The Indianapolis journal., 1897-04-10

| the city The railroads have pooled and
! will make strong fight on the constitu-
| that the railroads are governed by inter-
| state-commerce laws. and are, therefore,
not liable TO city ordinances.
Personal. Local and General Notes.
| Missouri Pacific earnings for March were
s204S.OOO, an increase over March, 1896, of
$4,000.
Sidney Reynolds has been appointed
Jackson & Mackinaw
In March the Indiana Car-service Asso-
citation handled 16.0ls cars, the largest num-
ber of any month this year.
William F. Bruner assistant general pas
senger agent of the Vandalia. was in the
city yesterday on official business.
j. Pierpont Morgan has cabled from
England that matters are progressing ia
vorably in regard to the New York Central
refunding plan.
l.. B. Freeman. city passenger agent of
the Pennsylvania, who has been confined
to the house for several days, was out Tor
a short time yesterday.
j. J. Turner, vice president and general
manager Of the Xandaa lines with his ds
an inspection of the road
The Big Four and the Chicago & Eastern
Illinois have this week been running Easter
shopping excursions into Terre Haute,
which were well patronized.
The Chesapeake & Ohio has awarded the
contract for double tracking its line be-
tween Huntington; w Va, and Ashland,
KY. The work will begin on Monday.
The friends of d. b. Martin, general pas
senger agent of the Big Four. who next
takes service with the Baltimore a. Ohio,
were this evening to give him a banquet at
Cincinnati.
#. II. Hayden trainmaster of the Iron
Mountain has resigned and is succeeded by
F.. b. Degarme, chief train dispatcher. w.
T. Donnelly has been appointed chief train
dspa tcher
w aio -hn tn 2G
general agent. will receive as good sal
agent at Louisville, and his duties will not
be so arduous. ii is stated.
c. f. Schaff, general manager of the Big
Four, and III. F: Houghton, superintendent
of the Chicago division, have returned from
meeting of railroad transportation men
held in Richmond this week.
Official notice is given of the appointment
of A. NJ. Stewart as live stock agent of the
Erie lines west of Buffalo and Salamanca,
Including Chicago. Mr.. Stewart was for
many years live stock agent of the Bee
line.
Freight conductors on the Panhandle
Indianapolis division have been notified
that ii will not be necessary to make fur
ther reports of car and tonnage mileage
to be used in connection with awarding
coal premiums.
A depot is to be built at Forest, the
Toledo st. Louis & Kansas City. TO take
the place of a box car which has been used
for a depot since the road was built: A
number of such improvements are contem-
plated along the line.
Fast runs are becoming quite common
on the Canadian Pacific A few days ago
a special beef train was hauled from Wind
sor to Newport. VT, in thirty-two hours,
eclipsing any former run with a freight
train by thirteen hours.
Should the business of the Nandalia con-
within short time, purchase twenty miles
more of steel rail. and when 1t is in the
track the Vandalia main line Will be laid
ralx xx-ifh hoa al
The Honduras Congress has decided to
grant q concession to Honduras syndi-
cate acting in conjunction with a party of
New York capitalists for an interoceanic
railroad from Puerto CorteZ on the At
lantic, to Amapala. on the Pacific.
The recent wreck on the Wabash at New
ton is attributed to negligence on the part
of the man in the signal tower and orders
have been given that hereafter any care
lessness on the part of such employees
should at once be reported by trainmen
Engine 207, of the Cincinnati Hamilton &
Dayton road, which has been rebuilt at the
shops of the Indiana. Decatur q Western
was yesterday sent to Cincinnati. and will
be put in service hauling the fast express
trains between Cincinnati and Indianapolis.
The passenger department of the Wabash
has just issued handsome red and black
poster advertising the cool northern route
to the lake and seashore pleasure resorts.
There are number of halftone illustra-
| tions which give the folder an attractive
| look.
| Notwithstanding the fact that the South
| ern Railway has in the last three years
| expended So 600 600 in improvements to the
| property. II now has no floating debt or
deferred operating expenses. and will not
| need TO spend much for improvements other
| than I'm ballasting for some years.
The wreck of the Big Four freight train
AT the junction of the Belt road yesterday
| was one of the most expensive the COM
pany has had in many months. The dam
| ages will reach at least $4,000 There were
| 40 barrels of whisky. valued at $4,000: in
three cars, and the contents of all but four
| barrels were spilled.
| Western lines have been busy this week
preparaing the statement of grain ship
ments and contracts and agreements in
| force for the past year to submit to the
| Interstate-commerce Commission, this be-
| ing the last day on which the information
can be forwarded without subiecting the
delinquent to a penalty.
| At meeting of stockholders of the Pitts
| burg, Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad. held
| yesterday. il was decided TO issue s10.oo0oco
| the property and franchises of the railroad.
/ Secretary Frank says the work is progress
| ing rapidly. and the line Is expected TO be
| in full operation by Aug. j.
| r b. Lynch. well known in indianapolis
| railway circles, who for some years has
| been chief clerk of James Barker, general
| * Texas, has been appointed assistant
| general passenger and ticket agent Of the
| Great Northern. George Morton succeeds
! him chief clerk for Mr.. Barker.
| Albert ingalls,, general utility man on the
Big Four system: j. r. cavanagh. su-
periutendent of car service. and r. NJ.
| Neale. chief clerk of General Superintend-
| ent Van Wrinkle. will on Tuesday start on
| trip over the entire system. visiting
agents and ascertaining their needs and
| giving them information they desire con-
| cerning doing the company's business.
George Stephens. division freight agent
of the r.. W. & Il. division of the Penn
| sylvania lines is dead at Philadelphia. Mr..
| Stephens, early i'm life. began york i'm the
1 6pndrtmanf Of lp "a
road. entering tho TRANSFORMATION depart
| rnent in 1861 office boy In lSl7 he
| reached the position of chief clerk. In lssl
was appointed general agent of the com
/ peny for Jhe Eastern Shore, and few
| months later was appointed TO the place
/ made vacant by his death.