The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-14

removed yesterday by the Canadian Pacific
road announcing that 1t would advance its
baslng rate between Chicago and St Paul
TO $ll.5O. 1t had previously stated that it
would use the reduced 50 rate as its basing
rate.
The Big Four has S74 miles of its main
line protected by q block signal system.
The 10 miles between Indiana polls and Gin
cinnati and the 26S miles between Cleveland
and Cincinnati.
In the twenty four hours ending at mid
night on Sunday the Panhandle delivered
at Pittsburg to the Pennsylvania road 154
carloads of perishable freights and ninety
carloads of live stock.
The Panhandle has received instructions
to turn over to the Monon the Southern
iron car line cars it has been using after
being repaired at the Lafayette shops. They
will be put in service on the Monon.
The board of managers of the Union
Railway Company will hold their monthly
meeting on next Tuesday, and an effort will
be made to secure a full attendance as
there are some important matters to con-
slider.
w. H. Hawkins, the newly appointed gen
eral passenger and freight agent of the In
diana & Illinois Southern. proposes to make
some changes in the train service which
will develop more business in both lines of
service.
A Methodist Church in Leavenworsh las
brought suit against the Chicago Great
Western for $1,000 The petition alleges
that the company's engines, by whisting
and ringing of bells, interrupts church
services.
Peru, Ind. is becoming a much more inn
portant point on the Wabash than In for
troit division business has SO increased that
another switching engine has been put in
service at Peru.
DR.. Peyton, formerly surgeon of the Big
Four at Jeffersonvil.e, has been promoted
from the position of regimentai surgeon of
the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ifty-ninth Indiana to
the head of the United States army hos
pital at Philadelphia
IN NTopdav two cuvitchipo anoripac and
four rebuilt heavy freight engines were
shipped from the shops Of the Pennsylvania
at Altoona for the Indianapolis and Chi
cago divisions of the Panhandle, to aid in
moving the heavy traffic over these lines.
In railway circles the opinion prevails
that the Brice syndicate has stolen a march
on the Vanderbilt people by gaining en-
trance to Detroit, there is now no qUes-
tion as to the Brce syndicate having The
key to the situation with the Lima North
ern.
An item is going the rounds of the press
that the fast freight lines on the Baltimore
IL Ohio road are to be consolidated. They
II. Noonan, then of this city, was appoint
ed general manager OF the two, the Central
| States Dispatch and the Continental line.
Walter S. Alexander a well-known rail-
road man, was buried yesterday a. Milton,
Wis. He had been prominent figure in
Western railroad circles for twenty-five
years. He was, before the reorganization
of the Union Pacific assistant to the mas
ter of chancery in the reeeivership cases of
the Union racine.
One of the drawbacks the Wabash man
agement has is the large sum it pays for
lack of equipment in hire Of cars, the com
pany in the year ending June 80 paying out
for passenger, sleeping cars etc, $l0, 7S9.3 i;
for freight cars, $780, i69. 40. making total
of $46S ,55S74, an increase over the proceed
| ing year of $l192 46
General Manager Ramsey, of the Wabash
| lire, says in his annual report that the
rights of the Wabash, under its lease from
| the GraHd Trunk, are coequal with the
| Grand Trunk in and to the use of tracks,
stations, terminals, ferries bridges. etc, for
| passenger, express. mail and freight traffic,
both through and local.
| George Catterson and Paul Brown, repre-
| sentatives of the Chicago, Indiana q East
| ern, were in Marion on Monday paying
! claims against the road and getting matters
| further delay iE the construction OF the
! line. The graders expect to reach Swayzee
| by Oct. l. and the tracklayers keep in close
| touch with the graders.
| Much credit is given the present man.
| agement of the Evansville & Terre Haute
| for the manner it has handled in the last
| few months the largest passenger and
| freight business that has ever been moved
| ever the line between Evansville K Terre
| Haute. 1t is stated that on no like piece of
road have the same number or locomotives
performed as heavy service as on the l.. q
+. II.
George II. Daniels, general passenger
| agent of the New York Central, and tire
| less foe of ticket scalpers. on Saturday had
| four scalpers arrested and held in bail for
$500 each for trial under the new anti
scalping law of New York. These were the
first arrests under the new law. Senator
| Grady, who was a strong advocate OF the
| law before the Legislature, is in charge of
| the prosecution, and is confld INT the law
will drive scalpers out of that State.
The annual meeting of the stockholders
and debenture bondholders of the Wabash
| Railway Company was held in St Louis
| yesterday, with a big representation pres
| emit. There a reelection of the old oil
| rectors and the reading and adoption of the
/ annual report, which made public last
Monday. The most important action taken
| was a decision to buy, build or lease rail
| road wholly or partially constructed to fill
the sap in the system and connect East
| Hannibal and Quincy. distance of fifteen
| miles. The decision was also reached to
buy, build or lease a line o connect Moul-
ton and Abba, Ia, and IKE the Wabash
| a continuous line through nose points.