The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-01

The Lake Shore is preparing plans for
five hundred box cars, and will soon ask for
bids for construction.
b. +. Horner, general passenger agent of
the Nickel-plate, has published Autograph
map of Alaska in six colors.
The Ohio Falls car works have secured
the contract to build ten cabooses for the
Pittsburg, Bessemer q Lake Erie.
The Monon like the Cincinnati, Hamilton
& Dayton, will continue to honor short line
mileage between Chicago, Indianapolis,
Cincinnati and Dayton.
1t is stated that the Big Four. on Dec. s.
will ask for bids for one thousand more box
cars, and that the Ohio Falls car works
will be among the bidders.
l.. f. Loree, general manager of the Penn
sylvania lines west of Pittsburg will on
Dec 8 sail for Europe, to be absent two
months His wife will accompany him.
The official report shows that the net
earnings of the Wabash for October were
$113,265 in excess of those of October 1885,
which is certainly creditable to the man
agement.
The ticket receivers of the Pennsylvania
lines at this point state that the passenger
business of the Pennsylvania lines for Oc-
tober was fully 20 per cent. in excess of No
vember, 1895.
L. s. Allen who for many years repre-
scented the baltimore & Ohio at Chicago as
passenger agent, has been appointed gen.
eral agent of the Seaboard Airline at
Washington, d. &.
c. o. Stimson, who was offered the posi-
ton of assistant general freight, agent OF
the Chesapeake 81 Ohio, has decided not to
accept, but will remain with the Big -Four
at an increased salary.
William Quinn, for several years yard
master of the Big Four, now superintendent
OF the Cairo division of the Big Four, with
his wife, will on Dec. l celebrate the TWEEN
ty-ffth anniversary of their marriage.
The employees of the Panhandle lines will
meet on Thursday night at the corner or
Washington and State streets to elect Off
GERS for the Railway Mems Social club. All
railroad men are invited to be present.
Grin McCarty son of o. p. McCarty, gen.
erai passenger agent of the B. & o. S. w,
to-day succeeds Clark Adams as assistant
ticket agent of the Baltimore & Ohio South
western at the company's office at Cincln-
natl.
John Rauch, son of c. F. Rauch, of Lo-
gansport who has been engaged for some
time past in making county maps, has ac-
cepted a good position on the Cleveland q
Pittsburg road, in the engineering depart
ment.
Thirty-nine years ago yesterday the first
train over the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne q
Chicago entered Chicago, and Henry Jones,
who ran the engine hauling the train, is
low running regularly between Fort Wayne
and Chicago.
Traffic over the Michigan division of the
Big Four. in connection with the boats at
Benton Harbor requires that Superinten-
dent Blizzard spend much of his time at
Benton Harbor to keep matters moving
with dispatch.
The Wagner Palace Sleeping Car Com
pany has been awarded the contract to OPP
crate the dining-car system or the Lake re
Shore road. The equipment is owned by
the road and for several years past has
been operated by ii.
1t is stated that a movement is on foot
which will make q more direct me De
tween Cleveland and Indianapolis than any
now operated, the Cleveland, Lorain q
Wheeling and the Cincinnati, Hamilton q
Dayton connecting their lines via Lima Q.
O. l. Brown formerly chief train dis
oh Of InOianAnOlig
Panhandle. now chief train dispatcher or
the Pittsburg division, on Saturday. with
his wife celebrated the twenty-siXth ami
versary of their marriage. They have a
pleasant home at Grafton. near Pittsburg.
President John Gardiner. of Norwalk, O.,
ard Vice President J. Q. Moss were yester-
day appointed receivers for the Sandusky,
Mansfield & Norwalk Railroad, branch of
the Baltimore & Ohio. The motion for re-
ceivers was made by the principal owners
and is claimed to be friendly proceeding
The net earnings of the Burlington sys-
tenn for the month of October were 81, 141
Goa. an increase of S1293l3 over the same
month of the preceding year. The net
earnings Of the months from July to Oct.
were So 269 1856. an increase of 81 222 034 over
the same period of the preceding fiscal
year.
by the Lake Shore announcing that the por-
ton of it's line between Dundee, Mich, and
the west line of the company's right of way
of the Detroit branch, at Chandler. had
been sold, and that the Detroit, Lima 81
Northern would be in control of it after
Dec. /.
The conductors of the eastern division of
the Baltimore & Ohio, of the Lehigh Val
lev and those of the Staten Island Rapid
Transit roaS have formed lodge of the
Order of Railway Conductors, TO be known
as the Liberty Isle Division, No 3S4. As
slstant Grand Chief Watkins was present
and installed its officers
meeting of the general passenger
agents and the accounting officers of the
roads of the Western Passenger Associa-
ton was held in Chicago yesterday for the
purpose of arranging methods of account
ing for the handling of the returns from
the sale of the interchangeable mileage
tickets Nothing but routine matters were
before the meeting
Commencing to-day two train crews of
the Indianapolis division of the Panhandle
| and two of the Little Miami division will
] run Trains and 20. east-bound. and 5 and
a. west-bound, between Indianapolis and