The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-21

Inc remains were sent TO Peru for burial,
the funeral service occurring yesterday
afternoon at the First Presbyterian Church
Cyrus K. WILDER. Western passenger
agent of the Lake Shore lines, died on Tues
day at Elg1n ILL.,, of Bright's disease. He
was brother-in-law of George Fl. Daniels
general passenger agent of the New York
Central.
The greatest railway river transport ever
putt mas Just been put in service by the
Interstate Car and Shipment Company, of
st. Louis. 1t is 800 feet long, forty-six feet
VIDE, and can carry thirty-two forty-ton
capacity cars.
The present being the thirteenth strike
which has occurred on the Chicago & South
eastern since it was put in operation, the
employees are comforting themselves with
the belief that matters will now take turn
for the better.
Within the last sixty days sixty-five miles
OF new steel rail, weighing eighty pounds
to the yard, has been laid on the Indianap-
oils division of the Panhandle, and gravel
ballast is now being distributed at the rate
OF ll5 carloads per day.
The roads in the Chicago and Ohio river
territory have notified Southern lines that
hereafter they will not honor round-trip
vile and Evansville, as they have become
the prey of scalpers and are demoralizing
rates south bound from Chicago.
The paymasters of the Big Four were in
the city yesterday paying for June. Many of
the passenger engineers drew $40 to $145 for
the months service. and several freight en-
gineers from $3.50 to $175. For ten consecu-
tive months trainmen on the Big Four have
been making the largest pay ever received.
The new train service out of Indianapolis
and Louisville and from st. Louis via In
annapolis for northern Michigan points
continues to increase in popularity Last
night Train 2, over the Panhandle had
three sleeping cars for the north. AT Day.
ION they are turned over to the Cincin-
natl, Hamilton & Dayton for Detroit.
A through car has now been running
from Chicago over the Monon line to West
Baden for several months and it is stated
mat never has 1t carried less than sixteen
people and usually every berth is occu-
pied 1t is unfortunate that some arrange
ment has not been made for better accom-
Baden y
w. H. McDoel, vice president and general
anIIanager or the Monon lines, returned from
New York yesterday. Mr.. McDoel was ret
lcent about the rumored deal by which the
Chicago q Southeastern was to come under
control of the Monon. He saws the informa-
tion must have come largely from Harry
CRAWFORD, the principal owner of the Chi
cdgo q southeastern.
AN omc1al of Southern line in con, -sa-
uon yesterday said he did not believe that
tnere was another system of roads on which
e ene relations existing between officers and
1iuiiiployeS We're as pleasant as on the Louis
ViIle d Nashville. They were like one family
ana the employees were perfectly Satisfied
wien one-half of the reduction in their
wages was restored. feeling that the officers
direction uoi1e III 'ie',
the me second annual convention of the Ma
oner5ed ASSOCIATION $50 of Railway Agents
were welcomed byAMayor DiehJ. The obiec9
o. the organization as stated by President
y; j. Harmon, of Pittsburg, is the uniting
one common bond, enabling them to ex
cnange ideas and thus improve the service
gaes vsfed fS the puRf Later the dele
OF the Buffalo & Niagara Falls EIectric
Railroad. '1ie0'ilc
!. An official of the Pennsylvania lines saws
.He report that the company had inaugur-
aleu anotner movement to cut down ex-
pehses mas been exaggerated, and grew out
OF the fact that the hours in shops had
zee ogeI Teouced' which is usually done in July
ana august; but the improvements planned
carrier In the year are to be pushed to COM
pi9Gon' and next month thousands of men
VIII De at work at different points on the
main lines. The high officials of the Penn
sylVania are said to be confident that the
war VIII soon close and feel justified in
proceeding with the Improvement The re-
cent trip of President Thomson over the
western lines convinced him that the fall
very heavy.
=. There was meeting of the presidents of
the roads in the Trunk-line Association in
New York yesterday to consider the appl;-
cation of the New York Susouehanna e,
Western for membership in that organiza-
tlon The proposition was offered and per-
sonally pressed by President Thomas, of the
1%AlC, WIN 10 also president or the SuSQu6-
hanna and it was discussed for an hour
without definite action being taken The re-
cent omclal announcement that the Sus-
quehanna, although owned by the Erie
would be operated separately has been
made prominent by the proposition to enter
1T in the Trunk-line Association as distinct
and inde pendent property. The fact that The
SuSquehanna enjoys certain facilities over
the Erie is said to be the reason for the
present step.
Stuyvesant Fish, president of the Illinois
central road. has just sent the following
letter to bankers and capitalists who have
large investments in the properties in this
great system. He writes: You will be
glad to know that the year just closed has
been by far the most prosperous the Illinois
Central has ever experienced AS vet we
have only the figures for gross receipts and
those for June are based on estimates. They
show that we have operated throughout the
year an average of 3,775 miles, as against
3,13O miles for the year ending June 30 1897
Increase in miles operated, 645, or 20.61 per
cent, while the gross receipts have been
81. 245539. as against $22, no. 1877 in the pre-
ceding year.; an increase of So 1902 or
2S. 22 per cent. The Yazoo & Mississippi Val
ley Railroad Company makes a still better
showing. The number of miles operated
has in both years been the same-S07. This
year the gross receipts have been $4,762, 4SS
while in the preceding year they were
$3936,513, an increase of $50, 975, or 20.9S per
cent. 1t is too early to guess at the net
applicable to dividend, but it will largely