The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-09

from the Northwestern and Milwaukee &
81. Paul lines, which are not reached By any
Eastern road. The charges average 50 a car
and the traffic runs up 10 some 5000 cars a
month.
Personal. Local and General Notes.
". T. Malott. receiver Of the Vandalia
lines. has gone to Chicago.
1t is stated that the Indiana, Illinois e.
IVA will purchase six new locomotives Of
type.
The Big Four is building at it's shops a
new combination baggage and mail car In
which some new IDEAS will be introduced.
The Chicago g. Eastern Illinois earned
gross in April $685.. 30. against 500, 962 in
April, 1895, and against &6S.S5 in April. 1897.
c.. H. Mccullough. formerly a passenger
conductor on the Brazil division Of the c. &
IL. l., has been given a similar position on
the Monon.
All the Monon engineers and fremen have
been ordered to report at the airbrake in
struction car at Lafayette this week for
final examination.
NJ. d: Woodland, president of the Cincin-
natl, Hamilton e. Dayton lines. who has
been West several days, will tomorrow re-
turn to New York.
The interlocking plant just completed at
Lafayette is one of the largest in the State.
costing $4,000. Four roads shared In the
cost of its construction.
The postal department yesterday issued an
order to cease weighing the mails handled
by the railways. having kept up the weigh
ing six days longer than heretofore.
p. o. Lee, formerly city passenger agent
of the c., H. & d. and the Monon at In
dianapolis. now with the Wisconsin Central,
at Chicago. is in the city for a day or two.
The Haskell e. Barker car works, at
Michigan City, will this month build one
for the Monon and in June a similar num-
Der.
The putting on OF the Indianapolis and
Monon accommodation enables the Monon
IN taka coyaroI cfAnS IN ~ the foSt trafn
leaving Indianapolis for Chicago at 3:35
y. m.
The tenth annual meeting Of the Associa-
non IN B 81 as,iw Nay cam "a e z. (. Myers T1tl e0G eisim
agent OF the Big Four, is president of the
association.
The Pullman company announces another
points and it is believed that the Company
will be forced to reduce its rates for berths
all over the West.
The st. Louis & Southwestern. under its
new management. Is said to be making the
best earning exhibits since the road was
built. Its net earnings the last nine months
amount TO 81 ,253, 1S.
The authority Of S. ". Fordyce and Web
ster Withers. receivers Of the Kansas City,
Pfttsburg & Gulf Railroad, now extends
over the entire system. from Kansas City
to the Gulf of Mexico.
The Santa Fe will expend 81. SOC, 900 this
| year in improvements, to consist of grad
Ing, ballasting, bridge-building and laying
| of go miles of new steel rails. including
sixty-one miles of new track.
| The plans are completed for building a
new union station at Toledo. Five roads will
occupy it. The main structure will be three
stories high and 100 feet square; the train
sheds will be $50 feet long and 128 feet wide.
The Ohio Falls car works are building a
postal car for the Monon to be put in the
run between Cincinnati and Chicago in con-
nection with the Cincinnati, Hamilton &
Dayton. the latter having put a new postal
car in service.
| The places Of the passenger conductors of
the through runs on the Monon who retired
last week have been filled by promotions of
conductors from the accommodation trains
and branches. and in their places putting
freight conductors.
1t is stated that changes are to be made
In the relations OF the Big Four proper and
the western division OF the Peoria & East
ern, and that the change Will make the
| securities much more valuable, especially
the preferred stock.
The Baltimore & Ohio w peo-
pie claim that when the improvements now
In progress between Cincinnati and St. Louis
best S42 miles of continuous new track in the
Central Trafic Association territory.
The LAX Shore now operates ass miles OF
main line. owns S26 locomotives. 421 passen-
ger cars and 1884 freight cars of all de-
scriptions. In 1898 its locomotives consumed
TO-. 3s4 tons OF coal and 6.472 cords OF wood.
and 1t cost 5.3 cents per locomotive per mile
run.
So Nh1Jthf VI NhC
Hamilton 4 Dayton lines, is spending a
couple Of days in the city looking after
the work preparatory to erecting the new
freight depot. The grounds are now all
cleared OF the several buildings which stood
on them.
Vice President Gates, of the Southern
Pacific Railroad Company, says that to the
the report that Coils p. Huntington and
some of his associates in the Monterey &
Mexican Gulf Railroad had bought out the
4 large interests now held Dv 6nanCtorS in
Belgium
The Indiana Car serVce Association in
April handled 9.ss cars, with an average
greater than usual last month, owing TO the
large number OF rainy days when cars could
not be unloaded promptly: In April. 1885
crease this year.. 1.43l cars.
Tn inspection party OF the Pennsylvania
lines. headed by President Thomson. have
fixed upon May ID as the day to begin their
inspection Of the Western lines. on the 18th
they will make the run from Cincinnati 20
Indianapolis via Richmond. 1t has not yet
been fully determined as TO their going over
the vandalis, but it is thought probable that
the party Will.
Warren Lynch, general passenger agent Of
the Big -Four lines. yesterday appointed
agent OF the Big Four at Columbus. o.,
succeeding c.. l.. Hillerary. promoted to be
so 5SaSsanr s sf 81 psIsehs Nr K kgenl oh sns
has been In the service OF the company
many years. the last five as central pas
senger agent at Cincinnati.
Enoch NJ. Johnson, aged sixty years, died
on Sunday. He was one of the best known
engineers I'm the West. For twenty-five
years he was connected with the Panhandle
Railroad and latterly was foreman OF the
machine shop at Wilmerding. He has also
worked in the Pittsburg locomotive works
and with the Westinghouse Airbrake Com
pany. He was born in Cadiz, o., and was a
member of the Steubenville Commandery
Knights Templars, and of Davage Lodge, OF
Allegheny.
The New York Mail and Express says:
"The annual meeting OF the Canadian Pa
cific occurs this week, and II was rumored
in Wall street. On Monday. that President
Sir William c. Van Horne will retire from
the Office which he now holds, in favor OF
Mr.. T. c.. ~Shaughnessy, who is now vice
president. The change. II is understood. is
at President Van Horns suggestions. He
wishes to maintain his identity with the
road in the capacity Of chairman of the
board of directors"
Special cars from st. Louis, Chicago Buff
falo and Cincinnati bearing delegates to the
biennial grand division convention OF the
Order of Railway Conductors arrived in De.
troll yesterday and others arrived during
the night. The order has a membership OF
22.2O divided among 3S divisions. Grand
Chief Conductor E. E Clark and Crane
Secretary w. j. Maxwell. OF Cedar Rapids
Iowa: Grand Senior Conductor r. b. Gar.