The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-03

the coal business. Mr.. Christmas was pro-
NOTED from chief clerk of Mr. Dawson.
1t is stated that President Thomson, of
the Pennsylvania lines, on the inspection
trip this year will not go over the Vandalia.
The Big Four last week handled at In
dianapolis 1890 cars 10,467 being loaded.
an increase over the corresponding week
of 1897 Of S2l
c. H. Corey. superintendent of motive
power of the Cincinnati Hamilton & Day
ton. yesterday buried his mother at
Orange, n. j.
1t is stated that the profits of the Pull
April was 80 per cent in excess of the cor
responding period of 1897.
H. L. French, agent of the Lake Shore
road at Jefferson, died on Saturday. He
was one of the oldest and best-known
agents on the Lake Shore lines
During the K. T. conclave at Pittsburg
the Pennsylvania Company will have an
electric illumination of the Union Station.
The interior OF the station has been lavish
ly decorated.
The Sunset limited from Chicago over the
Santa Fe lines will begin running on Nov.
], but the Sunset limited between New Or
leans and San Francisco will not be put on
until Dec l.
Dennis T. Murphy, chief train dispatcher
of the Lake Shore road, has returned from
a two weeks vacation. He has been with
the road thirty-four years, and this was his
first vacation.
Hereafter the business of the North Shore
line at Cincinnati will be looked AFTER Dy
the agent of the Blue and Canada southern
lines. The three lines operate over the
Michigan Central.
The Pennsylvania lines are engaged in
transporting 5000 government horses from
New York to Huntsville, Ala. The govern
ment pays the Pennsylvania over 5000 for
carrying out the contract.
Samuel E. Williamson has been appointed
general counsel of the New York Central
& Hudson River Railroad Company and it's
affiliated lines east of Buffalo, to succeed
Mr. Ashbel Green, deceased.
The Chicago & Eastern Illinois on Oct.
inaugurated the a la carte plan for meals
served on their dining cars. Passengers
pay for what they order, but no order is
served for less than % cents.
The Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton is
having fine run of business on its Indian
apolis division. handling last week 1927 cars,
LOS being loaded, an increase of ITO cars
over the corresponding week of 1897.
George b. Baker, assistant engineer on
the Pennsylvania lines who some weeks
ago on account of i'll health, went to At
lantic City, is rapidly recovering from an
illness which 1t was feared would terminate
fatally.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company last
week purchased from the Edgar Thomson
steel works 1900 tons of steel rails weigh
ing one hundred pounds to the yard, to be
this fall
The Chicago & Eastern Illinois is putting
Haute, and when completed its big freight
engines will begin to run through between
Chlcago and Terre Haute. NOW they stop
at Danville.
The Southern Railway is issuing a very
handsome book, THE Empire of the
South 1t is said to be the handsomest pub
LEGATION of it's kind ever issued by a rail-
road company. Frank Presbrey, New York
city, is preparing this book.
The Vandalia last week exceeded all
former records in number of loaded cars
handled at indianapolis, bringing in 1,759
and forwarding west 11H loaded cars. a
total of 1903 OF the inbound business 142
cars were loaded with live stock.
Several Glass IL standard express en-
gines, with eighty-inch driving wheels, are
to be sent soon to the Pennsylvania lines
west of Pittsburg. Trains between Pitts
burg and indianapolis are now so heavy as
to require this class of locomotives
The four Pennsylvania lines centering
here continue to do good business-in
fact, in excess of any former year-last
week handling here 6,795 cars, 5.096 being
loaded, 40 more than were handled at this
point by the four lines last year in the
corresponding week.
| The Southern tourist ticket which the
| Chicago & Eastern Illinois places on sale
Oct Is is a broadgauge ticket. At costs two
! cents per mile, good to return on until June
| days both going and coming at any point
| south of the Ohio river. The Big Four, the
! Monon and the Pennsylvania lines will
| place on sale a similar tourist ticket. \
The pamphlet report of the N. Y, N. H.
& H., covering .ne year ended June 30 1898,
shows that of the gross revenue of $50. 322. :
$14, 0Sl, $50 from freight traffic. Charges to
operating to meet general depreciation were
on DqF ba lines e A. s s r there
sengers and 11.O42,0O6 tons of revenue
freight
| Stephen Murray. one of the best-known
| ticket scalpers in the country, has been
scllping tickets at Atlantic City, disregard
| ing the rigid New Jersey laws against
scalping. George Boyd, assistant general
passenger agent of the Pennsylvania lines,
secured four indictments against him. to
all of which Murray pleaded guilty. On
the, promise that he would leave the State
and go out of the scalping business the
Judge let him off with a fine for each Of
Tense
The next distinguished party to visit the
pbransmississipP Exposition 5 at Omaha o vii
This party occupying private cars. will
take the Burlington's fast train, No. l,
that night Returning they Wv will use the
Burlington's flyer. leaving Omaha Oct g.
arriving in St Louis the morning of Oct. T.
Besides the Governor and his official staff
there will be a number of leading citizens
of Ohio, who will make a special trip to
celebrate Ohio day at the Omaha exposition
Oct 5.
The ninth international conference of the
railroad department of the Young Mems
Christian Association will be held at Fort
WAYNE, Oct. 20 %. 1t will be much more
important event than many people credit
it with Special trains will be run sew
eral roads to care for the delegates. The
plate will run one from Boston, the Penn
sylvania one from New York. Philadelphia,
Washington and Baltimore; the Nickel
plate one from Chicago the Wabash from
Kansas City and st. Louis, the Grand Rap
ids q Indiana from cincinnati and from
Canada. President Garfield, of the Ohio
State University, delivers the opening adj
dress on Thursday evening. Friday evening
will be railroad officials evening and adj
dresses will be given by President Canniff
of the Nickel-plate; General Manager
Ramsey. of the Wabash. and others. r.
Nixon. of London, and Thomas Ridley. of
Edinburgh. will represent the railroad men
Of England at the conference and speak on
the subject, Christian Work Among Rail-
way Men. in Great Britain" Other adj
dresses are to be delivered by A. NJ. Wait
general master car builder of the Lake
Shore; w. ]. Latta, general agent of the
PENNSYLVANIA at Philadelphia, and r.
Quayle. superintendent motive power Chi
cago & Northwestern. The Pullman and
Wagner companies have given half rates
and a number of large roads will grant free
transportation.
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