The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-03-21

rolling stock. and that arrangements are in
progress to make extensive improvements to
the property make 1t evident that the policy
OF the road is now dictated by persons OF
ample means and who have much conf
dence in its future.
One of the Vandalia's new passenger To-
eomotives yesterday hauled Train IA from
Haute, sixty-eight miles, i'm sixty-five min
utes. coming TO dead stop at Marshall
slxty-eight miles In sixty-two minutes.
The Indiana & Illinois Southern which IS
now an Illinois Central interest. will be
brought up to a high standard and properly
equipped. IL Is stated that a good deal OF
business. in the shipments of Grain, live
stock and produce would originate on that
line If il were properly equipped and syste-
matically operated.
The track of the Vandalia main line is
now In such good condition that train crews
are allowed 10 make up time lost through
delays in waiting connections or accidents
which may hold back trains. Several times
or late the fast trains made up an hour or
more between Indianapolis and st. Louis
with trains OF eight cars or more.
Secretary Of the Navy Long has sent Con-
gresham T. E Burton. of Ohio, a gavel
to be sent General Passenger Agent A.
]: Smith, of the Lake Shore road. to be
given by him to the president of the Pas
senger Agents Association The ball is
made OF part Of the Spanish gunboat San
doval and the handle of piece of the old
kearsarge.
senger engines of the Big Four proved that
the management is looking forward to the
arrival of the big freight engine planned by
William Garstang, superintendent of motive
power. 1t Is being built at Richmond and
will weigh forty thousand pounds more
than any freight engine yet used on the Big
Four lines.
The Big Four lines proper earned. in the
second week Of March, $3.50, 1858. a de-
week of f. 1sss. Of sis.sso. The he decrease was
wholly in freight earnings, as passenger
earnings were s6,5io.23 ahead of those OF the
corresponding week of 1898 For the first two
weeks this year passenger earnings were
Sl2 Y ahead OF 1888.
The fast freight service of the Big Four
between Cleveland and st. Louis has now
been In operation two years, and IL is re-
markabe, says one OF the transportation
officials, that no accident has happened TO
any OF these fast trains during that period
One reason, he says, is that the cars used
in these fast trains are the best and most
substantial that can be selected. and more
care is exercised that the cars are not over
loaded than when loaded at way stations
T.. o. Mccormick who has been ap-
pointed general passenger traffic manager
of the Southern Pacific lines. was in Chi
cago yesterday. More careful inquiry shows
that his position on the Southern Pacific
will be OF much more Importance than that
of any passenger official on those lines in
the past. he having under his jurisdiction
full control of the passenger service on
both the Southern Pacific's Pacific and At
lantic coast lines. Heretofore the two have
been operated separately as the Pacific
Coast and the Atlantic Coast divisions.
The Cleveland Leader says: 1T is under
stood that the Big Four will soon place in
service between st. Louis and Cleveland,
with direct Eastern connections. a splendid
new fast train, which will make the run
two hours quicker than the southwestern
express, and that a counterpart of this
train Will be run east-bound and will cut
hour from the time of the Knickerbocker
Panhandle have been of a nature to disturb
the equilibrium of the Vanderbilt lines to. a
nnn flnr hle. font nr1A &c hn hn
reason for the new Big -Four flyers.
The st. Louis ticket brokers. Steiner,
Shuback and Manget some time ago filed
Lee of ST. Louis. A. NJ Compton and La
fayette McWilliams of Chicago, members
of the Central Anti-ticket Scalping Com
the libelous publication and circulation OF
defamatory literature against ticket scalp
ers; The first case tried before Gdrcui.
| for want of a sufficient cause Of action; the
attorney for the ticket brokers then with
| drew the two other suits at defendants cost.
w. II. Tennis, general agent of the Erie
lines, stated yesterday that In the thirty
| five years he had been connected with the
| freight department of the Erie he had never
| ton. The order on his desk yesterday
morning from Erie connections in this sec
| ton called for 1852 empty cars and for local
greater than had been the average orders
| from day to day for weeks past. In all Oh.
| freight, the Erie has been strengthening IT'S
| position with Indianapolis and with shippers
in this territory.
The Indianapolis division OF the Cincin
natl, Hamilton & Dayton, 1t is stated, is
now making the largest earnings at any
time in some years. both freight and pas
senger business exceeding the expectations
| of the general officers. The maintenance of
| freight rates cuts an important ngure with
| the c., III. & D., as. when demoralized. its
haul is so short that heavy tonnage does
not pile up earnings very rapidly. The pas
senger business of the road is fully as sat
road in the country are trains run nearer
ON schedule, and the equipment Is OF an
| excellent standard. The late war helped
| the road materially in passenger business,
| first, in going southwark, and now in troops
returning to the North, and travel to north
ern nulting grounds is quite an item. Pas
| sengey Traffic Manager Edwards is prepar-
| ing for superior service TO Michigan pleas
/ ure resorts during the coming season.
| Chicago & Eastern Illinois is attracting
more attention among Boston investors,
several Of whom have recently bought both
| the preferred and common stocks. II is
| confidently expected that the next dividend
on the common stock will be 2ia per cent,
payable in July, and IL is intimated that
| hereafter quarterly dividends at the rate Of
per cent. will be paid on this stock. The
| stock is selling at g. at which price Ii nets
| the investor nearly per cent, the par value
| being 100 The preferred, on which the COM
pany has paid per cent. for several years,
| is selling at 12219 The company's earnings
| are showing gratifying increase, and IL is
| thought there will be considerable surplus
| shown at the end of the fiscal year, over
and above the dividend requirements for
| the common stock. Quite number of those
| who previously were interested in Chicago
& Alton are reported as turning their at,
/ tention 10 Chicago Eastern Illinois, and
| have bought literally of its securities.
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