The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-01
PersonaI. Local and General Notes.


Personal, Local and General Notes.
The railways observed Decoration day by
closing the freight depots all day ana lhe
ticket offices outside at noon.
The Big Four and the Chicago, Burling-
ton & Quincy have been selected as the
official route for the Christian EndeaVof
people OF this State, Ohio and ILLINOIS 10 the
Pacific coast.
w. w. Richardson, the new district pas
Senger agent of the pennsylvania llIeS,
was at his post yesterday 70 assume t the
duties of the office. He Will retain the
same clerical force that Mr.. rockwell EN-
ployed.
j. NJ Claggett, formerly car service sup
eEintendent of the Indiana, bloomington *
Western, now general agent Oh the MA
dephia & Reading, with headquarIfiri5 IA; at
Buffalo, has been in the city FlsltlHS
friends for a day or two
The stockholders of the Boston & Maine
speak in very complimentary terms OF what
George Evans has accomplished SlICe
elected general manager OF the pIope dlSi
Mr. Evans was for some years 9eiled q; a.
manager of the Louisville, Evansville d 81.
Louis.
The st. Louis, Alton & Terre Haute will
to-day commence redeemng its June l;
1898, first mortgage bonds ana tePIh 1dot
twenty-year gold bonds, dated June 1921;
by paying the holders OF these poidus al
accrued interest ana 500 Tor every @loV leP-
resented.
The Middle & East Tennessee Railroad,
eleven miles long, extending from ttosdiild
on the Chesapeake q NashVlHe Ioau ~
Huntsville, was sold under decree Oh Soul !
yesterday at Gallatin, Ienn Jpsepn *
Brothers, of Cincinnati, being the pul-
chasers at $4,000 cash.
of which F. A. w. Davis, of this city, Is
president, will hold its annual meeting III
Denver this year, and the chicago, b hqI :
lington & Quincy VIII Lu .ibich will nnmber
some 200, leaving Chicago on the evening
| of June D.
The Chicago, Burlington 4 quincy IS pc
| coming much more aggressive loT puslH !tI
| At such points as Indianapolis, Louisville,
! Cincinnati Columbus, Plttspufg' Det I;C,l
and Cleveland. The company Is spehulLS
| more money in advertising its INES as pas
| sengers routes and it's freight representa-
! tives are looking much more closely aIIer
business in the territory named.
Never in the history of the N3noai ID I haS
| tic freight business been handed on 50 10"
| q baeis as a result of purchasing the large
! freight engines, which Will ha91 IoIty
! loaded cars from indianapolis 70 - +II1pin
! in less than twelve hours Wltnout tioIo
! vyentv-twO to tWenty-fOur cars WERE cotl
! sidered good loads for the lighter freignI
! engines which have been IN use III III Ai0
years.
The new freight depots which the Fan
| handle has inst completed at Columbus, ",
! consist of two parallel freight houses, eeCcii
632 feet long and l40 feet apart arr vide de the
| delivery freight house tWenty-nlhe 1eSt
| Wide. with two brick head houses; one
of which is thirtyye te ee W Teet nv w twenty
| nine feet the latter for the yardmaster
office. It,,
The Pennsylvania will to-day Degtn using ism :
! tie now, bridge crossing the SuSQuehdHlld
10 GnIT,n,bia pa. 1t is $500 feet long, ana
| GOO tons of iron was used IN us co Co Blu ~
| tion At the time of the invasion oI I'm iIr
| s1tIvania bv the Confederate army Woouea =
| $780, of tUenty-seven spans was destroyed
| IN prevent the Confederates crossiI5 ell Ia
river at that point 4at tr,,n - which is
| with another wooden structure, "HlOAA "
| now replaced by an iron structure
rro-dav. Patrick Foley. who sweeps IS; Ihf
sidewalks of the Big Four city lrei Sas
station on Delaware saqyice of the the com
been IN fortI the Se! Years, he entering
Pc tba service as platform man IN l9oi III
| the LdIaS "a On North street, before the
rnad between Cincinnati ana LalaySS -, %e,
consolidated, and during tnae PEI az FOR any
| not lost day through lines; S 10
| ntber cause unless it was Monday
some of the Northwestern llnes-Etn1 me M
sum Q Northwestern and the chicago
| Burlington & Quincy, pelllS SO chean ex-
| hers have ordered that no more Gnea dcpr CT of
oeIs;; ne he r11n. so great is the danger OF
accidents and loss of life ana IIll ny Ol 49,
| aTcnrsions. The Chicago d NorthW 1i tl II II
exc bittar dose in this direction eighteen
| months ago on it's Elkhorn q Ml97Gul !
| River division Ii is stated tnao is FOR ner-
| naoriv $3.50 600 to pay the damages loI pei
| eonal iniuEies on that excursion Calli'
rba receivers of the Baltimore d emo
will This week ask authority from tne coui -
! ~ ise,1e $3.50 600 additional receivers ceitliI-
Gates to be lien on the gIosS co, M .
| aS,,,'a,1ts NOT to exceed $200,OOO year; me
| money is needed to pay Tor tlIS fV tSoaoia
| Of steel rails purchased from the la , MS
| S+aei Comnany. 1t is stated that the p %'I',
holders will give the proposltlon d a.
legal battle when me te ePp now Outstanding
| The receivers certlhcate53 n a9 INN hearing
| amount to Sl0,0oZUVV,' Hlooe Va
| 6 per cent. interest
| Daniel Donough, general ticket aBent+ d. d.
the Union Station, says Ifei ,dionanoIis
| ticket office in the city OF 1huldla ~ =; e
| nlbere they are selling tickets az "a S4 ~
WIZ eUce1t at the Union Station once.
H. saws the outside offices are mani IlIs
ataS either through abuse or the llllieeSo
tooIrs exchange tickets or other HIeIi !. -
"a he is confident that were lhe ou.-5- ,i y
! offices to maintain tarll I.t'eo passenger
In NO cause for complaint OF pas seoaig2ts
w At the Union station the Iece ed.,.
60 the sale of tickets at run rates 49, 49,
Loi ~ very favorably with those ol P0S !
1H,aars for the reason that uckeIs "i0 0-'
tariff. ii, o,+er the
Inc 1coInnetitor for business to Pnlta-
1e i,G RaItirore Boston and other ne"
4 Ielpinnd noints The Joint Trafhc ASso .a
4iaI managers recommend the autL4 (b In@
49, of rail and ocean rates, lhcluuilS L. q
oioI Grain PRODUCTS and marine insui @ No
on sldT1 nst mississippi river points VIA ID.
from EaS Nyews va. to New York proper
NeWpo, s,,aI difference to Philadelphl3 pa
lWICn Us Boston and Providence, II, H.
nrnner3 effective on legal noLce' az ,,,odifed
uns ~ ~ Of the rates referred TO Is ~
The eIlecl u ond ocean rates with all-rall
o1d rail and lake routes
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