The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-19

in connection with the Peoria & Easter $
western division. the southeastern outlet of
the Iowa Central.
The Big -Four will improve its service be-
tween Indianapolis and Cleveland, but in
just what manner has not been fully de-
cided. Under the Pennsylvania new sched-
ule it becomes a sharp competitor for bust
ness to Cleveland.
The new train from ST. Louis TO New
York. over the Vandalia and the Pennsyl-
vania lines will be known as No. IA. II will
make the run from St. Louis to Pittsburg
two hours quicker than Train 20. which has
been considered very fast.
The Denver. Leadville & Gunnison Rail-
way, commonly known as the South Park
yesterday, to Henry Budgie, Charles A.
Peabody, jr., and Henry De Coppet, repre-
senting the bondholders for S1,5OO!OO0.
J. F. Merry, assistant general passenger
agent of the Illinois Central, has undertake
en- novel collection in the way Of photo
graphs He proposes to secure portrait OF
every official identified with the road since
he entered its service twenty years ago.
George Graves, general superintendent of
the Indiana. Decatur q Western road, will
to-day, in company with the general road
master, inspect the road and decide which
sections are in the best physical condition.
the company awarding three prizes on the
decision.
r. D. Kelley. assistant general passenger
agent of the St. Louis q San Francisco.
who has been with that road for twenty-five
years. has received a handsome offer to be-
tant Western system, and he has its ac-
ceptance under consideration
NJ Cannon. who was buried on Thursday
at Peru, Ind, entered the employ or the
and until 1872 was a freight conductor on
that road later operated by the wabash
Railroad Company, in whose employ the
deceased was at the time or MS oeatn. he
was i'll but few hours.
The private steam yacht Mabel. the finest
pleasure yacht on the Gulf of Mexico, owned
1nraE Of fHn VNly &c
Midland Railway has been launched at
Arkansas Pass, in the presence of a select
party of the owners friends. Miss Mabel
Harlow, of Chicago, In whose honor the
yacht was named, christened the vessel
]. T. Brooks, second vice president of the
Pennsylvania lines, says that y. L. Brooks
bid in the Terre Haute & Logansport road,
not the Pennsylvania Company Still, the
road, when the sale is confirmed, will be the
property of the Pennsylvania Company, To
the question when the Vandalia would be
taken out of the hands of a receiver, he said
that it was so we'll managed now that he
could see no advantage in change.
Before leaving for home the Guarantee
Brokers' Association, which held it's ma
tional convention in St. Louis. outlined
plans for raising a fund Of $4,000 to fight
the anti-scalping bill now before Congress,
and elected the following officers: President,
Thomas w. Krewe, of Kansas City. first
vice president David Lyons of jamestown,
of Cincinnati; third vice president, M. Plats-
check, of Dallas, Tex; secretary, >. A.
Fischel, of Chicago.
James Bryan, of Pittsburg. has invented
and been granted letters patent on a new
apparatus for removing car wheels from
axles William Brown, of Johnstown, has
been granted letters patent on an electric
| device for railways, and E. b.. Entwissel
| of the same place, has been given letters
| patent on a rail joint. J. B. Smith. John
Bower. Louis Walker, Thomas Morgan and
| Samuel Jack, of Homestead Pa, have
| sold a patent coupling for steam railroad
| cars for $4,000. All now, or have been,
| in service on the Pennsylvania lines.
f. o. Mccormick passenger traffic man.
ager of the Big Four lines, spent few
hours in the city yesterday In commenting
on the Vandala and Pennsylvania putting
on new and faster trains. he said that If
necessary the Big Four could take care of
| itself in a speed war between ST. Louis and
New York, as it had the engines, and the
! track to do it with He expressed himself
as much pleased with the passenger and
| freight business of the Big Four the last
| few months, especially with the large in
| crease in business shown at Indianapolis,
| which in passenger revenue will exceed this
year that of 1897 an average of at least
| SO 900 a month.