The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-11

best showing that the Chicago-St. Paul
roads have been able to make inside of three
years.
1t is understood that r. w. Davis. general
freight agent of the Buffalo, Rochester a.
Pittsburg, will succeed ". II. Smith as gem
eral manager of the Lackawanna line, his
headquarters to be at Chicago. Mr.. Smith
Is IN poor health and asked to be relieved,
but the company declined 10 drop him and
VIII place him at Buffalo to look after the
lines interest.
The gross receipts Of the Illinois Central
traInc for the month of December were
S2,o55.393, an estimated increase of $45S,SlI
over the same month of last year. For the
nVe months ended Nov. 30 the excess of re-
ceipts from traffic oyer operation expenses
the excess of the corresponding months of
last year of S955,22
James Morris, passenger conductor on
the St. Louis division of the Big Four. last
week completed his twentieth year of serv-
Ice on the st. Louis division. He says that
in his long period of service he has never
known the track of the ST. Louis road and
its equipment to be up to the present stand
ard. Mr. Morris is now one Of the alder
men of the city of Nation, Ill.
While it has not ben officially announced
that Lafayette Briggs would succeed L. N:
Jarvis as general manager of the Traders
Dispatch, enough is known to make it APP
parent that such will be the case. Mr..
Briggs was first known as contracting
agent for the Chicago q Atlantic; he then
patch, then going to Cleveland to accept
position on the Nickel-plate.
A study of Big -Four earnings shows that
the fourth week of December freight earn
ings increased $10S, S41, or 40.2 per cent. pas
Senger earnings increased $33, 621. or 404 per
cent. miscellaneous earnings decreased $lO,-
OS2, or 1871 per cent. For the month freight
earnings increased $685., 937, or 26.6 per cent;
passenger earnings increased $685. 54, or Dig
per cent; miscellaneous earnings decreased
$41 ,922 or Isl per cent.
The Western lines have Just taken vote
on the question of minimum rates to cler-
gymen, making it so cents for a Clergyman
FHxrrAr ID tod IN
of it. Five wanted it made % cents, eight
opposed the plan and nine voted indefinitely.
AS result no change VIII pc mage tnls
year, and the clergymen in the western
Passenger Association territory will travel
on one-half-fare rates.
Charles Rockwell traffic manager of the
Monon line, copying after the Cincinnati,
Hamilton d Dayton, last week called his
subordinates together at Chicago, gave
them good dinner and had a general con-
ference regarding the interests of the road.
This was new thing for the Monon, and
will have tendency to lessen the friction
which occasionally manifestS itself between
the freight men on that line.
The Interstate-commerce Commission has
notified Chairman Caldwell, of the Western
Passenger Association, OF the suspension for
one year of the long and short haul clause
of the law regarding rates into the Kootena
district of British Columbia. The Western
roads asked the suspension of the clause
on this business in order that they might
meet the reduced rates made by the Cana
dian Pacific into the same territory.
De Neufville for a preliminary Injunction,
which would practically have stopped the
sale of the million-dollar issue of refund
ing bonds of the New York Central road
until a decision was reached in De Neuf-
ville's suit against the New York & North
ern Railroad Company, the New York Cen
trail Railroad Company and Drexel, Nor
gan d Co., was yesterday denied at New
York by. Judge Lacombe, of the United
States Circuit Court
General Attorney Lyford of the Chicago
d Eastern Illinois, has been in Brazil for
two or three days settling the damages
have been adjusted for 81, 900 each. On FRI
day last two suits were filed against the
the heirs OF John B. Rausch. the engineer
killed il. the wreck; the other is by the
widow of Fireman George w. Brewer, who
lost his life at the same time.
All the votes of the interested roads have
been recorded in favor of the agreement re-
garding homeseekers' excursions reached
last week by the Western roads. Hereafter
during the months of January and Febru-
airy, none of these excursions will be run
Association west of the Mississippi river or
north of the line of the Missouri BY many
of the roads this agreement is looked upon
as the entering wedge that is to fully enable
them to do away with these excursions al
together.
The road masters, the superintendent Of
bridges and buildings on the Cincinnati |
Hamilton & Dayton lines now meet month";
ly at the office of Engineer of Maintenance |
or way WHITE, at Hamilton, Tor conference. |
Chief Engineer Wilson usually presides |
and the meetings are very instructive. AT |
the last meeting 1t was arranged that each |
section on the road should be provided with |
a uniform supply of tools, and that the |
manner they are cared for be noticed At |
FAIRS pertaining to roadbeds bridges, etc., |
are discussed and suggestions heard.
In order to secure entire independence |
from the Union Pacific system, the man |
agement of the Union Pacific, Denver & |
Gulf Railroad has decided to relay the |
between
that was torn up by the old Union Pacific /
management when in control of the Gulf |
sion with the Colorado lines Five or six |
miles of track will also be built between |
burg branch with the remainder of the sys- |
tenn In this manner the entire trackage |
of the road will be brought into connection |
ard Gulf trains will not be compelled to |
pass over any portion of the Union Pacific |
line. When the Gulf is reorganized it is I'M |
derstood that extensive branches. reaching |
from the Cheyenne Northern, will be made |
in Wyoming.
In proportion to the number of trains run,
the Lake Erie e. Western had the fewest |
late trains arriving at the Indianapolis |
Union Station in 1897 of any of the fifteen
lines. All roads last year made unusually |
good records in freedom from late trains, |
and on the Big Four and the Pennsylvania |
lines if train is late good reasons are ex- |
pected to be shown for it. The Cincinnati, |
Hamilton & Dayton and Monon both made |
excellent records, and their fastest trains |
were the feWest times late. The power Of |
both roads is in excellent condition and
railroad man yesterday said that he believed |
were investigation made it would be |
found that a larger mileage was covered |
on these two roads at from fifty to sixty |
miles hour than Under thirty-fVe miles |
an hour On the Monon. especially, for some |
weeks delays were occaSioned on the north |
end of the Indianapolis division by improve |
mentS making to roadbeds, and invariably |
this lost time was made up.
The way matters are now drifting with |
the Vandalia lines, the receiver at no dis |
tant day will be able to turn the property |
over to the owners in excellent. shape finan- |
cialy as well as physically. More has been |
done to improve the property in the last |
fourteen months than in any like period in /
the history of the road. and as the first |
mortgage bonds of the Terre Haute & In |
dianapOliS road which fall due in 1926 bear |
but per cent interest, they will not be |
burdensome The leased lines are the dead |
weight on their hands. The Michigan divi- |
sion is now doing a good business and at a |
goo good profit as well as the main line, and |
traffic earnings are encouraging. The |
of the T. H.. & |: proper are |
being paid regularly. The amount of |
the first consolidated mortgage fives |
outstanding is $500 000 and there are |
also 5000 600 second consolidated mortgage |
fives. The Terre Haute & Indianapolis guar |
anteed the bonds of it's leased lines, the |
Ierre Haute q Logansport, the Terre Haute |
q Peoria and the Indiana & Lake Michigan |
and in July, 1885, defaulted on the former |
and in September, 1896. defaulted on the |
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