The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-24

been able to discover In whose interest the
stock is purchased.
District Passenger Agent Turner. with
headquarters at indianapolis, states that II
four years ne has been in this terri
tory the business of the Northern Pacific
from this point last week was the largest OF
any week in that period.
C. G. Waldo, general manager, r. b
Turner, general superintendent, and c. a
Wilson, chief engineer, of the Cincinnati
Hamilton q Dayton line, will be in the city
today TO take some steps regarding the
building of a new city freight depot.
Ticket Agent Medsker, of the Massachu-
setts-avenue station, states that his receipts
from sales Of tickets last month were Is
per cent. in excess of those of August, 1896,
and he thinks the receipts of the present
month will be 20 per cent. larger than in
September 1896
General Manager Schaff, General Superin-
tendent Van Wrinkle, Superintendent of Mo-
tive Power Garstang and Chief Engineer
Kittredge all of the Big Four, yesterday in
spected the Michigan division and shops al
Wabash, and will to-day inspect the St
Louis division and shops at Nation.
There is considerable rivalry at present
between the Pennsylvania and the Big
-Four lines in the matter of time made with
dressed-meat and livestock trains, and a
speed is almost daily attained which TWEEN
ty-five years ago was called fast time fol
passenger trains over the Panhandle and the
Bee-line.
M T.. Ingalls, enforces on the Chesapeake
q ONO the same IDEAS as on the big tOuf
as to running trains on time. Mr.. Ingalls,
says he wants a man to know at what ex-
act hour he can reach his destination and
feel confident that the Big Four or the
Chesapeake & Ohio will accomplish such an
end.
The Big Four has pleased the merchants
on the Michigan division by putting on a
merchandise train leaving Indianapolis in
the evening, delivering goods at way sta
tions loaded during the day and the mer-
chants the whole length of the line now get
ting the goods bought the day before at In
annapolis early IN the morning.
All roads in the Central Passenger Com
nittee have been notified by Commissioner
Donald to cancel all homeSeekers eXcur-
Ohio river and east of the Mississippi river
after Oct. 10. AS soon as regulations can be
made for the control of this business notice
will be given the roads that they are at
liberty to resume the running of the eX-
cursions.
The Monon has for several months had
train running each way which has made
the run between Indianapolis and Chicago
in four hours and forty-five minutes, and
the fast trains have, according to the num-
Der run, been late fewer times in arriving
uled trains, although all the trains have
made an excellent record the last few
months. When the improvements now in
progress are completed the record will be
more favorable, if possible.
A map of the Pennsylvania system,
mounted for placing on a wall, has been is
sued by the passenger department of the
lines west of Pittsburg. 1t shows the differ
ent lines under control of the Pennsylvania
Railroad. The most effective part of the
map is its border which is filled with illus
trationS of scenes on the company's lines.
The map is mounted on rollers, and is as
effective when unrolled as the most expen,
Siyely framed maps, and costs but a small
sum as compared with the latter.
The Queen & Crescent has % pas
senger locomotives, 6S freight locomo-
tives and Is switching engines-l0S en-
gineS in all, the average age OF which is
ten years and ten months. Its passenger
equipment consists of sixty-two cars, of an
average age of ten years and six months,
and 3,Sl9 freight cars of all descriptions.
The roadbed of the Queen & Crescent is
far superior to the equipment in every re-
spect much of it being laid with heavy steel
rail, thickly crosstied and we'll ballasted,
and its signal system for moving trains is
not excelled.
An equalization of passenger fares to At
lantic and st. Lawrence ports in connection
with transatlantic first and second-class
cabin business, has been established by the
managers of the Joint Traffic Association.
The managers have disapproved of the rec
concentration of the Central Passenger As
ISOLATION that a special rate be made for
the international convention of the Broth
erhood of St. Andrew at Buffalo, Oct. l3.
A set of rules governing the carriage of at
tendants accompanying horses transported
by express companies or of the passenger
trains by railway companies. has just been
formulated by the managers.
The American Society of Railroad Super
intendents, which has been in session at
Nashville for two days discussing matters
pertaining 10 railroad management adj
journed yesterday after electing the fol-
lowing officers President, G. B. Price, of
Dunn. Of Russellville, KY. second vice
president, G.. r. Brown, of Corning, n. Y.
secretary, c. A. Hammond, of Asbury Park
n. j.; treasurer, r. Nj. Suily, of Petersburg,
of Syracuse, n. Y. A. H. Smith, of Youngs-
town Q. Some amendments to the consti-
tuition and bylaws were adopted.
The Baltimore Sun is authority for the
statement that probably the Oldest station
agent in the country in point of service is
James A. Gary the postmaster general of
the United States. He was appointed agent
at Alberton, Howard county, Maryland, on
the b. & O. Railroad. some forty-four years
ago, and his name still appears on the pay
roll of the company. The two next oldest
3. & o. agents are said TO be Captain Chas.
w. Harvey at Ellicott City, Md, and John
w. Howser at Relay. They have each been
in the service thirty-four years. The b. &
o. has also, in actual service, passenger
conductor. Captain Harry Green. who has
run trains between Baltimore and Cumber-
land for forty-SeVen years.
In making a test of the mileage on the
St. Louis market Commissioner Donald, of
the Central Passenger Association, has CIV
Ell the Wabash high commentator, for in
his report of tests on Wabash trains, he
says that operative of the association was
unable TO buy mileage ticket of Wabash
issue from brokers' He adds that nothing
was developed by the test and he was
pleased to state that operative reports that
the comparison made in each instance on
the train was a very careful one and that
conductors appeared to be lining up 10 the
spirit and letter of his instructions in re-
stricting the use of old forms of mileage
tickets to original purchasers. AS the Wa
bash has been charged with doing some
crooked work, this statement has the more
weight.
The Interstate-commerce Commission be
gan work at Chicago yesterday with hear
ing of the old case preferred by the Ameri-
can Warehouse Commission against the
railroads. charging them with placing goods
in warehouses for a longer period thar
forty-eight hours. Freight Agent Brown
of the Burlington road was the first wit
ness, He said that his company stored
goods in warehouses, but made extra
charge. Other witnesses gave similar testi
mony. Chairman Morrison then announced
that as all the witnesses were admitting the
charges of Warehousing and as none of the
railroads seemed disposed to deny the
charge it was a waste of time in takns
further testimony and the attorneys agree.
ing to submit briefs to the commission il
argument for and against the right of the
railroad companies TO grant free storage
an adjournment was taken to Saturday
morning.
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