The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-25

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Wilder, resigned, to take service with the
B. & o.
j. z. Truner, district passenger agent of
the Northern Pacific at this point, was
called to Milford, o., yesterday, 10 the sup
posed deathbed of his father, who is eighty
one years of age,
VIM. 5. Wheeler, for several years pas
senger and ticket agent of the Lehigh VAL
ley at Buffalo, has been appointed travelling
passenger agent, his territory including In
diana Ohio and Michigan.
Leroy Trice, superintendent of the Texas
& Pacific will succeed T. NJ Campbell as
general manager of the Northern Pacific.
In the near future a number of official
changes are said to be quite probable.
The Black Diamond express, on the Lee
high Valley road on Friday ran from Sayre
running time. Without deducting time for
stops the III miles was run in $50 minutes.
S. NJ. Provost third vice president of the
Pennsylvania, has been elected a director
of the Fourth-street National Bank Phila-
delphia, succeeding r. j. e. Walker who
has gone abroad to remain for some time.
Col. J. r. Shaler. formerly superintendent
of the JeffersonVille, Madison & Indian
apolis, is now general manager of the Pana-
ma road. b. f. Beckam, cashier and pay
master of the company, is visiting friends in
southern Indiana.
Train O. over the Pennsylvania lines,
which leaves Indianapolis at 1885 p. m, at
Xenia connects with sleeping car run
ming through to Cleveland. Passengers on
other without leaving the train, and arrive
in Cleveland al 4:30 a. m.
The Chicago, Burlington & Quincys new
Vestibule trains running between Chicago
and Kansas City are attracting a good deal
of attention. The train is vestibuled from
the engine to the rear car of the train and
finished in an elaborate manner, both on
its exterior and its interior.
AS the reduction of rates on provisions
from Chicago east to meet the lake rates
would necessitate reduction on provision
slf1sa Aaii he
freight officials have decided TO make no
reduction, but an effort will be made TO
bring about an advance in lake rates.
The Fitchburg road will this week declare
preferred stock, and President Marcy says
it has been earned Since w. d. Ewing,
general superintendent, introduced western
methods of operating roads on the HooSac
Tunnel line net earnings have been Steadlly
improving.
Were the Joint Traffic Associations rul-
ings concerning extra fare on faSt trans
enforced the Erie and the NickelLplate
would not be affected as the Nickel-pIate 5
time is two minutes longer than the twenty
eight-hour limit and the Erie's time ten
minutes longer which entities them to the
81 differential.
Anderson now stands first in the amount
of business done at any way station on tne
Big -Four system, and Muncie comes close
to Anderson in it's shipments, ana bldS 1alr
this month to exceed those or Anderson;
On Thursday the Muncie glass WORKS called
Saturday thirty and yesterday twenty, ana
business is but fairly setting in
Should the Wabash lose its hold on the
Eel River road through the litigation now
in progress and a receiver be appointed and
the road sold, some lively competition IN
the bidding is looked for, as the big Brlce
syndicate would like to secure control OF 1t
and the Lake Shore people want IT, with
the intention, should they secure 1t, of eX-
tending the Fayette branch to Logansport.
With the additional steamships arranged
for by President ingalls,, of the Big -Four
and the chesapeake & Ohio. the export
business via Newport News will be con-
siderably increased. The new steamships
will run between Newport News and Liver
pool. The dock facilities at Newport News
will when the rebuilding is completed be
much more commodiouus and conveniently
arranged than were those burned.
Under the schedule which takes effect on
the New York Central May 80 there will be
two Neutrality-suspicious. limited trains each
way between New York and Chicago, and
the road will then have six hrst-ClaSS trains
daily each way between New York and Chi
cago, including the Southwestern limited
and the Knickerbocker, over the Big -Four.
Sleeping cars will be hauled on these fast
trains between Cleveland and New York.
Chicago is to be the gathering point of the
master mechanics and master car builders
when they start to their annual convention
next month at Old Point Comfort, and al
ready four sleeping cars have been engaged.
The train goes over the Big Four and the
Chesapeake & Ohio and VIII leave chicago
sleeping car will be added to accommodate
those who are going from this immediate
territory.
A special meeting of the Western Pas
senger Association has been called for at
Chicago for Thursday next. Its ob1c is
to adopt rules and regulations for the GOV
ernment Of the business Of the association IL,
and to hear the report of the committee
on the results of its efforts to secure adj
ditional members. 1t is believed the COM
mittee will be able to report that the
Union Pacific and the Denver q Rio
Grande have become members.
With the taking effect of the spring
schedule Train 20, over the Vandalia and
the Pennsylvania lines, between ST. Louis
and New York. had been on twelve years
and Train q eleven years. In speaking of
this yesterday general passenger agent
said that they were the best known pas
senger trains crossing this country, and one
reason was that the time of the trains has
seldom been changed-the leaving time
never-although the run is now made three
hours quicker than when the trans were
first put on.