The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-07-25
Personal, Local and General Notes.


The bi-monthly meeting Of the Big Four
officials will be held at Putin Bay to-day.
The c.. II. & D. had 40 passengers from
this point for its Niagara Falls excursion
yesterday.
:. TIE Cincinnati. Hamilton & Indianapo-
lis pad just 999 excursonists TO Cincin-
natl on Sunday.
q Oklahoma is preparing to ship a train of
fifteen carloads of grain through to New
YORK, via Chicago, with brass band &C
compartment and a general hurrah.
The commissioner of the General Land
once has issued a patent for Atlantic and
prescott Railroad lands covering 1O1 ,29l
acres In the primary limits in the Pres
colt district, Arizona.
During the last six months the Western
roads delivered 12S,15 cars of grain in Chi
cago. With the exception of last season,
which brought 141.717 cars, this was the
largest for many years.
The Illinois Central Railroad has COM
pleted arrangements with the Pullman COM
New Orleans. ST. Eouis-New Orleans and
Cincinnati-New Orlenas trains with new
twelve-section drawing room cars. having
all the modem improvements.
George w. Stevens, of Toledo, who re-
Gently resigned as superintendent of motive
power of the Lake Shore road, was pre-
sented with a diamond shirt stud a cut
glass punch service, an easy chair and
travelling case by the employees of the de-
partment. They raised 800 for the presents.
Every time President Galloway, of the
view 1Ork CENTRAL, ana PRESIDENT CaSSdtt,
of the Pennsylvania. get into the same
State the story is repeated by some en-
terprising reporter that the two great rail-
road systems are to form an alliance The
Vanderbilt are to meet in New York this
week and consummate the deal.
It is reported that a company, headed
by Edwin Woods of Chicago, has been or
ganized to build railroad from Memphis
to Knoxville. Tenn Mr.. Woods writes a
Knoxville man that he has disposed of s12.
ton capitalists. He says there will be bee
line between the two cities and it will be
running In two years, 1t is styled the Tenn
essee Eastern and Western Railway.
The Union Pacific has decided to make its
Granddaughter line a double-track road
During the last three or four years the
tonnage of its trains and only the very el
best power and the largest locomotives and
cars have been used. But, in spite of the
increased amount Of freight hauled by one
engine. the number of trains has continued
to increase.
The July number of the Book of the
Royal Blue is designated as special G.
A. r. number" and is accompanied by a
birds-eye map of portions of Virginia
Maryland. Pennsylvania and West Virginia,
by the Baltimore & Ohio lines. 1t con-
tains interesting sketch, showing the re-
lations of TIE B. & o. 10 the civil war and
by Thomas E. Jenkins. The article is pro-
fuseiy illustrated.
Applicants for passes on Wisconsin rail-
ways now. have to establish their good
character by signing the folio wing decara.
ton: II hereby declare that / am not a
member or employe of any political COM
mittee. nor candidate for. nor an incum-
constitution or laws of Wisconsin, or under
any ordinance of any town or municipality
Of that State; and that this pass was not
requested by and Is not for the advantage
of such person or persons.
Illinois Central representatives say that
from present indications there will be a
the approaching season than ever before.
The company has recently improved its
facilities at that port, so that IL can now
handle about twice the quantity of grain
with the same engine power that 1t could
before. In this way the Illinois Central.
while adding to the value and productive
ness Of its own properties, Is preparing for
what seems to be the inevitable rate strug-
gle between the Atlantic and gulf ports
The notice of the Chicago & Alton stock
holders meeting, for Sept. Z, to authorize
bonds states that the proceeds of these
bonds are TO be used in funding the COM
pany's indebtedness and procuring funds for
or maintaing its railroads or extensions
thereof. There will also be submitted at
such meeting the proposition to execute a
mortgage to the Illionis Trust and Savings
Bank. as trustee. 10 secure the payment Oh
said issue of 100000 900 face value OF bonds,
with power to issue additional bonds under
said mortgage as may be hereafter duly
authorized by the stockholders.
The Burlington & Missouri Railroad Is
Dragging over an unprecedented feat In
freight business. IT recently moved the
courthouse of Boxbutte county, Nebraska,
from Hemingford TO Alliance, the location
of the county seat having been thus shifted:
The courthouse has a heavy truss roof
with heavy hard pine frame. As there
were two cuts to pass through the building
was raised on timbers high enough to clear
the banks, and when ready to start II was
fifty feet from the track TO the top OF the
deck on the building. The weight of the
building is estimated at one hundred tons.
trucks. The building was moved at the
rate of six miles an hour. Six hours after
leaving Hemingford the building was clear
of the tracks at Alliance.
The general passenger agents of the Chi
cago-St. Paul lines Will meet to-day at
the headquarters Of the Western Passenger
Association and make an attempt TO remedy
the rate situation. 1t looks as though the
effort would be in vain. Some OF the weak
lines refuse to join the Western Passenger
Association. as they say II would only ham,
per them. while II would not deter the
strong lines from doing as they pleased.
positive proof that a number OF the So
called weak lines have cut rates. but they
dare not present the matter before the
Interstate-commerce Commission because
they fear the culprits have equally strong
evidence TO present against them. Thus
conscience doth make towards" of the
lines which are protesting strong de-
sire to put an end TO scalping rates.