The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-26

rested in Mexico for murder proves to be
! without foundation. He Is running an en-
| CINE on the Mexican Central Railway and
doing we'll.
The Brice people have purchased three
| adjoining farms at New Castle, Pa, on the
line of the contemplated extension of their
lines into Pennsylvania and it is thought
that New Castle may be made an impor-
tant division point
But few roads have shown q greater i'm
provement in transportation facilities than
mas the Erie and much of the credit IS due
TO w. #. Merrill, second vice president,
Western man., who has full charge of the
equipment and roadbed.
w. c. Hoover has been appointed agent
OF the Erie lines at Winton Place, where
the Erie crosses the c., H. q D., in place
of J. f. Hunsenberger, transferred. S. w.
Cunningham has been appointed agent at
| Sherman, o., vice w. f. Benedict trans
ferred.
Since the interchangeable mileage tickets
Closed their offices at Richmond, Ind,
Piqua, GAINESVILLE, Parkersburg. Wheeling
and Marietta, Q. At all of these railroad
points there were located two or three
ticket brokers.
The Toledo, st. Louis & Kansas City
earned in the third week of February
$32, 1850, decrease as compared with the
corresponding week of 1897 of SS.69753 Since
July the road has earned 1856, 1924, an in
crease over the corresponding period Of last
year of $51OO.S5.
agent OF the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy,
was in the city yesterday. The earnings
OF the Burlington in 1897 exceeded those of
any former year in the companys history,
In the two months of September and Octo-
Der reaching $1,000 600.
1t is feared that the mortal illness of A.
M. Stimson, purchasing agent of the Big
-Four, and the serious illness of Traffic
manager Walker, of the Chesapeake q
OHIO will cause President ingalls, to cut
snort his stay in Mexico. Mr.. Stimson is
a brother of Mrs. ingalls,.
Inquirer: The fare from Indianapolis to
Havana via Tampa is $3.50; by rail to Tam
pa II is $3l.65. and by steamship from Tampa
to Havana $3.50, including meals and berth.
There is a second-class rate via New Or
leans of $780, Indianapolis to Havana, but
the route is said not to be so desirable.
A special train of three private cars, with
W. >. Webb and other persons interested
in the New York Central and the Wagner
Palace Car Company, will pass through the
-Four has scheduled the train to make the
run from Cleveland to St. Louis in thirteen
hours.
The Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern,
which in 1897 recorded the poorest earnings
in any year in the history of the railroad,
begins this year well, showing old-time
earnings in both freight and passenger
tratfic. The flood in the early summer of
1897 had much to do with the unfavorahle
exhibit and Generalization in rates later
IN the year cut sharply into its revenue.
w. j. Mann, the new general manager of
yesterday He had not fully decided as to
| appointing an agent at Indianapolis when
ne came here, but when he learned the
business that is done at INDIANAPOLIS he
was inclined to make some appointment
but will further consider the matter. Stew
art Allen, agent of the line at Cincinnati
accompanied him.
The general passenger agents of the Ohio
| roads declare that should the Legislature
Of Of, that State pass the 2-cents-a-mile
! every class of cheap transportation out
| OF that State, refuse to give cheap rates
mercial travellers will not be permitted to
use mileage books within the State. but
must purchase their tickets as does the
| regular passenger
| Representatives of the legislative board
| of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi-
| neers. headed by Frank McHortar and
George Cutting, of Chillicothe and repre-
! sentatives from Springfield and Columbus
| were In the Legislature of Ohio on Thurs
day to oppose the passage of the 2-cent-fare
| bill and also asking legislation which will
require towns and cities to place electric
| lights at crossings of railways sixty feet
from the tracks. The relief is asked on behalf
| of engineers who claim that the street cleo
| trio lights blind them and increase the pos
| sibility of accidents. The light is often in
| such a position that it is powerful enough
to obliterate switch lights and other sig
| nails.
! Tuesday next the Wabash road will be-
gin running freight trains through from
Grand Trunk and the Erie have ali Ill been cen
| approved by the boards of directors of the
| different roads cooperating. The Wabash
| has been running through passenger trains
| between these points for some time with
/ great success, and it promises to furnish an
/ equally efficient freight service. The
| wabash, 1t is claimed, now has the short
/ est line between the two cities, 512 miles
! ! ne route used is from Detroit to Glencoe
| ST Thomas, Tilsonburg, Simcoe and Wei
| land, and via the international bridge to
| Fort Erie and from Welland via Allenburg
| junction to Suspension Bridge and to Buff
| falo over the Erie tracks
The Interstate-commerce Commission has
| Just issued for public information a book
showing all existing national, State and To-
cal commercial organizations, national
| state and local agricultural associations.
and the various railway associations their
| location and the names of the presidents
secretaries and commissioners. A list con-
! nned to commercial organizations was is
sued by the commission about three wears
| ago, Which, though by no means complete
| speedily came to be in great demand as a
mailing list and for reference purposes in
all parts of the country In compliance
| with numerous requests, the present revised
| ana extended list has been prepared. 1t EN-
braces about $500 boards of trade and other
commercial societies, about 1900 agricul-
tural associations, and approximately 800
railroad organizations.