The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-18

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Personal, Local and General Notes.
NJ. e. Ingalls, president of the Big Four,
is expected home from the East to-day
The station on the Wabash known as
Evansville will hereafter be known as Lake
ton.
A. Pierce has been appointed agent of the
F. Riley, resigned.
e. 0. Mccormick, passenger traffic man
ager or the Big Four lines, is expected home
from his bridal trip to-day.
Commencing next Sunday passenger and
freight engine crews of the Wabash will
change at Peru instead of Andrews.
Charles S. Fee. general passenger agent of
the Northern Pacific, is making trip over
the Central Traffic Association territory.
Within the last ten days five engineers
and four firemen on the Chicago & Eastern
illinois have been dropped for different
causes.
The general opinion is that S. H. H.
Clarke. now in New York, will return west
as the president Of the reorganized Union
Pacific.
The Indiana & Illinois Southern is proving
valuable feeder to the Illinois Central
which has been quite liberal in furnishing
cars to this road
Charles Merrill, general Western passen-
ger agent of the New York Central, is in
the city. He is making a trip over the ter
ritory assigned TO him.
General Superintendent Gill, of the Ches-
apeake & Ohio, came West on his private
car yesterday to bury his daughter at
Winamac, Ind, his former home.
Frank Thomson. president of the Pennsyl-
vania lines, who, with others, has been
hunting on the Indianapolis & Vincennes
yesterday reached Philadelphia on their re-
turn.
]. H. Dury. paymaster on the Panhandle,
is this month making his round in a car
which has Just been through the shops,
remodeled and made handsome and con-
venient.
When the yard improvements now in
progress at Brightwood are completed the
track capacity will be increased so per cent,
making them the most extensive yards on
the system.
The Toledo, ST. Louis e. Kansas City
earned in the second week of November
$50 1850, an increase over the corresponding
week of 1896 of $2,O5636 Since July the in
crease is $46131.
j. G. Hart, agent of the Peoria & Eastern
at New Ross has been dropped, although
an excellent agent. on account of color
blindness. and Miss leila Mccoy was yes
terday appointed agent.
c.. z. Schaff, general manager of the Big
Four, in company with Chief Engineer Kit
land division of the Big Four, and to-day
will go over the st. Louis division.
With the completion of the Mobile & Ohio
to Montgomery, which will be done within
making Savannah the nearest Atlantic port
to Kansas City and the graneries of the
West.
Four elevators. ranging in capacity from
$1,000 to 1900 bushels, have just been COM
pleted on the western division of the Peoria
& Eastern, one at lakewood, one at Muncie,
another at fremont, and a fourth at EN-
pire-all in Illinois.
Train H. on the Wabash, east bound, now
makes close connection with the Lake Erie
& Western at Peru for Indianapolis. and
in case the Wabash train is late the Lake
Erie & Western train is held ten minutes
for the passengers off of the Wabash.
The limited mail over the Panhandle, on
Monday, on its fast schedule, made up
Indianapolis. The twenty-one miles from
Greenfield to Indianapolis were covered in
nineteen minutes. The train consisted of
eight heavy cars.
Yesterday there were fifty carloads of
salt standing at Benton Harbor to come
south over the Big Four. The car ferry
south on Monday night, and all along the
line of the Michigan division there is a
great demand for cars to move the bust
ness.
Railway has made under the present man
agement 1t has the most perfect road, 1t is
claimed, of any Southern road and by the
construction of ten miles of new road it
has become the shortest route by seventy
four miles operated between Savannah and
Montgomery.
export went forward over the Bee-line
division of the Big Four, to-day three more
will be shipped, and next week four carloads
more shipped from Texas. These are horses
carried in the Vanderbilt line palace horse
cars and are hauled on the passenger ex-
press trains.
Vice President Brooks, of the Pennsyl-
vania Company yesterday delivered an ad-
dress before the students of Purdue on
PROBLEMS in the Management of Railway
Systems" A number OF railroad men from
here went to Lafayette to listen to the adj
dress and look over the mechanical depart
ment at the university.
Consul Wiesike, at Managua, informs the
State Department at Washington that the
Nicaraguan government has determined to
send commission abroad to sell or lease
the national railroads. He advised the COM
mission to visit the United States first, and
suggests that American capitalists might
find this good opportunity to make an in
vestment.
With the disappearance of the yellow
fever in the Southern States which were
afflicted with it passenger and freight rep
resentativeS of Southern lines are coming
north in considerable numbers and are
looking after securing their share of the
delayed business on account of the cpl
demic. A number of Indianapolis manu-
facturers were affected by the quarantine
but will now be able to ship their goods.
The Alton road yesterday announced that
the month of November will show earnings
in the freight department largely in excess
of the month Of November in 1886 The in
crease in the business is mainly in west
bound merchandise. The Alton is at present
handling two hundred cars per day of this
business. Inc burlington ana the ALcnlSOn
are also doing a very heavy west-bound
business, as are, in fact, all of the Western
and Northwestern roads.
A time war between the roads doing bust
ness between Cincinnati and Chicago is
among the possibilities. 1t is stated that
the Pennsylvania Company has under con-
temptation the shortening of the time of
one of it's fast trains between those cities
in both directions. The Pennsylvania people
claim that they can make the run in six
hours If forced to do so. 1t is likely. how
ever. that the misunderstanding will be adj
justed and all will make common time be-
tween the points named.
Much disappointment is expressed in rail-
road circles at the failure of the board of
control of the Joint Traffic Association to
take up the rate situation at its meeting in
New York Reports from st. Louis state
that eaSt-bound freight rates are so badly
cut as to endanger the agreement between
roads. A special meeting of railroad presi-
dents and managers may be held to consider
the matter. 1t was also thought that the
in the matter of reducing fares on fast
trains between New York and Chicago. It's
failure to do SO leaves the situation I'M
changed.
The International Association of Coupon
Ticket Agents in session at Cincinnati yes
terday selected Detroit for the annual meet
ing next September. The officers are:
Charles c. Benson, president Lewiston,
Me-; Charles Van Camper, Rochester,
Mimi; L. n. Block, Buffalo, and j. A. Rob
bins. Chicago, vice presidents; c. G. Cad
Ramsey. treasurer. Philadelphia; John Paul.
auditor, London, Canada; executive com
mittee John B. tSoodhill, Beaumont, Tex;
w. +. Hambright. Lancaster. Pa; S. I.