The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-15

e. J. Smith, late a train dispatcher on
the Chicago & Eastern Illinois, has ac-
cepted similar position on the Great
Northern.
the New York Stock Exchange to list $127,-
900 Of its preferred stock issued since the
reorganization.
The Wabash at its own shops is vestibul-
ing a number of its parlor cars and day
coaches to increase the vestibule train
service on its lines.
AS soon as the Illinois Central secures
control Of the Ohio Valley road it will build
an extension Of seventy miles, which will
give it line into Nashville.
Benjamin Smith, who for twenty years
was agent of the Baltimore & Ohio at Cam
den, is dead. The deceased was retired but
few months ago on pension.
d. B. Lewis was yesterday appointed
Northwestern passenger agent of the Mo-
non and the Cincinnati, Hamilton q Day
ton, with headquarters at Chicago.
Frank Reed general passenger agent of
the Monon, spent yesterday IN the city. lie
talks very encouragingly Of the outlook for
passenger business the next few months.
The Wabash has become q member of the
Buffalo Railway Passenger Association and
will have the right to place its issue of
tickets on sale at the Union ticket office.
The Lake Shore has established through
passenger service to jamestown, going from
Dunkirk to jamestown over the Dunkirk &
Allegheny Valley and the jamestown q
Lake Erie.
Charles E. Wood, who for twenty years
has been connected with the Erie at Mag
ara Falls, has been appointed outside pas
senger man of the Wabash, with headquar-
tiers at Suspension Bridge.
The New York Central has seven hundred
men at work on full time at its shops in
improves the company will increase the
force and build new equipment.
C. c. Walton, travelling passenger agent
of the Central Railway of Georgia, has re-
signed and accepted the position of city
ticket agent of the Ocean Steamship Com
pany, with headquarters at New York.
c. E. Schaff, general manager, and j. @.
Van Wrinkle, general superintendent of the
Big Four lines, are taking advantage of the
cooler weather to make inspection trip
over the lines. Last night they were in
Cleveland.
The decree of the United States Court
ordering the sale of the Wabash main line
between Toledo and New Haven, Ind, I'M
less James Compton'S claim of $780, 900 is
paid by. July e. was entered on Tuesday
at Toledo.
The Pittsburg division of the Baltimore
& Ohio lines is said to be doing a heavier
business than any other division OF the
system. Daily on this division 1900 to 1900
cars are loaded with freight originating on
that division.
There is the best of authority for stating
that the Big Four has not a dollar of stock
in the new car ferry line, but will of course
be friendly with it in traffic matters. Ben
ton Harbor has become very important
terminal for the Big Four.
The Baltimore & Ohio has just completed
at Henderson's wharf, Baltimore, fire
proof six-story tobacco warehouse at cost
of $l50000 1t has four electric elevators
and is equipped with modern machinery for
handling this class of business
From a gentleman just returned from
Pittsburg it is learned that John w. Rem
ner controller of the Pennsylvania Com
pany, is to be promoted to third vice presi-
dent and that Albert McEleVey, assistant,
will be promoted to controller.
The Rio Grande Western earned in the
first week of July $S1, ITO, against $59, 800 in
3d., 500 in the first week of July, 1895 Evil
IDENTIFY the Christian EndeaVor business
swelled the earnings of that road
The committee on stock list of the New
the certificate of deposit for the first-mort-
gage bonds of the Indiana, Decatur &
Springfield be stricken from the list all the
certificates having been surrendered.
The transportation departments of many
of the Western lines have issued orders
to agents instructing them to load grain
poets are excellent that there will be a
scarcity of grain cars inside month.
One of the new locomotives of the Monon
on Tuesday made fine speed record, haul
including three Pullman sleeperS, we'll filled
with Baptist Young Peoples Union traV-
elerS en- route from the Northwest to Chat
tanooga.
j. B. Thomas, trainmaster of the Lake
Erie q Western, has caused to be posted
at points on the line notices warning train
employees from waving handkerchief and
flirting with women along the line or with
passengers on the train. He says the prac
tice must be discontinued.
Now that the business is over, ticket
agents in this part of the country are feel
ing sore that the Western and transconti-
mental lines, which carried the Christian
Endeavor people, did not, instead of giving
so many passes to the leaders of the or
ganization, pay ticket agents commissions.
On July &c the heads of the departments
of the Big -Four Railroad system will meet
at Plank Tavern. at ST. Joe. for their
ular monthly conference. DR.. j. II. Ford,
chief surgeon of the Big Four, will attend,
and after the meeting will go to Bay View.
Mich from ST. Joe, for a few weeks rest
and recuperation.
The Pennsylvania. lines west have hun
dreds of carloads of coal standing on side
tracks which they will hold in readiness
to move to any point on the system where
needed, should the strike continue any
length of time On the Panhandle, between
Grafton and Roslyn Station, over three
hundred carloads of coal are side-tracked.
Three to four hundred cars day are be-
ing transferred from the Big -Four line to
the Chesapeake & Ohio to be loaded at
mines the G. g. O. with coal to provide
against a coal famine. George ingalls,,
superintendent of the coal traffic depart
ment of the Chesapeake q OhIo, says send
along all the cars YOU can get and they
will be loaded promptly"
The new passenger depot of the Detroit
q Lima Northern at Lima opened for
business on Monday, and J. c. Burch has
been appointed tiSk ct agent The e, b Lake
removed their ticket offices to the build
ing and Mr. Burch is the joint agent. Mr..
Burch has been ticket agent of the Lake
Erie & Western at Lima sixteen years.
d. G.. Edwards, passenger traffic manager
of the Cincinnati, Hamilton d Dayton, yes
terday sent out the following circular to
all agents Of the company Commencing
on July IL you will limit all mileage tickets
which you sell to expire Dec. 81, 1897 1t is
expected that the new Central Passenger
Association form of Interchangeable mile
age ticket will go on sale and take the
place of our present form of mileage tickets
on Aug L..
Work has begun toward securing the con-
struction of a railroad from Greenvile, o.,
to Richmond, Ind, via Bakers Store, Pal
estine, Hollandsburg and Glen Karn in
Ohio and Bethel and Whitewater in Indi-
ana At Palestine, Monday night, meet
ing was held and q free right of way
through the township voted. Another meet
ing was announced for Hollandsburg last
night The name of the line is to be the
Cincinnati, Richmond & Greenville Rail-
road.
The passenger business of the Chesapeake
& Ohio of late has been highly fiattering.
The Atlantic City excursion was the best
and largest in numbers of any ever run by
the company. The New York connections
of the Chesapeake * Ohio by steamer, in
connection with the Old Dominion line, will
be improved by a new and faster vessel,
the Princess Anne, and the transatlantic
business via the Newport News-Liverpool
line of freight steamers has been phenom-
email from the day the service was inaugu-
rated.
railroad attorney of prominence, in
speaking of the manner the receiVership
Of the Monon was conducted under w. Fl.
McDoel its brevity and the success of the