The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-04

The Chicago & Alton has declared a quar-
ferly dividend of ia per cent, payable
Charles Merrill Western travelling pas
senger agent of the New York Central is in
the city.
The receivers of the Baltimore & Ohio
announce that on Dec i they will redeem
all receivers certificates dated June l, 1896.
John Browning, passenger conductor on
the Monon, has so far recovered from his
recent injuries that he will take his train
again next week
c. O. Stimson division freight agent of
the Big Four has been offered a more i'm
portant position and has its acceptance UNI
der consideration.
The Vandalia handled. in October, at In
dianapOlis 1857 cars, 12,4n being loaded,
the road bringing in 1921 and forwarding
west 1850 loaded cars
The Big -Four inspection party will reach
here from the West this morning and will
to-day go to Greensburg, thence south over
the Louisville division, ending the trip
this evening.
TIE Mckinley Club at Huntington Ind,
on Wednesday evening had a grand rally,
and it is stated that of the several hundred
employees in the Erie shops at that point
every one was present.
Louis Drago has been appointed Canadian
passenger agent of the Vanderbilt lines,
succeeding J. j. Mccarthy, recently pro-
NOTED to be general Western passenger
agent of the West Shore.
G. A. Barnard, who for three years past
has represented the Continental line at
Chieago, will go to Cincinnati to take the
position of local freight agent of the Gin
cinnati, Hamilton & Dayton.
The Baltimore & Ohio Railway has
ordered 100 freight cars from the Missouri
Car and Foundry Company my of St. Louis,
purchased in the past two years
The inspection party of the Chicago, Rock
Island & Pacific has returned. and Presi-
dent Purdy is much pleased with the bust
ness outlook on the several divisions The
party was out on the road ten days.
Walter NJ Pennington, general agent of
the Vanderbilt fast freight lines at Mem
phis. Tenn, was in the city yesterday He
reports the cotton crop beginning to move
briskly and traffic very heavy with most OF
the Southern roads.
The earnings of the Indiana, Decatur &
Western for October were nearly IS 900 in
excess of those of October, 1897. The road
IS now earning enough TO pay operating ex-
penses and fixed charges and leave a sur
plus in the treasury.
1t is stated that the Panhandle will build
a few miles of road from GAINESVILLE to
Lebanon connecting the Panhandle with
the Cincinnati Northern. which will shorten
the line to Cincinnati and give a highland
dry inlet to that city.
Fort Wayne. on the Pittsburg, Fort
Wayne & Chicago, has become one of the
most important way stations on the line in
the way of shipments of freight, the manu-
facturers alone shipping twenty or more
carloads of freight daily.
c. A. Asterlin, joint ticket agent of the
Nickel-plate and Columbus & Sandusly
trict passenger agent of the former road,
with headquarters in Fort Wayne, to sue
coed Nj. G. Baker, resign ed.
John Ferguson, general baggage agent at
the Union Station, yesterday received
telegram from Springfield. o.. announcing
the death of Walter Trask, one of the older
Of the baggagemen at the Union Station.
Trask was visiting in Springfield.
The inquiry of the Interstate-commerce
Commission into the charges of rate cutting
by the Baltimore a Ohio. made by the
Southwestern Traffic Bureau has been
postponed until Nov. Il, which doubtless
means that no more will be heard of it.
The Wagner sleeper Mameluke which is
run on the limited train between Boston
and Chicago, is said to be the finest and
most complete car of this class II contains
two dining rooms and a buffet in addition
70 the usual smoking room and lavatories
and cost $1,000
Employees on the Panhandle lines west are
entitled TO a frank or pass for boxes or
baskets free OF charge. and IL is not un-
usual for a baagageman on a train or a
brakeman on a freight train to bring in but
ter, eggs, ETC., consigned 10 employees of re-
opective railroads.
Several days ago William A. Sullivan,
commercial agent OF the Big our at this
point. was offered the position OF assistant
general freight agent of the Chesapeake &
Ohio, with headquarters at Richmond. Va.
Last evening he said that the matter had
not been definitely decided on or, In case
he did go. when the promotion would be-
come effective 1t Is understood that should