The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-01

cashier and paymaster of tie Honduras
Cortez.
Chief Engineer Kittridge says that 40
miles OF the Michigan division or the Big
Four Will be rebalasted with gravel taken
summer. 5e NLsAt
April 7 has. besnaflxedl 1paa sas the day
for making another attempt TO settle the
old disturbing question of tie charge OF g
per car for delivering stock at the Chicago
stock yards.
E. /. Russell of Mobile, first vice presi-
cent of the Mobile & Ohio Railroad, and
for the past year executive officer of that
soad has been elected president to succeed
James G. Clarke. aag
James p. Atkins. who for some years was
agent and operator of the Wabash At Del
phi, died last week in the railroad hospital
Of the Wabash at Peru, and on Sunday was
buried at his old home in Illinois
l.. T. Westrich superintendent of the
western division of the Toledo, st. Louis
IL Kansas City, has notified Receiver Peirce
that he has given up his Intention OF going
to the Klondike, and will remain in his
present position.
Frank Wade, travelling passenger agent of
the Cincinnati, Hamilton Dayton, re-
trip. He says prosperity was visible, and
passenger men predict that the business
of this year will be the heaviest in many
years. @
In February forty-two employees on the
Nickel-Plate were discharged for violating
the rules of the company prohibiting en-
ing them. In each case the order for dis
misSal came from the general ofnces at
Cleveland, division officials having nothing
to do with 1t.
The Lake Erie & Western will secure a
profitable business this year through maui
ing ice from Laporte, on IS Michigan city
division Twenty icehouSeS IN the bank of
Stone lake are now about two-thirds full,
and on Pine lake ten-inch Ice was being
cut last week ao
At the meeting of the Central Passenger
ANc afsafi 4
pected that it will be decided to discontinue
the use of the 5,000-nnile photograph tickets.
Less than ESQ have been sold II IN od the past
1,0O0-mile books have been sold
On March II, Is and II a mass meeting of
all organized railway employees south of the
Ohio river will be held ut Chattanooga: The
chiefs of the several brotherhoods Will be
in attendance The object OF the meeting
is to bring about a more fraternal feeling
among trainmen on Southern lines.
A new passenger tariff went into effect on
the Grand Trunk road yesterday. 1T quotes
the same rates from points in Ontario, Que
in the Northwest, British Columbia and
Alaska, via Po-t Huron and Chicago, as
the Canadian Pccitic, and great reduction
has also been made IN local rates.
The official statement of Samuel Thomas.
president of the Chicago Indianapolis d
Louisville, shows that in the first half OF
Dec 81, the road earned gross, $i.7S3. 1854. ali
increase over the corresponding period of
the previous year of 1927 1896. The road
earned net $55e,79l, an Increase this year OF
$95, 236. asea-=
j. McCune, who to-day became general
road master of the Toledo, st. Louis a
Kansas city, will have charge or roadbed;
track, bridges and all building on the 453
miles of road Mr.. McCune has an excel
lent reputation as II roadmaster, and re-
Gently declined two offers from other i'm
portant lines, preferring to be under Re
ceiver Peirce us 1t
The Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern has
instituted change. in the operation of it's
dining ears 1t has abolished the. table
d'hote system and substituted therefor the
la carte plan. The change is said to be
proving very popular with the public, and
much more profitable for the company. Re-
freshments or meals are now served at all
hours during any rum
The Western lines will put. in cut rates to
Puget sound points to-day. From Chicago
to Seattle the tlrstJelass Far fare will be $3.50
are $61.5O for first class and $5l5O for sec
the st. Paul and the Missouri river gate
ways. BY way Of St Paul tickets, will be
sold at the fiat rate, but by the Missouri
river the rebate plan will be adopted.
In about thirty days the passenger
trains which are to run between Pittsburg
and St Louis over the Panhandle and the
Vandalia, will be out of the shops. The cars
are of the square veStibule pattern, the base
of the coach body painted olive green the
upper work light cream, and the words
Pennsylvania line" will be painted in req.
to correspond with the new Pullman cars
recently put on TO run between New YORK
and st. Louis.
e. O. Mccormick, passenger traffic man
ager of the Big -Four lines, and D. @. Ed
wards, passenger traffic manager of the
Cincinnati Hamilton e. Dayton, will this
afternoon pass through the city, en- route
to Chicago to attend the Central Passenger
Association meeting tomorrow c. IT,
Daily, general passenger agent OF the BrIce
lines, will leave this evening for the same
purpose. The Lake Erie & Western, while
not a member of the association, acts with
it III rate matters.
To-day the lake lines will have a rate
conference with the Eastern rail lines. On
Wednesday the lake lines will hclG their
annual meeting and on EhI-@lly will con-
fer with the Western railrol Is as to freight
tariffs for 1898 from Missouri river cross
ings north of and including st. Louis and
from Minneapolis transfer ana St. Paul to
Lake Erie points. An earnest effort VIII
be made to maintain rates this year which
will leave some prOht. to tho transportation
companies interested.
East-bound ship MS of grain, flour and
provisions from Chicago and the various
JUNCTION points for the 7g week eek inc to
vious week, and $3.50 tons for the CORE
spending week last year. The per centages
carried by the different roads Were: Balti-
more & Ohio, &c.; Big -Four, 8; Erie, ia;
Grand Trunk, 81; Lake Shore, 13.1; Michl-
gan Central, l2.S Nickle-Plate, 129; Pan
handle, 6.6; Pittsburg & Fort Wayne, Ia;
Wabash, SO.
General passenger agents of the Western
roads at their meeting in Chicago yester-
day were engaged IN equalIlns rates Iroul
the various competitive points IN the IN
termediate territory between Chicago ana
the Missouri river to the North Pacific
coast in such a way that none of them
would have an advantage over the others
in meeting Canadian Pacific competition.
The work is exceedingly complicated. and
several days may be required before it can
be completed. No new developments pre-
scented themselves in the conduct of the war
since Saturday. g*swts So
No reply has been received yet from any
of the railroads to which We're telegraphed
the recommendations for a. settlement of
the Canadian Pacific rate war, agreed upon
i'm Montreal by General Passenger Agents
Daniels, of the New York Central, and
Roberts of the Erie, one side, and
President Van Horn and Passenger Man
ager McNicoll of the Canadian Pacific, on
the other. As a result the effort to end
the strife is virtually at a standstill 1t is
understood that the. Western lines desire
that the Grand Trunk should first take the
initiative and then Western lines would
follow suit.