The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-28
Personal, Local and GeneraI Notes.

Personal, Local and General Notes.
The Chicago & Eastern Illinois the third
week of May shows an increase IN earnings
over the corresponding week of $620.1O.
A company has been formed to build
road from Port Townsend WASH to
connection with one of the transcontinental
lines.
Next Monday the Louisville & Nashville
road will establish a through car line be-
tween Louisville and st. Louis, via Hen
derson, KY.
Three St. Louis Circuit Court judges have
declared that bicycles are not baggage and
should be charged for at extra rates by
the railroads.
three, days been handling on it's line over
5000 loaded cars daily On Wednesday the
number reached SOB loaded cars
Benton Quick has been appointed ticket
cifc. at st. Joe, Mo-, succeeding Frank
Wade, who retires to engage in business.
The Illinois Central has perfected ar
rangements with the Mexican Gulf Steam
ship Company for through-freight service
to Mexican points via New Orleans and
Tampico.
The Supreme Court of Iowa has handed
down a decision to the effect that railway
companies are not required to accept
freight in cars of another company unless
the shipment is billed through.
The Santa Fe is testing an electric head
light on one of its locomotives with view
of equipping all of their passenger engines
with such lights. should the one being test
ed prove satisfactory, as expected.
1t is now admitted that j. j. Hill, pres
ident of the Great Northern has secured
control Of the Duluth q Winnepeg and the
excellent terminal facilities at superior
For the twenty-first time Chicago pre-
diets the early collapse of the Joint Traffic
Association, and says that rates never were
more demoraliZed than at the present time
throughout the territory east and west.
F. G. Brown has been elected third vice
president of the Plant system, with head
quarters at New York. His special work
will be to look after the lands of the COM
pany and its hotels at the various pleasure
resorts.
j. @. Van Wrinkle, general superintendent
of the Big Four returned yesterday from
New York, where he went TO attend the
meeting of the executive committee of the
American Railway Superintendent Asso-
citation.
General Manager Wilson, of the West
Shore fast freight line was in the city yes
terday He states that his trip west this
time has given him much encouragement
as to an early Improvement IN railroad
business.
E. H. Utley has been appointed general
freight and passenger agent of the Pitts
burg, Bessemer q Lake Erie. This APP
pCintment was made to fill the vacancies
created by the resignation of j. II. Blair
and w. G.. Sergeant
The position Of cashier on the Atlantic &
Pacific lines has been abolished and Charles
pointed auditor of the Atlantic & Pacific
and the California Southern, with head
quarters at Los Angeles.
The Big -Four lines proper in the third
week Of May earned $229, 039.3 81, a decrease
as compared with the corresponding week
of 1886 of $13,572.77 The first three weeks
freight earnings show an increase over the
corresponding period last year of $3.50.
John Braden, assistant master mechanic
of the Panhandle shops who goes to To-
ledo on June l as assistant superintendent
of tive + nF 10 n AHn
was rendered banquet a few evenings ago
by his friends, quite number being pres
emit
Freight officials of Western roads are
they are receiving from agents on their
respective lines, and predict that by Sep
TENDER all the roads will be busy and the
cry will be for more cars to handle the
business
Some of the employees on Indiana lines are
having quite a time in regard to their
wages, creditors jumping on to them rough
shod. On one of the indianapolis lines the
wages of sixty employees, mostly shopmen.
have been garnisheed recently under the
new law.
The Toledo. ST. Louis & Kansas City
earned in the. third week of May, 1887 $3l
340.9l 1896, $42, 20oO7: decrease, 1855. 76.
1896 $3.50, 80; decrease, $4,6S475 July l, to
May o. 1897 81, 1856, 1888; 1896, $l,766 6lS.29;
increase, $219, 50O.69.
Edward A Martin has been appointed
Portsmouth & Virginia at Fincastle, vice
J. w. Dennis, transferred to Cohoon to re-
on June 10, take service as cashier of the
freight department of the Missouri Pacific
1T Sedalia, Mo.
The understanding is that no successor
leaves the Northern Pacific on June l TO go
with the Baltimore 4 Ohio. On the North
ern Pacific Mr.. Austin held unique posi-
ton, being chief of the travelling passen-
ger department. rather than the assistant
general passenger agent.
The hearing in the application of the
railroad presidents for a vacation of the
order issued by the New York attorney
general in the antitrust matter has been
postponed until 10 a. m, Tuesday, June s.
An order was made adjOurning the hear
ing before the referee until after the de-
termination of the appeal.
The report that Captain j. f. Merry. as
sistant general passenger agent of the
Illinois Central road, located at Manches-
ter, Ia, would resign his position and en-
gage in newspaper work is denied. Mr..
Merry has been connected with the passen-
ger department of the Illinois Central for
eighteen years and will remain.
w. w. Richardson, the newly appointed
district passenger agent of the Pennsylya-
arrived, bringing his family, and will take
hold next Monday. George Rockwell, whom
he succeeds, will go to Cincinnati as as
siStant general passenger agent on Mon
day. He will not remove his family to that
city at present.
Chauncey Depew president of the New
York Central, accompanied by his son, will
sail for SOUTHAMPTON June on the steamer
ST. Louis, and will start home July 10.
spending the remainder of the summer at
his cottage at Newport r. /. In the course
of the last winter Mr.. Depew has suffered
from illness more than ever in his life. and
his physicians have ordered him to take
rest.
The Peoria & Eastern is having quite
boom in business this week Yesterday the
company had orders come in from way
stations on its lines for 800 empty ears, and
a singular feature of the order was that
ninety were for points on the Eastern divi-
fined to grain; the cars were largely to
move miscellaneous freights. For furniture
cars there is an active demand.
General Manager Caniff Of the Lake
Shore, claims that this road is to-day the
most level piece of trunk line in this coun-
stretch from fourteen miles west of La
porte, Ind, to a point four miles east of
that place. Here ii is only sixteen feet to
the mile, and freight and passengers are
makes the road such a tavorite with in
VeStors.
Some important Improvements are being
made on the Pittsburg division of the B.
Q, About fifteen miles of second track
are being laid. and at Keily's Cut, near
Cumberland, the line is being extensively
changed. The work includes a 530-foot tun-
mel. three bridges and a mile of new track.
5 Veral curves will be eliminated and q
tTeacherous mountain side avoided. The
change viii cost about Sl00,000 and will be
completed late in the fall.
On every hand there is evidence that the
abuse OF mileage is cutting deeply into the
THIS abuse became so general. and exchange
tickets so much used, the ticket agent OF