The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-06


cent. of the railways in the territory in
which they do business.
George r. Blanchard has written poem
on the death of George b; Roberts. presi-
ident of the Pennsylvania lines.
p. W. Conner has been appointed travel
ing freight agent for the Illinois Central
with headquarters at Cincinnati.
The Chicago & Eastern Illinois in the last
six months of 1896 earned its fixed charges
and dividends for the entire year.
A w. Noyes, travelling passenger agent
of the Chicago Great Western. was in the
city yesterday on official business.
NJ. E. ingalls,, president of the Big Four
who has been i'm Chicago for a couple of
days. will to-day return to Cincinnati.
The Grand Trunk will on March ! open
its new shops at Toronto, which are large
and provided with the most modern ma
chinery.
On Tuesday the Toledo. st. Louis & Kan
sas City took into Toledo forty-two car
loads of oranges shipped from st. Louis TO
Eastern markets.
A railroad paper to be known as the Kan
sas City Railroad Journal will make its
appearance Feb. -. 1t will be largely de-
voted to local matters.
Dr. Joseph Rieger. of Dunkirk a recent
graduate of the Chicago Homeopathic Med
zeal College, has been appointed surgeon
of the Lake Shore road.
a. Nj. Pitts has taken the position of as
sistant ticket agent of the Lake Shore at
Chicago. He was formerly in the employ
of the company at Detroit.
The Queen & Crescent has decided to put
on its line between Cincinnati and Chatta-
nooga straight dining car. service sim
liar to that of the Big Four lines.
The directors of the Cleveland & Pitts
burg have declared dividend of IA per
cent, payable March 2. The road is oper-
ated by the Pennsylvania Company.
Col. Thomas E. Watt Western district
passenger agent of the Pennsylvania lines,
who has been i'm poor health for some time.
has been given months leave of absence
Judge Bacon. general agent of the pas
Island & Pacific, is in the city on official
business. He says passenger traffic on all
the Western lines is disappointing.
1t is now stated that the break in the
stock of the New York, New Haven & Hart
ford is due to a prospective change in the
management. According to report President
Clark will soon tender his resignation.
The Western roads have agreed to make
a reduced rate for the meeting of the Sew
enth Day Adventists TO be held at Lincoln,
Neb., from Feb. to March s. Tickets will
be on sale Feb. I, s. 10 and % and March J..
The Cleveland Commercial Travellers As
the five-thousand interchangeable mileage,
but makes some suggestions which it is
thought would make the book more
popular.
AS an economical measure the freight
car repair work of the West Shore and the
New York Central is to be concentrated
at the shops I'M Depew. and the passenger
equipment repairs will be made at the
shops i'm Albany.
The executive committee of the Column
bus. Sandusky * Hooking Railroad has rat
flied the agreement by the Ohio coal roads
in the matter of the percentages recently
allotted at the meeting of the various
lines in New York.
With the taking effect of the spring and
summer schedule the Big Four Will restore
its fast train day service between St Louis
InIi AOli rlx &c no
Southwestern limited, east bound, which
was very popular train.
The railway mems associations take
strong grounds against Congress extending
the time for the railways to equip their
cars with automatic couplers, they holding
that the roads have had ample time 10
carry out the provisions of the law.
The PENNSYLVANIA Railroad Company has
announced that on April ] il will reduce
the rates on bituminous coal IS cents Der
ton from the mines to tideWater, Phil
adelphia. and 20 cents on all rail shipments
to East Albany. Rotterdam Junction and
New England roads.
w. N Perrine. secretary of the railroad
branch of the Young Mems Christian As
ISOLATION at Buffalo, one of the most flour
fishing railroad branches in the country.
died on Sunday and the members of the as
sociation have passed resolutions paying
tribute to his memory. He had held the
position of secretary for some years.
r. b. f. PIERCE has just completed his
second year as receiver of the Toledo. st.
Louis * Kansas City. and from the time
he took hold of the property it has shown
a steady increase in business. The most
remarkable development has been in its
coal traffic. Formerly but fifteen TO twen-
ty cars were loaded at mines on the road
daily: this business has gone to seventy
TO eighty cars
A car ferry system has been organized at
Detroit to operate between that city and
Toledo. The claim is made for it that ii
N
ledo to Detroit and turn it over to the rail
roads in that city in shorter time than can
be made by the all-rail lines. Contracts
have been let for the construction of two
eight cars on each trip.
The Atkinson road has effected a full
settlement for the Atlantic & Pacific bonds
and has issued its own bonds and stock in
place of the bonds ii has acquired. Within
the last week the Atchinson secured the
last three Sonore bonds outstanding. which
completes the purchases of all the bonds
outstanding previous TO the first reorean-
ization except bonds of the Chicago extern
sion to the extent of 100000
Some surprise has been expressed that
the locomotives on the Pennsylvania lines
were not draped in memory OF the dead
president. 1t has been an established rule
for many years not to drape locomotives
private cars or cabooses on such occasions
and seldom are any of the offices drapcd
i'm respect to a decreased official Never
before have the offices been 80 generally
draped as since the death OF the late freSi-
dent Roberts.
large elevator of the Pennsylvania lines al
Chicago. has leased the large elevator OF
the Pennsylvania at Jersey City; which vii
he serious blow to the New York
Lighterage Company. which now collects
from most of the roads cents per one
hundred pounds 1t will give the Pennsyl-
Vania advantages similar 10 those that the
Erie has obtained of late through its cleo
trio service at Jersey City, and bids fan
to draw much of the grain traffic 10 New
York for export.
Il. G. Kinney. trainmaster OF the Bee-line
division of the Big Four, in commenting on
the recent fast run from st. Louis TO CleNe-
land said there was hardly day that
on the Big Four lines. which was much IL
contrast with the condition a few years
ago, when to get trains over the ROAD OF
time was q rare occurrence: now, not &c
do so is equally rare. If a train Is late
in reaching its destination General Super
intendent Van Wrinkle demands a sufficient
reason for the delay
Harry c. Mcclure. who represents the
passenger department of the Big Four anc
the Chesapeake & Ohio in the Southwest
with headquarters in Dallas. Tex. was II
the city yesterday. He came through will
two carloads of United States prisoners, IN
charge of eight deputy United States mar
shals. en- route from the Indian Territory
to Columbus. o. The train was run as
special from ST. Louis to Columbus ove'
the Big Four. the run from Nation tC
Indianapolis. 10 miles. was made in lag min
utes. two stops for water to he deducted
Judge Lurton. of the Court of Appeals oil
Ohio, has handed down his decision in
suit where the preferred stockholders OF the
Toledo ST. Louis q Kansas City asked tC
become parties to the reorganization. ane
il is to the effect that the preferred STOCK
is not a creditor of the company, but stock
holders should have a voice i'm the reor-