The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-10

mileage coupons for passage Notices were
issued to the public after meeting of all
the lines in Cincinnati yesterday Many of
these mileage books have been put out.
Personal, Local and General Notes.
Despite the continued cool weather travel
to summer pleasure resorts is setting in
briskly.
The Big Four has arranged to run it's
Niagara Falls excursion from this section
on July 20.
falo and Kansas City will make the run in
thirty-two hours.
The Southwestern Freight Bureau, the
citation, has begun operations, with head
quarters at st. Louis.
The Louisville e. Nashville will give a
free ride to all its employees and their fam
lilies who desire to attend the Tennessee
centennial at Nashville, Tenn.
The rumOr sent out from Chicago that
Roswell Miller, president of the Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul, contemplated resign
ing, is denied by Mr. Miller himself.
/. d. Stimson passenger conductor of the
Evansville 4 Terre Haute, and his brother
+. Il. Stimson, are in the city TO attend
the funeral of their mother, Mrs. M. Nc
Bride.
Wabash Is in the city. The Wabash, he
says, is getting considerable west-bound
business out of this territory in the way
of furniture, carriages and machinery.
Chicago business men are displeased that
the Wabash sends its business from central
Illinois to Toledo instead of to Chicago, and
gives rates which draw the business to To-
ledo and discriminates against Chicago.
L. II. Burgoon, general manager of the
Ohio Southern Railway, has resigned, and
n. E. Matthews, one OF the receivers, was
appointed in his place The headquarters
will be removed from Springfield to Lima, o.
l. II. Burgoon, general manager of the
Ohio Southern, has resigned, and n. %. IN.
Matthews, one of the receivers, has been
appointed in his place and will at once
move the headquarters from Springfield to
Lima.
James Nicely, for many years an engi-
neer the Big Four has recently lost
his mind For a number of years he has
been infirm. and of late has been fiagman
ut one of the Big Four street crossings at
Marion, Ind.
The Cleveland & Pittsburg division of the
Pennsylvania lines is having a big rush
of business. Train crews and shop en-
ployes are busy and the pay roll for May,
it is stated, is the largest of any month
in the last five years
1t is stated that w. Fl. Van Tassell,
chief of police of Springfield, O., is to be
appointed superintendent Of the Ohio South
ern road Mr.. Van Ta3sel was for some
years train dispatcher on the Indiana,
Bloomington & Western.
The fact that the eastern division of the
roadbed of the Peoria d Eastern is being
reballasted and its track improved leads
to the belief that President Ingalls, intends
to make some move which will make the
earnings of this division foot up more sat
isfactorily
The passenger department of the Plant
system will on July run a personally con-
Quoted excursion from Chicago to Tampa
and the Winter Haven lake region of Flor
ida at a low rate, with privilege of stopping
off at Nashville to visit the Tennessee Cen
tennial Exposition.
The Erie abroad is cutting expenses along
its Western division. Three small telegraph
stations between Huntington and Marion
o., have been closed in the last week and
closed between
ton and Chicago by July l, unless there is
a marked improvement in business.
The veteran employees on the Cleveland
& Pittsburg, one of the Pennsylvania aux
iliary lines, neld reunion on Tuesday at
the kennard House, Cleveland. Employees
who worked for the company between 1851
and 1871 only were eligible for membership.
The veterans numbered eighty-ive, and
next year will meet in Pittsburg.
So easy did special on the Big Four
make the run from Cincinnati to Indian
apolis last week in two hours and four
minutes, that, should the company shorten
the time of the White Special fifteen min
utes it need not be surprise. 1t runs
from Cincinnati to Indianapolis with four
cars in two hours and forty-five minutes.
Those best acquainted with the situation
predict that the taking of the Columbus &c
Hooking Valley road out of the hands of a
receiver is many months distant. When
the receiver was appointed sixty days was
the time fixed. The interest due June l
on the first mortgage bonds was not paid,
which still further complexities matters.
w. S. Whitney, auditor of the Evansville
& Terre Haute, is in the city official
business. He states that the road is now in
good physical condition; all repairs have
been made where the flood a few weeks
ago did so much damage, and the business
of the road and its earnings are much more
satisfactory than for many months past.
Ticket collectors have at last been placed
on the eastern division of the Wabash
Railroad, though the management emphat-
ically denied two weeks ago that such a
step was contemplated; The passenger con-
ductors, although their labors are light
ened by the innovation, do not relish the
idea of having collectors on their trains.
The owners of the Evansville & Indian
apolis are much elated that natural gas has
been discovered at several points along the
line. Some excellent wells have been
opened, which they think means good bust
ness for the road at no distant day, a
number of manufacturers are already pros
pecting along the line with view of locat-
ing there should the Wells prove satisfac-
tory.
c. H. Walton, superintendent of the
Chicago division of the Panhandle, has
made many friends to the road by arrang-
ing to have the pay car pay the employees
at Logansport several days in advance of
the usual time. Many of the men were out
of money owing to the recent bank failure.
That it is quite an item is evidenced in the
fact that $4,000 is disbursed at that point
on the monthly pay days.
d. G.. Edwards, passenger traffic manager
of the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton, has
issued notice to the effect that the mileage
of the Columbus, Sandusky & Hooking Val
ley will no longer be accepted on the Gin
cinnati, Hamilton & Dayton lines Proba-
bly, other roads will at once take similar
steps, as much of the rate Generalization
in Central Traffic Association territory has
come through the sale of this book.
AT yesterdays convention of the Local
Freight Agents Association, held in Wash
ington, ID. c., resolution adopted de-
claring that cotton bales and similar
freight liable to have its markings defaced
by handling and dirt should be marked by
a tin tag in such a way as to avoid a
mixture of lots. 1t was decided also that
owing to the fact that the conditions are
not the same in all cities, piece work, both
clerical and labor, was not practicable
General Ellen, his staff and three hun
dred soldiers with camp equipment and
three hundred horses passed east over the
Wabash on Tuesday. 1t was head
quarters train en- route to Fort Ethan Allen
VT. The band which accompanied the sol
der train-One of the finest in the country
treated the citizens Of some of the largef
towns where the train made temporary
stops TO some fine music. AT New Haven
the Wabash turned the train over to the
Nickel-plate road.
Miss Carrie Hutchinson, stenographer of
j. Q. Van Wrinkle general superintendent
of the Big -Four, is credited with being the
fastest typewriter in the city Recently a
couple of young gentlemen employed at the
courthouse claiming TO be experts rolled
up their sleeves and claimed to beat all
records made at indianapolis. The same
copy was given Miss Hutchinson, and in