The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-08

The wabash lines earned in May 81 OH ,675,
an increase over May, 1897, of $11049S.
The Lake Erie & Western earned in May
&2S7,52 an increase over May. 1897, Of $10.245.
E. A. Could superintendent of the Wa
bash, is again confined at his home in Peru
by Illness.
The Big Four will on Sunday run a 81
round-trip excursion from Terre Haute to-
+! Indianapolis.
The Lake Erie & Western will on Sunday
run cheap exclusion from Indianapolis to
Fort Wayne.
NJ. E. ingalls,, president of the Big Four.
who has been East for couple of weeks, is
expected home tomorrow.
]. L. Carney has been appointed travelling
freight agent of the Union Pacific, with
headquarters at Cleveland, o.
w. F. Bruner, assistant general passenger
agent of the Vandalia lines, is arranging to
run cheap excursions to Lake Maxinkuckee.
r. D. Patton. for some time past agent of
the Big Four at Mt. Carmel, ILL.,, to-day
Sakes the agency of the company at Alton,
Ill.
The Columbus division of the Detroit &
Lima Northern will be opened June II for
traffic between St. Paris and Bellefontaine,
Ohio.
1t is causing comment that the earnings
of the Big -Four and the Wabash from
month to month are ranging so near the
same amount
Hamilton & Dayton between Cincinnati and
Detroit have new equipment from baggage
car to the parlor car.
The Baltimore g. Ohio Southwestern in
May made the largest earning Of any month
in years the sum being $3.50 02S an increase
over May, 1897, of $154,Sl3.
President Carpenter of the Chicago &
Eastern Illinois. and subordinate officials
are spending three days in inspecting the
road, shops and terminals.
w. c. Arp. superintendent of motive
power of the Vandalia lines, who has been
at Hot Springs several weeks, is at head
quarters again somewhat Detter
One of the new engines on the Belt road
yesterday hauled flfty-one loaded cars from
the West Side to Brightwood. The Baldwin
locomotive works guaranteed that they
would haul fifty
John Haas, formerly trainmaster of the
Peoria division of the Vandalia lines, is
now trainmaster and superintendent of tele-
graph of the Ohio Southern, with head
quarters at Springfield, O.
Henry R. Martin. assistant ticket agent at
the Union Railway station, who is a candi-
date for school commissioner in the Eighth
district is receiving much encouragement,
the railroad men having taken an interest
in his election.
The interchange of passenger business be-
tween the Big Four and the Toledo & Ohio
Central has become so extensive that the
companies contemplate building a station
distance out of Columbus, O.
Morgan Brothers. of Marco. Ind. yester-
day made the first shipment over the India
napolis & Vncennes, out of 1900 head of
cattle they are fattening for export. 1t Is
stated that those shipped yesterday were
the finest ever raised in this State.
L. W. Wakeley. general passenger agent
of the Burlington route, has issued
unique illustrated summer tourist circular
regarding Northern and Eastern pleasure
resorts, and trips which can be made to adj
vantage, including the exposition at Omaha.
F. o. Mccormick, passenger traffic man.
ager of the Big Four. and ID. G. Edwards
passenger traffic manager of the Cinein-
natl Hamilton & Dayton, were in the city
last evening. en- route to Chicago TO attend
q meeting of the Central Passenger Asso-
citation to be held In that city to-day.
r. NJ. Whitaker, who was last week APP
pointed freight traffic manager of the Ches-
apeake g. Ohio, Is but thirty-one years of
age. It IL understood that Mr.. Whitaker
win also All the place of the late traffic
manager, Mr.. Walker, on the board of d.
rectors OF the Joint Traffic Association.
Albert 8 White. formerly with the Bee
line later general manager of the Erie
fast freight lines. but now general manager
of the affairs OF the American Tobacco
Company receives q salary of $4,000 a.
year. This company prepays all the freight
- ahiDs- AID the disbursements IN that dH