The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-02

VI cI LhA4eS VI IOdQ CODIIOtIeQ % lll0 ~ IL
dictate.
The receipts from the sale of tickets at
the uptown Office of the MOnOn for the
month OF July were 80 per cent. In excess
OF those of July, 1886.
The shops of the Big Four at Nation,
H., are working full time and a full COM
plement of men. Some heavy repair work
is done at these shops.
L. +. Newsom, in charge of telegraph at
this point for the Cincinnati Hamilton *
Dayton, accompanied by his wife has gone
TO Atlantic City tor a couple of weeks
stay.
On the branch lines of some of the West
ern roads, 1t is stated. the companies are
using wood for fuel TO reduce as far as
possible the consumption Of coal while the
strike is on.
The Wabash has reached a mileage which
places 1t among the large systems. 1t now
has through lines between Kansas City and
81. Louis, Chicago and Toledo and Detroit
and Buffalo.
Yesterday the Illinois Central came into
tuIl control of the Ohio Valley road, which
IS a fortunate thing for Evansville, as the
Ohio Valley will now be brought up to the
standard of the Illinois Central
X. {. Haase, late ticket agent of the Bal
umore & Ohio at Bellaire to-day assumes
the duties of travelling pass enger agent FOR
the baltimore Il Ohio with headquarters at
Newark, o. vice Frank Wilson, resigned.
Stock of the reorganized Chicago, Indian
apolis d Louisville Railroad Company was
dealt in on Saturday for the first time
The quotations We're: Common stock, to
lO preferred, rs to 2S and the per cent.
bonds, so.
Next Saturday the Queen & Crescent will
run an eight-dollar round-trip excursion
from Cincinnati to Asheville, n. G. Sum
mer excursions to Southern health and
southern roads.
The employees of the Big Four who gave
picnic at Muncie, give much of the credit
lor the enjoyable time to George Davis
of hA w n
was untlrlng in his efforts to make the oc-
casion pleasant one.
The fast-freight lines are credited with
paying their employees with more prompt
ness imam any other transportation COM
pany, unless 1t be the express companies
Both the fast-freight lines and express com
panles pay their men on the last day of
eacn month Tor the service OF thdt month.
Z. R. Bacon, president of the Baltimore
Y ONO southwestern, will sail for Europe
on Wednesday, to be absent several weeks.
General Manager Peabody and Traffic
Manager Randolph yesterday left for New
YORK TO see him off and to confer with the
officials of the Baltimore & Ohio concerning
traffic matters.
Edward r. Thomas son of Samuel
Thomas president of the Monon Company,
has formed a partnership to transact gen
eral banking and brokerage business in New
1OrK city. Inc firm Will make specially
OF railroad business and already controls
$4,000 freight cars through the various
equipment companies it represents.
1t is stated that the differences exist
ing between the Northern Pacific and Col.
James McNaught have been settled to the
satisfaction OF both parties and all legal
proceedings dropped. The settlement closes
all complications between the reorganized
Northern Pacific Railway Company and the
old officers of the Northern Pacific Railroad
Company
Edward Ingersoll, city ticket agent of the
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton and the
Monon at this point severed his connection
with these lines on Saturday night and to-
day enters the service of the Union Pacific
at Cincinnati. In the two years Mr.. lnger-
soil has been in Indianapolis he made many
personal friends, and was a faithful ofnclaI
to the two roads he represented.
The report of the Chesapeake & Ohio
Railroad for the year ending June 80, which
will be issued shortly, win, it is learned,
make a most gratifying exhibit. During
the year the company mas had no conSruc-
ton account, but has charged TO operating
expenses the cost Of all additions to the
property and all improvements. These in
After making these deductions from earn
ings and paying fixed charges the company
will show net surplus Of about $4,000
against $1473 for the previous year.
An official high in rank says that he has
little doubt that the Vanderbits Will select
S. r. Galloway president of the Lake
Shore road He is now president of the
Nickel-plate, and is an unusually capable
railroad man. VS. this official, and highly
esteemed by the Vanderbilts The gossip
regarding M. Z. ingalls, being selected for
y, -
ingalls,, as president of the Big -Four and
the Chesapeake & Ohio, has rully enough
to attend to, and his heart is wrapped up
in those two roads His salary is now $ZO,OOO
per annum larger than the salary paid the
president of the Lake Shore. The late Mr.
Caldwells salary was $4,000 per annum
and that of AR. Galloway as president OF
the Nickel-plate is $4,000 year.
c, C. Waldo, general manager of the Gin
cinnati Hamilton * Dayton lines, on Satur-
day left for the Snow-lsland Clubhouse, IN
5I,, To-, sc ofM aelK WI
ly is spending the summer. lie expects 10
be absent two weeks. Mr.. Waldo says II
the coal strike were over he would feel
very cheerful over the outlook for business
Even as it is, he says, 1t Is quite encouraS-
ing. as the new wheat is beginning TO move
very freely to the companys Toledo eleva-
tors, and the road is delivering seVenty-hNe
to a hundred cars there now per DAY. lie
looks for a big demand IL the near future
for cars to handle the wheat and other
crops In speaking of their passenger bust
ness he said: our Michigan passenger
business has been very. satisfactory, 1ar
snow that nat the people begin to realize that
the c., H. e d. is the iirst-class line to
Michigan points.
O. w. Beckwith, trainmaster of the Big
Four's Chicago division. asks that state
ment in the Journal of Saturday be cor
rected 1t was claimed that Charles Cole
man prevented more serious WIech az
ThorntOWn by Tagging trelghI tram WIN
a switch light. This is Incorrect Cole
man did grab a switch light when ne saw
the train coming, but 1t had alIeduy peeli
properly tagged, according to the rules Of
the company by the t1agman OF the
wrecked passenger train which was too
far away away from the scene Of the accident for
Mr.. Coleman to see the hagman The
freight train stopped and picked up the
flapman and was pulling up slowly to the
passenger train when Coleman saw it. The
train stopped and picked up Coleman. put
if it had not been Ragged properly ny the
iagman it could not have been stopped IN
time after seeing Coleman. The statement
does the train crew an injustice, even
though Coleman's action was commentaries