The Indianapolis journal., 1899-10-23

kept. and the indianapolis & vincennes IS
doing heavy business in grain, coal and
live stock
The Cincinnati Hamilton & Dayton is
doing the best business on the Indianapolis
division since its ownership Of the line.
handling at indianapolis last week 1O52
loaded cars, 15l more than in the CORE
spending week Oe1SS Through its closer al
lance with the Indiana, Decatur & Western
considerable business is derived.
W. II. Joyce, freight traffic manager of
the Pennsylvania Railroad. has issued
general notice to the effect that o. j. Geer,
having regained his health, will resume his
duties as general agent of the company
with headquarters in New York. George L.
Smith. Eastern superintendent of the Union
line, who has been acting general agent, Is
relieved of the duties of that position
A special meeting of the stockholders of
the Evansville Terre Haute & Chicago
Railroad Company has been set for Dee. -
i'm Terre Haute The meeting is To consider
a proposition TO sell the Chicago * Eastern
Illinois Railway. the road running from OF
ter Creek Junction. five miles north OF
TerIe Haute, 20 Danville Junction, The road
is about fifty miles i'm length and has been
under l,ase TO the Chicago d Eastern IL
linoiS for some time past.
A party OF coal men are pushing with
good deal of vigor the project Of construct
ing the Cincinnati. HilSboro, Jackson &
GalliDolis road. The project Is an old one
but it is said 10 have taken on new llfe
Tie road would be primarily a coal line,
but II will also tap some important iron
industries and timber and stone districts.
The proDOsed line will follow the old survey
Of the Cincinnati. HillSb0r0 * PdrkerSDuTS.
Thousands of dollars were spent in grading
this line. which was abandoned in the In
tcrest of another railroad.
AT meeting of the general managers Of
the roads comprising THE Union Railway
Company last week, new board, 10 be
called the operating board; was created,
perintendent of the Big Four. d. S. Hill.
general manager of the Lake Erie * West
ern, and NJ. w Mansfield, superintendent or
the Indianapolis & NincenneS. This com
mittee will have charge OF the company
affairs. debating what improvements shall
be made and looking after matters gener-
ally. The creation of this board Is a step
toward bringing about some reforms at the
Union Station.
Western meat packing houses onh have Of just Tse
best canned beef for Great Britain. which
must be delivered at New York Philadel-
phia and Baltimore as quickly as possible,
and the railroads will have many extra
meat trains during the next two weeks. The
packers want TO have this meat carried
over the roads fast steam Will carry
It. and the contracts will be awarded to the
road which agrees to make the fastest
time. Other supplies to be rushed
through for the British army, and efforts
will be made to break records in packing
and transporting the meat.
In regard to the interchangeable mileage
the following resolution was passed unani-
mously by the general passenger agents at
their meeting i'm Boston last week: 1T is
the sense of this association that national
or international INTERCHANGEABLE mileage
ticket is impracticable, therefore, the sub
| ject will be left with the individual lines or
to the local territorial associations. The
committee appointed To consider the means
of furthering the usefulness of the asso-
citation consists of the following members:
f.. A. Ford, Pennsylvania, chairman: w.
Il. Kiskern. Chicago; w. A. Turk. Wash
ington. G. s. Lee. New York; ID. j. Fand-
ers Boston, H. c. Townsend. St. Louis So
| popular have the interchangeable mileage
books become with travelling statesmen that
| it is questionable whether the Central Traf-
| iic Association lines will take them off sale.