The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-07-27

Detroit business men claim the Michigan
roads are discriminating IN favor of Toledo
In freight rates.
C. w. Pitts. travelling passenger agent of
the Great Northern, with headquarters in
Chicago, Is in the city.
Charles w. Price has been made general
sass o e thS Valley in
The Panhandle is doing more business in
shipping Southern fruits from all terminal
points than at any time in its history.
Colonel w. NJ Shaw, district passenger
agent of the Chicago. Burlington & Quincy,
at Cincinnati, was in the city yesterday on
business.
The c.. H. & d. has put into service be-
tween Cincinnati, Toledo and Detroit two
of the finest sleepers ever put into service in
the West.
The Northern Pacific gross earnings for
the second week of July show an increase
OF sll4.OS6, and for two weeks of July an in
crease of $194.054.
agent of the Chicago & Northwestern, with
headquarters in Indianapolis, will on Aug.
be transferred to Chicago.
General Superintendent Van Wrinkle, of
company will return from the bi-monthly
meeting at Putin Bay this morning.
The Burlington is to build a branch from
Hill City 10 Keystone. the location Of the
Holy Terror gold mine, said to be the live
Hest camp in the southern Black Hills coun-
try.
The Columbus. Lima & Milwaukee has
made arrangements with the Detroit & Lima
Northern to use it's tracks from Lima to
Peoria, o., whence il will use the Ohio Gen.
trail tracks TO Columbus.
H. r. Moore. general freight agent of the
Cleveland, Canton & Southern has resigned
to accept the position of traffic manager of
the Republic Iron and Steel Company, with
headquarters at Chicago.
The Chicago & Alton Railroad in connec-
ton with the Union Pacific Railway. has
been named the official route of the Hoo
Hoos to Denver. Col, Sept. 5. Rate one fare
plus 81 for the round trip.
The contract for the building of the new
shops of the Big Four at Mount Carmel
ILL.,, calls for their completion in ninety
days. The shops will have a capacity for
the repair OF about six locomotives and from
four hundred to five hundred cars per
month.
The gross earnings of the Louisville &
Nashville for the month of June were the
largest In the history or of the road and if
month as well as 1t has done for the first
three weeks. the July earnings will exceed
those of June.
General Manager Waldo of the c., H.
D., says the elevator of that company
recently burned at Toledo was fully in
sured, yet 1t will cost considerably more
than the insurance to replace the building
owing to the advance in all classes of build
ing material.
The management of the New York Gen.
trail Is putting its trainmer through rigid
examination in the matter OF strength and
accuracy OF sight. No matter how long and
faithful the service rendered, an inability to
secure a black mark for the employee.
Aldace F. Walker, of New York, chair
man of the board of directors of the Santa
Fe system, has arrived at San Francisco,
daughters. Yesterday they departed for
Honolulu three months pleasure trip
TO enjoy the first vacation he has taken in
three years.
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OF improvements in the arrangements for
handling Its business at Muncie. The bust
ness men of Muncie have been asking for
these for some time, and Mr.. Ingalls, has at
last taken the matter up. The plans in
clude the enlargement of the passenger sta
ton, the construction of a new freight de-
pot and ample bulk freight yards.
The laws of Texas require that the re-
ceiver of railroad shall reside within the
State, but the receiver OF the Kansas, Pitts
burg & Gulf has removed his office to Kan
sas City. and IL is semi-officially announced
that the Texas authorities will take TO
notice OF the removal. as the attorney gen.
eral does not care TO become involved in a
controversy with the general government.
1t Is rumored that the Buffalo Rochester
& Pfttsburg and Philadelphia s; Reading
from williamsport to Glearfieid. and that a
favorable traffic arrangement will be made
Such line would give the Buffalo, Roches-
an eastern outlet and would form another
trunk line from Pittsburg TO the eastern
Seaboard.
Theodore N. Ely. chief of motive power
of the Pennsylvania Railroad, says the
company will make no individual exhibit at
the Paris exposition next year. He says
they have made such exhibits in past years
and find the cost far beyond any benefit
derived. The company has been asked by
Commissioner General Peck TO make a spe-
cial exhibit in the engineering sections and
may do so.
s. r. Bullock. who represents Eastern
capitalists, and has purchased various light
ing plants at Fremont and Fostoria. o..
has completed a deal whereby he gets the
White Line and the Sandusky, Milan &
Norwalk electric roads. The price paid is
$4,000 The roads will be combined and
operated as the Sandusky. Milan & Norwalk
Traction Company for which franchise
has been asked OF the Secretary or State.
The Pittsburg Post says: The Pittsburg a.
Western is now moving as much freight as
the Fort Wayne. This Is remarkable con-
sidering the fact that the p. & w. Is a
new road and only ten years ago IL was
a single track line with no Western con-
nections. Two-thirds of the through freight
OF the b. &. o. between Pittsburg. Cleve-
land and Chicago IL now passing over this
road. and the ore business from Fairport
harbor Is tremendous