The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-14


In August there were handled on the
middle division of the Pennsylvania road
135. PIG cars, large increase over August
1856
The Lake Erie & Western earned in the
first week of September 81 969 an increase
over the corresponding week last year of
Sill.
If the weather is good on Thursday and
Friday the Indianapolis lines will be taxed
to their full capacity to bring in the visitors
to the state fair.
The Baltimore e. Ohio Southwestern
earned in the first week Of September $l4V-
767, an increase over the corresponding week
last year of $22,245.
l.. F. Sullivan, auditor of the Chesapeake
& Ohio, is visiting his brother, William Sui
livan commercial agent OF the Big -Four,
for a couple of days
/. G.. Rawn, general superintendent of the
Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern, was in the
city yesterday, last evening going to st.
Louis via the Big Four
The interest on the first mortgage bonds
of the Terre Haute & Indianapolis has al
ways been paid before and since V. I.
Malott was appointed receiver.
Yesterday the Missouri Pacific abandoned
the town Chamois, 100 miles east OF Seaa ana;
as division point, and its train crews will
now run through from St Louis to Sedal1a,
1S9 miles.
The Monon is using it's new freight sta
ton at Louisville. It is of the same dimen-
sions as the older depot The new depot is
used for outbound and the old for inbound
business
The Kansas City, Pittsburg & Gulf will
inaugurate its opening by running special
trains to Kansas City a a very low rate
to the carnival next month from all South
ern points on its line.
The annual home seekers excursion from
Missouri river points to Ohio will be run
to day. The Peoria & Eastern will have
two sections of coaches on it's day trains
TO accommodate this travel.
The Union Railway Company has under
dQFp m q q
the Union Station with better facilities for
furnishing water to its passenger equip
ment. The Improvement contemplated will
cost $500
The foremen at the city freight depots
state that they cannot name the time when
q larger tonnage of merchandise and man
ufactured goods has been handled than yes
terday. At all the depots the men worked
overtime.
0. P. McCarty, Eastern general passenger
agent of the Southern Pacific, left the city
for st. Louis last night. He says he will
assume the duties of general passenger
agent of the Baltimore & Ohio Southwest
ern on Oct. l.
The executive committee of the Peoria &
Pekin Union Railway will hold meeting
Schaff, of the Big Four and j. A. Barnard,
general manager of the Peoria & Eastern,
will be in attendance.
E. A. Williams, general passenger agent
of the ST. Louis, Chicago & St. Paul will
succeed w. ]. Mclean as general passenger
and ticket agent of the Chicago, st. Louis
e Peoria, a result of a consolidation or
offices of the two lines
M d. Woodford president of the Cincin-
natl, Hamilton & Dayton lines and OF the
Indiana, Decatur d Western, Will be West
again next week, when it is expected some
thing will be made known as to the future
of the properties Of which he is president.
The fast freights of the Baltimore & Ohio
Southwestern make the run from Cincin-
natl to Parkersburg two hundred miles, in
eight hours and four minutes. One of these
fast freights last week made the run from
ST. Louis to Cincinnati, $40 miles, in six
teen hours.
The Indianapolis & Vincennes will to-day
bring in the first shipment of the recent
purchase of Green county fat cattle for eX-
port to Liverpool. This morning 1t will
turn over to the Pennsylvania twenty-three
carloads, about one-third the number OF
carloads of these fine cattle that are to be
shipped.
1t is stated that an agent of the Russian
government has arrived in New York, and
will within a short time place an order for
20 200 freight cars. This is doubtless an eX-
aggerated statement. but, like many others,
has some basis of truth and doubtless sew
eral thousand cars will be built at car
works of this country.
J. @. Hicks, general yardmaster of the
Big Four says that in the tWenty-eight
years he has been with the Big -Four Com
pany he has never known such an active
demand for cars of all classes. There may
have been times, he says, when as many
rain cars were wanted, but never before
so many cars of all classes.
The friction between the Lake Erie &
Western and the Wabash seems to have
been removed. as the former. in connection
with the Wabash. will on Saturday night
run an excursion from Indianapolis to Chi
cago. The. direct lines are not much pleased
over this new combination, which 1t is
feared may lead to rate Generalization.
Seldom is the freight business of the
Vandalia as heavy in both directions as at
present. Last week the road brought into
Indianapolis /, 055 loaded cars and forwarded
west 097. The east-bound movement is
made up of grain, fruits, produce, transcon-
tinental line freights, dressed meats and
live stock and much of the west-bound bust
ness is of the higher class.
East-bound shipments from Chicago for
the week ending Sept. 10 amounted to 81, al
tons, compared with 69,91l tons last week.
and 81, sec tons for the corresponding week
last year. Shipments were divided as fol-
bash bash 5,4S6; l., S. & NJ. s.. 1867; p, Fit W.
& c., 6.536; p, G., G. & St. L., 8,566; b. q
o. 1897 927 g e. G. II Ar $685. Il a. Z G St
St. L., 273O. Lake shipments were l9S,O5O
tons.
E. Tremlett Carter, celebrated English
electrical engineer, recently inspected the
electrical department of the Baltimore &
Ohio at Baltimore, as the London Under
ground Railway has adopted the style of
motors that the Baltimore & Ohio uses in
Of his inspection, Mr.. Carter said that it
was the most complete and economically
nanQleQ plant he Ddu ever SSSil, anu tllell IlO
had never been in a tunnel that was so alb
solutely free from smoke.
1t is now beyond the time when there can
be any question as to whether the big rail-
roads of the country are making Satisfac-
tory earnings The time has come when
this being attested, is bound to have the
sequel of q more generous distribution of
profits among the security owners. The only
question now is when the great distribution
will be made, how much greater that dis
tribution shall be. In this connection it is
stated that the actual earnings gross OF the
Chicago. Burlington & Quincy show an in
crease over August, 1896, of 100000.
John G. Williams attorney of the Terre
Haute e. Indianapolis, has returned from
New York, where he went to seek a re-
hearing in the suit to foreclose and sell
the Michigan division of the VandaliSt be-
to appeal the case. This proves the cor
rectness of the statement that when the
test comes the Pennsylvania Company,
which owns the Terre Haute & Indian
apolis, will, if possible, prevent the sale or
at least postpone it until the Pennsylvania
Company can secure the Mich gan division.
Probably when the move is made to sell
the Terre Haute & Peoria the Pennsylvania
will not show much interest as 1t does
in retaining the Michigan division
A Milwaukee evening paper prints an
article which states that important changes
may occur at the annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Chicago, Milwaukee 81
st. Paul Railway next Saturday The ar
ticle says it would not surprise railroad
railroad men if, owing to i'll health Roswell
Miller should retire from the presidency of
the road In that event the belief is that
General Manager Earring will become pres
ident and A. c. Bird will succeed Mr..
Earring in his present position while Ed
Of the freight department. Mr.. Miller ex-
poets to reach Chicago during the present