The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-08-29

over corresponding week of 1897 of SIS 400
Both north and south freight traffic with
the road is heavy.
Traffic Manager Culp of the Southern
Railway, has decided 10 remain with the
company in his present position. Rumor
had i that he was to so with the Louisville
& Nashville.
All the lines interested in the organization
OF an independent Transmissouri Passenger
Association have voted in favor of the prop
osition and a committee has been appointed
to draft an agreement.
r. B. F. PIERCE. receiver of the Toledo
st. Louis & Kansas City road. who. on ac-
count of i'll health, has been at Bay View.
Mich. for several days. is much better and
is expected home to-day.
j. G. Everest. general travelling passen-
ger agent of the Chicago. Milwaukee & st:
VIII have special charge of the company S
business in a greater part of the South.
The first division of the Pecos Valley &
northwestern road was opened for business
last week. 1t extends from Amarillo TO
Canyon City, Tex, opening up fine stock
country which has no railway abilities.
The law department of the Union Pacific
has been recognized and Winslow S. Pierce
general counsel of the company will make
his headquarters at New York city. General
Solicitor Kelley will make his headquar
tiers at Omaha.
On Aug 81 Mr.. and Mrs Franklin Price.
or Chicago, will celebrate the fifty-ffth an
nlversary of their marriage. Mr. Price keeps
the editorial records of the Chicago &
81, 1S43, in Philadelphia.
Roswell Miller, president of the Chicago,
Milwaukee & st. Paul. is in New York, and
in interview on Friday last said: The
general railroad prospects are in my iudg-
ment as bright they have ever been in
the history of the railways"
1t is stated that in no branch of railroad
service has there been more economy Ell
fected than in the backsmthing depart
ment. The new dies and other contrivances
re DIV mo
j. A. Vettle has been appointed agent of
the Erie lines at Crestview o., vice Mrs. A.
Larew. transferred to Woodlawn, o. to sue
coed Mrs. III. f. Anderson. At the smaller
stations the Erie has quite number of
lady telegraph operators who act as agents.
The Vandalia last week exceled all form
er records in number of loaded cars handled
at the indianapolis terminal. receiving and
number 2615 were loaded cars. The highest
figure ever before reached was 2,574 loaded
cars
A company has been organized at Sioux
City to engage in the business of transport
ing grain from Sioux City down the Mis-
souri, and the Mississippi rivers to New Or
leans, using steam steel barges, and despite
the greater distance than by rail it is
thought the grain can be carried at one
third the cost of any existing route.
The Big Four line proper, made a more
week of this month, handling at indianapolis
last week total of It'll cars, and of that
over number Of loaded cars handled the
corresponding week of 1897 of SO2 loaded
cars
The extension of the Detroit & Lima
Northern between Toledo and Detroit is
about completed. The line will be fourteen
miles shorter than either the Lake Shore
or Michigan Central, and will permit of
rapid time between Toledo and Detroit 1t
is stated on good authority that the Wa
bash will run over this line, which will per-
NIT 1t to run fast passenger trains
through direct from ST. Louis to Buffalo.
The Panhandle indianapolis division) is
still doing an unprecedentedly heavy bust
ness. last week bringing into Indianapolis
946 and forwarding ,2S9 loaded cars. The
four PENNSYLVANIA lines handled at this
of that number zoos were loaded cars, an
increase over corresponding week in 1897 of
1854 loaded cars 1t will be noticed that
the four divisions show handsome increase
this year.
c. G. Riley. at present superintendent of
car service of the Baltimore & Ohio South
western Railway, with headquarters at Gin
cinnati will be promoted 20 the newly Gre
tation> on Aug. %, and the position he form
erly held will be abolished. Mr.. Riley went
to the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Rail-
way from the c., c., c. & ST. L. Railway
about year ago and has earned his promo
ton by meritorious services.
The scalpers last week were greatly dis
appointed in the amount of business they
did. On Monday there were sixteen scalp
ing offices in operation; on Wednesday three
of those that Sprang up for the occasion
sold out their stock, and on Thursday two
more took similar action. This week it is
probable all will close, except the three
established Offices which this far have stood
the storm. So irOn-ciad were the tickets
to the Knights of Pythias encampment that
it was difficult for the scalpers to handle
any of the excursion tickets.