The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-05

DGCAlliSs dSSlSNdHl general passenger agent
of the same line, with headquarters at Chi
cago. Mr. Sappinston will assume his new
position Oct. 6.
Personal, Local and General Notes.
The Big Four brought into Indianapolis
on the Sunday excursion rates 2,2S4 people
B. J. Libbe, general freight agent of the
Iowa Central. has resigned to accept a posi-
ton on the Santa Fe.
A. j. Connolly, trainmaster of the Peoria
& Eastern, was thought yesterday to be a
little better, but he is still very i'll.
The passenger earnings of the Indiana,
Decatur & Western for September were
just double those of September last year.
In the month of September there were
handled at the Union Station 81 499 pieces
of baggage, 5,474 more than in September,
1886.
Owing to the drought on the south end
of the indianapolis q Vincennes, the COM
pany is obliged to haul water for it's loco
motives quite distance.
The local freight traffic of the Monon
since it has had independent terminals and
its own city freight depot at indianapolis
has increased fully 40 per cent
Some of the fast freight lines are now de-
livering at indianapolis freight shipped
from Boston the third day, making as good
time as is made with New York freight.
d. f. Donough, general ticket agent Of
the Union Station, states that the receipts
from sales of tickets for September were
900 in excess of those of September, 1896.
The Milwaukee & st. Paul has inaugu-
rated it's weekly tourist car service to the
Pacific coast, the first of its cars having
night
The men in train service on the Santa Fe
do not like the new block signal service
between Kansas City and Newton, Kan. 1t
being difficult to make schedule time under
it's operation on single track.
Engine $40, on the Panhandle, hauling
Train 49, of six cars, made the run, Satur-
day, from Kouts to Logansport, tifty-six
miles. in nftV-SeVen minutes making one
station stop for train to pass.
The Boston & Maine road is completing at
Concord new and commodious shops, said
to be the best equipped of any railroad shops
in the country. When completed all the
companys heavy work will be done at the
new shops.
Cattle shipments from the West to Omaha,
Kansas City and Chicago are the heaviest
ever known, and the roads are unable to
furnish cars to move all the cattle offered.
Shipments Of sheep to Eastern markets are
also beyond precedent.
There is some uneasiness among the pas
senger men on the Baltimore & Ohio South
western as to the changes o. 2. McCarty
the new general passenger agent, VIII make
The rumors to what he will do are doubt
less much exaggerated.
w. c. Ella formerly baggageman on the
st. Louis division of the Big -Four, but dis
missed because of defective vision of the
right eye, has been appointed special en-
ploye of the Postottice Department. with
headquarters at Washington.
The operators Of the mines on the Indi-
annapolis & Vincennes are getting out fifty
to sixty cars of coal per day. about one
third the usual output at this season of the
year. Trouble to get cars In which to snip
the coal is one of the complaints.
A New York financial paper says the i'm
preston exists that the principal banking
interests of the company are very nearly
ready to step in and take control of the
affairs of the Baltimore & Ohio, and that
change of policy on the part Of the receivers
is likely to follow.
np1n fA. az
ing of the executive committee OF the West
ern Passenger Association, to be held in
principal matter to come before the meeting
will be proposition to discontinue the run
ming Of cheap excursions
c. L. Schaf, general manager of the Big
-Four, left last night for New York. j. q.
Van Wrinkle, general superintendent, and j.
A. Barnard, general manager of the Peoria
& Eastern, preceded him on Sunday night:
All go East to attend the time meeting of
officials Of the Vanderbilt lines
John r. Miller, general superintendent of
the Pennsylvania lines Southwestern sys-
tenn, was in the city yesterday. He has
fully recovered his health and is much graf
flied over the general improvement in busi-
ness on the Pennsylvania, as ii means car
rying out several improvements which Mr..
Miller would like to see made.
The Pennsylvania and the Southern rail-
road companies are making arrangements
for heavy Florida travel this fall and win
ter. Under the proposed schedule a train
will leave New York after the dinner hour
and reach ST Augustine the next day short
ly after the dinner hour, making the run in
twenty-four hours or possibly less.
There was some complaint over the time
the Panhandle was making east-bound with
dressed meat and livestock trains, and
some of the big shippers threatened to quit
unless an Improvement was made. AS
consequence the Panhandle has detailed
special crews and better power for these
trains. and is making some very fast time
with these classes of traffic
The traffic of the Rio Granda Western
has become so heavy that the company has
decided to construct a double track from
Clear Creek to Soldiers Summit thirty-two
miles, and the line between Thistle and
Helper will be equipped with semaphore
signals. The company is so prosperous that
it is arranging to expend a good deal of
money in taking out some very sharp
curves.
On Friday Engine 172 on the Big Four,
hauled the White special of four cars
from start at Indianapolis to q stand
still at Kankakee. lao miles, in three hours
making its usual stops and taking a side
track once for a train to pass. The actual
running time was two hours and thirty-one
minutes. A number of times two to four
miles were covered In fifty-two and fifty
four seconds.
Osborn, small Ohio town on the Big -Four
and the Erie has passed an ordinance to
regulate the speed of trains when passing
through the village. The Big Four has met
the unreasonable order by increasing the
speed of its trains to thirty miles an hour
when passing through Osborn, and re-
suit nine passenger iIdlu crews nave Deen
arrested. The Big -Four intends to make a
test case, as the company thinks it folly
to make such a demand regarding their
fast through trains.
On Monday last the New York Central in
augurated its new cab service from the
Grand Central Station to any point as far
south as Twenty-thrd street New York
and as far north as Fifty-ninth street, and
from the East to the North rivers the
charge for these distances for a single per-
son is Is cents; TO all other parts of the
CITY and RroOklyn Hoboken and Jersey Civ
proportionate rates are charged. The rates
are definitely fixed in each case, so there
will be no question with the driver or any
body else as to just what the rate is.
p. A. Bonebrake, superintendent of the
Louisville division Of the Pennsylvania
lines, with his subordinate officials, spent
most of the last week inspecting the prop
erty and noting the improvements recently