The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-08-02


plant in July, reaching an average of eigh-
ty-two loaded cars.
The official report of Charles stiIz, gen.
eral ticket agent at the Union Station,
shows the receipts from sales of tickets
last month 70 have been $l4,621.6 81 in excess
of those of July, 1887.
Engine 15S, on the vandalia, yesterday
hauled Train 20. consisting of eight cars,
including three Pullman cars, from Green
castle to indianapolis. distance of thirty
eight miles, in thirty-eight minutes
The stockholders of the Indiana, Illinois &C.
Iowa will meet Sept Is to vote on consolida-
ton with an allied line thirty-five miles in
length, and on the issuing of s., O0o COO fifty
year per Ger I. gold consolidated mortgage
bonds.
]. NJ. Fleming, jr., passenger agent of the
was yesterday transferred to Tampa. and J.
+. Martin has been appointed travelling
freight agent of the road with head
quarters at Mobile.
The coal traffic of the Chicago & Indiana
Coal road, the coal line of the Chicago e.
Eastern Illinois, was 40 per cent. heavier
last month on tonnage of block coal than
in July, 1887, and this month the increase
bids fair to be more marked.
James McCrea, first vice president of the
PENNSYLVANIA Company, last night went to
Louisville, and to-day, in company with
Bushrod Taylor, the new superintendent of
the Louisville division of the Pennsylvania
lines, will inspect that division.
The United States Investor, in speaking of
the improved conditions with the Wabash
says the road is blessed with good man
agement and Will gain considerable adj
vantages through a connection with the
Missouri Pacific, whereby it gets an outlet
to Denver
The Georgia Southern & Florida Railway
has placed an order for three complete new
passenger trains to be delivered by Sept
]. The war has proved of great benefit TO
the southern roads and the management
are investing the money earned literally in
new equipment.
C. F. Daily general passenger agent of
the Lake Erie & Western. states that their
passenger business last month was the
heaviest in any July of some years past, in
fact, their passenger earnings every month
the present year have shown an increase
over corresponding months of 1897.
The presence of a large force of Penn
sylvania engineers, for week past. be-
tween Portage and Wilmore has given rise
to a statement that important changes are
TO be made in the grade of the old Portage
road, so as to get the best route for a pro-
posed auxiliary line over the mountain
The Louisville division of the Pennsyl-
vania lines, the Monon the Big -Four and
the Evansville & Terre Haute, in connec-
ton with the Chicago & Eastern Illinois,
have in the last six weeks made fine records
in the handling of shipments of fruits and
vegetables to Northern markets. The trains
carrying periShahle freightS have often
been run on passenger train schedules.
P. ]. Landers who yesterday became gen.
eral roadmaster of the Wisconsin CentraPs
main line division, is said to be an unusually
competent man. He was educated under NJ.
w. Mansfield, superintendent of the Indian
apolis & Vincennes, and was in the line of
promotion on the Pennsylvania, expecting
IN the near future to be called to Pitts
burg, but decided that this was a good
opening for him.
George Rech. in charge of the outside
ticket office of the Pennsylvania lines and
OF the Vandalia, says the receipts from
sales of tickets over the Panhandle for
July were 80 per cent. larger than in July
1897. The cOmpany's business to the sea-
shore and to Michigan points was the larg-
est in many years The Vandalia exhibit is
not so favorable but still an Increase is
shown over July last year.
Gale Kirby, the oldest engineer in time
OF service on the Big Four lines, died quite
suddenly on Sunday at ST. Louis, but a few
minutes before he was to take out his train
MI. Kirby ran the engine which hauled
the Hrst passenger train from Terre Haute
70 st. Louis on the st. Louis, Alton e.
Ierre Haute road now the st. Louis divis-
ION or the Big Four. His service on that
division dates back nearly thirty-nine years
Frank Boyd, switch tender of the Pitts
burg, Fort Wayne & Chicago at Woods
Rum is said to have the most beautiful BUSH
ness home on the Pennsylvania lines His
switchhouse is literally covered with morn
ing giories red white and blue in color,
and the surroundings of the switchhouse
are a mass of beautiful flowers. Boyd was
In the war of the rebellion and lost an arm,
but he is considered one Of the most reliable
switch tenders on the line.
new company, composed of the bond
holders of the Finance Company of Penn
sylvania, bought the Ohio River & Charles
ton Railroad yesterday for $S9. OlO The pur-
chasing committee was Messrs Sam Hunt
Cincinnati, o.. Simon A. Stern and John c.
Collier, of Philadelphia. President Hunt
bid in the property for the finance com
pany. He was the only bidder From good
authority 1t is said that the road will be
finished to the Tennessee line as soon as
possible. The sale was made at Charles
ton, S. C.