The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-26


Still trying to find out what can be done
to popularize the new Interchangeable mile
age books" The foregoing is a heading in
to-day's Journal. The first thing to do is
to take it off sale entirely. Commercial
travellers do not want it. and those who are
looking to the interests of the houses en-
ploying them and their own interests will
not buy it. In it's place let the railways
give the commercial travellers q straight
one-thousand-mile book at 2 cents per mile,
good over their own lileS, or interchange
able with their trade connections; make 1t
good for passage on all passenger TRAINS
make il good for checking baggage from
hotel or depot without loss of time; re-
deem unused portion of the book. at face
value at any central roint on the lines,
This will prevent sale to outside parties.
And, finally, don't ask the commercial
traveller or 9bnypony esa 70 hook pI Wt 6y t n %
terest That is not business.
Cincinnati, Oct. %. ALFRED CLARK
Personal. Local and General Notes,
The New York, New Haven & Hartford
now has 1885 stockholders. and of that
number 2,S79 are resident of Massachusetts.
The Lehigh Valley has taken off all linn
itation on mileage BOOKS. and gives noIce
that they are good until used
The remains of u. F. Hughes, Big Four
conductor, were yesterday shipped from
GreenSburg to Warsaw, where, to-day, tney
will be buried.
Panhandle Train Il is now hauled daily
between Pittsburg and Columbus by two
Glass locomotives, so heavy is the train
and so fast its time.
John Hale, an ergireer on the Wabash,
last week completed his fiftieth year In
railroad service. He has been on the Wa
bash forty-two years.
w w Stillwell, passenger conductor en-
the Monon, who has been i'll for a month
or more has so much improved in health
that he has resumed his run.
The Baltimore 8. Ohio Southwestern win
adopt the Big -Four system of keeping trace
of cars. which is proving very convenient
way of accomplishing the work.
The Milwaukee & St Paul ANNOUNCES
line for the meeting OF the Womans Chris
tian Temperance Union In Toronto.
VIM. Garstang, superintendent of motive
power of the Big Four lines has gone to
Philadelphia to inspect the 1000 axles which
will be required for 1000 new box cars
Business is now so heavy over the Lake
Erie & Western that the company will be
justified in ordering some new locomotives,
which it has contemplated doing for some
months past.
The Sunday excursion Of the Big Four to
Chicago from Lafayette and points north
was in numbers, a success, the train carry
ing into Chicago LILO excursiOnists, 1,l5l go
ing from Lafayette.
George Bradbury, vice president and gen.
eral manager of the Lake Erie q Western
and other Brice lines, is expected to spend
a couple of days, the latter part of the
week, at Indianapolis.
Freight traffic with the Monon is so heavy
that of late it has been using in freight
service some OF it's heaviest passenger en-
gines, and they have made excellent rec
ords especially in handling live stock
trains.
the Pullman Company Thomas H. Wickes,
John w. Doane, Frank O. Lowden and Fl.
H. Porter, with the chances OF ELECTION
thought to be in the above order. Mr.. Low
den is a son-in-law of the late George M.
Pullman.
In its last fiscal year the New York, New
Haven & Hartford handled Al 599,61O pas
sengers. The company now. operates SD
miles of road, and owns 10 locomotives.
and is said to have the largest number OF
loo omotiveS to miles operated OF any ROAD
in the country.
with the promotion Nov of H. A. Gross
to be general Eastern agent of the Chicago
e. Northwestern, with headquarters at New
York, the Boston. Buffalo and Philadelphia
representatives of the road, both freight
and passenger are to report to New York
instead of Chicago.
H G. B. Alexander, of New York city,
has been appointed general superintendent
of the agencies. of the Railway, Ohicials'
and Employees AssociaIon, WIN neauq lsls
tiers at Indianapolis. He will be succeeded
as general agent of the association for the
State of New York by B. r. Shaw, of New
York city.
the Monon people are beginning to look for
ticket office for the three COM
panies represented in that office. In a few
months they must vacate their present
quarters, the entire building having been
rented for business purpose.
A travelling freight agent remarked yes
terday that one year ago side tracks all
over Indiana, Illinois, Missouri and in the
Northwestern States held at least forty
thousand empty cars; now directly the re-
verse is the case. The roads in the terri
tory named could now use to good advan-
tage forty thousand more cars than they
have.
The Wabash train which last week car
ried the Knights of Pythias from Chicago
to attend the annual meeting of the Grand
Lodge in Peoria consisted of eight cars.
The train was manned throughout by the
knights, the engineer the fireman, con-
ductor and brakemen all being members of
that order
NJ e. ingalls,, president of the Big Four,
says he will be disappointed If the Big -Four
proper does not in December, earn $780,,
600 gross. The company will then have most
of It's 600 new cars in service, and the loo
cars of the Chesapeake & Ohio, which can
be used in the through business. and this
should enable the road to make improved
earnings.
AS the day draws near for the marriage
of e. o. Mccormick, passenger traffic man.
ager of the Big -Four lines, and Miss Lille
Henry, one of Cincinnati's most accom-
plshed young ladies, much interest is
shown in the event, as Mi Mccormick is
one of the most popular railway officials in
Cincinnati, and, in fact in the territory
where he is known.
George S. Hobbs, auditor of the Southern
Railway, has resigned, to take effect at the
end of this month. to become the general
auditor of the Maine Central Railroad. He
was elected to this office at a meeting or
the Maine Central directors at Portland on
Oct 20. He has been in washington three
years. President Spencer has not yet an
nounced his successor.
The Pennsylvania Company has staked
off, marking the corners of the ground with
stone, the vacant ground on South street
between Pennsylvania and Delaware, and
ii is suggested that the company curry Ia
vor with the South-siders by making q
grass plat of it, with neat fence around
it. AS it now stands it is an unattractive
rough-looking piece of ground.
The party of hunters from Lima and
! e. Dayton road who, three weeks ago, went
| to Maine for a hunt, are said o have been
| very fortunate Game was plenty, and all
| records of killing deer this fall were broken
| On Friday last on one train eighty deer
were shipped from Bangor to Boston, ine
/ largest shipment ever known on single
| train.
The Pennsylvania Company has it's car
| tracers out in numbers looking for cars of
! all descriptions, as there is demand for
| all, and all cars loaded with ore or coal
| are to be unloaded as soon as possible after
| placed in position to unload. During the
| dull period conSigneeS had become slow in
| unloading cars, and now ii is hard work
| to spur them up to doing business more
| promptly.
| VIM. r. McKeen, jr., is being compliment
| ed over the improved condition OF the equip
| ment of the Vandaa he being superintend-
| ent of the car shops. With each week one
| or more of the passenger coaches comes our
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