The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-23
Personal, Local and General Notes.


The Monon carried $50 people to Chicago
Saturday at it's two-dollar round-trip rate
Record discipline has been introduced on
the Freeport, the Dubuque and Cherokee
divisions of the Illinois Central
Dec. the Wabash will put on tourist car
service in addition to its present service be-
tween st. Louis and Los Angeles.
The New York Central is building at its
shops, as an experiment, ten freight cars
with carrying capacity of 100000 pounds.
Mr.. l.. Wildison has been appointed road
master of the c., H. * ID. on the Wellston
division, to succeed Mr.. w. l.. King, re-
signed.
]. A. Cavanagh. car service superin-
tendent of the Big Four. is in Buffalo, at
tending a. convention of service super
intendents.
The Chicago & Great Western, which con-
tracted with the Pullman Company to build
800 freight cars. has ordered another 1000
built on the same design.
The Monon earned in the second week Of
November SOL, 444, an increase over the cor
responding week last year of $40, 1896 Since
July an increase of $26i,67S is shown.
The construction of the Toledo & North
western from Albion to Charlotte is being
pushed, GOO men and 200 teams being en-
ployed, grading about half a mile a day.
Shipments OF grain to Toledo from Gem
trail Traffic Association territory has again
set in briskly. The Cincinnati, Hamilton q
Dayton is having a heavy run for Toledo
Receiver Hopkins, of the Peoria, Decatur
=,
pay the next coupon on the Peoria division,
and will ask the court to allow him TO do so.
Liberal orders for new steel rails are be-
ing placed, and some of the mills have be-
gun booking for next year. One Pittsburg
mill has put orders for 49, 900 tons over into
next year
Under the new schedule Train SO, on the
Bee-line division of the Big Four does not
stop at the Observation-Disclosures station,
and the change discOmmodes many OF the
travelling statesmen
The Wagner palace cars run on the Knick-
erbocker express from St. Louis to New
York is said to be the best-paying through
service or any cars running between the
West and New York
New complications have arisen which. it
is stated, will delay the proposed reorgani-
cation of the Peoria, Decatur a. Evansville
as planned by the committee of the first
mortgage bondholders.
II. r. Dering, assistant general passenger
agent of the PENNSYLVANIA lines n 7 (rhicsl- "a
who. with friends, has been hunting for a
week in the southern part Of the State, re-
turned on Sunday night.
Passenger Conductor Hays on the Cincin-
natl Hamilton q DAYTON on Sunday COM
pieted his thirty-fourth year of service on
that road. He comm enced as a brakeman
when but sixteen years old.
The Big Four pays for it's new equip
out of its earnings, which accounts for the
disappointing net Meanings made of late
Taking $4,000 per month out of gross earn
ings for this indebtedness is no small item
Train No IS, on the Monon. on Sunday
night made its fast time between Chicago
and Indianapolis hauling fourteen cars The
train was unusually heavy on account of
the people returning from the 81 round-trip
TO Chicago.
The officials of the Wabash have a very
shrew way of handling the pass question,
saying their passes were all burned in the
recent fire at ST. Louis. and it is so near
New Years that IL will hardly pay to have
more printed.
The earnings of the Pullman Car Com
pany at the present time are running from
81 OJ1 to $500 day ahead of the corre-
spending period last year and the business
OF the Wagner Palace Car Company is fully
as satisfactory.
The Erie, in connection with the Santa
Fe. has established a new through tourist
line between New York and Los Angeles,
the car leaving New York every Tuesday.
The car. from Chicago. will be hauled on
the Santa FEES fast mail train.
Nj f. ingalls, passed through the city
yesterday en- route 10 Lafayette, where last
evening he delivered an address before the
students CT Purdue University. Professor
Smart president OF the university, gave 81
dinner at the Lair House TO Mr.. ingalls,.
William Garstang superintendent of mo-
tive power of the Big -Four lines, last week
closed "a contract with the Brooks locomo-
tive works for six switching engines OF the
six-wheei type, TO have IS by 24-inch cylin-
ders and weighing in working order 1OS,OO0
pounds.
James Foley, of Savannah, is suing the
ley bought scalpers' ticket from Atlanta
TO Savannah and was put off the train.
The ticket was issued by the Chicago &
Eastern Illinois Railroad. from Chicago 10
Jacksonville. Foley supplied his name as
purchaser.
The managers of the Joint Traffic Asso-
citation recommend that, effective on legal
notice rates in both directions between To-
ledo, o., and Eastern points via the Flint
a Pere Marquette Railroad through De-
troit be made on the basis of IS Per cent
OF Chicago-New York rates without affect
ing the rates at intermediate points.
A Southern Railway official who was in
the city yesterday states that Birmingham,
Ala, is on a boom, Ii had no yellow fever,
and every passenger and freight train is
running with its usual regularity. He added
that q number of Eastern capitalists are
there for the purpose of investing In iron
works and other lines OF manufacturing.
The directors of the Maine Central have
elected George f, Evans general manager.
TO be president OF the company, a position