The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-15

Vania roads proper are, by Poor s Manual,
shown to have earned in round sums in
the year ending June 80 1896, $4,000 900 more
than did the New York Central, the Lake
Shore the Michigan Central, the West
Shore, the Nickel-plate, the Big -Four and
the Chesapeake & Ohio combined. Pros
porous times cuts no figure in the matter,
as when business us Is UP to its normal con
good chance with the Pennsylvania to
profit by such prosperity.
Personal, Local and General Notes.
The board of managers of the Union
Railway Company will hold it's regular
monthly meeting to-day.
The Minneapolis & ST. Louis is securing
the right of way for an extension of its
line from ogden to Des Moines Ia.
j. J. Turner, vice president and general
manager OF the Vandalia lines, is in the
city looking after some private matters in
which he Is interested.
j M. ]. Roche has been appointed North
western passenger, agent of the Rio Grande
Western. He was formerly connected with
the Chicago & Northwestern.
1t is stated that on the Michigan division
of the Big Four passenger earnings have
improved since business revived in the gas
belt territory fully 70 per cent
Newell Petite, formerly travelling passen-
ger agent Of the Michigan Central, has as
sunled the duties of excursion agent of the
Union Pacific, with headquarters at Omaha.
Last night the Chicago brokers were
quoting $3S rate to New York, with a re-
bate of S23, making the fare between Chi
cago and New York SIS. Boston is 81 higher.
President Ingalls, has bought thirty-one
miles cf new steel rails, eighty pounds to
the yard, six of which are already in the
main line between Cincinnati and Indian
apolis
The fruit and vegetable trains over the
lines between Louisville and Chicago on
the Monon and Pennsylvania are making
faster time of late than do the fast pas
senger trains.
The Pennsylvania lines west now have
more train crews in service than at any
time in the last six months, SO much has
business improved, but it is still consider
ably below its maximum.
The Pennsylvania has issued in pamphlet
form printed matter, with illustrations, set
ting forth the advantages in establishing
their new Twenty hirdstreet Terry at New
York and their new cab service.
superintendent Graves, of the Indiana.
Decatur & Western, states that there is a
large acreage of corn planted along their
line in this State and Illinois, and that it
is of good color and very promising.
j. l. Smelling has been appointed division
superintendent of the Boston d Albany,
has held several important railway posi-
tons, and was in the line of promotion
The second mortgage bondholders of the
Peoria, Decatur & Evansville have organ
lied for mutual protection and have APP
pointed ]. B. Westbrook, Marcus Mayer
and Frank Russack a committee to look
after the matter.
The Western lines are preparing for a
large Christian EndeaVor business The
Rio Grande Western already has contracts
to run twenty-one special trains, end it is
expected the Pacific coast lines will be
taxed to their utmost.
1t is stated that the Pullman company is
starting up its passenger coach building de-
partment ana has orders to build some
three hundred coaches The works are now
running about two-thirds their capacity,
but with each week adding more men.
Arrangements have been made by the
Northwestern, Union Pacific and the South
ern Pacific by which daily through tour
list car service is made between Chicago and
Portland, Ore. The service is via Saora-
mento and thence over the Shasta route to
Portland.
Travel to the centennial exposition at
Nashville has not as yet been up to ex-
pectations from Northern States, but it is
believed the visit of the President to the
exposition will give new interest and the
passenger men anticipate an Improvement
from this on
The Pennsylvania lines were the last to
engage in the Sunday excursion business,
Sunday their special train for Lake Max
inkuckee carried 351 csioniSts, their
Cincinnati train 1916 and the train from
Louisville brought in 52S.
Receiver Cowen and General Manager
Green, of the Baltimore & Ohio were hand
somely entertained on Friday at Wheeling,
w. Va, by the Chamber of Commerce of
that city. Their special mission there was
to take up the question of building a now
passenger station at that city.
A Pullman official who saw the vestibuled
Dayton, which had just been overhauIed
and repaired at the shops of the Indiana,
Decatur & Western, said that the Pullman
Company could not have improved on the
work. The train runs between Cincinnati
and Detroit.
o. p. McCarty, assistant general passen-
ger agent of the Southern Pacific, was in
the city yesterday, leaving in the evening
('inninna IN N IA u
Agent Morss, who is still unable to attend
to his usual duties. Mr.. MeCarty will re-
turn tomorrow and remain at indianapolis
most of the week.
In the spring the Indiana, Decatur K
Western management purch ed SO, 600 cross
ties and ten miles of new steel Forty
rails and the new steel will arrive next
month and be put in the track at once.
One hundred miles of the road is now well
ballasted with gravel ballast.
1t is stated that never in the history of
the Illinois Central has it handled in the
fruit and early vegetable season SO large
quantities and shipped It SO great distances
packing have made it possible to ship such
distances and keep the fruits and vegeta-
bles in a sound and fresh condition.
On Friday night Engineer Winslow
hauled Train 49, consisting of five cars,
from Indianapolis to Cincinnati over the
Big Four in two hours and thirteen min
utes, stops at ShelbyVille and GreenSburg
of six minutes to be deducted, making this
the fastest run ever made by a regular
train between the two cities; distance ITO
miles.
The board of managers of the Joint Traf-
fic Association has disapproved the applica-
ton of the Baltimore d Ohio Railroad for
differential fares of $3.50 flrst-class, and $14
second class, from Washington, d. c., to
Chicago via the Baltimore & Ohio South
western Railway Cincinnati and Monon
route. Special fares have beer. fixed for
the international convention of the Ep-
worth League to be held at Toronto, Ont,
July 1918.
The directors of the Lake Shore Railroad
met yesterday and declared the regular
semi-annual dividend of per cent. The
following semi-annual dividends were also
declared: Michigan Central, per cent,
and Canada Southern. per cent. A quar-
terly dividend on New York Central of 1
per cent. was also declared. The quarterly
dividend on Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago
& st. Louis preferred stock of IL per cent.
was passed.
The running of the freight as well as the
passenger locomotives over the Nandalia
between Indianapolis and ST Louis is prov
ing fully as satisfactory in it's results as
expected and will become a permanent ar
better acquainted with the plan, are MAX
ing no objections to it. The best features
about the arrangement are that there is
economy in the use of coal and less time
is taken in stops than when there are
three changes in locomotives between In
dianapolis and St. Louis
The Burglar Says He Is ParmeIe.
The man arrested June and charged
on Sunday with the theft of the carpet from
the Fourth PRESBYTERIAN Church claims