The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-10

ton and the Monon lines, was in the city
yesterday. He will return here on Wednes-
day to assume the duties of his position.
The 500 road has made a round-trip rate
OF $l6 Minneapolis to Buffalo and return
for the @. A. r. encampment. The Chicago
roads have decided to meet it.
The Chicago, Milwaukee q st. Paul has
placed an order with the Baldwin locomo-
tive works for six compound locomotives. TO
be delivered next month. Four are to be
ten-wheel freight and two Atlantic type en-
gines.
The car works at Litchfield, H., which
have practically been idle since 1892, have
recently secured several large contracts and
are running until II p. m. nightly TO fill
orders The works are still in the hands
of 2 receiver.
President Fish, of the Illinois Central,
has completed a report of his administra-
ton for the last ten years, in which he
shows that present conditions warrant an
increased dividend. The stock is now worth
500 per share.
George f. Stickney, baggage master of
the Boston & Albany at Boston, resigned
on Saturday. after forty-six years of serv-
ice on that road, and the directors have
instructed the treasurer of the company to
present him with $500.
Since V. r. Malott has been receiver of
the Vandalia line he has taken up the old
siXty-pound rails on more than one-siXth
of the entire length OF the main line, and
replaced them with new steel rails weigh
ing eighty-five pounds.
The remains of William Martin. the en-
gineer killed in the accident on the Union
tracks on Saturday, were taken yesterday
to Forrest, Ind, for burial. The deceased
carried policy with the Brotherhood OF
Locomotive Eiremen for $1,000
B. F. Mesker. agent of the Union Station
at Massachusetts avenue, says that his re-
ceipts from sales of tickets are now largely
in excess of lasl year, and he thinks Au-
gust will show an increase of at least 10
per cent. over July of this year.
The earnings of the Missouri, Kansas &
Texas. comparing, as they do with the
largest July week il the history of the
company, show an increase this year in the
last week of July of $50 900. and of this sum
$1,000 came from the passenger service.
The work of Strengthening curves and
cutting down grades on the Monon is
rapidly nearing completion, and when COM
pleted another fifteen minutes or half hour
will be taken off OF its present running
time between Indianapolis and Chicago.
On Saturday c. II. lookout, full-blooded
Indian, was appointed agent of the Santa
Fe lines at WimOre Kan. lookout en-
tered the service of the company as Ia
borer, became interested in biography and
is now ali expert operator, and has been
the operator at Augusta for some time.
The mechanical papers are commenting
largely on the manner the Southern Pa
cifc handled the Christian Endeavor bust
ness, especially the long runs made by the
locomotives, in each case hfty-siX engines
doing the work. The first stretch was 299
miles, the second 256 miles, the last run
1S9 miles-a total of 744 miles.
There We're handled on the Big Four sys-
tenn on Saturday, as shown by the official
figures of j. r. CaVanaugh, car-SerVlce
superintendent, 5,711 loaded cars, eclipsing
all records of car movement in any one
day On Friday 24l orders for cars We're
placed for points on the Big Four system,
the largest number ever known in any one
day.
N c. Dean, who for a few months was
superintendent of the Vandalia main line,
but who returned to Pittsburg when a re-
ceiVer for the road appointed, was in
the city yesterday. He reports business on
the Panhandle lines reaching large ton
mage, and says there has been a marked
Improvement in passenger business as We'll
of late.
The fact that one of the leading railway
companies of Eng land has sent request
for copies of its new time table, recently
put in effect on that division of the con-
solidated lines is highly complimentary to
the origlnators of the present method of
conducting the passenger train service of
the Old Colony.
On Sunday there were handled on the Big
Four system, including the people carried
OF excursion rates, 21,726 passengers, -, as
shown by the conductors reports. The
number of passengers usually carried on
Sunday ranges between $4,000 and 1900;
many of the local trains are not run on
Sundays. This indicates that 5000 or TO-
600 of the passengers carried on sunday
last were on the low Sunday excursion
rates.
The draft for the new agreement of the
Southwestern Passenger Association has
been about completed and the general opin-
ion is that it will be adopted. 1t is formed
on very much the same lines as that of the
Southwestern Freight Association, proVld-
ing that the supreme control OF matters
shall be in the hands of the executive of1-
GERS, with the general passenger agents or
the roads acting as an executive committee
to carry out the wishes of their superior
officers.
The Merchants Association of New York
has received dispatch from p. +: turner,
general passenger agent of the Texas IL
Pacific Railroad Company, at Dallas, Tex,
in which he says that his line will place on
sale round-trip tickets from all points in
it's territory to St Louis, Sept. TO II IN
elusive at the rate of one and one-third
fares and that these will be on the GER
tificate plan and the same general plan
as pursued by the Joint Traffic people This
will enable Texas merchants to reach 81.
Louis. where tickets are now on sale
through to New York.
Roads in the Central Passenger Associa-
ton have made the following arrangements
regarding the cheap rates for the National
Encampment of the Grand Army: IlcKetS
will be good for continuous passage only
in each direction; going passage to begin
on date of sale; return passage TO com
mence date of execution. Under require
ments of the Central Passenger Assocla-
ton, tickets or exchange orders must be
presented at Western gateWayS of the Cen
trail Passenger Association not earlier than
Aug. q, nor later than Aug. q. All tickets
to be good for return, leaving Buffalo not
earlier than Aug. "A, nor later than aug. 81
unless extended by deposit with joint
agent at Buffalo as provided below. STOP
over not to be allowed in either direction
On deposit of tickets with and payment
of deposit fee of Is cents to the Joint
agent at Buffalo, not earlier than Aug 20
ror later than Aug q, an extension of re-
turn limit will be granted which will per-
nit the original purchasers to return leav-
ing Buffalo on or before Sept. 20.