The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-11-30

The outside ticket offices and the ex-
press offices will close to-day at noon.
The Illinois Central on Tuesday began
the laying of a stone foundation for an $780,
90 passenger station at Decatur. Ill.
Tomorrow S. Sanborn will become general
manager Of the Chicago & Northwestern
and r. II. Ashton general superintendent.
W. j. Mann, who is with the Louisville &
Nashville at Evansville, on Dec. l will go
to Louisville as chief clerk in the freight
offices.
8. b. Eggett. secretary of the Pennsyl-
vania lines west. who has been In New
England three weeks, will leave for his
headquarters on Friday.
The earnings of the Chesapeake e. Ohio
road in the third week OF this month show
an increase of $24.397 over the corresponding
week Of November. 1898.
The Santa Fe lines. after paying operat-
ing expenses, rentals and taxes for Oc-
tober. show an increase In net earnings
over October. 1898. of 1903
4. Il. Taylor, general superintendent OF
transportation of the Pennsylvania lines
west. who has been on a European trip, is
expected 10 reach home to-day.
]. A. Barnard. general manager of the
Peoria & Eastern. last evening went TO
Cincinnati to spend Thanksgiving with
President ingalls,. of the Big -Four.
The day trains of the Pennsylvania lines
now running between Louisville and Chi
cago via Indianapolis are made up entirely
of passenger equipment just out of the
SHOPS, includlng the parlor cars.
Joseph D. Harris. who in 1890 was a jour-
newman machiniSt in the PittSburg. Fort
Wayne & Chicago shops at Fort Wayne.
will tomorrow become assistant superim-
tendent OF motive power in the shops at that
point.
Charles Briggs. who for many years was a
passenger conductor on the Indianapolis &
Nincennes, Is I'm the city visiting friends.
Mr.: Briggs was conductor of the train
which passed over the i. AZ v. on the In
spection preceding its acceptance.
William Peddle. superintendent OF main
tenance OF way OF the Southern Railroad.
Will spend Thanksgiving with relatives in
Terre Haute. Mr.. Peddle is a son of the
late Charles X. Pebble. who was for many
years master mechanic of the Vandalia
lines.
President Burt. president Of the Union
Pacific: President Truesdale. of the Lack
awanna. and William II. Peddle. superin-
tendnt OF maintenance of way Of the entire
Southern Railway system, were all in the
same class at the High School of Terre
Haute.
lines. who is interested in the work OF the
railroad branches of the Young Mems Chris
ton Association, has approved a plan 10 es-
tablish a branch AT Peoria, and officials of
other lines express a willingness to aid the
project.
With the retirement of c. T. Hackedorn
as general solicitor of the Lake Erie K
Western. the Journal is Informed officially
that the position will be abolished and the
duties OF the general solicitor viii devolve
on John b. Cockrum, present general at
torney.
When the present depot on the Lake Erie
* Western at Button was built. in 1861,
the town had but one thousand inhabitants:
IL COw has over six thousand and has be-
come one Of the /. l.. q VS. best local
static Is al revenue, so many industries have
been started there.
Judge Field, general attorney Of the Mo-
non was IN the city yesterday. In COM
mentinE on the advance in the stock OF the
road he said II made no difference who was
ms nipulating IL; the Morgan syndicate.
without question, held the controlling stock.
and the deals had no special Significance.
Tomorrow the Chesapeake K Ohio will
abandon the tonnage system OF handling
freight. n Use on the road some years. and
adopt the per diem scale Of compensation
The Panhandle still pays on the tonnage
system. and conversation with the platform
men shows that they prefer IL TO the per
diem method.
II Is stated that on no division of the Big
Four system has there OF late months been
shown so remarkable an increase in passen-
ger earnings rs on the west end OF the
Peoria * Eastern. The revenues at the
present time are fully 80 Per cent. IN eN-
cess OF those OF corresponding months In
some years past.
The ~Cincinnsti. Hamilton & Dayton Will
to-day commence moving from the Old Bee
! line freight depots, which they have occu-