The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-15

month and to it's being the month in which
the State fair was held
The Monon is wheeling into line as
GOOD money Garner. The gross earnings
for the first week in October were $40, 9l4.
an increase OF sl5,965 over the corresponding
week OF 1895. Since July l the road has
earned SStJ,Z54, an increase over the cOrre-
spending period of 1856 of S1I9, 345. No road
IN the country on the same mileage has
shown larger increase.
Lucius futile, president of the b ton &
Maine, one or New England's best roads,
on Tuesday passed over a portion of the Big
-Four system and to one of the officials of
the roao ne expressed surprise over the ex-
cellent condition of the track and the fast
time made by Big Four trains. He could see
a little room 70 improve on the present con-
dltions OF the roadbed and equipment
A change in the office of treasurer of the
Northern Pacific has been made to save
bookkeeping. In place of Charles F. .Coney
former secretary, George H. Earle, hereto
fore treasurer, and located in New York
has been appointed secretary and assistant
treasurer, and will remain in New York
G.. A. Clark, heretofore assistant treasurer
becomes treasurer, and will remain in st.
Paul.
At the annual meeting of the stockhold-
1rs OF tne big -FOUR, at Clnclnnati, the last
Wednesday OF this month. four directors
are to be elected for three years, the terms
of M E. ingalls,, Chauncey NJ. Depew, Cor
nelius and w X. Vanderbilt, as directors,
expiring. They will, without doubt. all be
reelected. The exhibit of the year is a
mueh more gratifying one than was that
The Association of Surgeons of the Penn
sylVanla lines has been in session for a
couple of days at GAINESVILLE O., this week.
DR.. E. G. Brush, OF GAINESVILLE, o., was
elected president for the ensuing year: first
vice president, Dr. w. G. Thomson, of Win
amaze, Ind; second vice president, DR.. S.
A Grahdm, OIL Waynesville, ILL.,; secretary,
DIR. George G. Stemen of Fort Wayne, Ind
The next annual meeting will be held in
Cleveland.
To-day grain rates east-bound will be adj
nj
hundred pounds, which makes the rate
from Indianapolis to New York q cents, to
Phlladelphla ~ cents, to Baltimore and
Newport News and Norfolk Is cents. AS the
grain rate is now BE cents per one hundred
pounds below the rates which prevailed
prior to the rate decentralization, it is
thought it will not curtail shipments to any
rily
connections of the Trunk Line Association
that hereafter they propose to demand
change in the matter of divisions at the
Mississippi river Heretofore it has been
the custom to allow the trunk lines 81
more on each ticket reading through the
Mississippi river gateways north of st.
Western roads say that they will demand
the same percentage through all of the Mis-
sissippi river gatewayS and that they will
make no difference in favor of St. Louis.
They have also given notice that after the
LIST of November they will not accept any
thing less than rs per cent of their local
rate as their percentage of any through
rate.
The motor trial on the Cincinnati, Ham
iton e. Dayton on Tuesday was highly sat
isfactory, demonstrating that the invention
is a practical one and it will doubtless
lead to good results in the matter of rapid
transit. The motor car itself is thirty feet
in length. Ample space is set apart for
the engine and the motorman, who entirely
controls the car, does the firing, etc, so
that but one man is required aside from
the conductor. The car will carry twenty
four persons, and the power is guaranteed
to run this car and haul trailer, which
will carry fifty people, and is also guaran-
teed with such train to run thirty-five
miles an hour if such speed Is desired. The
motor car is neatly finished in choice woods
and bronze trimming. But little fuel, and
that either anthracite coal or coke, is re-
quired to operate it, and there is no noise
from the steam exhaust, it entering a
coil of pipe; the smoke is consumed. 1t is
ell in many respects as to make the result
of the tests of more than ordinary interest