The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-29


months. The other roads will be compelled
to follow suit in a short time
E. Ehnniss, agent of the Kanawha De-
spatch for this territory. has leased office
room in the new Stevenson block. 1t is
stated that quite a number of line men
contemplate leasing rooms in this block
The Boston Commercial Club which
came to Cincinnati over the Pennsylvania
lines, is loud in it's favorable comments on
the character of the train, the manner they
were treated and the speed the train made.
T. NJ. Pierson, who was elected first as
sistant grand chief of the Order of Teleg-
rapherS, was for some years d dispatcher
on the Vandalia. but of late years has
given his entire time to the interests OF the
order.
The tracks of the Detroit & Lima North
ern and of the Cincinnati, Jackson & Mack
tnaw were connected on Thursday and the
Lima Northern will on Sunday commence
using the c., j. & NJ. tracks between Te-
cumseh and Britton.
The Baltimore e. Ohio is giving the Penn
sylvania and the Pittsburg q Erie lines
some lively competition on passenger bus
mess between PfJtsburg and Cleveland the
b. d O. having put its Pittsburg and Cleve-
land line in good condition to do business.
W. A. Patton has been appointed secre-
tary pro TEN. of the Pennsylvania Company
during the absence OF Secretary Sims, who
goes to Europe and Lewis Nelson has
been made chief clerk to the secretary until
Assistant Secretary Newhall RECEIVERS from
an illness which confines him at home.
William Lynn. formerly with the auditing
department of the Indiana Bloomington x
Western is now confidential secretary of
Vice President Henderson. of the Phiiadel-
phta q Reading. He has purchased fine
farm in Maryland and on Friday night OF
each week goes to his farm and remains
until Monday.
It is stated that the Indiana Decatur &
Western brings more corn into Indianapolis
for consumption by the cerealine mills, the
starch works, etc, than all the roads from ON
the West combined. The last few days the
deliveries to local concerns of this charac-
ter have been fully one hundred carloads
of corn per day.
John II. Barrickman, of Louisville, Ky.
travelling freight agent of the Louisville
& Nashville, is in the city Among other
things he states that there has in the last
three years been a remarkable increase in
shipments of farming and harvesting i'm
plements from Northern manufacturers to
the Southern States.
c. E. Henderson, formerly general man
ager of the Indiana Bloomington & West
ern, is one of the busiest men in the coun-
try. He is now second vice president of
the Philadelphia & Reading, in charge of
ger of the coal and iron industries OF the
company, and receives a salary OF $lo,O00
a year.
So many of the Panhandle employees at
Logansport suffered through the failure of
the Johnson bank that superintendent w al
ton has arranged to have the pay car make
it's rounds next month ten days earlier than
usual The company dlSburSeS at that
point $50, 900 a month, and the company VIII
favor the shops by increasing the amount
of work.
The monthly statement of the earnings
of the Atchison road for April shows
gross earnings amounting to 499 an
Increase compared with the same month
s., O76 25i; increase, $48l ,3O1; net earnings
$434, 249; decrease, $l24.0l3; net earnings Tor
the ten months ending April 80, $6,S9O AS;
net increase, $S7l,6
The official statements show that Indian
apolis and st. Louis are the Only terminals
of the Big Four where an increase in earn
ings over the corresponding period OF 1876
is shown and at Anderson, Muncie and
several points on the Michigan division the
last two months very handsome increases
in revenue Inf act all over the, gas belt
territory there has been decided increase
in business the last few weeks.
H. c. Dehl, formerly general freight
agent of the Indiana, Bloomington q West
state Despatch and Fl. M. Claggett, for
merly in the auditors office of the Indiana,
Bloomington e. Western, now general agent
of the Philadelphia q Reading Coal and
Iron Companies at Buffalo, have both be
come quite wealthy through the interests
they had in the Niagara Fails improve
ment Company.
The National Association of Railway
Claim Agents has completed a two-days
session at st. Louis and elected officers. In
dianapolis was chosen as the next pace OF
meeting. The election of officers resulted:
President. r.. b. Hutchinson, Indianapolis;
vice presidents, Frank S. Farnam, Boston;
l.. T. Stewart. MarshalltoWn' Ia. george
]. Dodd Sedalia, Mo-. r.. f. Sauer Ierre
Haute. Ind; Clayton Harrington, Dallas
Tex; secretary and treasurer, e. L. Price,
Galesburg, Ill.
The brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
in the Cincinnati territory have arranged
for reunion and celebration on a broad
scale for June 20 and q. The grand officers
of several of the railway organizations VIII
be present and a number of prominent rail-
way officials among them M. f.. ingalls,, of
the Big Four; S. NJ. FELTON,, OF the queen
and Crescent; G. G.. Waldo, of the C1ncln-
natl Hamilton & Dayton, and others. In
vitations have been extended TO the mem
bers of the Eureka Division. Indianapolis;
and at many other points. 1t Is expected
that / 500 members will be in attendance.
The new trains of the Chicago Burling-
ton x Quincy will go into service June l
between Chicago and st. Paul. Each tram
consists of five cars, of Pullman highest
standard, and are constructed on new de-
signs They rest on siX-wheeled trucks and
have vestibules extending the full width
of the car making a solid train practically
from the baggage car to the rear coacn
The train has every modern Improvement
and is lighted by electricity; especially IS
the compartment car gorgeous in its ap-
pointnents The dining car hauled on this
train is equipped to serve meals for sixty
persons at one time. George M. Pullman
saws that without exception it is the finest
train ever constructed at the Pullman
works.
A local passenger official said yesterday
that the introduction of the Interchangeable
mileage was the most serious blow at pas
senger revenue that had ever been under
taken Before interchangeable mileage was
introduced, he said about 10 per cent. of
the travel was on this class of mileage or
the exchange tickets which were OBTAINED
through it, so that GO per cent of the pas
senger business is carried at cents per
mile ''I am satisfied" said he, that our
trains are carrying more passengers than
year ago while our revenue shows de-
crease as compared with the corresponding
period of 1895 SO far as the ticket scalpers
are concerned they have furnished an OPP
portunity for the passenger officials TO do
some crooked work, and think more dis
honorable practices have been resorted to
under the eyes of some of the general pas
senger agents than were ever employed by
a sCalper. When il is known that before
the interchangeable mileage book was used
but per cent. of the travel was on trans
portation furnished from brokers, it is seen
that the disappointing revenue from pas
senger service is as much the fault OF the
passenger officials the scalpers.
Closing Sessions of &. Il. Union.
The closing session Of the midyear con-
vention of the c. f. u. were held yes
terday at the Friends Church. The morn