The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-15


w. II. McDoel, vice president of the Mo-
non lines, is in New York and will remain
there until the 25th
station on the Big Fours Cincinnati d.
vision few miles out from Cincinnati. has
been named Deweyville.
On Sunday the Lake Erie & Western will
run an excursion from Indianapolis and
points on the line to Lafayette.
Harry Hall has been promoted to be trav
cling auditor of the Detroit Lima & Mil
waukee from clerkship in the auditor
Office.
w. c. Arp superintendent of motive pow
er of the Vandalia lines, has gone to Sara
toga to attend the annual convention of
master mechanics.
j. II. Crawford, general manager of the
Iackawanna fast freight line. was in the
city yesterday on trip over the roads this
line operates over.
Transmissouri lines have raised the mini
mum carload weight on packing house
products from 10000 to $4,000 pounds to all
common Colorado points.
George Morton. assistant general freight
agent of the Chicago, Burlington Quincy.
and j. Vallery, travelling freight agent, are
IN the city for a couple of days.
Western agents of the Pennsylvania lines
have been notified that the embargo on hay
and straw, so far as ii relates to export
traffic via Baltimore. has been lifted
The Lake Shore is preparing to make ex-
tenstVe improvements at Toledo. Among
other things it will add seven hundred feet
of steel sheds to its passenger station.
The Big Four to-day will put on a line of
+nn a G5IS hotb ana Sen
cars north on Train "a and south on Train
The Chicago & Eastern Illinois on Monday
Sca ne OF mrou 9a sleeping n
through day coach between Chicago and
Chattanooga.
Despite the denial by officials of the Wa
bash that such would be the case, the De-
ff0lt division of the system is the main
line and the line from Peru to Toledo is
the Toledo branch
The superintendent of motive power of the
Santa Fe lines is building at the companys
shops in Topeka an engine which it is ex-
pected will haul train of eight cars eighty
five miles an hour.
Harry Mantz, travelling passenger, agent
OF the Chicago d Rock Island, is in the
city. He states that travel by all lines
leading to Omaha has set in briskly and the
Omaha. exposition will be well patronized
H. S. Waite, of the Columbus & Hooking
Valley, has so much improved in health that
he Will make a trip through some of the
Eastern cities hoping to return in a short
time IN shape to perform his usual duties.
Despite the warm weather. receipts of
stock at the Indianapolis yards continue
heavy, the deliveries of Western lines yes
terday eaching III cars About three hun
dred head of horses were included in the de-
l!veries.
The Wabash on Monday received the first
of the compound engines that the Richmond
locomotive works are building for that road.
They are ten-wheel engines with twenty
two inch high pressure and thirty-two inch
low pressure cylinders.
Charles A. Myers. travelling passenger
agent Of the Wisconsin Central Travelling
Freight Agent Laird, of the Chicago Great
Western, and Travelling Freight Agent
SWEET. of the Illinois Central, were among
the arrivals last night.
w. c. Brown. formerly travelling passen-
ger agent of the Pennsylvania lines in the
West has been appointed New England
Of anff not on and
the Richmond & Danville Despatch, with
headquarters at Boston.
The through freight west bound which
was formerlyA delivered to the Wabash by
the Lake shore at Toledo. the Nickel-plate
at New Haven and the Erie at Huntington.
is now received by the Wabash at Buffalo
and hauled west over its own line
Charles Merrill, general Western passen-
ger agent of the New York Central is in
the city. He states that the last few days
there has been marked increase in travel,
especially TO Eastern pleasure resorts, the
war scare having wholly subsidized.
The annual convention of the National
Association of Local Freight Agents begun
yesterday at CINCINNATI and will be in ses--
sion for four days with excursions and
social sessions on each day. number of
Indianapolis freight agents are in attend
ance.
Frank Reed. general passenger agent of
the Monon lines, was~in the city yesterday.
He states that their business for Cedar
Lake this season is exceeding all expecta-
tons and has already demonstrated that
the money spent in making these improve
ments is well expended
The Corn Belt monthly publication is
sued by Lucius Wakely, general passenger
agent of the c.. b. & O. missouri lines).
is out for June, and is a very interesting
number. This publication was an idea of
Mr.. Wakely's. There are $4,000 copies is
sued and distributed monthly.
The Kansas City Osceola & Southern
Railway will be turned over to the st. Louis
e. San Francisco on July !. and the connect
ing link from Bolivar 70 Osceola will be
completed in three weeks. Before Aug. l
trains OF the St Louis e. San Francisco
Will be running into Kansas City
Colonel William Shaw. district passenger
agent Of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
lines, is In the city He has just returned
from a trip through Nebraska. where he
says II the farmers get half price for their
crops this year they will have money
enough 10 pay off the national debt.
The Big -Four has given the Columbus &
Northwestern terminal facilities at Belle
fontaine. the crossing of the two roads, and
on Monday commenced selling at the Big
Four office tickets for the new line. An
impression prevails that the Big Four peo-
pie may be part owners of the road.
The Terre Haute car works are this week
building one hundred coal cars for the Van
dalia lines. The Vandala now has over six
thousand freight cars. the largest number
since the road was operated. and It's power
Is effective a nj in fha