The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-06

The Southern Pacific has placed an order
for 1860 box and 200 coal cars
The Pennsylvania will naugurate its New
York and Florida special on the 18TH
J. =. Waldo has been appointed train
master Of the Detroit Toledo 81 Milwaukee.
Yesterday the Southern Pacific inaugu-
rated steam service between New Orleans
and Havana, touching at Key West.
The Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern
mas declared a semi-annual dividend OF Z
per cent, and an extra of per cent.
Samuel f. Hart chief clerk in the Pan
handle freight department at Dayton, O.,
has been appointed local freight agent.
w. H. Bronson. superintendent of the Ohio
division of the b. q o. Southwestern, has
had his jurisdiction extended over the Gin
cinnat terminals
The Lehigh Valley road will lay eight
miles of second track in the mountains near
Wilkesbarre, giving the road a double track
on its main line from New York to Buffalo.
The Nashville, Chattanooga & ST. Louis
has abolished the Office of general superin-
tendent and placed the management Of its
affairs in the hands of division superintend-
ents.
On the Burlington route two freight en-
gines. running between Hannibal and East
ST Louis and Hannibal and North St. Louis,
double the road daily, aggregating 7,175 miles
per month each.
Earnings of the Chicago &, Eastern Illinois
the last six months of last year were $780,
76S, or $l33,4S3 more than in the same period
of the previous year Everything consid-
A New York special says J. fl. Seaman
will succeed the late Calvin 5. Brice in
control of the Cincinnati Northern. He IS
now secretary and treasurer OF that road,
Brice lines.
The Pennsylvania is back of a scheme to
complete the Richmond, Petersburg & Caro-
lima, now building from Richmond, Va, to
Ridgeway. n. c., completing a link between
it and the Seaboard Airline and giving a
new trunk line TO the South.
o
has acquired the entire capital stock and
bonds of the Des Moines Northern a. West
ern Railroad, a majority of which it has
owned for four years. The road will be COM
pletely merged into the St. Paul system.
Among the changes noted on the Chicago
q Northwestern are these: A. @. Tallant,
NOTED to be general agent OF freight and
passenger departments; Charles Traver,
travelling passenger agent at Pittsburg,
changed to Cincinnati.
The Big Four is making extensive i'm
provements in its Columbus yards. The
Fourth-street yards are being enlarged to
to High. distance of 1880 feet and extend
ing north to Swan street. The improvements
will H. necessitate an expenditure of about
$4,000, and when completed will give the
Big Four model yards and terminals
The plan for the reorganization of the
Columbus. Hooking Valley q Toledo Rail
way Company has been issued. 1t provides
for issue of $20,000OO0 first consolidated
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES gold bonds to bear Az per
cent interest. beginning July next. These
bonds are to be secured by a mortgage upon
all the properties and securities of the
Hooking Valley Company and all other
property hereafter acquired by the use of
these bonds.
By a decision of the court at Lima, o.,
the confirmation of the sale of the Ohio
Southern Railroad is delayed indefinitely.
The court vacated the order of Judge Richie
granting allowances under the receivership
which the purchasers claimed were excess
sive. Attorney Judson Marmon made an af-
fdavit that he had not been notified of the
date on which the court would pass on the
claims until it was too late to file excep-
tons.
1t is officially announced by the officers of
the New York, Ontario q Western Railroad
that all the coal properties of the Lacaka-
wanna Iron and Steel Company in and about
Scranton, Pa, formerly of the LackaWanna
Iron and Coal Company, estimated to con-
tain from 25,000000 to 100000 tons of an
thracite COAL have been purchased by parties
interested in the New York Ontario & West
ern Railroad Company, and the transporta-
ton of the output will be secured to that
company.