The Indianapolis journal., 1898-06-18

The stock of the Big Four on Thursday
reached the highest figure at any time in
the last four years, $3.50 per share.
M d. Woodford, president of the Cincin-
natl, Hamilton & Dayton who has been
West several days, expects to return to New
York tonight.
w w. Peabody. vice president of the
Baltimore Ohio Southwestern, has gone
East for conference with the receiver of
the Baltimore & Ohio.
Local shippers speak of eastbound rates
at Indianapolis as being rigidly maintained,
not the case at st. Louis or Chicago.
The Pennsylvania lines yesterday had six
teen plclnc excursions to Bethany and the
park near Greenfield booked for next week,
and the other lines are doing a good picnic
business.
Arthur Mills. first vice president of the
Merchants Dispatch Transportation Com
pany. was In the city yesterday, leaving
last night for New York. He has been on
an extended Western trip.
The engineers on tia Pennsylvania lines
VINO now run through between Louisville
change The run is 1913 miles. and they
work only four days of each week.
Vice President Harris of the Chicago,
burlington & Quincy. is in Boston, and tells;
the owners of the property, who largely re-
side in New England. that the crop outlook
in the West has never been surpassed.
A large attendance is looked for at the
annual meeting of the Central Association
apolis July II and 13. Arrangements have
been made for banquet at the Denison
House.
John F. Miller, general superintendent of
the Pennsylvania Southwestern system,
and p. A. Bonebrake superintendent of the
Louisville division, were in the city yester-
the terminals.
NJ V. Raley. trainmaster of the Florida
Central & Peninsular Railway has been APP
pointed superintendent of transportation of
the road, with headquarters at Waldo. Mr.
Raley was at one time telegraph operator
on the Erie lines east.
Upton Leyton, 10 al superintendent of the
Pullman Company, states that the last few
travel, requiring extra cars to accommodate
the business, The Big Four people find the
same thing true as regards the Wagner
service.
nc Association have given instructions that
the freight circular authorizing differentialS
on river and rail traffic forwarded from the
ONO river points subject to the jurisdiction
OF the Joint Traffic Association via Cincin-
natl to Western points be Cancelled.
w. f: Perryman. for several years chief
clerk OF w. s. Roney, auditor of the Van
dalia lines. has resigned to go into business
for himself. John Theobold. travelling aud
ltor, succeeds him in the general offices,
and Nicholas Dodson son of Engineer
Dodson, succeeds Mr.. Theobold as travel
ing auditor.
The passenger department of the Cincin-
natl. Hamilton q Dayton has issued a book
entitled Summer Tours of the Great
Lakes The work contains much informal
tion concerning the lakes and the fishing
and hunting grounds that has not been pub
lished before, and is interesting Most of
the Illustrations are new and attractive
Commencing with Monday next the Big
-Four train leaving this city at Ills a. M
for Benton Harbor will be much more i'm
portant train than hitherto, as it will make
a close connection AT North Manchester
Tor Detroit, passengers reaching that city
at S:2 p. m. At Benton Harhor the train
will connect with a train for Petoskey over
the Chicago & West Michigan.
The Toledo, st. Louis e. Kansas City
earned in the second week of June $42 POP a
decrease as compared with the correspond
ing week of 1887 of 1858. Since July / the
road has earned $2.139 757. an Increase of
$20,s63 over the corresponding period of the
previous year. In this connection IL should
be said that in the year ending June 90 1897
the earnings OF the road We're largely in ex-
cess of any former year. consequently the
above exhibit is highly creditable.
There will be mass meeting of the en-
ployes OF roads centering at Cleveland, o..
tomorrow. Addresses will be made by
Grand Chief Arthur. of the Brotherhood OF
Engineers: Morrisey, of the Telegraphers:
Sargent. of the F'ireneen. and Clark OF the
Order Of Railway Conductors. IL is ex-
Dected that two thousand railroad men will