The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-02

at st. Joseph. Mo-. has e appointed gem
eral agent of the same company, with head
quarters at Kansas City.
The passenger department of the Wabash
tanning. q description of the lake resorts
reached by the Wabash lines. 1t contains
100 age with fifty Illustrations.
The branch lines of the Panhandle are
earnings. On the main line rates are so
low hat there are small net earnings in
transporting much of the freight.
TIL passenger earnings of the Chicago.
Burlington & Quincy in March this year
We're 500, SS6, an increase over March, 1897,
or $l0l, 469. The freight earnings were &, $685.
7S5, an increase this year Of $500. 425.
For the Pennsylvania lines west of Pitts
burg the increase in the gross earnings for
the month of March were $4,000. For. the
last three months the increase in the gross
earnings of these lines has been 81, 1886. 200.
Under the new arrangement the Office Of
traI is abolished, throwing H. Walter Webb
out of a position. His duties will be looked
after by General Superintendent Van Etten-
Negotiations are pending which will prob
ably result in the Pennsylvania Company
securing full control of the Lima Northern,
the acquisition of which would give the
pennsylvania an independent line into De-
troit.
The vandalia handled at indianapolis last
week 3,433 cars, 1892 being loaded, making it
the banner week with the road at this city.
The road brought in 1873 cars, 159 of which
We're loaded with live stock, and forwarded
west 1883 loaded cars.
The Eastern financial papers nave not yet
ceased their complaints over the Panhandle
management for devoting so much money
to improvements; meantime the engineering
department continues to place the roadbed
in the best condition possible.
Manuel e. Mattos. of Buenos Ayres, in
spector general of the Argentine Republic
railways, and Luis de Arpzarena, of the
technical engineering department, are now
IN this country visiting the various locomo-
tive works and some of the more important
railway shops.
General Traffic Manager Kingston and
General Passenger Agent Lee, of the Le-
nigh Valley road, will on Wednesday move
Inelr headqnarters from Philadelphia to
new York. The officials of the coal depart
ment have begun moving from Bethlehem
to New York city.
s. T. Bent, superintendent of the Inter
oceanic Railway of Mexico, yesterday re-
gram has been appointed superintendent of
transportation as we'll as chief engineer.
p. y. ramsey mas been appointed assistant
superintendent of transportation.
In arranging spring and summer sched-
ules the Queen & Crescent people are short
enlng up time of trains between Cincinnati
a1o Lexington This is the result Of extend
ed and intelligent effort in improving road
bed. The schedules are so planned tina the
time made on this part of the line makes
notable runs.
AhC ullIudu company on Ff1OaY SNlpDeQ
East one of the new trains to be run be-
tween Washington and New York as the
congressional Limited, and it's companion
train was shipped on Saturday. Each train
consists or a composite car, one dining and
I'VE chair cars, painted the national colors.
Ihey are said to be the finest trains in the
world.
The impression prevails among freight Of
ncialS that the Central Freight Association
VIII Tx the rate on grain and grain prod
ucts on the basis OF Is cents per 100 pounds,
Chicago to New York, and should it be
round that any road persist in cutting rates
below that figure. or the lake lines make
a lower than tho agreed differential rate,
a further reduction will follow.
Rates OF grain from Boston to Liverpool
VIII to-day be advanced to 4 cents a bushel
against 3 cents last week, and "a cents the
previous week. On provisions the rate will
be 25s a ton against It's cd, the rate of week
before last. The rate on flour, Boston to
Liverpool, is 15s a ton against lbs Cd last
week. and cotton 80 cents per hundred
weight against 20 cents last week,
c. p. Burr, chief of the police system Of
the pennsylvania lines west, will this week
organize a police system on the Indianapolis
division Of the Panhandle, to consist Of
captain, two lieutenants and ten assistant
detectives. On the Cincinnati division there
are now seventeen men. On the Richmond
division eight men, on the Chicago division
twenty-six men; which will make the police
force of the Panhandle lines sixty-four.
1t is understood that the same system Of
police is to be extended to the Vandalia.