The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-17
with harwood timber for the North and
twenty-five to the Louisville & Nashville

with harwood timber for the North, and
twenty-five to the Louisville & Nashville
road.
The continental limited on the Wabash.
which has been breaking speed records in
the last two weeks. made a new record
yesterday. The run from Tilton TO Granite
This included three stops, aggregating seven
and one-half minutes, making the actual
running time 1922 minutes.
]. II. Turner, district passenger agent of
the Northern Pacific for this territory, is
distributing little book giving information
concerning the army of the United States
another book gives items of interest as to
the personally conducted limited party,
which will leave here on Tuesday, July 49,
for tour through Yellowstone Park.
Yesterday was a field day with the Big
Four The Knickerbocker was obliged to
put on an extra sleeping car to accommo-
date the New York business. and Train IS
hauled two extra sleeping cars for Wash
lngton via the Chesapeake q Ohio, from
Cincinnati. Train IL had three extra coaches
carrying recruits for the regiments at
Chickamauga.
The Big Four is taking out of its gravel
pit at Anderson seventy-five carloads of
gravel a day for distribution between An
derson and Marion, on the Michigan divi-
sion, and thirty-fve carloads a day for dis
tribution on the Indianapolis division. The
divisions between Kankakee and Cincinnati
are now at a high standard. and the Michi-
gan and Indianapolis divisions will be so
improved
The ticket scalpers at Chicago have Sc
cured large number of the low-rate tick
cts the Wabash the Nicke-plate and the
Grand Trunk are selling between st. Paul
and New York, and at such figures that
they are demoralizing east-bound rates be-
ers have also a good supply of these tick
cts, ii is stated, which were issued by the
Baltimore & Ohio.
Only few years ago the Pittsburg &
Western was narrow gauge insignificant
coal road: now it forms part of great
through line. has standard tracks. forty
miles being double track, has five through
solid trains between Pittsburg and Chicago
each way. BY Sept. l fifteen miles more of
second track will be completed Its freight
traffic now compares favorably with that
of the Pittsburg. Fort Wayne & Chicago.
The National Association of Local Freight
Agents elected the following officers at Gin
einnat Yesterday President, Malcolm
Braudholz. New York; treasurer, c. II.
Newton. Fort Wayne, Ind. Norfolk, Va:
was selected as the place for the annual
convention next June. over Detroit. Cleve-
Falls
Ex-Governor Francis M. Drake. of Iowa,
resigned yesterday as president of the In
diana. Illinois & Iowa Railroad. A special
meeting of the directors elected General
Manager IT. p. Shonts to succeed him. Mr.
Drake is understood to be in i'll health
JOY Morton was elected vice president to
succeed H. Holt. of New York, resigned.
Mr.. Morton and some of his friends are said
to have bought a block of Ex-Governor
brakes stock in the road.
The second annual meeting of the Ma
ttonal Association of Railway Agents will
be held in Buffalo. n. Y, on Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday, July 90 q and %. The
time will be spent with meetings of the as
ISOLATION, sightseeing in Buffalo, a trip
over the famous electric road to Niagara
Falls and down the George road to Lewis
ton, and probably a trip across the lake to
Toronto, Canada. and other pleasant ex-
cursions and entertainments.
call has been issued by the board of
control of the Joint Traffic Association,
which comprises the presidents and other
executive officials of the lines in the as
ISOLATION, for meeting to be held in New
York on Thursday, June g. The meeting
will be a very important one. and it is
stated that Frank Thomson. president of
the Pennsylvania lines. and NJ. E. Ingalls,,
president of the Big Four and the Chesa-
peake & Ohio. have promised to be in at
tendance, as have several other high Off
Gals.
At meeting of the directors of the Fitch
burg road on Wednesday the position of
traffic manager created, and A. s..
Crane, heretofore general freight agent of
the road. was elected to it. Mr.. Cranes first
service was with the Erie lines at Chicago,
and V. T. Malott. when receiver of the Chi
cago & Atlantic now part of the Erie, APP
pointed him his general freight agent, a
position he filled with marked ability. He
held the position from 1884 to 1890, when he
went to Boston as general freight agent of
the Fitchburg road.