The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-29


ductors on various lines, and have yet 10
find the first one who has taken up one OF
the Lake Shore 5,OVo-miie books on account
Of its being In wrong hands. J. for one, am
heartily not in favor OF d general rate or
cents per mile but am in favor of treating
the railroads fairly and in return receiving
fair treatment and mileage that is OF con-
venience to the men who visit from four to
eight towns per day. Give US by Jan; I the
photograph book GRIP CARRIER.
indianapolis, Oct. rs.
Personal, Local and General Notes.
J. E. Turner, district passenger agent of
the Northern Pacific, is so Ill as to confne
him at home.
George Bradbury, vice president of the L:
E. q w. and other Brice lines, is expected
in the city to-day
The Monon earned In the third week of
October $73075, increase over the CORE
spending week of 1896 of $3.50.
The present month the Big Four has
turned out of the shops at Indianapolis sew
en- locomotives thorough rebuilt.
The Pennsylvania Company has just
placed in its line between New York ana
Louisville several fine Pullman cars.
The passenger department of the Big Four
has advised ticket agents to exercise more
care in the taking up OF Interchangeable
mileage slips.
1t is stated that the lines in the inter-
changable- mileage agreement are about to
take steps to force the Menon to become
party thereto.
The western passenger ASSoclAliOAA Ids
not yet been able to scale down the large
commissions paid on the sale of tickets by
some of the lines
The Pennsylvania, both east and west,
now has every car in service that It is
safe to run, and could use to advantage
several thousand more.
The Big Four figures that its revenue
will be increased 100000 per annum because
of the adoption of the nonscalpable inter-
changeable mileage ticket
Tho TpdfapapoIiS e, NipcennpS is now do
ing the heaviest coal traffic since 1883. before
the discovery of gas IN this section, the
mines. on the line loading from lOV to llO
cars daily.
Charles Blackman, who represents the
passenger department of the Big -Four IN
New York and the New England states, IS
spending couple OF days with lIlehuS III
this city
The Santa Fe lines show half million in
crease in gross earnings in September over
the corresponding month last year ana the
net earnings increased more than In the
two preceding months taken together
Consul Read at Tien-Tsin, China, reports
to the State Department the arrival there
of twelve Baldwin locomotives for the Tle1-
Tsin-L ubouchiao (Peking) railroad extern
sion. Eight of the locomotives are OF the
mogul type
nection with the Toledo. ST. Louis & Kan
sas City has created quite a stir in pas
senger circles by announcing a $2.oO ROUND,
trip rate. Nov 6, between indianapolis ana
ST. Louis
The belief strengthens that Dec. ] will
be the date on which all excess fares on
fast trains will be wiped out, as II mas
made the differential question very an
moving one to the board of magnateS OF
the Joint Traffic Association
The Wabash in the third week in October
earned $53, $50 more than in the correspond
ing week of 1896; the Chesapeake & Ohio,
s21 POI more; the Evansville a. Terre Haute,
81 0s0 more; the Baltimore & Ohio South
western shows an increase of $l4SSS.
D. b. Martin, passenger traffic manager
of the Baltimore q Ohio Lines. denies tne
from the interchangeable mileage agreement
whatever the decision may be as to the Use
of the mileage in interterritorial business.
There are now nine ticket Scalping offices
in this city and Yesterday a friend of the
interchangeable mileage ticket made a pet
that by Jan. ]. 1898. there would pe put
three In speaking of this yesterday local
scalper said there should be but three with
the business now doing.
George Maxwell, who represents the Wa
bash in this territory, Yesterday received a
Crane asking him to forward any matter ne
had that should be placed On RECORD or
copies of any matter which would ana III
replacing the records burned at ST LOUIS
The presents that r. o. Mccormick, pas
senger traffic manager of the Big Four
and his bride received on the occasion OF
their marriage cost over $4,000 It IS stated;
T1ha bridal couple were the recipients or
presents from all parts of the country, there
being no more popular rallroad man IMAM
Mr.. Mccormick.
nrrs watkins Vaughn. of Selena, Ala,
on Tuesday turned the first shovel OF earth
in iraugurating construction work on tne
Atlanta & Alabama road, the contract cal-
ing for it's completion in eighteen months.
The road is fifty-five miles in length as
projected, and will be extended in the near
future.
1t is stated that the Cincinnati, Hamilton
& DAYTON has renewed it's efforts to effect
an exchange of property with the Big Four
whereby the c.. II. & ID. could secure q
portion of the old Bee-line GROUNDS on Sou q1l
The c.. TT & d. is now using the Old Bee
line freight depot
one of the best evidences that the weak
limos are obliged to shade passenger rates
10 set business is found in the annual state
ment of the Nickel-plate, which shows tnaf
the rate per passenger per mile IN the year
ending June 3d. 1897, was l.tO whlle me
receipts Of the Lake Shore per passenger
per mile carried the same twelve months
were 2.41 cents.
On Wednesday every business house in
Bellefontaine, o., was closed on account OF
the effort being made to secure the SUBSIDY
the Columbus & Northwestern Company
requires to build that road to the city.
The meeting was attended by over iour
hundred business men and held in the court
house yard The needed was raised
and the right of way through the city was
granted.
Daspite all contradiction, the presidency
of the Fitchburg road was offered to f. S.
Washburn president of the Kansas City,
Fort Scott g. Memphis, when Mr.. Washburn
was in Boston few days ago Mr.. Wash
burn answered that he was very we'll salts
fed with his present position and that it
would be an exceptionally tempting induce
ment that would take him away from the
Fort Scott.
1t is now definitely settled by the West
ern roads that they will have their inter-
changeable mileage tickets on sale by the
18th of November 1t is said that all of the
obstacles that have prevented the roads
from putting. them sale will have been
done away with by that time. 1t has also
been decided by the roads to continue the
clergy bureau next year lines similar to
those on which it has been handled this
year.
Freight traffic officials of the Western
roads at Chicago are much disappointed at
the failure of the meeting in st. Louis to
find some way of Withdrawing the unau-
thorized freight tariffs that are cutting so
deeply into the revenue of many of the
roads, They are hopeful that at the meet
ing TO be held in Chicago on Nov. they
may be able to accomplish more than they
have been able to do at the meeting just
closed.
The Louisville & Nashville, concurrently
with the Tennessee Coal and iron Company
and the Interoceanic Steamship Company
has secured contract TO furnish 100000
tons of Alabama coal 10 Mexican roads pas
sing through Vera Cruz, delivery to begin
Jan l. the roads having enough English
coal already purchased to supply them I'M
iii then The contract was secured after a
careful test of the Alabama coal by the
purchasers
A road to be known as the Belt line