The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-08

The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy will
circulate 100000 copies of its monthly publ
Der contains a description of a special in
spection train the expenses of which were
borne by the company.
A gentleman whose predictions are usual
ly quite correct says the Monon will have
control of the Chicago & Southeastern
within thirty days, and that within sixty
Muncie will be in progress.
The Commercial Travellers National
League will hold its first annual conven-
tion in Rochester, n. Y, on Sept. ID and a.
scalpers and try and defeat the aims of the
New York anti-scalping law.
The five hundred new cars the Erie, is
having built at the Michigan Peninsular
truck and pressed steel holsters, and II Is
claimed will be the best car made. They
will have $1,000 pounds capacity
Hunter c. Leake has succeeded NJ. r.
Central at New Orleans, 4 very responsible
position, which Mr.. Spellman has filled
since leaving the Indianapolis, Decatur 81
Western as its superintendent
1t is said that the Southern Pacific has
under contemplation the erection of an inn
mense elevator at New Orleans The Kan
sas City, Pittsburg & Gulf is turning large
quantities of grain over to the Southern
Pacific for export via New Orleans.
AS the Iowa Central begins the year with
a new president and eight new directors as
- " NitS
ter things are looked for under their di-
rection. OF late the road has been showing
some very handsome increases in earnings.
The annual convention of the National
Railway Master Blacksmiths' Association
opened in Chicago yesterday With an at
tendance OF one hundred M The sessions ION.
will continue three days The entire time
will be given to papers on technical sub
jects.
The Chesapeake & Ohio is making rapid
progress in rebuilding the piers and store
HCnSpS burned few months at New
port News. One of the piers is completed
and the material for the other is arriving.
Both piers are built fire proof as nearly as
possible.
The John Stevenson Car Company has
purchased fifteen acres at South Elizabeth,
N. j.. and will build a large car building
several hundred men. The Baltimore 81
Ohio is constructing a branch to the
grounds
The Kansas CITY Pittsburg G. Gulf will
give complimentary trip to the mer-
chants of Omaha, Kansas City and other
neighboring Western cities in order to work
up trade and famiiarize the merchants
with the possibilities of new business in
South America.
Local freight agents say that very seldom
is there so large tonnage of merchandise
loaded and unloaded over the platforms of
the city freight depOts as yesterday. Many
of the wholesale houses yesterday employed
extra teams in the afternoon to get their
goods to the depots.
The overhaulng that Oscar Murray, re-
ceiver, and practically at the head of the
Baltimore & Ohio is credited with having
given the management of the Baltimore IL
Ohio Southwestern is bearing good fruit
In August the road earned $575, 615 an in
crease over August, 1886, of $780, 400.
The opening of the route via Ogden is
proving very beneficial in a business way to
the Missouri Pacific, the Chicago, Burling-
ton & Quincy and the Santa Fe roads, giv-
ing them access TO the North Pacific terri
tory over the lines OF the Denver & Rio
Grande and the Rio Grande Western.
An idea of how heavy travel is may be
formed from the fact that yesterday Pam
handle Train turned over to the Vandalia
at indianapolis seventy-four passengers for
points west of here, and Train q, at noon,
had ffty-four passengers for the Vandaia.
For several days past West-bound through
business has been exceedinly heavy
Governor Ellerbe, of South Carolina
threatens to take steps by which the char
forfeited unless they stop bringing intoxi-
eating liquors into the State for the use of
original package houses. 1t is stated that
the railway homogeneous are not in the
least disturbed by the Governors threats.
Mrs. j. ID. Anderson, who has been tee-
graph operator on the Wabash for twenty
hive years, has resigned. She began work
in the master mechanics office at Toledo,
in 1872. In 1874 she was transferred to the
office at Huntington, Ind, where she has
been until the present time She will now
devote her time to- household duties, being
in very comfortable circumstances.
To-day at Colorado Springs the Colorado
Midland road will be sold at auction. The
probability is at present that it will be
bought in by the reorganizing committee,
although it is known that there are several
roads that are anxious to buy it for them
selves. 1t is not likely, however, that any
successful competition will be made to the
bids of the reorganization committee.
Some of the employees the Michigan
division are again agits,ting the question of
putting their pay back to that of 1892. 1T
is somewhat singular" says a Big Four
nan, that the men on this division are in
iafa
ring to pay time, etc. Still, some of the
engineers have made SITS a month of late,
and the other trainmen wages in proper
ton.
John Chesborough, general passenger
agent of the Baltimore & Ohio Southwest
ern, is quoted by a personal friend say
and he did not think he should send in
his resignation. In passenger circles the
opinion prevails that if there is any truth
succeed Mr.. Chesborough on the Baltimore
& Ohio southwestern, d. b. Martin, pas
senger traffic manager of the Baltimore &
Ohio, will be instrumental in bringing
about the change.
There is a row between some of the west
ern lines regarding circular that has been
sent out stating that the Atchison and
Great Western were chiefly instrumental in
getting the low rates for the excursions of
the Merchants Association to Chicago, and
asking the recipient of that circular to re-
member the fact in coming to Chicago
This circular has made some of the other
ROADS very warm, ana Iney assert lndI a
great injustice has been done them and
claim that they had as much share in
making the low rates as either of the two
roads which ii is claimed IN the circular
were chiefly instrumental in getting the
low rates through.
President ingalls,, of the Chesapeake e.
Ohio, in his annual statement, just made
public. shows a heavier trainload and
lower average ton-miie rate than any other
of the trunk lines, and there seems no
probability that this road will lose it's pre-
eminence in that respect. The Chesapeake
& Ohio trainload for the year ending June
80 was $50 tons ahead of any other record.
Since 1890 the company has improved its
trainload 115 tons or 80 per cent; from 225
to 352 tons in 1897 The increase over 1896 is
q tons. The Lake Shore. with it's light
grades, has an average trainload 30 tons
less than the Chesapeake & Ohio, though
the Lake Shores average is. of course.
much reduced by its large amount Of
branch traffic, while the Chesapeake &
Ohio probably has a much smaller proper
ton of miscellaneous freight, which does
not make such heavy carloads Below are
some of the heaviest trainloads reported:
Chesapeake & Ohio S52 tons; New York
Central & Hudson River, 26S tons; Great
Northern, 25e tons; Lake Shore & Michigan
Southern, 322 tons.