The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-08-11

between the lines Two of the roads an
nocnce that they will keep on their fast
trains
T. ]. Higgins. superintendent. and Albert
ingalls,. assistant superintendent OF the
Cleveland a. indianapolis divisions of the
Big -Four were In the city yesterday Tor a
conference with General Superintendent
Van Wrinkle.
1t is intimated that the Baltimore & Ohio
management has under contemplation cut
ting down its fast freight line expenses.
The two principal fast freight lines oper-
ating over the b. & o. are under one gen.
eral manager
George Gould. president of the Missouri
Pacific, is said 10 be elated over the hand
some earnings the road has shown the last
seven months, earning gross over $2,000,000
more than in the corresponding seven
months of 1897.
John Higley, the Vandalia engineer. who
died from injuries received in the wreck
on the Michigan division at Wavelaa1 last
Friday, was buried on Tuesday at Logans-
port. A number of the brotherhood men at
tended the funeral.
G. E. Shaft. general manager and George
Kittredge, chief engineer of the Big -Four
lines, were in the city yesterday. They will
go to Benton Harbor to note progress in
the improvements at that point and the in
specting the Michigan division.
H., B. Nixon, train dispatcher for a year
on the Chicago & Eastern Illinois, who TWO
months ago resigned to take a similar posi-
ton on the Chicago Great Western at an
increased salary, was on Sunday drowned
in the Mississippi river at Dubuque, la.
One hundred new electric cars are to be
shipped from st. Louis to Pittsburg, and
there is good deal of rivalry between the
Vandalia and Pennsylvania and the Balti-
more q Ohio lines to secure the business.
Meantime, 1t is said the Big -Four has put
in a bid that may secure the shipment.
The strike of the transfer men, sixty in
number at the Alliance, o.. freight depots
is thing of the past About forty OF the
strikers have gone back to work on the ton
rage basis, and will probably do as much
more
they handle the bigger will be their pay.
The Pennsylvania lines are making an eff
fort to hold their share of travel between
on some fine new trains between those
cities. The Erie is giving the Lake Shore
and New York Central some active competi-
ton for business between Cleveland and
New York.
Passenger officials of the Trunk lines are
surprised over the announcement that on
will discontinue its North Shore limited
trains, the two fastest trains operating over
ae Mew f0FK Ns y ana tn nd r6raa
No reason has been assigned for the with
drawal of the two trains.
A train of twenty-four cars, loaded with
harvesting machinery, shipped from Pull
man, ILL.,, is now en- route east over the Pan
handle lines. The shipment is valued at
100000, and is the largest shipment of this
class. of freight ever sent East. On reach
Ing Philadelphia the train will be divided
some OF the cars going to points in Penn
SylVdnld, OLnerS TO new YORK ana the re-
mainder to New England points.
The running time of Train IL, over the
Vandaia, indianapolis to ST. Louis, is six
hours and thirty-nine minutes, the train
consisting of four postal, three express cars
and one coach. On Monday night the 240
miles was covered in five hours and nineteen
minutes. The train left Indianapolis one
hour and twenty minutes late and reached
st. Louis on time. This is the fastest time
the train has made in the six years it has
been running.
The financial report of the Wabash for the
year ended June 80, issued Tuesday, fol-
lows:
Gross earnings. $13 19S459 $14526.7s5 $1,671,674
OPP. expenses. 9,3Oi.7 S9 a,979.l6 1,S25,eN
Net earnings 3.S9S,6IO 3,54h6l6 S46.Oo4
When the fast express over the Vandalia
on Tuesday night neared Reelsville, running
fifty miles an hour, a large owl flew into the
front window of the cab, striking Engineer
DAILY in the breast with such force as to al
most lift him from his seat.
No reform ever was undertaken by tile
general passenger agents which met win
more opposition than when the Central
Traffic Association adopted he interchange
able mileage book, but steadily it has maze
friends and to-day the business men would
mileage book for every road. Its popularity
is shown in the fact that the Board or
Trade and Transportation Buretu of Cill-
cinnati have taken up ele matter and are
urging the Southern rodlS to adopt mile
| age book of similar character.
1t is stated that at no time in the last
| twelve years have the ticket scalpers been
more prosperous than at present. Between
the decentralization in rates and the excur-
points as Chicago Omaha, ST. Louis, Cleve-
land, Detroit and Toledo they seem to be
more prosperous than at Cincinnati, Louis
Vile, Columbus and Indianapolis. There are
at Indianapolis just now an unusually large
number of scalping offices, about one for
every ticket offered to be scalped.
| 1t is learned from an authentic. source
| that with the consolidation of the Wander
! bilt fast freight lines G.. G. Street, manager
| of the Blue and Canadian Southern lines,
| will be appointed general manager of the
| clearing house to be established in Buffalo,
| and that w. F. Wilson will be placed at the
| head of the West Shore system Of freight
| office of the New York Central David F..
| Jennings, manager of the Nickel-plate line,
| is slated for lucrative position in the traf-
| fic department of one of the standard lines.