The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-03


The Chicago & Eastern Illinois will build
a branch track from Danyille, Ill., to the
grounds selected for the Soldiers Home
site
1t is stated that the New York Centrars
gross and net earnings for August viii be
the largest of any month in the history
of the road
In August e0,101 pieces of baggage were
handled at the Union Station, against 81, o3l
pieces in August, 1896; increase this year,
7,470 pieces.
1t is intimated that the Monon will issue
a mileage ticket for $25 per LOGO miles, good
for any member of family or for any
member of business houses,
The Monon on Monday sold twenty-one
tickets at Lafayette to the woman suf-
fIagists, who go to Nashville Tenn, TO at
tend the national convention.
The Erie has put on a fast freight to
make the run between Chicago ana New
York fourteen hours quicker, than any OF
its freights are now scheduled.
Murat, son of S. T.. Blizzard superintend-
ent Of the Michigan division of the Big
Four, will, on Sept: a. be married to Miss
Marie Rohbocke, Of Wabash, Ind.
The estimated gross earnings of the en-
tire system of the Rock Island road for the
month of August, 1887, are 81, 733, 765, an in
crease compared with last year of 1913, $40.
That o. d. Ashley, president of the Wa
bash lines, will enter the board of directors
of the Ontario & Western is exciting much
comment and speculation as to its meaning.
The position of superintendent Of trans
pOFtdLlOn on the columbus, OdnuuSky "
Hooking has been abolished and c. L. Gard
ner will hereafter have the title of train
master.
The Pennsylvania Company's shops at
Fort Wayne are building two hundred box
cars, and will, when they are completed,
build twenty-five dairy-product cars OF
new pattern.
The Ohio Southern management is at
tempting to make passenger line of 1t as
well as coal road, and is now running
three trains each way daily between Spring
field and Jackson.
D. B. Martin, traffic manager of the Bal
timore d Ohio, has sent out notices to con-
nections that there is another forged mile
age book in circulation, calling for trans
portation over the B. & o. lines.
The Pennsylvania lines in the month of
August handled a their indianapolis freight
depots 42,317006 pounds of freight, repre-
senting 4,1S4 cars very handsome increase
over July of this year and over August OF
last year.
The fact that the earnings of the Pullman
and Wagner cars show such a handsome
Increase for Augustine increase with the
Pullman being $l25,000 over August 1S96--iS
taken as evidence that the times have
greatly improved.
Chief Engineer Hall, of the Monon, was in
the city yesterday looking after improve
ments in progress at their outer yards,
where joint passenger depot and telegraph
office are being built and a number of other
improvements are well under way
The Erie road claims to have done an
enormous business for the encampment of
the G. A. r. at Buffalo, General Passenger
Agent Robert announcing to his assistants
that the road carried 81 2l3 passengers with
out the slightest injury to any of them
A p. Maginnis has been appointed claim
agent, S. c. Annable car-service suDerin>
tendent and Andrew Smith superintendent
of telegraph Of the Santa Fe Pacific under
General Superintendent A G. Wells, all to
have their headquarters at Los Angeles.
4. B. Taylor general superintendent of
transportation of the Pennsylvania lines
K1-aG FROM VII dlxy
Mr.. Watts superintendent of the Pitts
burg, Fort Wayne & Chicago. is still
abroad and his health is much improved.
The Burlington, Atchisor, Northwestern
and other interested lines have met the rate
of the Rock Island for the convention of
letter carriers at San Francisco. 1t is not
likely that there will be any decentralization
over the rates, as the business is very
light.
A number of engineers on the Michigan
division Of the Big Four will receive for
SIG. 1t is no unusual thing for engineers
on the main line to make that sum, but
seldom do engineers on the Michigan di-
vision do so well.
On Sunday Engine 100 on the st. Louis d.
vision of the Big Four hauled train No.
IL from NATION TO Granite City, 12S miles,
in l2l minutes, making three stops. De-
Quoting the time taken Tor stops, the speed
of the train the entire distance was more
than mile minute. ~
c. A. Boyden goes to, Pittsburg to repre-
sent the Chicago. Milwaukee & st. Paul,
with title Of commercial agent, and w. w.
Hall to Cleveland with the same title.
William Fang has been appointed travelling
passenger agent. Mr.. Yang has for some
time been with General Traffic Manager
Bird.
Beginning to-day the Wabash shops of
the Big Four will begin running ten hours
a day. For the last two months the shops
have been in operation only nine hours,
and previous to that only eight hours. 1t is
believed the longer hours will be perma-
Af7N hun 1fsn1s nd F1NtN0 2
fected.
Receiver Murray, OF the Baltimore &
Ohio, has, after considering the matter with
General Manager Green, decided to divioe
the management of the transportation de-
partment of the main line and branches into
two parts, the same as has been done III
the management of the freight and passen~
ger departments.
Receiver Jarvis has given an order to put
the entire passenger and freight equipment
of the Louisville, Evansville q st. Louis
in the best condition, and at the shops in
Princeton, IN some departments, the men
are working overtime. The receiver is hav-
ing built at the shops two dining and parlor
combination cars and two day coaches.
A steamship line from the Gulf to the
principal points of Central America and
the West Indies is to be put in operation by
the Kansas City. Pittsburg q Gulf Rail-
road. Robert Gillian, general manager of
that road is now arranging for the steam
ers and within thirty or sixty days, it is
said, the new line will be doing business.
president of the New York, New Haven &
Hartford, assumed the duties of president
of the Northern Pacific. President Clark,
of the former road, regretted much to lose
the services of Vice President Melen. He
states that no successor will be elected
until the directors meet again, some time
the present month.
In the retirement of NJ r. Cutter as di-
vision superintendent of the Baltimore IL
Ohio the road has lost one who ranks among
the most capable transportation men in the
country. He probably retires for the rea-
sistant general superintendent, with head
quarters at PittSburg, which was a great
surprise to Mr.. Gutter and those who know
his ability as a transportation man. 1t IS
intimated that Mr.. Cutter may go to the
Chesapeake & Ohio
ISOLATION have decided to grant q rate of
one and one-third fare for the round trip
for those who desire to attend the meeting
of the Merchants Association in St. Paul
next week One of the association lines in
terested in the traffic to St. Paul and Min
to make the rate of one and one-third as
some of the outside lines would certainly
put the rate that low, and the chairman
and the executive committee have granted
the request.
w II. Brown, chief engineer of the PENN
day returned from a six weeks trip
through California, Colorado and other
Western States. Mr.. Brown has been chief
engineer of the Pennsylvania Railroad
since the early seventies, and has planned
all the great changes In grade and align
main line since that date. During the civil
war he was Colonel SCOTS engineer in
charge Of the military railroads in Virginia,
and many G. A. K. men will remember the