The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-26
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turned from two weeks visit to relatives
in Pennsylvania.
E. r. Pilling. passenger conductor on the
Panhandle, is Ill at has home, in Dennison.
with locomotor ataxia, and it is feared he
will not recover.
f. L, Campbell. trainmaster of the Peoria
division OF the Vandalia lines, who has been
critically i'll. is improving. but will not be
able for duty for some time.
The stockholders of the Evansville &
Terre Haute and the Evansville & Indian
apolis will hold their annual meetings at
Evansville on Monday, Oct. II.
The Monon lines in the second week of
September earned s74,492 an increase over
Since July / the road has earned $744, 399.
John Mcconnell. the oldest yardmaster on
the Panhandle in time of service, who is
located at Dennison. has just recovered
from long illness, and to-day goes on duty
again.
The Missouri Pacific on Saturday night
furnished a special train to carry the pas
senger and ticket agents located at Kansas
City TO Omaha to visit the exposition yes
terday.
Two of the finest sleeping cars ever turned
out at the Pullman works have just been
put in service on the Pennsylvania lines.
Every feature of the cars is of the highest
standard.
H. d. Bennett, assistant to John f. Miller
general snRerntendent Of the Pennsy
started for the Northwest on a ten days
hunting trip.
The Pennsylvania lines are still exceeding
all former records in volume of business.
at Indianapolis. In the week ending Sept.
"a the four visions handled 7,046 cars, 5.32S
being loaded.
The famous Empire Express over the New
York Central has been fitted entire with a
complete Wagner train. consisting of bag
gage car, two day coaches, a buffet car and
a Darlor car
d. S. Gray, who represents the Pennsyl-
vania lines one of the members of the
board of managers of the Joint Traffic As
ton, is, with his private secretary,
spending few days at Columbus
Freight traffic continues so heavy with the
Vandalia that Trainmaster Raidy is putting
on more crews, promoting head brakemen
to conductors and putting new men as
hrakemen. On Saturday he put on eight
new men.
The first twelve months the interchange
able milage book was on sale in Central
Passenger Association territory, ending with
Sept. 10, there were sold 1912 books, an
average of $50 day. The rebates averaged
361 per day.
Owing to the business that the Monon
handled at the. state fair grounds their
weekly exhibit is unusually favorable, and
in connection with the Cincinnati, Hamil-
ton & Dayton it's business has considerably
improved of late.
have recently been large purchasers of stock
of the Baltimore G. Ohio road are arranging
to inspect the property in company with
Oscar Murray, receiver. The trip will be
made next week.
The through trains over the Panhandle
are now so heavy that much of the time it
Is necessary to haul them with two locomo-
tlves to make the time. Not in years. it is
stated, has travel in September been as
heavy as this season.
Fredric H. Tristan. general agent of the
passenger department of the Wabash
spends much of his time in New England.
the agency there having become much more
important since the Wabash runs its trains
over the Grand Trunk.
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oils last week II 1896 cars, 9,714 being loaded,
an increase of ia loaded cars over the cor
responding week of 1897. The loaded car
movement of the Peoria & Eastern is not
included in this statement.
T.. B. Rooms has been appointed general
freight agent of the Jersey Central, to sue
coed the late P; Fl. Wyckoff. Mr.. Rooms
for some years has been freight and pas
senger agent of two divisions of the road
and is promoted for efficient service.
A South Meridian-street business man who
Ing faith in the future of the Baltimore &,
Ohio, purchased, few weeks ago, one hun
dred shares of the stock at ST. per share;
on Saturday he was offered $44 per share.
o. S. Bressler who, few days ago, left
the position of chief train dispatcher of the
Columbus & Hooking Valley to accept a
similar position on the North Pacific, has
decided not to accept and will to-day re-
sumo his old position on the Hooking Val
ley.
1t is rumored that F. f. Clark, general
u oiiiS AidildSSI VI the GTedl NOrlneTn, Will
resign to accept position under President
Newman, on the Lake Shore. and that
David Miller, general traffic manager of the
Missouri, Kansas & Texas. will succeed Mr..
Clark on the Great Northern.
Oct. and 49, Nov. 1 and Is, and Dec s
and 20 the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton
Will run homeseekers excursions to Ala
bama, Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, Min
neSota, the CarolinaS Tennessee, Texas and
many other States and Territories at a rate
OF one regular first-class fare, plus 81, for
the round trip.
Harry Drew and George Catterson, who
are building the Chicago Indiana & East
ern, spent Sunday in the city. On Saturday
they had completed twenty-one miles of
week will make connection with the Toledo,
St Louis & Kansas City. The work, Mr..
CattersOn says, will move along much fast
er, as they have passed the point where they
had so much trouble in securing the right
of way.
The divisions of the Baltimore & Ohio
west of the Ohio river will receive the same
on the lines east of the Ohio Not only are
the grades to be reduced wherever 1t is
practicable, but very much heavier motive
power will be introduced. In order to carry
the additional weight the bridges on all the
divisions are being replaced with heavier
steel rail. 1t has been demonstrated by ac-
tual experiment that these changes will re-
suit in an increase in train loading in some
places of more than so per cent, the average
being about AZ per cent. It is the intention
of the receivers that within the next two
years the Baltimore G. Ohio shall be an
eighteen-foot grade road from Chicago to
Baltimore, with the exception of that pOr-
ton of it which passes over the mountains
where helping engines will have to be used.