The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-05

end of the road and 100000 at its Eastern
pose.
The Illinois Central announces that an ex-
cursion will leave Indianapolis at p. m.
Tuesday. Feb. ., for New Orleans and
Vicksburg to enable the excursionists to
visit scenes of the famous battles and the
National Cemetery.
Atlanta is to have a belt road connecting
its railways D. NJ Egan, vice president OF
the Central, of Georgia, has taken hold OF
the matter, and says it win be constructed
this year Atlanta is greatly crippled III its
terminal facilities. and a belt road would
furnish needed relief
Within the last few days there has been
filed in the United States District Court at
Indianapolis over 5000 pages of legal cap
paper, type-written, in the litigation pend
ing against the Toledo, st. Louis & Kan
sas City road, exceeding in volume any
former papers filed for record.
The Philadelphia & Reading is now hand
ling the largest freight tonnage at any
time since opened for business. G. +. Hen
derson. formerly general manager of the
Indiana. Bloomington d Western, is second
vice president and has full charge of the
freight department and of the coal and
iron operations.
Train g. on the Toledo, St. Louis & Kan
sas City was late one night this week, and
the conductor reported the cause to j. w.
Sherwood, superintendent, as follows: THE
wind was high the steam was low, the train
was heavy and hard to tow; the coal was
poor and full of slate, and that was why
No. was late
The last of the twenty miles of heavy
steel the Vandalia received was put in the
track yesterday, and now the main line
from indianapolis to st. Louis, except forty
miles, is laid with heavy rail- Between In
dianapolis and Terre Haute only fourteen
miles of heavy rail is yet to be laid to COM
plete the work.
ID. G.. Edwards. passenger traffic manager
of the Cincinnati. Hamilton d Dayton,
makes the Following announcements OF APP
pointments: Wood Patton, city passenger
agent, with headquarters at Dayton, o.;
Ira Schwegel, city ticket agent at Dayton,
O.; NJ. e. Kaper, travelling passenger agent,
with headquarters at College Corner, Q.
It is still a matter OF speculation as to
what party is behind the location of new
railroad line between Toledo and Mont
pelier, where connection will be made with
the Wabash. If the Wabash is behind the
enterprise strained relations may be
looked for between the Wabash and the
Lake Shore over terminal facilities at To-
ledo.
President Walters, of the Atlantic Coast
line which recently purchased the Charles
ton & Western Carolina road has abolished
the auditors and general managers of the
purchased road, which throws a dozen or
more clerks out of work. Mr.. w. ]. Craig.
formerly general manager, has been APP
pointed general freight and passenger
agent.
A contract for the building of the ST. Louis
e. Oklahoma City Railroad was awarded
yesterday at St. Louis to Johnston Bros. 81
Taught of st. Elmo, H. who are to build
the road in seven months and turn it over
to the St. Louis & San Francisco, which
has agreed to lease it. This road VIII run
from Sapulpa TO Oklahoma City, and is
virtually an extension of the st. Louis q
San Francisco.
President Galloway, of the Lake Shore,
when asked his views regarding making the
passenger rates in Ohio = cents mile, said
that so far as the Lake Shore is concerned
the passage Of such bill would have but
very little effect. In fact. he believed it
would be q direct cause of an increase in
their receipts for the reason that it would
be certain to force the smaller roads to re-
duce their passenger service and the larger
lines would profit thereby.
Trains 20 and p, running between st.
Louis and New York over the Vandalia and
the Pennsylvania lines, have been on ff-
teen years and are admitted TO be two of
the best trains run across Indiana; yet
their equipment is at no time up to the
official yesterday should be the hand
soonest trains run. The business they do
and the hours at which they pass prominent
points entities them to the best passenger
equipment built"
On Sunday next II. II. Kingston, general
traffic manager of the Lehigh Valley road
Jarvis, the newly appointed Eastern agent
of the Lehigh Valley; Lafayette Briggs, the
new general manager of the Traders Des-
patch and John Fl. Crawford, the new gem
eral manager of the Lackawanna line, will
start on q Western trip. At Cleveland they
VII be joined by some Of the Ndcke-plate
Chicago Peoria. ST. Louis, Kansas City,
Louisville, Indianapolis and Cincinnati.
The reorganization committee of the
Wheeling d Lake Erie Railway Company
has been changed for the purpose of hav-
ing a representative of each class of Sc
curities on the committee 1t is now COM
posed of Gen. Louis Fitzgerald. represent
ing the Wheeling division first mortgage
bonds; George Coppell. Of Maitland. Cop
pell & Co., representing the Lake Erie first
mortgage bonds; j. Kennedy Tod of j.
Kennedy Tod & Co. representing the con-
sol fours; Eugene Delano, of Brown Broth
ers q Co.. representing the first extension
bonds, and William Dick, of Dick Brothers
q Co., representing the stockholders. This
change is taken to Indicate that all inter
tests are now working in harmony, and they