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

for the statements which .professed to as
sign to various securities their position and
burden in the completed scheme.
An independent. company, known as the
Port Arthur Channel and Dock Company
with capital of 81. 800, 600, is actively pros
ecutlng the work of building terminal tacil-
tiles for the Kansas City, Pittsburg q Gulf
AT the Port Arthur terminus of the road
ship canal is in course of construction seven
miles in length, to deep water.
Charles Merrill, general Southwesterr
passenger agent of the New York Central
is in the city. He says he has been very
generally over the territory under his SUI
pervfsion and everywhere he found pas
senger and freight men talking more en-
cOuraglngly or business. Ihe road is snow
ing handsome increases in business, both
OF through and local character.
The managers of the Joint Traffic Asso-
citation have dlsapproved the recommended
looking toward the issuance by conductors
of mileage exchange tickets on account of
the Central Passenger Associations inter
changeable one-thouSand-mll tickets for
sleeping car passengers passing WestWardly
through trunk line Western territory.
II. c. Holabird, general Western agent Of
the passenger department of the Erie lines,
was in the city yesterday. He says the
Erie has shortened the time of its fast train
between Cincinnati and New York one
hour, and a traveller can now leave Indian
apolis on the 4:45 p. m. train over the Gin
cinnai, Hamilton & Dayton, connecting at
Hamilton closely and arrive in New York
the next evening at $50, Western time.
e. o. Mccormick, passenger traffic man.
ager of the Big Four, has arranged with
the Erie people for a close connection of
Train "A at Bolivar for Chicago and other
points. The arrangement will be appre-
ciated by people living on the Michigan di-
vision of the Big Four as one can leave
points north of Anderson in the afternoon
and reach Chicago at 7:4O p: m. The Erie
train will wait, in case the Big -Four train
is late, twenty minutes if there are any
passengers for such train.
Superintendent Zion, of the Union Rail-
way and Belt road, has leased heavy
switching engine from the Panhandle, a
Belt engine has been rebuilt and will be in
service on Monday, and in three weeks the
engine rebuilding at the Big -Four shops will
be out when Mr.. Zion thinks he can ham
Belt with the unprecedented heavy move
ment, which is the heaviest at any time
in the twenty years the yards and Belt
road have been in operation.
meeting of the Western roads has been
called for at Chicago next Tuesday for the
purpose of completing the settlement of the
meeting of this week. 1t was the intention
of the executive officers of the roads to
meet, but they have changed their minds,
and have instructed the general passenger
agents to hold another meeting and to de-
wise some method by which the rates, which
will be restored on the 18th, can be main
tanned after they have been restored.
Calls have been issued for meetings of
cago on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
of next week On the first of these days
the interchangeable mileage ticket will be
brought up, the chief matter to be consid-
cred being the points between which the
tickets may be issued. Wednesday the
regular monthly meeting of the committee
will be held, and on Thursday the mileage
board will considersa number of questions
bearing on the success of the interchange
able ticket. a1i57
new schedule that will reduce con-
,Ix- iper inns H.
ern and Southern centerS will be put into
effect by the Illinois Central Railroad next
Sunday. The limited trains from Chicago,
ST. Louis, Evansville and Louisville Will
leave at least one hour later than hereto
fore and will reach Memphis and New Or
leans the same time as at present. An m
novation win be the Introduction OF a care
car service, enabling the company to util-
ize for running the time heretofore con-
sumed by taking meals at dining stations
The Queen & Crescent fast trains will be
put on tomorrow ana Will make twenty
four-hour schedule, as against twenty-sev-
en- or more by routes from other Ohio-riVer
gateways. This, in connection with the
convenient hours of departure and arrival,
and the fact that these limited trains are
noted for keeping to schedule, promises to
fill Cincinnati with tourists en- route South
will depart from Cincinnati every morning
at $50 and reach New Orleans and jack
sonville at the same hour next day.
The Toledo, St. Louis g. Kansas City
edIIl0u Ill 4NONcHlDSi @Aots eleo lAilot
1875 in November, 1896, a decrease this
year of 81, 444.SS. Receiver Peirce in speak
ing of the matter said the decrease was due
wholly to scarcity Of cars to move the
business. He states that there are now over
four hundred carloads of freight at East
St Louis to be transferred to r., ST. l.. &
X. C. cars as soon as they can be furnished.
Last year neaFyrsNsEx- w estern road had
plenty of cars and would allow them 10 go
east Of ST. Louis but this year they will
not having more business than they can
handle when they have all their equipment
on their own roads.