The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-08-09

newspaper men asking them to be present
on Thursday of this week at the opening of
their new and elegant offices in Cincinnati
II. NJ. Bronson assistant general passen-
ger agent Of the Big Four, yesterday re-
ceived a complimentary letter from bus SUI
perior officer on the fine exhibit shown at
Indianapolis in passenger earnings and at
other points which come under his immedi-
ate supervision.
One of the mysteries to railroad men is
how the construction of the Chicago 81
Southeastern. from Anderson to Muncie,
can be carried on when the company has no
money to pay its employees, the company
owing some of its shop men, it is said, for
six to eight months wages
The statement that the Monon Company
has sold 81 ,116,250 of its preferred stock is
money derived from that sale is to be put
into improvements and building the new
line to the Bedford stone quarries. Beyond
that the sale had no significance.
John Ferguson. general baggage agent of
the Union Railway Company, is the inven-
tor of the first portable bicycle truck. 1t
is so arranged that on one truck twelve
greatest convenience to the car door, or
wherever it is desired to transfer the
wheels
The Society of Friends. to the number Of
about three hundred. have arranged with
the Baltimore & Ohio for a special train,
leaving New York on Aug. 10. and going
Additions TO the party will be made at
Phtladelphia, Washington, Baltimore and
Cumberland.
President James Eggleston.. of the Man
who for many years was identified with the
American Express Company at Boston. has
aceepted the PRESIDENCY 81 rne rac az oma
ha. This company operates in the Gould
railway system.
The Local Passenger Agents Association
met at the Bates House yesterday and
agreed on giving reduced rates to Indian
apolis on the occasion of the Knights of
Pythias convocation on the oath and 18th,
as we'll as on the 10Th, 21st and 22d, as had
been previously arranged by the Central
Traffic Association.
A foreclosure suit was commenced at
& Lake Erie Railway by the Mercantile
Trust Company of New York. A short time
ago foreclosure proceedings were brought
mortgage The new case is brought under
the first mortgage on the Lake Erie division
of the road.
The personally conducted tours of the
Pennsylvania have been more popular this
season than in any former year. One of the
passenger officials states that the patronage
has been fully 25 per cent. in excess of
that accorded similar tours last year. Ar
rangements are now being made for one to
Yellowstone Park and another to the
Omaha exposition early in September.
One of the most important orders ever is
sued by the Union Pacific, in so far as the
shipments of live stock are concerned, was
promulgated last week. This road has is
Sueu an Oru6r making Denver the terminus
for all Western shipments of stock in
stead of Ogden. Under the new ruling a
shipper can have his stock billed to an
Eastern market via Denver without extra
charge.
1t is stated that the Pennsylvania Com
pany will have opposition in laying addi-
tional tracks across South Delaware street
to the grounds it recently purchased on the
part of the Big Four Railroad Company, as
we'll as from South-siders. The Pennsylvania
Company has begun to get material the
ground, and, it is understood. hopes to be-
gin the erection of its new freight depot
in the early spring.
S. M FELTON,, receiver of the Queen &
Crescent is determined to rid passenger
trains of the smoke nuisance. Trainmen
are now required to carry blanks and to
note date, number of train and where smoke
could be noticed coming from the stack of
the engine, and TO report to the division
superintendent. Mr.. FELTON, has had photo
graphs taken of trains moving at a high
speed and not a curl of smoke can be no
ticed escaping from the stack of the loco
motive.
The renewal of the report that the fast
freight lines on the Vanderbilt system are
to be consolidated has caused some uneasi-
ness among the representatives of the sew
eral lines, but those who have given the
matter attention express the opinion that,
aside from dropping two or three general
managers and their clerical force, there
will not likely. they think, be any CONSOLE
lis, ST. Louis, Peoria and Chicago. So far
as the Merchants Dispatch is concerned 1t
will not, in any case. be disturbed, as it is
operated by an incorporated company and
handles, east-bound, only dairy products,
and west-bound only high-cass freights.