The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-08-10

The Vandalia shops at Terre Haute are
building thirty-six cars, $4,000 pounds ca
pacity.7
A. ]. OReilly, general agent of the Monon
at this point. has gone to Denver on a
pleasure trip.
Coal traffic managers in Ohio will not ad-
vance the rate on coal on Sept. /, as had
been planned.
The Indiana Car Service Association ham
died in July 9,162 cars. with an average de-
tention of only 1.59 days.
F. c. Donald. chairman of the Central
Passenger Association. will this week start
on trip TO Europe, to be gone until Oct. !.
w. 3. Yercance has been appointed pri-
vate secretary of ]. ID. Laying, vice president
road.
The new bridge over Mill creek, on the
Nandala. is nearing completion. and the
putting in of stone. abutments for the bridge
over Big creek is in progress.
The New York Central. the Erie, the
Pennsylvania and the CHEESE peake & Ohio
offer to give half rates to wounded soldiers
who desire to visit their homes.
1t is stated that the Cincinnati Hamilton
& Dayton. in July. made the best record of
any month in its history in the way of
trains reaching terminals on time
h. A. Gould, superintendent of the East
the city yesterday accompanied by w. V.
Stuart, attorney for the company.
Chief Engineer Hall, of the Monon lines.
was i'm the city yesterday; He, says that
Monon's new line to the Bedford stone quar-
ries.
So extensive have been the Improvements
on the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern the
last few months that its track is said to be
one of the best crossing the State of In
diana.
The Wabash Company is examining a
number of fremen, with a view of promot-
ing them to engineers. The step is made
necessary by the prospect of a heavy fall
business.
appointed secretary of the Illinois Railroad
and Warehouse Commission, was for years
q, passenger conductor on the Chicago &
Eastern illinois, 3
duetor on the Pittsbnrg, Fort Wayne & Chi
cage for thirty years. is lying at the point
o. death s with consumption at the residence
William Watts has been selected superin-
tendent of buildings. and bridges on the
michigan division of the Big Four. succeed
ing j. G. jennings who was recently trans
terred to the Chicago division.
Tie Michigan division of the Vandalia is,
lately, showing a. better earning capacity.
and.it is stated that the Pennsylvania Com
pany is more anxious to continue in control
OF that division than was the case two
years ago. ssf
p. H. Wyckoff. general freight agent of
t the Central Railroad lI Of New Jersey died at
For the past thirty years ne had been con-
nected with the railroad He was about six
Charles Merrill, Western representative CT
the New York Central lines, is in the city.
He reports all Western feeders to the New
-Four. West-boutid travel he saws is not D as
good as east-bound
The maximum grade of the Monon be-
tween Monon and Chicago is now twentysix
feet to the mile, and freight engines are
hauling between those points foHy-two
loaded cars. twenty-eight being the limit be-
fore the grades were reduced.
daiia. and several OF the subordinate otfl-
Gals have, in the last three days, been in
specting the coal branches and coal mines
at Brazil and In that vicinity, and the mines
at Rosedale. on the Michigan division.
1t is stated that should the Indianapolis &
VincenneS, in the last six months of 1895.
make as good an earning exhibit as it did
the first half of the year. the Pennsylvania
Company will not be called on to make up
any deficit in its fixed charges. il has
been compelled TO do for some years past.
A railroad official said yesterday, that
in the comments regarding fast time of the
railroads in the Central Traffic Association
territory much of the credit should be given
TO M. r. Ingalls, president of the Big Four,
who led in giving as fast service over In
danapolis lines as is enjoyed in any part of
the country.
The last few days there have been numer-
Gus calls for cars TO move wheat and corn.
The railroads are in good shape to handle
Il. and elevators and storehouses are begin
ring to NIL up Shipments for export are
light but the flour exports are treble what
they were in August 1887. from local mills
end in this territory.
The agreement by which the Big Four Sc
cures control OF the Belt road at Lafayette
has been ratified. This will greatly improve
its facilities for getting the business from
the industries located on the line The Wa
bash and the Lake Erie & Western can. by
paying stipulated price per car, use the
Belt road and its connecting switches.
The Big Four. the Wabash and the Lake
Erie & Western are in favor of erecting an
interlocking plant at Lafayette Junction
but have been unable 10 agree as to di-
viding the cost. consequently yesterday the
auditor Of state went to Lafayette and met
the representatives of each road. He is to
decide in what manner the expense of the
Improvement shall be divided.
The Southwestern Passenger Bureau has
been investigating for some days the case
brought against the international & Great
Northern for violating the agreement COW
ering the movement of the immune regi-
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