The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-28

tracing agent of the Pennsylvania lines
west, is in the city on official business.
1t is stated that the gross earnings of the
New York Central this month will be half
million dollars in excess of September, 1896.
The illness Of A. j. Connolly, trainmaster
OF the Peoria d Eastern, has taken a serious
phase and fears are entertained as to his
recovery
The price of railway supplies, such as
links. pins, spikes. bolts, etc., has advanced
an average of 10 per cent. on prices one
year ago.
A. NJ Stimson. purchasing agent OF the
Big Four lines, has far recovered from
his recent injuries that he yesterday re-
ported for duty.
George Bradbury, vice president and gen.
eral manager of the Lake Erie & Western
and other Brice lines expects to be back
from London and at his post again by
Oct. Is.
The Chicago & Northwestern will equip its
line entire between Chicago and the Mis-
souri, river with the telegraph block signals,
adopting the most approved signal telegraph
apparatus
Receiver Murray said to a friend last
week that he thought the net earnings of
the Baltimore q Ohio road for September
would be the largest of any month in the
roads history.
The Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern is
eXpending money literally on its rOadbed,
laying several thousand tons of new steel,
and distributing stone ballast on it's line
at the rate of sixty to seventy cars "a day.
lUc Lake ERIE q western Od0UleQ on
its lines on the low excursion rates last
Sunday $3.50 people and brought into In
dlanapolis, as shown by the official report
of General Passenger Agent DAILY, 2,510 peo-
pie.
George II. Heafford, general passenger
agent of the Chicago. Milwaukee & st.
Paul, has issued greetings to his agents in
the form of a souvenir containing portraits
of twenty-five of his chief assistants
throughout the country.
The representatives of the Cincinnati,
Hamilton q Dayton lines at the more inn
portant offices were in Cincinnati yesterday
for a conference with the general officers.
District Passenger Agent Hayler and Gen.
eral Agent Stiles were of the number
The Ohio Falls car works are building one
hundred refrigerator and one hundred box
cars for the Queen & Crescent and two hun
dred box cars for the Southern Railway
Company, giving employment now to the
largest number of men at any time in the
last four years.
The Pennsylvania has put on an add-
tlonal sleeping car service between Pitts
burg and New York, leaving -Pittsburg at
Z p. M, after the arrival of No. on tile
Panhandle lines. West-bounG the train
leaves New York at $40 p. m, reaching
Pittsburg at $50.
The Cincinnati Hamilton & Dayton, the
Indiana, Decatur q Western and the To-
ledo, st. Louis &. Kansas City passenger
officials are figuring on a time schedule
looking to putting on a line OF day coaches
and sleeping cars at night between Gin
cinnat and st. Louis.
The Vandalia now has all its large freight
engines purchased in the last TWO years in
service, and they are fulfilling the expec-
tations of W. {. Arp, superintendent of
motive power of the Vandalia line in the
number Of Loaded cars they will haul and
the speed at which they handle them.
This morning the Morgan brothers will
ship off the Indianapolis q Vncennes road,
for export, 3l2 more head of fat cattle load
ing twenty-five ears: This is the second
ing the largest shipments ever undertaken
from the State of Indiana by any one firm
of cattle raisers.
Unless the scalpers are holding back tick
cts of the New York Central in their hands,
they have in their offices but few of this
roads issue. General Passenger Agent
DanielsS proposition to redeem any or
parts of tickets sold prior to Sept l. at
their face value, has not met with any
marked response.
The gross earnings of the Milwaukee &
st. Paul for the month of August were
81, 7s0, GA, an increase of $256247 over the
same month OF last year. The operating
expenses were S,6SS 4S9, an increase OF
So, $50: the net earnings were 81, U92, 125. an
increase of $246.S6l. Since July the net
earnings Of the road have been 81, 041 1853, an
increase of 1876, 1886.
j. c. Van Wrinkle general superintendent
of the Big -Four, expresses the opinion that
the train service record for September will
make the most favorable exhibit of any
month in the history of the lines as to pas
senger trains and freight trains making
this month, Notwithstanding the heavy
traffic over the lines, We're unusually favor
able.
East-bound freight shipments from Chi
cage for last week amounted to 5l,794 tons.
against 62,769 the previous week and &c. 1897
last year, divided among the different roads
as follows: Lake Shore, 7,l3l tons; Wabash,
g. 449; Michigan Central, 1910; Fort Wayne,
I, 1858; Panhandle, $685. B. & o., 2 1913; Grand
Trunk, 62Z7; Nickei-plate, 5,9S1; Erie, 6,SOS;
Big Four, 1909. Lake shipments amounted
to 124,920 tons.
The last published report shows the gross
earnings of the roads in this country for
the year ending juno 30. 1897 TO have been
q sS lSs 500; net earnings SS2S Is6 494; dis
report of the actual amount paid in wages
to railway officials and railway employees
is given aside from that of the Interstate
commerce Commission which gives the
amount as $500, 600 per annum
s. II. Blizzard, superintendent of the Mich
igan division of the Big Four is in the city.
more business had it the cars to handle it.
While local traffic is very heavy, their bust
ness in connection with the lake craft at
Benton Harbor Is proving much OF sur
prise in its volume, exceeding all expecta-
tons, and in the future a further increase
will undoubtedly be realized.
BY Nov. / the Monon will have its i'm
provements in the way of Strengthening
curves and cutting down grades on the
north end completed which will enable the
company to haul six to eight cars to a
train more than now between Indianapolis
and Chicago. The road between Indianap-
oils and Monon will soon be heavily ballast
ed with the best quality of gravel, and the
Monon will no longer need to speak of it's
track being inferior to that of either of its
competitors.
E. Q. Mccormick, passenger traffic mana
ger of the Big Four is much gratified over
the number of passengers their trains are
carrying on all divisions, the Improvement
being most marked between Cleveland and
ST. Louis in both directions, and Cincinnati
and Chicago. The Michigan division is also
showing a. marked Improvement in it's local
division, such towns as Wabash Anderson
Marion, Warsaw, Elkhart and Niles yield
ing so per cent. better revenue than at
the corresponding period last year.
Charles A. Prouty, of the Interstate-com-
merce Commission spent yesteI day in
Cleveland taking testimony under the
charge that railroads are allowing shippers
to use their cars and depOts for storage
purposes. The inquiry was directed by
Percy Thompson, secretary of the Ameri-
timony was all in confirmation of the accu-
Sation and it was also shown that railroads
had allowed large shippers storage facilities
and denied the privilege to small shippers.
Chairman Caldwell. of the Western Pas
senger Association, has submitted a report
to the members of the association upon the
passenger rate situation. He decares that
the large commissions that are now being
paid on Western business have for a long
time been the source of much demoralza-
ton and that unless the practice is discon-
tinued, or at least modified 1t may be eX-
pected that further evil will result He
also shows how tranScOntinental passenger
business from New England points is being
badly demoralized by the excessive COM
missions that are being paid.
construction Of the new shops of the Peoria
% Eastern at 1rbana. Ill The cOmDanV