The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-21

straight Chicago to Kansas city ticket to
a scalper at cut rate.
In Cleveland railway circles d belief pre-
of the Lake Shore. will be elected to the
presidency of the Nickel-plate.
Ali-rail rates on -four and grain products
from st. Paul and Minneapolis TO New
York WILL on Sept. l. be advanced cents
per 100 pounds on present tariff.
The Pennsylvania lines east of Pittsburg
are short of power, and as the Western
lines are getting all their engines in service
they cannot borrow from the latter
Superintendent Galloy, of the Wyoming
division Of the Union Pacific, will, after
Sept. !, make his headquarters at Ogden.
as viii I. A. Davies, master mechanic OF
that division
1t is stated that George r. Blanchard,
chairman Of the Joint Traffic Association,
expects to have the joint weighing and in
spectton bureaus under the control of the
board OF managers after Oct. !.
The traffic interests of the Chicago, Rock
Island q Pacific and the Chicago, Milwau-
kee q st. Paul are becoming so closely allied
as to excite comment and create conSidera-
bic uneasiness among competing lines.
The presidents of the Eastern roads have
ordered the rate on corn from Chicago 10
pounds, effective Sept. 6. During lake navi-
cation this rate is generally down to 10
cents
The Vandalia is placing electric warning
louisville and other points, such as are
used between Hamilton and Cincinnati at
number of points ON the Cincinnati, Ham
ilton 81 Dayton.
Wabash will be shown in General Manager
Ramsey's annual report to have been Y
per cent. higher the last year than in 1895,
and 10 per cent higher than in any year in
the history of the road.
Local travel on the Michigan division of
the Big -Four is up to the good-times vol,
ulne, and on no division of the line IS local
travel heavier than on this, which, passen-
ger officials say, means a decided improve
ment in times in the gas belt territory
The first two weeks of this month the
$84,lz7 more than in the corresponding two
weeks Of 1896, and since Jan. l shows an in
crease of $92,SS2. This is a result Of its
getting into Galveston to handle export
business.
]. B. Eckman, district inspector, yester-
day returned from East St. Louis, where
fishing local joint weighing and inspec-
tiCn bureau. He left it in fine working or
der, with w. L. Plowman, late with the
Vandalia, as inspector.
Chief Engineer Hall, of the Monon, was
in the city yesterday with his assistants
and located the new yard office in the
northern part of the city and the new
passenger depot to be erected near by The
company is expecting to stop it's accommO-
dalton trains at the new depot.
The Monon is handling large quantities of
lumber, north-bound, for car works and
other manufactures and shipments of pig
iron to northern points, and Bedford stone
are taxing the road to it's capacity. But,
with all this, the management shows de-
termination to take good care of local busi-
ness.
B. F. Sipp, superintendent of the White
water division of the Big Four, is elated
that business has so improved on this di-
vision He accepted the position when the
dull times struck the railroads and he now
feels that an opportunity is offered to show
what can be done on this line under his SUI
pervision.
Business has improved to such an extent
with the Indianapolis lines that the several
arrangements will doubtless next month,
set aside larger appropriations for shops.
The largest shops of the PennsylVan1a
Company in the West are at Columbus, O.
The largest shops of the Big Four are at
Brightwood
Indianapolis & Vincennes, operated by the
Pennsylvania Company, has been visiting
different points on the system as the chair
man of one of the committees appointed 10
look after the further economizng on the
Pennsylvania lines. He is expected home
this evening.
A Philadelphia syndicate has taken hold
of the Ohio River & Charleston road, and
contemplateS making some extensions This
was formerly the Charleston, Cincinnati q
Chicago road, and was to be a through line
via Camden, S. c., Marion, N c., &Sincin-
natl and Indianapolis to Chicago. The pres
ident of the road at one time resided in
luuldudpOllS.
The roads of the Central Passenger Asso-
citation have passed a resolution to the effect
that hereafter all business from Mobile,
New Orleans and the Southwest south of
the main line of the Missouri Pacific be-
tween Kansas City and St. Louis to Putin
Bay must be routed via Toledo and not via
Detroit The reason for the resolution is
that routing of the business via Detroit is
wholly unnecessary and causes a scalp of
the tickets in that city
The William II. Lytle Post, No. AZ, G. A.
r., Of Cincinnati, is making extensive prep
arations for attending the Buffalo encamp-
ment The post will attend the encamp-
ment two hundred strong, with first-class
drum corps, and each member will be dec
GRATED with a badge, bearing the inscrip
ton, Cincinnati in 1881 They intend to
go via the c., II. & D., through Canada,
passing Niagara Falls on their way, and
promise their members and friends a most
enjoy able time, both at Buffalo and Mag
ara Falls
The official report to j. @. Van Wrinkle,
general superintendent of the Big -Four
lines, shows that on Sunday sixteen special
trains were handled on the system, carry
ing S042 passengers. Tomorrow this road
will one special train into Indianapolis
from Elkhart and Goshen, one from Louis
vile, another from Springfield, O., over the
Peoria & Eastern, and a train to Cincinnati
from Indianapolis. On Monday its G.. A. r.
business to Buffalo will begin. Already ten
special trains have been ordered, and all
the regular trains will haul extra coaches
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