The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-01


portant being the shortening by thirty min
utes OF the running time OF It's night eX-
press train between Cincinnati and Chi
cage.
of the Baltimore & Ohio lines, yesterday
removed his family from Cincinnati 10 Bal
So 500 a year more salary than when on the
Big Four
The third rail electric line of the New
York, New Haven & Hartford is proving
great success. During the first four weeks
1t was in operation over 100000 passengers
were carried between New Britain and
Hartford.
To-day a. H. Huston who has been
agent of the Union line. at Akron, will sue
coed F. G. Beach, agent of the line at
Columbus, O., and Mr.. Beach will become
travelling freight agent OF the line. II A.
French will succeed Mr.. Huston as agent
at Akron.
superintendent Gould, of the Eastern di-
vision of the Wabash, has advised the
their families from Andrews to Peru
l. against taking such action, which leads TO
the belief that the much talked-of change
has been abandoned.
MIA lines west are not inclined to believe
the report that spoilers are operating on
their trains. So far as cash fares are con-
cerned they are so few that it would hard
ly pay conductor if dishonest to do any
thing which would lose him his position
E. F. Cost, general freight agent Of the
large merchandise traffic during the fall
months was never more promising A wave
OF reform has come over the roads both
east and west as regards freight rates, and
at present every Indianapolis line is billing
freights at tariff.
The Greatwestern road announced yester-
day that in absence of any general under
standing regarding harvest excursions it
would run them on July and 90 making
for them rate of one fare for the round
trip, plus 81. 1t is likely that the other
roads Will also run the excursions the
same dates.
On Sunday the Lake Erie & Western will
put on two passenger trains to run each
way between Michigan City and Laporte,
at one fare for the round trip. The Lake
Erie 81 Western was the first Indianapolis
line to adopt the plan of selling tickets on
Sunday betw cen stations at one fare for the
round trip, and it has proven profitable.
In the first month that District Passenger
Agent w. w. Richardson represented the
many friends and surprised his superior
officers by the aptnesS he displayed in Sc
curing business; A more difficult month to
begin work in this position could not well
have been selected, and there has been no
friction.
w. E. Guerin, president and general man
ager Of the Columbus, Sandusky q Hooking
Valley, Will retire to-day from active work
with that company. He will give his entire
| time to the reorganization of the company
at as early day as practicable, but it is
| believed many years will elapSe before a
reorganization is effected so involved is the
| company financially.
The report is revived by a Columbus
| paper that the Brice syndicate has decided
| to build road from Akron to Pittsburg
| building the connecting link necessary to
connect with the Pittsburg & Western,
| which is now in the hands of a receiver,
and it is stated that the Brice people adj
init that when the road is sold they will
| be among the bidders for it.
! At Killbuck O., yesterday, Florence Lii
liam, eldest daughter of the Rev. Ezra
Cramblett, was married to Edgar Van Eft
ton, general superintendent of the New
York Central & Hudson River Railroad.
The wedding at the brides home was very
quiet. The ceremony was performed by
the brides father, assisted by the Rev.
Nathan Wood Cramblett, her uncle.
The eleven months statement IF the Ches-
apeake q Ohio shows net increase this
year over the corresponding eleven months
ending May 81, 1885, of S174579, indicating
the last fiscal year ending with June 80,
1897, a larger surplus than it had last year,
charges and the loss Of a %,11O elevator.
George w Hayler, district passenger
agent of the Cincinnati, Hamilton d Day
ton and the Monon, yesterday figured up
receipts from sales of tickets were con-
siderablY in excess of June, 1896. b. +.
town office, says their receipts were the
largest in any June in the history of the
office.
The adjourned meeting of the presidents
represented in the Joint Traffic Association
came to close at New York yesterday
with an agreement that all rail and lake
rates in both directions, east and west
bound, shall be restored All hands. it is
said, promised to live up to the agreement,
1nterstate-commerce Commission.
Work will be begun at once on the Buff
fAo terminal road. The road will go under
the tracks of the Erie, the Lackawanna and
the Lehigh Valley at Depew, and over the
Erie, the Nckel-plate and the Western
New York & Pennsylvania at tlaisdell,
getting into the Lake Shore yards at the
west end of me terminal road. The WORK
will give employment to 1000 man and ESQ
teams from The 1st of July to september
A meeting of the traffic managers of the
Western lines, the trunk lines and the as
sociated lake lines. which took place in
| New York yesterday, was presided over by
| Commissioner Goddard, of the Trunk Line
was discussed at the conference, and was
finally referred to a special committee. The
action recently taken at Chicago by the
Western roads IN respect to the main
| tenance of east-bound freight rates was
| confirmed at the meeting.
| The officials Of the lines which are to
! operate the new Union Station at SColum-
| bus, o. met in Columbus on Tuesday and
| reOrganized the Union Railway Company
| after the plan of that of the Union Railway
! Company of Indianapolis A board of man
| ayers, in which every line will be repre-
| scented. will be formed and will have a
| voice in the MANAGEMENT of the affairs of
| are the Pennsylvania and the Big Four, will
| look after the finances of the company.
| 1t is about certain that the Western lines
| will not grant any excursion rates to the
! merchants who desire to go to Chicago for
| the purpose of buying their goods. The
| application for these rates was made by the
| Chicago merchants, and the roads for a
| time were disposed to make the rates as
! requested but the bottom is about out of
| the thing now. There have been so many
| protests from the jobbers in the various
! States adjoining Illinois and from the
merchants of Illinois also. that the roads
| have decided that they cannot grant the
| request of the Chicago merchants.
Lucius Wakeley, general passenger agent
! of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy mis-
| souri, river iines) says the Burlington had
| twenty-three special trains scheduled irto
| Denver from the morning of June 80 until
| the morning of July l. They came from
| St. Louis. Kansas City. Chicago Galesburg
and Omaha. Other specials from the list
| to the 4th of July viii Increase This num-
Der to approximately forty-fouT special
| trains of organized business and the GER
| eral public. This IS the greatest under;ak-
| ing of the Burlington into Denver since the
great Knights Templars conclave of 1892,
| when the Burlington handled in one week
| 100 special trains in and out of Denver,
| each train representing 800 or 1,000-mile
| haul,