The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-29

| TOdG also met ana reelected all the Old
officers. Both lines are leased to the Penn
| sylvania Railroad Company.
On July / the offices of secretary and
| treasurer of the Norwich Sc Worcester,
| located at Norwich Conn, viii be abol-
tshed and the business transferred TO the
Boston offices of the New England Railroad
Company.
Woodman S. Eaton, general freight agent
Of the Maine Central on Friday handed his
resignation to the directors. TO become eff
fective July l. and the directors have Sc
| lected as his successor d. C. Prescott. as
sistant general freight agent of the Boston
& Maine.
Colonel william Shaw, who represents
the Chicago, Burlington q Quincy in this
of cars with the 20" the special Chris
tan Endeavor trains are. scheduled TO make
the run from ST Louis to Denver in
twenty-seven hours.
Notice was given yesterday by the Union
Pacific and the Rock Island roads that they
Great Western road from Missouri river
points to st. Paul for basing rates in con-
nection with business from transmissouri
river points to St Paul.
A call has been issued for a meeting of
the executive committee of the Western
Passenger Association to be held in Chi
present that anything save matters relat-
ing to the working of the mileage bureau
will come before the meeting.
The Cincinnati Hamilton & Dayton's Z
present arrangement makes close connec-
lions at Hamilton with the fast train for
Toledo and Detroit, and the c., II. 81 ID.
people are considering seriously the putting
on of through sleeper from Indianapolis
to Detroit.
The total income from operation of the
$292, 965, a decrease of $50, S95 from the same
month of last year. The total net income
Of the road from operation for the eleven
months ended May 81 was $5,6l2,076 an in
crease Of $8S5,5S6 over the same period OF
the preceding fiscal year.
The Union Pacific Railway has receded
from the position it assumed at the time
of it's withdrawal from the Western Pas
Senger Association and announces that it
will join with other Western lines and as
sist them in all possible ways to redeem the
cheap tickets on the market and will main
tain rates at the agreed schedule.
r. H. Soule, superintendent of motive
power Of the Norfolk & Western, and II. A.
ellis, division master mechanic at the
Roanoke shops, have rendered their resig-
nations owing, it is stated, to friction be-
tween them and General Manager j. N.
Barr, and it is stated that six more officials
in shops of that company will resign
The official figures show that on Sunday,
in the forenoon, eighty-one extra coaches
carrying Sunday excursionists We're hand
led at the Union Station train Sheds most
of them crowded, and between $50 p. m.
and p. m. seventy-nine extra coaches were
handled. But few persons are aware what
number of people the low rate Sunday ex-
cursion trains are carrying.
It is stated that eX-General Manager
Campbell of the Baltimore e. Ohio lines,
will bring suit against the receivers of that
road for 900 back salary and has en-
ployed some eminent lawyers to bring the
case The case will be an important one
from the fact that it will settle the ques-
ton whether receivers can be made to pay
salaries of officials which were earned be-
fore their appointment.
A report was current in New York rail-
road circles yesterday to the effect that
Edwin Winter, who recently resigned from
the presidency of the Northern Pacific,
would be placed at the head of one Of the
Northwestern lines out of Chicago. The
line referred to was said to be the Chicago,
Milwaukee G. St. Paul. and 1t was alleged
that President Miller, whose health has
been impaired would shortly resign. The
report has not been confirmed.
Messrs. McCrea Malott and Osborn, who
at the last meeting of the Union Railway
mittee to confer with the officials of the
Cincinnati, Hamilton Dayton as to a
compromise of the Cincinnati, Hamilton &c
Dayton suit pending against the Union
Railway Company on account of the Vr-
ginia-avenue Viaduct, expect to get to-
gether within the next ten days, at which
time it is hoped amicable settlement
may be reached.
Great combinations are still being faith
cred, it is stated by competitors of the
Pennsylvania road to secure a shorter line
between Pittsburg and Philadelphia. The
present distance is 354 miles, and it is stated
that a line from PittSburg to PHILADELPHIA
could he constructed With no heavier
grades that would be but 300 miles in
length. The Pennsylvania Midland, now in
the hands of a receiver, is figured in the
combination, and, as is usually the case
when any parallel of the Pennsylvania is
spoken Of the Yanderbilts are said to be
behind the project.
Passenger agents have been advised by
the Pullman Company that they have
reached their limit, and every car they own
has been engaged and taken for Christian
EndeaYor business. a. D. Perry district
passenger agent of the Chicago & Alton
was advised yesterday that the Denver q
Rio Grande will have 127 special trains, and
the chances are that many specials will be
waiting in line at Denver to go forward as
fast as locomotives can be had. Many pas
sengers are now arranging to go over the
Union Pacific from Denver via Cheyenne
and Ogden the Denver & Rio Grande being
swamped. The Chicago & Alton will have
fourteen special trains of Christian En-
deaVor people, in addition to their regular
train service.
gentleman who frequently makes trips
over the Chesapeake 81 Ohio says he thinks
on any road in the country In
the last eight or ten years he has been
going over the road he has never heard
a disioyal expression on the part of an en-
ploye nor a complaint against the officials
of the road, and to hear the men talk one
would think they We're among the largest
success, and feel responsibility
in bringing about such a success.
They talk of President ingalls, as being the
him Harry Fuller, the general passenger
agent and this in a great measure ac-
counts for the regularity with which the
trains on the road are run and the great eX-
emption from accident On one division
there are thirteen passenger conductors, all
natives of Virginia, who have risen from
brakeman to be passenger conductors, and
the train crews are made up largely of the
of the VirpiniaS.