The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-05

at the yards 3.7l7 more carloads of live
STOCK than in the corresponding four
months of 1897.
Clerks IN all division offices on the Wa
bash lines will have a half holiday every
Saturday until September.
Notice has been given by the Missouri Pa
cific road that it will make rate of one
and one-third fare for the round trip for
the Methodist Episcopal Church South, to
be held in Baltimore.
Is The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
is making preparat lions for its biennial in
ternational convention, which will assemble
at st. Louis May IL. The organization is
now thirty-fve years old and has over 1000
members, with assets exceeding 100000.
When on the Wabash, Charles NJ Hays,
general manager considerably increased
the tonnage hauled per train. and on going
TO the Grand Trunk he introduced similar
plans. AS a result, three to five more load
ed cars are now handled to the train than
formerly.
A party of nineteen left yesterday after
noon for Klondike in one of the Great
good as was the Pullman cars of ten years
ago. The route was over the Monon, the
Chicago Great Western and the Great
Northern to Seattle.
The Erie Railway Company has just
opened one of the handsomest ticket offices
in the West in the Grand Pacific Hotel at
general passenger agent of the road has
under consideration the placing of a repre-
sentative In this territory.
The indianapolis & Vincennes is doing the
best business in years, bringing in daily
from ITO to 100 loaded cars, chiefly loaded
with coal, stone and lumber. The shipments
OF live stock the last thirty days from
ever known in the same length of time
The interchange business between the
Chicago. Indianapolis & Louisville and the
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton in the terri
tory represented by George S. Brecount,
commercial agent, Cincinnati, shows an in
crease in the four months ending April 80,
1898, of So per cent. over the corresponding
period of 1897.
A large number of railroad men yesterday
attended the funeral of Daniel Creamer, late
chief train dispatcher of the Big Four lines.
tendent Van Wrinkle several division SUI
perintendents and twenty train dispatchers
and telegraph operators who had been as
ISOLATED with him for years
The Pennsylvania lines are this week put
ting on new trains built by the Pullman
Company, to run between New York and
Chicago daily. These trains are splendid
trate the disregard for expense which the
Pennsylvania has when convenience and
comfort of its patrons are in question.
Grand Chief Sargent, of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Firemen, has given notice
to members who carry insurance that it will
not be invalid or placed in peril by any
Spain. and in case of death or loss of limb
in war or while in the country's service the
claims will be paid precisely as the rules of
the organization provide.
The meeting of the Central Passenger AS
ISOLATION at Chicago yesterday did not pro-
duce any results as there was practically
nothing done except to discuss routine mat
tiers, and no action was taken on the in
Interchangeable mileage tickets. which was
the most important matter on the docket.
Reduced rates for a number of large meet
ings were also before the meeting. 1t is
likely that the session will be prolonged I'M
I'll the latter part of the week.