The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-06

lines and Fruit Growers express. with head
quarters at Savannah.
C. f. Stricklin yesterday assumed the du-
ties of trainmaster OF the Big Fours Gin
cinnati division. with headquarters at
Springfield, o. Mr.. Stricklin is promoted
from the telegraph office at Delaware, O.,
where he had been an operator for years.
The report that the Cincinnati, Hamilton
& Dayton and the Monon systems are to
be consolidated is revived The Wall-street
News says: I'VE learn that a well-known
railroad expert has made a favorable re-
port on the possibilities of the union of the
two interests"
The Illinois Central is arranging its
finances to get a good line into ST Louis
In addition to bonds previously announced
the company has applied for the listing on
the New York Stock Exchange Of s6,321, 900
st. Louis division and terminal 3A-per-cent
first mortgage gold bonds.
George II. Hoover, general live stock
agent OF the New York Central, has re-
signed and is succeeded by j. III. Pake
formerly joint agent of the Central Traffic
Association at Buffalo. Mr.. Hoover has
been connected with the New York Central
thirty-four years, and is now so situated
that he can afford to devote his remaining
years TO rest and comfort.
Local passenger officials report a hand
some increase in business the last few days
TO New England points and to Western and
Northwestern States. A. D. Perry, who
represents the Chicago & Alton in this dis
trict, says the increase is quite marked to
Kansas, Colorado and Dakota points. On
Saturday the Lake Erie & Western took out
Of Muncie for Denver twenty-nine people.
H. S. Waite, general yardmaster of the
Columbus e. Hooking Valley at Columbus,
o., who has been having serious time
with inf1ammatory rheumatism, is thought
to be improving. He was appointed general
y arSdmasterc :. Just after the death of his
rather, &. G. Waite, wishing to begin rail-
road service at the bottom round of the
LADDER, where his father did.
The New York and Boston morning special
of the Big Four out of Cincinnati has been
a already SjICCpCSfUl
says Passenger Traffic Manager McCor
mick. Much of the distance between Gin
ctnnau and Cleveland the train is scheduled
fifty-four miles an hour. Last Thursday the
train was hauled from London to West
columbus, twenty-five miles, in twenty-one
minutes
pounds to the yard, was distributed last
week on the Pittsburg & Lake Erie, and
twenty-three miles more will be distrib-
uted this week Within a few weeks the
main tracks of this line will be at the high
est standard, a point General Manager
Beach has been aiming at since he left the
Bee-line to take a position on the Pittsburg
& Lake Erie.
The Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton man.
agement has been three years selecting a
location for a new city freight depot, and
has, in the opinion of competitors made a
master stroke in it's choice The site chosen
is the half square south of the city police
Jersey street, with an alley on both the
north and south sides. The ground is
reached by improved streets, is convenient
to the commission houses and to the whole
sale streets, and can be reached without
crossing a railroad track.
Among the many expenses borne by rail-
road companies the ice bill figures quite
prominently. For instance on the Bati-
more d Ohio 1t is expected it will take over
$1,000 tons of ice this year to meet the re-
quirements of the service The greater
portion is used in connection with shipment
of perishable goods; the balance. in the pas
Senger train service. A great deal of this
ice is put up by the company in it's own ice
houses but as the past winter has been so
warm a very large proportion will have to
be purchased.
The last statement of the Guaranteed
Brokers Association shows that there are
sixty-three fewer members than one year
ago, a falling off of about One-third. A local
scalper on Saturday said that if the present
there would be but very few brokers in the
Central Traffic Association territory. He did
not think one would be left at Indianapolis
as they were now simply hanging on, hop
ing to make some money out of the L. A.
w. meeting and the Knights of Pythias
convocation
The railroads Of New England are profit
ing by the war in one direction, the in
crease of all-rail transportation of COAL
At present many of the cities and towns on
the line of the New York, New Haven 81
Hartford and the New England roads are
receiving their supplies by rail. Hitherto
the bulk of this tonnage has been received
at some coast point In bargeS or schoonerS
ard then tranSshpped to destination by rail
1t is thought that as the chances for seiz-
ure diminish this class of traffic will grad
ually again seek the water lines, but in the
meantime the roads are profitng largely
through handling it.