The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-09

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tendent of telegraph of the Southern Pacific
lines.
F. f. Valentine goes to Sacramento. Cal.
to represent the Santa Fe lines, with the
title or commercial agent.
The earnings of the Indiana, Decatur &
Western for October were nearly $1,000 in
excess Of those Of October. 1896.
c. s. Brice, on Saturday with officials of
the northern Ohio and the Cleveland, Ak
ron d Columbus, inspected the two lines.
The Big -Four on Sunday night carried the
Deila OK troupe occupying four cars, from
cleveland to st. Louis, making fast time.
NJ. e. ingalls,, president of the Big Four,
the Big -Four has many friends and a num-
Der OF security holders
President DuvaI of the Florida Central
general agent of the lines at Baltimore
vice c. b. Wantz, resigned.
The Illinois Central people have promised
Mayor Magrudee. of Kankakee, that the
point to cost $4,000 or more.
On Nov. II the Lehigh Valley will inaugu-
rate through tourist car service between
Philadelphia, California and Colorado
points, the service to be weekly,
B.. f. Mason, travelling passenger agent
Oh tne CINCINNATI, Hamilton & Dayton, has
resigned. He will retain his connection
With the Detroit & Cleveland boat line.
w. A. Pratt, chief engineer of bridges.
etc, of the Pennsylvania, who has been at
Hot Springs since Aug % to rid himself of
sumo his official duties.
The grain blockade at Kansas City has
been relieved and elevators on the Belt line
are again receiving grain. The Chicago,
burlington q Quincy is now the leading
road in deliveries of grain at that point.
The new bridge on the Cincinnati division
of the Big Four over the Whitewater was
competed on Saturday, and on Sunday.
trains commenced running over it. The
structure is of iron and 212 feet in length.
At Denver yesterday w. D. Cornish, mas
ter IN chancery, appeared at the courthouse
at the hour originally set for the sale of
the Denver Pacific road and publicly an
nounced the postponement of the sale until
Dec. 20.
The Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville
road (Monon) earned in October 1921 051, an
increase over October, 1885, of $66 389. Since
July the road has earned 81, 239, $685. an in
crease over the corresponding period of 1896
of 1882, 1873
H. E. w. Beyers who has represented
the Chicago 81 Northwestern at Cleveland,
VIII, on Nov. 10, be transferred to Phladel-
phia, to represent the road, and D. L. Stur-
gls, who has been located at Racine. Wis
VIII succeed him at Cleveland.
Two of the largest passenger engines the
Pennsylvania builds of the Glass l. type are
70 be transferred to the indianapolis divi-
sion TO haul Trans and 20 between Indian
apois and Columbus, the trains being too
heavy for the Class p type of locomotives
j. A. Barnard, general manager of the
Peoria & Eastern went to Chicago last
night to confer with Vice President Brad
bury, of the Lake Erie & Western. concern
ing contemplated improvements on the Pc
ora q Pek1n Union Railway, the two con-
shutting the executive committee of the lat
ter company.
The force of the Big Four paint shop at
Brightwood has been increased, and yes
terday the work of repainting the entire
passenger equipment at the rate Of forty
coaches per month was commenced. An Of
nclal on the road says it will take until
April l, when summer travel sets in, to COM
plete this work.
AT st. Paul yesterday Judge Sanborn, in
the United States Court, confirmed the sale
of the first mortgage bonds of the Union
Paci1c, which were sold last Tuesday at
Omaha. The proceedings were confined to
the brief reading of the papers in the case
and The signing Of the judges name The
document was Immediately dispatched to
Omaha.
The passenger department of the Union
racine yesterday sent to T. G. Wallace, it's
representative in this territory a novel and
useful book which. while being an excel
lent advertisement for the road, has other
good points, 1t is entitled Indoor Sports
ana Games, and gives the rules by which
adults.
The report that the Big Four is to order
twenty-five or thirty locomotives is not cor
rect William Garstang, superintendent of
motive power, stated yesterday that he had
contracted with the Richmond locomotive
service, and il, after test it performed as
expected, the company would purchase ten
or twelve more of the same type
The Illinois Central will pay more atten-
ton to handling live stock shipped from
Southern points to the Chicago market, and
is now having. built by the Pullman Com
Company is also building two cafe cars on
new plan for this company, and seven
new postal cars sixty feet in length, con-
Structed on the most modern plan.
j. E. Galbraith. who has been appointed
traffic manager of the Cleveland Terminal
and Valley Railroad Company, with head
eral agent of the B. & Q. at that point
These two positions were formerly held by
L. Rush Brockenbrough, who is now gen.
eral freight agent of the B. & o. lines west
of the Ohio river, with headquarters at
Pittsburg.
Whether the Baltimore & Ohio decides to
remain in the interchangeable mileage
agreement is not definitely settled and it
depends entirely on what action the Joint
Traffic Association takes in the nterterri-
torial use of that ticket, making it good
the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern. If this
is allowed, other trunk lines will ask SINH
lar permission.
East-bound freight shipments from Chica-
go for the week ending Nov amounted to
50,667 tons, against IS, 722 the previous week
and 1854 last year. divided among the diff
tons; Michigan Central, 3,243; Wabash, 4.651;
Lake Shore, 4,S99; Fort Wayne, 1867; Bal
Nickei-piate, 4742; Erie, 5,s72 Big Four Four
1904. The lake lines carried 141.226 tons
John Lazarus, traffic manager of the In
diana, Decatur d Western says he looks
for an increased movement in grain to the
seaboard in the near future, as freight rates
and the prices of grain are now far equal
izing, meeting the advance in the grain
rates Strange to say, on grain and grain
products the advanced rates are strictly
adhered to, while on other classes of freight
they are being cut more or less, it is stated,
by all lines.
1t is announced that the reorganization
proceedings of the Wisconsin Central are
well under way and that in response to
the appeal of the reorganization committee
bonds have been deposited The total
amount of the Improvement bonds depos-
tied is So, 035, co., out of a total of So ZAP 600
The Eastern roads out of Chicago are much
disappointed over the amount of business
they are securing. 1t has been decreasing
for some time and if it were not for the
amount of west-bound business the roads
The greater amount of their business is by
far weSt-bound
There is some complaint on the part of
better coaches are used than in local bust
ness, While through travel pays but pa
cents per mile and local business cents
per mile. One often hears of elegant and
very expensive trains being built for the
through service but who ever hears of
new coach or entire new train being put
into local service. 1t is in the local service
that the cars which have become dilapi-
dated are placed, new equipment replacing
them on the through trains. Persons who
thus complain should bear in mind that in
through service competition is sharp, while
in local traffic there is usually no com
petition unless it be the electric cars.
Union Pacific official in oopuarSa tio,,