The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-05


are hauling. between Crestline and Alliance.
sixty-six loaded cars. ard making q speed
OF thirty miles an hour with trains of thirty
five cars.
Ten years ago the Wagner PaIace-car
Company operated in only seven States
/ now Its cars are run over roads in twenty
states, and over some of the best roads,
these roads,
The city freight depots will be closed to-
day and no local freight trains run which
IS fortunate. as the roads are overwhelmed
With passenger traffic. Labor day and the
Grand Army of the Republic business COM
ms all together
George Haylor. district passenger agent
OF the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton and
tne Monon lines at this point, states that
me sales of tickets to Cincinnati on Satur-
Jay exceeded those of any day since the
outside ticket office was established
The veterans in service on the PennsyI-
vania lines East had a picnic last Friday
at Sudbury, Pa, and among those present
were Superintendent Westfall. who entered
the service of the company in 1855, and
Trainmaster Attig, who commenced in 1856
A number of representatives of the At
lanuc steamship companies in the West
pave pave been dismissed of late, having been
round guilty Of manipulating rates In vio-
lauon or the agreement entered into be-
tween the railways and the steamship COM
panies.
lou, passenger conductor on the Monon
was suffering from the effects of a ciader
lodging In one of his eyes He is at his
nome In Englewood, and the oculists have
decided that it will be necessary to take
out the eye to give him relief
Farmers on the line of the recently opened
Detroit q Lima Northern are disturbed be-
cause the company has failed to file deeds
or It's right of way through their farms,
wnlcn will compel the farmers to pay taxes
on property they do not own. Some two
hundred farmers have banded together to
ask relief through the courts.
George Jones. one of the oldest employees
indianapolis. was buried at Brazil yester-
day he dying of Bright's disease. From
1868 to 1893 he was agent of the company at
brazll, and IN 1893 was promoted to charge
or the yards and several tracks leading to
the various coal mines in that vicinity.
The Illinois Central has purchased a tract
age of 3.40c feet, for the purpose of erect
ing large terminal plant, including
wharves and warehouses. The land is six
miles above South Fork and has ferry con-
nection with the Southern Pacific. The con-
struction of bridge is now under consid-
Grafton
The Depew & Blasdell terminal line, which
is IN some sense a belt road round Buffalo,
will be opened for traffic on Sept Is. This
opened, the New York Central and Lake
SHORE will be enabled to shorten the time
or the through freight trains. At present it
is the intention to operate only freight trains
over 1T. but it is probable that with the
the through passenger trains may be run
over it.
Il wouldn't weep if the vanderbilts got
control of the Wabash said freight agent
of one of the Vanderbilt lines running west
of Buffalo. THE Wabash has disturbed the
peaceful attitude of the freight situation
ever sine 1T has gained an independent en-
trance into Buffalo, continued the freight
man. 1t is not as competitor that the
Wabash is dangerous, but its important
connecting points makes it leading factor
in the entire middle West"
The Baltimore & Ohio and the Baltimore
q Ohio Southwestern have secured long
lease on room at Broadway and Locust
street in st. Louis for the purpose of con-
solidating under one roof the freight and
passenger offices now located in that city.
American Central building, with 60 feet on
broadway and 50 feet on Locust street. The
ticket office will be in the center fronting
on Broadway the freight department on one
side. and the passenger department On the
other, with General Agent Orrs Office in the
rear
The election of a number of gentlemen to
the directory of the York Southern Railroad
supposed to be antagonistic to the Pennsyl-
vanla is not so regarded by officers of the
pennsylvania Railroad Company has been
negotiating with the York Southern for the
control of the road, The election of new
directorate has ended the matter for the
time being. An official of the Pennsylva-
MIA states that. notwithstanding the out
look was not so bright, the York Southern
would eventually become a part of the Penn
sylvania system.
The passenger business of the Big Four
at indianapolis in August was much of a
surprise to H. NJ Bronson, assistant general
passenger agent. The receipts from the sales
Of tickets were $24.S42 in excess of those Of
last twelve has there been one where the
receipts at Indianapolis were not hand
somely in excess of those of the correspond
ing month of the preceding year an in
crease Of nearly $126000 being shown for the
twelve months ending Aug 81. But few, if
any, roads have been more benefited than
a NV he x4fr
Interchangeable mileage book which was
placed on sale Sept. Is, 1897