The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-09-07

travelling passenger agent are visiting
number OF Northern points in the interest Of
the road.
1t Is said that the bondholders Of the
Ioiedo ST Louis & Kansas City have tired
OF htgation and are now anxious that the
property be reorganiZed at as early date
as possible.
The receipts from sales Of tickets at Peru,
IND. fo- August were s. 81. an increase over
went TO the Wabash and the remainder TO
the Lake Erie a. Western.
John s. Lazarus. traffic manager of the
he wished the company had 1000 instead
OF 600 new cars. in which case the business
OF the road would show some surprises
The next meeting of the Central Passen-
Sept. IL. when the alleged deal of the
Nickel-plate and the Three Is with a
certain Chicago scalper will be investigated
l.. M. Letter. road master of the western
resigned, and ]. Sutton. of the eastern divi-
sion. succeeds him. while J. Bouser, section
foreman at Stony Ridge. Is promoted to road
master OF the eastern division.
The absorption Of the Baltimore Chesa-
peake * Atlantic gives to the Pennsylvania
company control OF all the peninsular
transportation lines except the Queen Anne
read It's acquisition increases the total
rail- and water mileage 1908 miles.
The Indiana. Illinois & Iowa has decided
upon the erection of a bridge across the
the longest and most costly in the State
OF Illinois. 1t will be nearly a mile In
length and Its estimated cost is 100000.
II. NJ. Bronson, assistant general passen-
ger agent of the Big -Four and w. w. Rich
ardson, district passenger agent of the
pennsylvania, who accompanied the special
train carrying the q. A. r. people to Phil
adelphia, are expected home this morn
ing.
A. d. MeLeod. assistant general feright
agent OF the Cincinnati. Hamilton & Day
nhnI1 Of
the road at Dayton, accompanied by their
families, yesterday passed through the city,
en- route to the Pacific coast, 20 be absent
a month.
II is stated that the Chicago North
western Is about &c absorb the Omaha
road IT Is a system of 1852 miles. The
shown in the fact that over its lines alone
the latter reaches Duluth, st. Paul, Min
neapolis and Sioux City.
The estimated earnings of the Terre Haute
& indianapolis for the month of August
were $3.50 9.S3. an increase of s41 1851 over
the corresponding month of the previous
YEAR year. q The gross earnings of the Terre
were N6.5s4.H, an increase of s46S9.S2.
Frank j. Reed. general passenger agent
or the Monon lines. was in the city yester-
Monon lines will this year largely exceed
any former year in the roads history Every
month OF 1899 thus far has shown surprising
increases over corresponding months Of
previous years.
Warren J: Lynch, general passenger
agent of the Big Four lines. was in the city
yesterday. He is pleased with the handsome
earnings the Big Four is making from its
passenger business, as he naturally would
be when. following E. o. Mccormick as
head of the passenger department. of the
Big Four ne Is lettering his record.
The passenger earnings of the river divi-
sion OF the Indiana. Decatur & Western lines
have doubled since the improved service
ing as good time between Olney and De-
catur, ILL.,, as its competitor the Peoria,
Decatur & Evansville. Sixty miles of the
eighty-six of the river division are now laid
with new steel rail.
w c. Rinearson. general passenger agent
or the Queen & Crescent, writes: Wild
er's Brigade will dedicate their monument
expects to carry large number of people
TO Chattanooga for this occasion. They
come chiefly from Indiana and Illinois and
our line is the official route. We make the
rate WIS for the round trip from Cincin-
natl, good to return till the Path We shall
run a special train to accommodate the
Superintendent Graves. Of the Indiana De-
catur Western. says he is sorry that there
are not more live export buyers of cattle
twenty-five carloads Of cattle for export
were shipped off the river division and the
cars were turned over to the Chicago &
eastern Illinois at Sidell to go to Chicago.
The hogs and sheep of that division come
TO the indianapolis market almost invari-
ABLY Dut the cattle for export drift to the
Chicago market. Last month 1852 carloads of
live stock were shipped off the river divi-
SION OF the Indiana, Decatur & Western.
The report OF the Chicago, Milwaukee &.
st. Paul for year ending June 30 was made
public on Tuesday. showing that the road
| enjoyed the greatest prosperity in its his
tory Gross earnings increased s4120, 96S;
| operating expenses, Increase s., 761. 271: net
| earnings, increase. $l.35s,69s; the fixed
charges, including interest on bonds.
| amounted to Sc: $50. no SO. making the amount
| OF surplus S.5750S6.s3. During the year a
/ z per cent dividend was paid on the pre-
| ferred and per cent. on the common
| stock. The report shows the number of
| miles Of track owned by the company to be
| 1871, OF which 6142 are main lines.
Last Saturday traip No. 20 over the PAN
| handle, with fourteen heavy cars left In
1 dianapoliS over thirty minutes late hauled
| by a Class and Glass o modified engine.
| The big train was crowded from end to end
/ with passengers. there being no seat vacant
| and many people standing. This was due.
| or course, TO the heavy rush of G. A r
/ business. Over some favorable stretches of
| tie road between Indianapolis and Rich
mond speed of seventy-six miles an
| hour was attained, and from DAYTON TO
| Xenia speed of sixty miles an hour was
| kept up. AT Xenia there was delay to
| get the Cincinnati trains out Of the way.
| and there was stop at London, and then
| the twenty-five miles from London to CO.
| lumbus was covered In twenty-eight min
| utes.