The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-05

The Chicago & Erie is building up quite
an interchange of freight trafhc with the
Wapasn' the interchange at Huntington
ranging from thirty to forty cars per day.
Three roads centering at Columbus. o.,
are in the hands of receivers-the Baltimore
q ONO, the Columbus q Hooking Valley
and the Columbus, Sandusky 81 Hooking.
The general offices of the Nickel-plate
have been removed to Chicago There is
no foundation for the report that the Lake
Shore people have under consideration tax
ing similar action
George f. McCurdy has been appointed
travelling freight agent of the Chicago;
Rock Island q Pacific for New England
years with the Wabash.
The auditors of the roads which COM
prise the Indiana Car-service Association
yesterday inspected the offices of d. II. Ba-
con, general manager of the association,
and found everything correct.
The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy has
begun working full time and full force
means monthly disbursement of $4,000
more than for some time past.
Engine 70, on the Wabash, Mart Jameson
engineer, on Wednesday hauled fast train
No. from Peru to Montpelier, ninety-nine
miles, in 10 minutes, making six stops for
water and at crossings of other roads.
Passenger officials are somewhat dis
turbed over the continued cool weather
which practically stops the travel to sum-
mer resorts. Last year in early June it
was quite heavy to New England and Mich
lgan resorts especially.
On Sunday the Indiana, Decatur &
Western in connection with the Cincfn-
natl, Hamilton & Dayton, will run an ex
curson from Decatur to Cincinnati at 81
the round trip, 754 miles, or small decimal
over one-fourth of a cent per mile.
Summer Excursion Routes" is the title
of this years volume issued by the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company in the interest
of tourists. It is a large book, Handsomely
embellished with half tone prints and re-
plete with information such as summer eX-
cursionists desire.
Travel on Train 20 over the Vandalia and
the Pennsylvania lines between ST. Louis
and New York has been so heavy of late
that several times, as was the case yester-
day, an extra sleeping car was required to
accommodate the business, the train haul
ing two New York and one Washington
sleeping car.
A few days ago a special Pullman car
was chartered by an Eastern passenger
agent of a Southern line for the purpose
of conveying two game COCKS from New
York to a battle-ground at a point in South
Carolina The price paid for the car
$780, and the birds. with their two negro
attendants, were the only occupants of the
car.
held meeting in Buffalo Thursday to ar
range for the entrance of their road into
Buffalo; The new service will be started
June 10. Four trains will be put on be-
tween Buffalo and Kansas City daily, two
each way. The run between the two cities
will be made in thirty-tWO and later on in
thirty hours.
An auditor of one Of the Indianapolis
lines yesterday remarked. when speaking
of the unfavorabie exhibits of passenger
earnings that he thought the roads had
made mistake in cutting down the pay
of local agents. 1t had cooled their ardor
to secure business. Another thing which has
hurt the fOrbidding them to accept
commissions.
The accommodations of the lines for West
Baden are better this year than last. One
can leave Indianapolis at noon over either
the Vandalia or Big Four for Greencastle
and reach West Baden over the Monon at
6 p. m. Returning, one can leave West
Baden at 7:30 a. m, catch a fast train over
the Vandalia at Greencastle Junction, and
reach Indianapolis at 1:25 p. m.
John f. Miller general superintendent of
the Pennsylvania Southwestern system.
yesterday afternoon notified Superintendent
Zion, of the Union Railway Company, that
the special train carrying the Universal
at 1870 this morning. The train consists or
a combination car two dining cars, five
Pullman sleeping cars and an observation
car.
The Toledo, ST. Louis & Kansas City road
earned in May $40. 1892, a decrease as
compared with May, 1895, of $l,599.4S this
being the first month since r. B. f. Peirce
was appointed receiver that decrease in
earnings has been shown over a compar-
alive month of the previous, year since
increase over the corresponding period of
1896 of S21S 259.56.
The second section of Train II on the
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Cincinnati to indianapolis from start to
finish in two hours and four minutes; dls-
lance, 110 miles. One stop was made for
water and two slow-downs at passing
points of other trains. Bevington was en-
gineer and Minor conductor OF the train.
This run was the fastest ever MADE De-
tween Cincinnati and this city.
A study of the annual report of the Chi
cago, Rock Island & Pacific presents some
remarkable features. Passenger earnings
decreased 793 per cent. While ~ the rate per
2089 in 1895. The freight tonnage increased
1.53 per cent. and the rate per ton per mile
decreased from LOB cents to O.96 cent. OF
the $6609S5 charged to construction ana
equipment. 1854 900 was expended in track
elevation in Chicago.
The leasing of five hundred cars and
few locomotives of the Western New York
&, PENNSYLVANIA to the Pittsburg. Bessmer
&, Lake Erie was made the foundation for
a report that the two roads were to be CON
solidated. 1t is officially announced by poth
companies that no such scheme is contem-
plated The Western New York q Penn
sylvania viii have no dler emf tt ran 6 ar
Shore the New York Central ana other
connecting roads.
The master in chancery of Madison
county Illinois, will sell on Saturday, June
r. to the highest bidder the plant of the
Madison Car Company The sale will be
held to satisfy bonds to the extent of
$500 900 issued four years ago. on which the
interest had been defaulted. The Madison
Car Companys plant is one or the most
extensive and deliberately equipped in the
country Over $1000,000 is said to have
been expended in the purchase OF the site
and making. the improvements. The works
cover eleven acres.
Agents of the Mexican Central Railroad
at Eel Paso. Tex, have been authorized to
sell round-trip tickets to the City Of Next
co and return TO Eagle Pass, Tex, via
Torroon, at $25, or return via Iamplco ana
Treyino at $50, to holders of east-bound
ticke1s following the close of the annual
convention of the Young Peoples Society
of Christian Endeavor in San FRANCISCO
July to u inclusive. Tickets will be good
for stopover at any point within f1nal limit
in Mexico, which is thirty days from date
of sale at El Paso.
The New York Chamber of Commerce
has adopted a resolution recognizing the
importance of an early enactment of a
proper pooling bin, so that the ralIroads
NAV exercise the right which all other cor
porations and citizens enjoy to make con-
tracts with each other. Another reSolu-
ticn adopted declares that the feature Oh
Imprisonment for infractions of the inter-
state-cornrnerce law is calculated to defeat
IFS object of equality in rates, Tor the rea-
son that railroad officers ana Shippers VIII
hesitate to incriminnate their fellows put
will not hesitate to complain or corpora
ton liable only to pecunlary penalty
The members of the executive commit
fee of the Western Passenger Association
have been in almost continuous session at
Chicago for the last six weeks considering
matters connected with the reorganization
of the association. and the sessions had
become so long that the general passenger
AGENTS who formed the committee came 10
the conclusion that they We're giving too
much time to the affairs OF the ASSOCIATION
and too little to the interests or Inelr
roads 1t has now been decided tnat the
committee for some time at least Will meet
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