The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-01

agent of the Wisconsin Central lines. Mr..
Talbot Is a nephew Of the late Bishop Tai
bot, OF Indiana, and began his railroad
service on the Terre Haute & Indianapolis.
c Z. Sehaff, general manager of the Big
tour ines, was in the city yesterday en-
route from Chicago to his headquarters.
lie says the company is handling 4,500 to
AGO loaded cars a day, and this is a healthy
year.
John Bastable, who ten days ago was APP
pointed general passenger agent of the
Lima Northern, has resigned. Develop
ments in his business in the West made it
necessary for him to give it immediate at
%{ention, and to-day he will start for Okla
homa.
G. A. Cartwright. who on Jan. 1 was made
division freight agent of the Baltimore q
Ohio at Columbus, to-day goes to P~ittsburg
as assistant general freight agent or the
b. & O.. and will be associated with /. r.:
Brockenborough, general freight agent OF
the B. & O. Western lines.
Three gravel trains are at work on the
Chicago division of the Big Four between
kankakee and Cincinnati, distributing
about two hundred carloads. of gravel bal
is engaged in taking out depressions in the
track and raising the track through low
places.
The Wabash reports for March; Gross
earnings, 1885,, 437: decrease, S65,926: Operat-
ing expenses, 1912, 091; decrease, u $3.50. Net
earnings, 1923, 535; increase, l2,S69, FROM
July l.: Gross earnings, $6,t6S Ala; decrease
9liI1t'JlJ. OA]GI dIlilE CABGliSCos Fo,utofvDof "
crease, $870,271. Net earnings, $2,694,4I6; de-
crease, $244, GAS.
For the year 1896 the average cost of run
ninG passenger trains over the Chicago y
Alton was 70 cents per train mile; in 1880 1t
was "a cents; in 1894, 70 cents. General Pas
niger Agent Charlton says: In good times
and normal conditions a fair average cost
for each passenger train would be at least
80 cents per train mile.
c.. II. Hudson, division superintendent of
the. Baltimore d Ohio southwestern VINO
to-day becomes superintendent of the
terminal of the road at Cincinnati, Is placed
there to see if freight cannot be moved
more promptly through Cincinnati, the BAL.
timore q Ohio people complaining that the
delay has been too great.
A. M. Shroyer, superintendent of tele-
graph of the Pennsylvania lines west, was
at WinOna on Thursday and arranged 10
establish a telegraph office on the assembly
grounds. The work Of equipping the office
will be done by the Pennsylvania Company,
but 1T will be conducted by the western
Union Telegraph Company.
In the suit against the southern Paclnc
Company in the Franklin Cky.) Circuit
Court for 1885,, coo fines and forfe1tures for
failure to report for ~aXation It's iran
chiSe the attorneys agreed to submit the
case on demurrer to Judge Cantrlll. Inc
judge is too sick to sit and 1t will be ten
days or two weeks before a decision can
be expected.
M. c. Bristol, superintendent of construc-
ton of the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany, died yesterday at Chicago. Construc-
llOn work was uQQef MS charge lIOuI west
Of the Alleghenies to the Pacific coast and
he had been with the company from It's be-
ginning. He was at the head of the work;
He had a brother who is assistant general
superintendent of construction for the COM
pany.
Since Feb. l there have, not been forty
eight hours in which there was not q fail
of rain. and during this entire 4peff6G the
railways Of Indiana and Illinois BunerSd
in their business, as farmers were unable
to get TO the way stations with produce.
G1roh rno1o DC tho panria Decatur x HV-
ansville, the Lake Erie 81 Western CWeStern
division) and the Indiana, Decatur q West
ern have suffered most.
In Wall street yesterday the impression
prevailed that Daniel S. Lamont would be
elected president of the Northern Pacit1c
Railroad Company in a short time. This
tain interests are working to that end, 1t
was at first thought that Mr.. Winterss
successor would not be named for some
time, but the e~xigencieS of the situation are
said to be such that a new president will
be elected with as little delay as possible.
T. c. Purdy, vice president and general
manager of the Missouri, Kansas q Texas
Railway, has resigned because of i'll health,
and A. A. Allen. late assistant general
manager, has been appointed to the position
vacated by Mr.. Purdy. Official notice of
general offices of the Missouri. Kansas d
Texas. The order goes into effect at once.
The office of assistant general manager,
heretofore held by Mr.. Allen, is abolished.
liz Lbs GONL - AAcAhiAA G. ANN AN1Clo
with freight trains. On Wednesday night
twenty-four carloads of cattle for export
were hauled from to Indianap-
oils, las miles, in four hours and twenty
five minutes, stops to be deducted, and on
the same night thirty carloads of dressed
meats were hauled by one of the large new
reigh engines from Bellefontaine to Lynn
dale, 1876 miles, in the unprecedented time of
238 minutes. Deducting stops. and delays,
the average speed of the dressed meat
train was thirty-four miles al hour.
Representatives of the Western roads met
in Chicago. yesterday for the purpose of
considering arrangements for the business
San Fran cisco. There were several things
on which the Western roads had settled to
which the Southern Pacific objected, and
the Western roads will alter their own
arrangements a. far as possible in order to
accede to the wishes Of the Southern Pa
cihc, which will handle all of the business
at the terminus. The meeting was of a
nature, and up to a late hour
in the afternoon no actioa was taken.
1t has been decided that the old Chicago
Association will continue. For a
time after the PRONUNCIATION of the Supreme
Court decision it was thought that the Or
gar ization, would be compelled to go out of
business, but the legal lights Of the roads
interested have said that it can so on, and
it will continue its work as heretofore. 1t
was thought that the issue Of rate sheets,
which has been the province of the asso-
citation, Would pass into the hands of the
Western Passenger Association. but that
organization will now have nothing to do
with the rate SneSlS, ana the railway dSSO-
will be continued in the same
old way. It's annual meeting will be held
to-day and officers elected for the ensu-
ing year.
Yesterday was the day when, according
to the agreement of the Western roads,
all payment of excessive commissions
should cease. The roads accordingly sent
out to all of their agents notice that under
circumstances were they to pay more
than the authorized rate of commissions
after yesterday. just what rate of com
will be adopted in the future is
somewhat indefinite, but the opinion is gem
eral hat the old commission schedule of
the Western Passenger Association will be
in force, but no definite arrangement to this
effect has been made. Some of the general
passenger agents are of the opinion that an
entirely new schedule of commissions must
be. arranged before the payment of any
commissions is allowed.
THE SUNDAY-SCHOOL LESSON.
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