The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-12


The four Pennsylvania lines handled at
indianapolis last week 6,S25 cars 5,222 being
loaded
The vandalia handled at indianapolis last
week 2.645 loaded cars. exceeding all former
records.
The shops of the Cincinnati. Hamilton &
Dayton are now running ten hours a day in
all departments.
So heavy is traffic over the vandalia main
line that construction trains have been tenn
pOrarily taken off.
Col. Gran Perry, general agent of the
Pennsylvania lines at this point, has re-
turned from Colorado.
e. b. Hutchinson, general claim agent of
the Panhandle lines. who has been visiting
friends in Maine, has returned
In the month of August the Panhandle
shipped from the Indianapolis stock yards
to Eastern markets 52S carloads of live
stock.
DR.. o. p. Graham has been appointed To-
cal surgeon of the Big Four lines at JEFF
ferSOnville, while DR.. PeytOn the regular
surgeon, is absent.
David F. Jennings, now general manager
or the Nickel-piate fast freight line. has
been appointed manager of the Hoosac Tun-
mel line, vice Arthur w. Street.
David Irwin, the oldest employe in time
! OF service on the Terre Haute Il Indianapo-
lis, has been taken to ST. Antnony's Hospi-
tai, Terre. Haute. He is suffering from
Bright's disease.
Sensational developments are looked for
in the case of the Lima Northern The re-
ceiver appointed last week has ordered all
the general offices, now located at Detroit
and Tecumseh, Mich. removed TO Lima.
Despite the withdrawal of the Chicago e.
Alton from the Western Passenger ASsOcia-
ton, James Charlton, general passenger
agent, has been unanimously requested 10
continue as chairman of the executive COM
mittee.
Col T. E. South agent of the Big -Four
attend the convention of the international
Association of Railway and Steamship
Ticket Agents, which convenes there
Sept 13
o. F. Jordan. division superintendent of
the Michigan Central at jackson, Mich,
has resigned. He is succeeded by F. P. Nc
Donald, assistant superintendent of the
Canada Southern division, at ST. Thomas,
Ontario.
The shops of the Vandalia at Terre Haute
gave employment to more men last month
than than in any month for some years. A good
ton to the extensive repairs caused by the
heavy traffic of the road.
The gross earnings of the New York Cen
tral for August show decrease OF $26S, Gal
as compared with August, 1897 The North
efn lines are not securing the grain ship
mIents and in provision shipments are not
hoi9ing their own, but they claim to be
holding rates at tariff.
ID. T. McCabe, freight traffic manager of
the Panhandle lines states that all the cars
or the pennsylvania lines of ali descriptions
are are new In use and many more are wanted
Inc system, he says, in round numbers has
J2c'VcV cars ana could use % per cent more
he mas Just returned from trip West and
says everything points to an immense fall
freight traffic.
Conductors on the Pennsylvania Iires will
now breathe easier. as the period of keen
ing special train statistics ended on Satur-
day. when each conductor had to file \ re-
port giving the exact number of peonle car
ried in each car in the train The object
was to see If the number or cars I'm the
train might not be reduced and still accom-
modate the travel.
Isaac S. Calvert. of Terre Haute an ox-
employee of the Vandalia who sued the
company for $1,000 last week on Saturday
brought suit for 900 against the Big -Four
for damages for building its tracks so near
his property that the smoke of the locomo-
tives troubles his family. His suit against
the Vandaha was for injuries received while
in service on that road.
A great many rumors are afloat that the
baltimore x Ohio intends consolidating lis
fast freight lines in accordance with the
plan only recently adopted by another line
II does not seem to be very generally
known fact that the Baltimore q Ohio did
its fast freight consolidating over wear
ago There ere two fast freight lines on-
Grating over the baltimore a. Ohio one he
ing the Continental and the other the Gem
trai States Dispatch. These lines have a
Joint manager in the person of T. II, Noon
an whose headquarters is in Cincinnati.
and there is nothing more TO consolidate.