The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-19

York Susquehanna & Western. but he
thinks the transfer will be made on July 1.
George W. Kittredge, chief engineer Of the
Big Four lines. yesterday was In Lafayette,
where he arranged with the Lake Erie &
western, the Monon and the Wabash for
tne erection OF an interlocking and signal
plant
President Fish, of the Illinois, Central, has
issued an order prohibiting the acceptance
or presents from employees on this road by
any or the officials and officials have been
requested not TO permit the use of their
names IN voting contests.
The Empire State fast express. over the
New York Central. is to have a running
mate over the Erie. The Erie carried a
newspaper train from New York to Buffalo.
40 miles. in $50 minutes. and the New York
Central newspaper train covered 440 miles
IN 45O minutes. 1t is not generally known
but the Erie has line from New York to
Rufalo fifteen miles shorter than the New
York Central
The Peoria & Eastern is laying several
miles OF steel rail, weighing eighty pounds
to the yard. 1t is being put down near Cow
ington. General Manager Barnard says in
the next sixty days he expects to get IN
twenty-seven miles of steel rail of that
weight.
The Kansas City, Pittsburg & Gulf has
created quite q stir by going into Peoria
and contracting to carry twenty-five car
loads of glucose for export via Port Arthur;
heretofore the Peoria a. Eastern and the
Vandalia have secured most of this bust
ness, which amounts TO thousands of car
loads annually.
This week thirteen men employed on the
western division of the Nickel-plate were
dismissed from service for violating the
temperance order issued Few years ago
by General Superintendent johnson. The
discharged men, it is stated We're not
drunkards, but visited too frequently places
where intoxicating liquors are sold.
The Big Four now pumps its water at
Greensburg with crude oil engine. At
Greensburg 9,750,000 gallons of water are
used per month. and the company has, for
years, been paying the water company $225
per month. With the engine, which operates
automatically. the water is supplied at an
expense of SIS per month, and the service is
satisfactory.
The government lien on the middle d.
vision of the Kansas Pacific. Railroad in
Kansas was sold at Salina, Kan, yesterday
The road was bought by Alvin w. Krech
and Winslow S. Pierce, representing the
reorganization committee, for So ,OOO
There was no competition at the sale Mr.,
Krech was the only bidder W. D. Cornish
acted as auctiOneer.
M. E. Ingalls, president of the Big Four,
with his wife and a half dozen friends,
way to Mexico. The Big -Four is doing
very heavy business. he said and at pay
ing rates. The traffic on the Chicago di-
vision is heavier than at any time in the
twenty-seven years he has been identified
with the road in an official capacity
Notice is given that J. II. Crawford. the
new general manager of the Lackawanna
line, will transfer his headquarters, on
March /, from Buffalo to Chicago. j. A.
Lucas, VINO represents the line in this ter
ritory states that every year the line is in
creasing its business from this region, and
Fl. r. PIERCE, who represents the line at
Louisville. makes similar report.
Directors of the Rock Island road had a
meeting Yesterday in New York at which
the issue of a formal call was authorized
for the redemption of $40, ~ 900 extension
collateral per cent. trust, April 80, and the
redemption of S4500,000 5 per cent. deben-
ture bonds on Sept. l. This acton is but CIV
ing effect to that taken by the stockhold-
ers at their special meeting last Tuesday.
The Santa Fe road has notified the South
western Traffic Association of its with
drawal of the notice recently issued, de-
caring a boycott against the Kansas City,
PitIsburg & Gulf road: No explanation of
the Santa FEES action is given, but among
traffic men it seems to be the opinion that
the Santa Fe desires to allow some of the
other lines in the Southwestern Association
to fight the injunction proceedings insti-
tuted in the federal courts BY the Pitts
burg & Gulf.
The Illinois Central road secured an order
from the United States Circuit Court at
Louisville directing the receiver of the
Chesapeake Ohio q southwestern to turn
over to the company all assets outside OF
the cash on hand. Provision is made in the
order for the transfer OF all money in the
New York banks to the credit of the road
to the Citizens National Bank OF Louis
vile. By the same order Of the court the re-
ceiver is discharged and the Illinois Cen
trail will hereafter have exclusive manage
ment Of the road.
Inc Dig fOuT VIII, replace the
bridge near Cleveland with a new steel
structure, and passenger trains during the
day will use the Lake Shore tracks at
Berea The erection of the new structure
has been FASTENED by the Erie Railway,
which uses the bridge, informing the Big
Four people that they would be held re-
sponsible for any accident that should oc-
cur on the bridge. The Big Four Company,
on Wednesday, received Information from
Washington that. under the circumstances.
the department. permission for erecting the
new structure was not necessary.
Seventh-day Adventists are engaged in a
controversy with the Western roads at
present over an alleged discrimination
against their denomination in the matter
of half-fare permits. The home missionaries
of the sect are actively engaged in the sale
of its literature, and, under the rules of the
Western clergy bureau, this fact debars
them from the privilege of half-fare rates.
A compromise of the matter in dispute has
been suggested by allowing the general Sec
rotary of the body to certify to those mis-
sionaries who devote their whole time 10
purely religious work so that they may Sc
cure half fares.
A Suicidal Movement.
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