The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-03-20

the Stock Yards s25 carloads of live stock:
and for private industries on its line al
cars.
Personal, Local and General Notes.
A lodge OF the Brotherhood of Railway
Trainmen was organized yesterday at car
negie, with a large membership.
Wilson Mckay to-day takes the position
Of commercial agent of the Missouri Pa
cific, with headquarters at Cleveland, o.
The new interlocking plant Of the Pan
handle and the Baltimore & Ohio at Gen.
| trail City was put in operation yesterday.
The Big Four lines proper handled at In
dianapolis last week fl.277 loaded cars. six
Of 6S- ISIS. more imam IN the corresponding Week
| II is stated that the Canadian Pacific Is to
establish passenger agencies at number
of new points in the United States this
| spring.
1t is stated that the Chicago. milwaukee &
ST Paul will build TO Duluth unless the St.
Paul & Duluth can be purchased by the
| former.
II. 3. Tindel. general Eastern agent of
| the Merchants Dispatch, will on April l
| remove his headquarters from New York
to Boston.
II is stated that the Lake Shore may pos
| sibly absorb the ST. Joseph. South Bend 6
| southern, recently dropped as part of the
Vandalia system.
p. S. Eustis. general passenger agent of
the Chicago. burlington & Quincy, is visit
the Eastern States.
w. T. Mccullough. at one time with the
traffic department of the West Shore, has
been appointed auditor of freight accounts
of the New York Central.
Chief Engineer Kittredge, of the Big
-Four. Is Planning TO make considerable i'm
pfoVements on the Michigan division be-
tween Anderson and Benton Harbor.
The Texas Central will build forty miles
| OF new road from Albany, Tex, TO the New
| Mexico line. This is said to be a step to-
ward an extension far into New Mexico.
The Vandalia handled at Indianapolis last
week 1855 loaded cars, 4S3 fewer than in the
corresponding week of 1888, but 440 more
| than in the corresponding week of 1897.
The pay roll of the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne
d Chicago for February was the largest or
| any twenty-eight days in the roads history;
| s1SS,OO0.
J. B. Munson, formerly division freight
| agent of the Southern Railway at Raleigh,
| n. c., has been appointed general agent of
| the company, with headquarters at New
| York city.
| Harry Eckey, the Pennsylvania railroad
| teegrapher who is alleged TO have caused
| the wreck in which Engineer Tarr and Fire
| man Kern were killed, has been held in
5000 bail
| A special meeting of the Western Passen-
| ger Association has been called Tor to-day
at Chicago to see II something cannot pc
| passenger rates.
| The Cincinnati Hamilton & Dayton is do
| ing a good business for March, handling at
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| than in the corresponding week of 1898 and
| 24 more than in 1897.
The Panhandle win experiment this spring
on its Chicago division with Usage orange
| trees, TO be utilized as living fence posts, TO
| which barbed wire may be attached along
! the property line of the road.
The Pennsylvania lines last week handled
| but 4,4i2 loaded cars at Indianapolis 40
| fewer than in the corresponding week of
| 1893. The Panhandle brought in 1,04 and
| forwarded east 1O21 loaded cars.
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| and other Eastern States have become so
important traffic that roads are seeking
| to secure the business. The Santa Fe has
| asked for bids on 900 furniture cars.
1t is stated that rapid progress is being
made on the line which Is to connect the
Rutland road with the Ontario & Lake AXE
the line will be ready for traffic by Dec. l.
The remains of r ]. Mcclure. who died
at Miami. Fla, on Friday. passed through
the city yesterday for Chicago. Mr.. Nc
| Clure had been consulting engineer of the
road for some years and in the engineering
| department twenty-five years.
ing freight agent of the Chicago, Milwaukee
& st. Paul in New York State, succeeding
A 3. Caswell transferred e. to .3, MINNEAPOLIS
travelling freight agent in Pennsylvania.
There in this country at present $40
private car lines owning 10000 cars all of
| which are leecheS on the legitimate revenue
of the railroads. says local official The
! expense of paying tribute to the private
car lines has grown to enormous proper
| tions.
| w. o. Chase, general superintendent of the
| Wagner Palace-car Company, and G. X.
| Wager, assistant superintendent, in COM
| paLy with w. Il. kniSkern general paSSen-
ger agent of the Chicago & Northwestern,
are making trip over the entire North
western system.
Frank Trumbul president of the Colorado
* Southern road. will this week. accom-
panied by his wife. start on three months
trip TO Europe, where he Will carefully
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the application of electricity as motive
power in mountainous districts.
The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy has
increased the working hours of it's shops.
At many points, for several years, they have
been running but eight hours a day; now,
at Plattsmouth. Havelock and a number of
day and increasing the force.
The Louisville & Nashville, which is build
Pine Apple and Rep 5to Alan. making kim
direct line from Selma TO Pensacola. Fla.
last week put surveyors in the field to locate
OF completing its line TO Birmingham. The
L. n. will then have two lines to Pensa-
cola, but over much different routes.
A number of changes in agencies take eff
feet to-day on the Big Four lines T. c..
Sheplen, agent at Westville, goes to George
town and O: McNabb succeeds him at West
vile. E. NJ. Moore. agent at Morris City,
has resigned and will be succeeded by Will
liam Bennett. These changes are on the
Cairo division. On the Indianapolis division
III. Thomas goes to Pemberton and will be
succeeded at Chesterfield by w. w. Keener.
The new ruling regarding taking freight
In bond is now in force, and will be appre-
GATED. Heretofore if there was but one
bonded article in a car il could not be
opened to take out any other freight until
the government official broke the seal of
the car, and this often caused much delay.
Now a car can be opened, the bonded
freight taken out and placed by itself, but
the agent at the freight depot must not de-
| liver 1t except 10 an official of the United
| States custom house, and all such goods
must be incased in box heavily strapped
with iron.
General Foreman Mead. OF the Wabash
| shops has time table which is an historical
| curiosity. 1t was effective Nov. %, 1858.
| Then the road was known as the Toledo &,
| Wabash. 1t extended from Toledo to State
| Line. a small town the Indiana and Ili-
nois state line. Its entire length was 2I2
| miles, and was considered a great road.
| Since then the mileage has grown to %
| Under the old time table the only passenger
train was scheduled to run from Toledo to
Fort Wayne in four hours and forty-five
minutes. The distance is now covered in
two hours and seventeen minutes. or two
hours and twenty-eight minutes less time.
SALES OF REAL ESTATE.