The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-02


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The Baltimore & Ohio is sending all its
| new cars, when delivered. to Chicago to be
| loaded with grain for Baltimore.
President Stillwell of the Kansas City,
! Pittsburg & Gulf, states that the earnings
| of August were p per cent. in excess OF
| those Of August. 1886, and that this month
| they will reach 100000. on the strength OF
! this he has ordered sixteen new engines and
| $50 new freight cars.
| The annual report of the New York Chi
| cago & st. Louis Railroad shows: Gross
earnings, 74SO, a decrease of $7S5.017;
| operating expenses, 81, 256 40S, a decrease of
| S652, 800; net earnings 81, l2l, 0S2 a decrease
| of sl32, ILL.,, deficit after charges, $44l5,
| against balance OF $lS2, $40.
| 1t is officially announced that ]. p Nor
| gan & Co, representing the Northern Pa
| cific reorganization syndicate have sold a
| large block of Northern Pacific threes,
| which practically cleans up the syndicate
holding of the bonds The amount of the
block sold is said to be $2,00o,000 and the
price GO, with interest.
H. G. Sherman who has represented the
Union Pacific as travelling passenger agent,
yesterday received notice of his promotion
to district passenger agent for the territory
covering Ohio, part of Kentucky, New York
and Pennsylvania. His headquarters 1or
the present will be at Cincinnati.
Reports from the oifice of the railroad
and warehouse commission of Illinois for
the last week show large increase IN
I traffic over the corresponding week OF last
year. The net increase in the amount OF
grain handled at Chicago during the week
was ,s13 and at East st. Louis SS,797.
M. w. Mansfield, sllerintendent of the In
dlanapoliS d VincenneS, says there is no
truth in the report that he is to be promoted
to assistant chief engineer of the Pennsyl-
vania lines west of Pittsburg. Neither Is
there any truth in the report that the Penn
sylvania has purchased an interest III the
Richmond q Evansville.
H. NJ. Bronson, assistant general passen-
ger agent of the Big Four, says that the
original mileage ticket was on a card, and
dot was punched out when used then the
coupon mileage book was adopted, and
when first placed on sale met with much
greater opposition than has the mileage
placed on sale yesterday by thirty-one roads
in the Central Traffic Association territory.
The building of the Monon shops at Laf-
ayette seems to have been a wise move
for the company and good thing for LAT
ayette. Bringing four hundred employees to
that city, most of them having families
helped the merchants and has given much
more life to the city, while 1t has been
of great benefit to the road, so centrally
located and so complete in every respect
are the new shops.
The new passenger engines of the Monon
| are, when occasion requires, developing
speed with the express trains which makes
it evident that they will exceed the guar
antee in speed with any reasonable train.
Spurts at a speed of seventy miles an hour
for quite distance are accomplished al
most daily, and the engineers of Ill and
liz say they have never YET put the engines
to the fullest test.
it will not be a party to the reduced rates
made to San Francisco for the meeting of
the letter, carriers. and that it will insist
on it's full proportion of the rates west of
the Missouri river. The lines of the West
ern Passenger Association, which have
made low rates for the meeting, are now in
rather an unpleasant situation, as they will
be compelled to stand all the reduction and
they can hardly do this and carry the bus
mess at proht.
The Baltimore e Ohio proper and the Bal
timore & Ohio Southwestern are now work.
ing more tremendously than at any time
in some years, and the recent visit of Re
improved the conditions The Baltimore
&, Ohio Southwestern has it's track in good
condition, and its passenger trains make
good time and are well patronized, and be-
fore the year closes the probabilities are
that the losses resulting from the high
waters a few months ago will be largely
overcome.
The Michigan division of the Big -Four
is nearing its good-timeS volume in bust
ness, so many manufactures in the gas-belt
territory are starting up and in connection
with the lake craft at Benton Harbor the
road is getting a large amount of business.
At Anderson and Muncie the business for
August this year was fully 20 per cent. in
excess of August, 1896. One of the notice.
able things is that as business improves
local passenger business is reaching it's old
time proportions, the Michigan division for
years having been noted for its large local
travel.
The lines Of the Western Passenger As
VI
trying to get the outside roads into the
organization. This was practically settled
at Tuesdays meeting, but the association
roads yesterday informed the outside lines
that they would trouble them no longer
and that they would be careful to see that
all rates are maintained and upon the first
symptom of decentralization they will see
that the outside lines are given prompt no.
tice. They also request the outside roads
to cooperate with them in the maintenance
of rates.
The Interstate-commerce Commission, in
an opinion by Chairman Morrison, has
recommended reductions of freight rates
to Eureka Springs, Mo-, over the Eureka
Springs and st. Louis & San Francisco
railways. The Eureka Springs Railway has
for many years carried to its terminus
freight at greatly reduced rates when in
tended for points beyond, to be reached by
wagon transportation. The commission
holds this arrangement does not make the
| railway company carriers beyond Eureka
! Springs and that such lower rates Il
discrimination against Eureka Springs and
| its business.
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