north of the Union tracks, on South Ala
bama street.
John Leahey, passenger agent of the Gin
cinnati, Hamilton q Dayton, has arranged
to go to Arizona for a few months stay.
He will be accompanied by Edward Eckert,
advertising agent OF the road. Both are IN
poor health and hope to be benefited by go
ing to Arizona.
On Sunday the Cincinnati. Hamilton &
Dayton will greatly improve the service be-
TWEEN Cincinnati and Hamilton by putting
on additional trains, cutting out the stops
of some, and in that manner shortening the
time between the more important suburban
towns and Cincinnati.
Announcement was made yesterday that
the Southern Pacific in connection with the
Morgan Steamship Company, has made a
reduction of 16 cents per hundred pounds
on all classes of freight from Atlantic
ports to Colorado points. The rates will be-
come effective Nov. 26.
Kansas & Texas that it will make one
fare rate plus 81 for the fruit and flower
festival at Houston, Tex, which COM
menceS Dec. 2. All the competitors of the
Missouri, Kansas & Texas have declared
they will meet the rate
Many of the rails which the Lake Erie &
western will take up between Kokomo and
Macy was president of the road, and some
OF these rails were rolled at the Indianapo-
lis rolling mill in it's prosperous days. The
new rails will weigh seventy-fve pounds to
the yard.
The gross earnings of the B. & O. Rail-
road for the month of October, 1897, were
$2,366,1O7. decrease of $3.50. The increase
in net earnings was s236,079. For the four
months of the fiscal year ending October,
1897, the gross earnings were So, 411,178 an
increase of $264.S46. The net earnings in
creased $3.50, SIG.
Ohio, has made a complete and detailed
reply to the structures of the United States
Investor upon the management of the
property. His statement shows that over
So, 600, 600 raised on receivers certificates
were used in paying off prior claims for
labor, supplies, etc.
An idea of the heavy business the New
York Central is doing may be found from
the fact that on Sunday there We're sent
east from the yards at Buffalo 124 trains.
hauling 1924 loaded cars, and on Monday
ia trains, hauling SSH loaded cars. On
Sunday number of passenger train crews
were pressed into freight service
In the early part of December one hun
dred Eastern capitalists will come West
expense of $4,000, to make an extended trip
over the Kansas City. Pittsburg & Gulf,
seeking good investments. The train will
be vestibuled, equipped with bathrooms.
barber shop and library, and Wallets and
waiting maids will attend the travellers.
j. r. Cavanagh, car-service superintend-
ent of the Biz. Four. returned yesterday
from Buffalo He states that there were
sixty car-serVice superintendent in at
tendance at the recent convention. The
most important question discussed was
the best method of compensation for the
use of freight carS--a straight per diem
sliding scale or the present plan, or indi-
vidual mileage.
E. o. Mccormick passenger traffic man
ager of the Big Four lines, has received
communication from the secretary of the
National Association of Commercial Trav-
elers commencing the amended form of the
Central Passenger Association mileage
book. The roads he says. have redeemed
their promises in offering a good book. The
communication is the more important from
the fact that the secretary has, until the
book was modified, opposed it.
Passenger officials of the Alton road yes
terday announced that their new through
train service to the Pacific coast, in con-
nection with the Sunset limited of the
Southern Pacific, was proving such a sue
cess that it would be made a permanent
affair. The Alton has found it necessary to
increase the number of cars it has been
sending out on this through service and
all spacedn the cars from Chicago has been
engaged until the middle Of February.
e. A. Ford, general passenger agent of
the Pennsylvania lines west of Pittsburg
and of the Vandalia, was in the city yes
terday for a conference with Receiver Ma
lott, of the Vandalia as to train service on
the Vandalia. Mr.. Ford states that on the
pennsylvania lines travel the last few
weeks has been we'll up to the good times
volume, and continues to improve. He
thinks the new interchangeable mileage
book a decided success and says he hears
the modified book spoken of favorably by
many business men. There are still some
minor changes which can be made without
affecting the protection the book gives to
the railways.