The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-29

citation. and nearly every Sunday is called
somewhere to address the railroad branch
of some one of the Young Mems Christian
Associations
the Panhandle for 81. sos for refusing to
honor on its train a Lake Erie & Western
ticket from Indianapolis to Upton. mrs.
League was on her way home from In
dianapols, where she had been receiving
medical treatment.
The stockholders of the supposed defunct
Cincinnati Bluffton & Chicago road have
been asked to attend a meeting at Chicago
tomorrow to authorize. it is stated, the
borrowing of money to perfect the plans
for the immediate construction of the road
from Union City to Huntington,
M. f. Ingalls, president of the Big Four.
has gone to Hot Springs, an architect of
Cincinnati accompanying him. Mr.. ingalls,
spends fully one-half the year at Hot
Springs, and has decided to erect a fine
summer residence on beautiful grounds he
owns at that pleasure resort.
A passenger official who has just returned
from the Northwest safes that railroad
100000 travellers will pass through Seattle
next spring on their way TO the klondike
gold fields. Already Seattle has a decided
boom, and it is stated that there is not a
vacant house in that city.
The Wabash is getting in several miles
a week OF its new nihety-pound-to-the
pleted between Andrews and Wabash New
steel has been distributed far west as
Kellars. If the weather will permit the
company will get sixty miles of this heavy
rail in its track before Jan. /.
The Pittsburg coke and coal companies
are pleased with the steel cars. and it is
predicted that 10000 or more will be built
within year for individual companies,
withfa capacity for carrying 100, coo pounds.
1tzfs stated that cars of that capacity can
be built for less money than the ordinary
DoX car OF $4,000 pounds capacity.
The Panhandle management has ordered
tor oil oierI,f
fifty ears or over between Pittsburg and
Denlson shall employ third brakeman.
since the companys equipment, to so large
an extent, is provided with air brakes it
has not deemed it necessary to have over
two brakeman on its ordinary freight
trains.
The Big Four lines proper handled at
Indianapolis last week 9,775 loaded cars. an
increase over year ago of 1902. The
largest increase over last years business is
on the ST. Louis division of the Big Four,
1T last week handling at this point ten
more cars than did the Decline division,
something which has not occurred in many
years, If ever before.
Calvin S. Brice and other Eastern finan-
clerS nave taken an interest in some roads
in New England, and will build road from
Calias to Franklin via Eastport and
Machias. When completed it will greatly
shorten the distance between New York
Boston and the provinces. 1t is proposed
TO erect mammoth elevator at PASSPORT
to draw some of the export grain traffic
lIOu
s. H. II. Clark. receiver of the Union
Paclflc. who has just returned West from
New York, when questioned as to the re-
port that he was to be president of the re-
organized Union Pacific Company, an
swered that he was not at liberty to saw
what is to be done, further than that the
last payment, $15,000,000, will be made Dec
.. and the property soon after will be
turned over to its owners
E. B. Thomas, president of the Erie, de-
a 10 nf into
changeable mileage agreement. This was
expected by those who know the Erie. d.
one of the few general passenger agents
who is empowered to act in all matters
pertaining to his department without con-
Sulting his superiors, President Thomas
looking upon him as being an official who
can safely be entrusted with such power.
The trains which haul the Boston sleep
ing car between st, Louis and Boston in
both directions are scheduled the entire
distance at average speed of forty-ive
miles an hour The Knickerbocker, on
winch the Boston car is hauled east be-
tween st. Louis and Cleveland is even
faster than forty-five miles an hour and
coming west the Southwestern limited on
winch the Boston car west-bound is hauled
from Albany, makes equally fast time with
the east-bound train.
The Lake Erie & Western is taking stems
70 derive more revenue from it's passenger
trafhc, among other things abolishing the
pIactlce OF making special rates to parties
all statements to the contrary there is not
an Indianapolis line which comes nearer
TO carrying It's passenger traffic on business
methods than does the Lake Erie & West
ern, It's annual statements showing that it
gets more money per mile for passengers
carried than does, any other indianapolis
road. rms is in some measure due to the
fact that so large per cent of it's bust
ness is carried on local rates.
The. annual meeting of the directors of
the chesapeake, Ohio & Southwestern Rail-
road Company was held in Louisville Sun
day and much important business was
transacted, among other things the officers
OF the company being elected. Hamilton
Fish, OF New York, was elected president,
and W X. Ray was elected vice president
J. +. Titus was chosen treasurer and c. f.
Krebs was made secretary. with headquar-
tiers at Chicago. Among other things that
We're done was the canceing of a So 900 900
mortgage, for which the bonds were to
have been issued. 1t was decided that the
road did not need the money. and as a
consequence, would not have to become en-
numbered with the mortgage. The affairs
of the road were reported to be in good
condition. with better prospects for the