The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-04-12

son might desire.
The Grand Trunk people sxpect to u, get
their new bridge over the Niagara rlVel
completed by June 80.
The Pennsylvania is making extensive
Improvements at CressOn, painting buildings
and beautifying the lawns.
The Pittsburg Bessemer e. Lake Erie
last week ordered from the Brooks locomo-
tive works three very large mogul locomo-
tives.
c. F. Daily. general passenger agent of
the Lake Erie < Western, has been i'll
with grip for several days as to be confined
at home.
James McCrea first vice president of the
Pennsylvania Company. returned on Fri
day from a hunting trip OF two weeks in
excellent health.
eles free, but they are checked on tickets
after the same manner as trunk. that the
company may not be imposed on
NJ. A. Hamm. agent of the Big Four and
the Erie at Bolivar. has been offered, and
probably will accept, the agency of the Erie
at North Judson, Ind, more important
station
ST. Louis, Mich, has been discontinued
as a station on the Toledo d Ann Arbor,
and has been made a local station on the
Saginaw division of the Grand Rapids &
Western.
s. S. StoweIl, who was one of the first
conductors to run a train on the Grand
Trunk, his term of service with the COM
pany covering its entire history, last week
Ills
The New York Central has contracted
for its yearly supply of coal with operators
OF the Monongahela mines, and by this
contract the Pittsburg & Lake Erie gets
half million tons Of coal to haul.
The Big Four is distributing gravel bal
last on the st. Louis division at the rate of
20 carloads a day. A large per cent. of
the mileage between Terre Haute and st.
Louis viii be reballasted this season
j. s. May, superintendent of the Rich
mond division of the Panhandle lines, is
arranging his affairs to take trip to Eu-
rope, leaving In q few days. w. G. Pen
mock, or Logansport, will accompany him.
The Erie will this week commence the
laying OF the main track from Creston to
Kent with rails weighing ninety pounds to
the yard 1t Is expected TO lay the entire
western division with a rail of that weight.
The Empire State express, over the New
York Central, on Tuesday hauled the train
from Rochester TO Syracuse. eighty-one
miles, in eighty minutes. making up eleven
minutes on its fast schedule between those
points.
The c., H. e d. Railway has been
granted permission by the central pas
senger committee 10 sell excursion tickets
to Bloomington. Ind, on account of the
Interstate Child Study Congress, which
meets there May 81.
C. W. Chears. we'll known in Western
passenger circles. goes to Boston on the
10th IS the New England representative OF
the Southern Railway. He Is a thorough
traffic official and will give competitors
The banquest given by the officials of the
Big Four TO ID. b. Martin, general passen-
ger agent of that line, Saturday night,
was very pleasant affair. This evening
his associates in passenger service at Gin
cinnati Will give him a banquet.
The Ohio Coal Association having voted
to continue the rates now in effect until
July it is thought that coal will now
after July 1 rates will be advanced If the
agreement entered into last week is carried
out.
The Pennsylvania and the Lake Shore
have everything in readiness at Ashtabula
to begin the handling of ore. The two roads
now have over thousand carloads OF coal
there to deliver to the boats for Northern
markets as soon as the ore is delivered to
the docks.
f. A. Ford. general passenger agent Of
the Pennsylvania lines west of Pittsburg,
Central Passenger Association which were
filled by ID. b. Martin. who has resigned,
as he will, after the 18th, be located in the
trunk-line territory.
Within the last ten days the Great North
ern has carried 1,477 people from St. Paul
TO North Dakota. they coming largely from
OHIO and Indiana. 1t took seventy-eight
freight cars to carry their freight and TWEEN
ty-five coaches and two baggage cars to
carry the emigrants.
The remains of Albert Fink were buried
Ella Fink Milton, of New York the only
child of the deceased Is Frustrated with
grief and was unable to accompany the re-
mains from Sing Sing. n. Y, where he died
to their last resting place.
The delivery of heavy steel rails con-
| tracted for some weeks ago by the receiver
| of the Baltimore & Ohio will begin to-day,
and five. hundred additional men will be
| employed for several months in placing
| them in the track between Cumberland,
Md, and Washington Junction.
With the retirement of General Horace
| Porter, who has been appointed ambassador
financial agent
| of the st. Louis a. San Francisco at New
York will be abolished. The position has
! been filled for years by Mr.. Porter. who is
| also a director of the company.
! Construction work on the Dayton North
| ern will be resumed this morning, Judge
preventing the company constructing its
| road across certain lands I'm Lima. o.,
which Is TO be used as a connecting track
of the two divisions OF the road.
| The new freight engines of the Vandala
| last week one of them arrived at Terre
| Haute from the West hauling ninety-five
| by one engine on the Vandaiia, but it was
over the most level portion of the line.
To-day the Big Four will commence haul
apolis and Celevland with the same loco.
| motives, changing crews at Belefontaine
| The, distance is 2S3 miles. Should the ex-
| pertinent prove satisfactory, the same plar
| will be adopted for other through passenger
| trains.
Oscar Murray, receiver and vice president
| of the Baltimore & Ohio, says the com.
| pany would like TO retain the services OF
| Charles Scull as general passenger agent
| and that if he should resign, as has beer
reported: it will be a voluntary act on hi:
| part and one that he would regret to have
| Mr.. Scull carry out.
The rumor that George Stevens genera
| manager of the Chesapeake * Ohio is e
| go to the Wabash as vice president is still
| current, but those who know the apprecia
ton i'm which Mr. Stevens is held by Presi
dent Ingalls, do not believe he will leav,
| that road, although his early railroad lif,
was spent on the Wabash
The Lima Northern has perfected an ar
rangement by which its trains get into De
troit over the Wabash. The Lima North
ern is negotiating with the Cincinnati
| Toledo. To-day the construction of ST,
miles of road, from Tecumseh to Adrian
will be COMMENCED by the Lima Northern
a movement is on foot to secure lowe
freight rates from North and South Da
kota. Nebraska and Iowa on live stool
and many other articles which are practi
cally prohibited from Eastern markets b.
the high rates. Some much finer stock,
| is stated. would be placed on the Easter
| market IL the rates were more reasonable
Cattle weighing from 1900 TO 1000 pound
are numerous in the States named.
Nj. w. Caldwell agent of the New Yor
| Central at Utica, has in his possession an
values very highly. the first time table is
! sued after the consolidation of the Short
| line. oct 20. 1853 The fastest trains the
made the run from Albany to Syracuse i
five hours and ten minutes. The Empir
two hours and forty-five minutes. Tn
| fast-freight trains now make as good tim
| the first schedule shows its fastest pas
senger trains 10 have made.