The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-22
Personal, Local and General Notes.

In circular just issued Pennsylvania
people announce that they will not discon-
tinue prorating on freight shipments with
Western lines
The work of removing the shops of the
Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern from Pana,
ILL.,, to Washington, Ind, will be COM
menced this week.
The Southern Indiana, in connection with
the Big Four, is handling quite large
business in shipments of stone from the
quarries in the vicinity of Bedford.
J. w. Ryan, formerly on the Wabash line,
has been appointed trainmaster of the
Chocktaw, Oklahoma & Gulf. Mr.. Ryan
was formerly passenger conductor.
The Illinois Central has declared it's
regular semi-annual dividend of 21s per
cent, payable March /. A large number
of the employees will share in the dividend
distribution.
A new advanced freight tariff on cement
will be made effective in the Central
Freight Association territory Jan. 10. This
will apply on an advanced carload mini
mum of 10000 pounds.
w. j. Lynch, general passenger agent of
the Big Four, spent Sunday in Portland.
Me- Mr. Lynch has been in New England
two or three days looking after the Big
Four interest in that section.
The Lake Shore road has created what
is known as a choice list among its euisi-
neers, who are allowed to choose their
runs in accordance with their seniority. 1t
applies chiefly to passenger engineers.
The office of assistant general freight
agent of the Northern Alabama road. held
by r. l.. Mcclellan, has been abolished.
The duties will be looked after by L.. Green,
division freight agent of the Southern Rail-
way,
Hereafter men who are called upon to
fire the big engines on the Pennsylvania
road will be allowed 10 cents more per
trip over their respective divisions than
the fremen on the Class X freight engines
receive
The Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton ham
died at this city last week 500 loaded cars.
an increase over the corresponding week of
1899 of 154, and General Agent Stiles says
the exhibit would have been better had
the company furnished the cars called for.
A new Southern railway project is the
building of road from Parrish to Ensley,
Ala. a distance of thirty-five miles. max
fng a road 125 miles In length from Parrish
to Sheffield and giving the Southern Rail-
way direct line from Memphis to Birm-
ingham.
In the year 1899 there were sold by the
Central Passenger Association bureau 1885,
GA mileage books, increase of 22.17S
books over 1898. The total revenue from
their sale was $4.7O9.21O. an increase over
1898 OF ss69,34O. During the year rebates
amounted to $,507, 495.
Applications for the position of fireman
on Pennsylvania lines west have become
so numerous of late that the company an
nounces that the ten applications received
last week will fill the quota for the pres
ent, as there is now good-sized list Of
extras to draw from.
The four Pennsylvania lines handled at
Indianapolis last week 4,776 loaded cars.
against 5,07s in the corresponding week
of 1899. The decrease was wholly on the
Panhandle's Indianapolis dyision-the
north-and-south lines now doing a. better
business than last year.
The refusal of the New York Central to
enter into an agreement to give the Fitch
burg road share of Its traffic equal to that
forces the Fitchburg to accept the terms
OF the New York Central or fall In line
with the Boston & Maine.
The Vandalia forwarded west from In
danapolis last week 954 and brought in
1322 loaded cars; of the inbound business,
I31 cars were loaded with live stock. This
was twenty-seven fewer loaded cars than
the Vandalia handled at Indianapolis in
the corresponding week of 1899.
The Peoria & Eastern line handled ut
Indianapolis last week ,S6S loaded cars,
pa more than in the corresponding week
last year. Not in many years has this
road done as much business as for three
months past, its passenger as well as
freight traffic being very satisfactory.
1t Is significant when IL Is realized that
the ideas of President Cassatt. of the Penn
sylvania, and of the Vanderbilts on the rail-
road problems OF the coming century, and
the best manner of meeting them, are more
I'm accord than those of any two former
leaders of these strong combinations.
The Wabash lines earned in the second
week OF January sSO2.92S, an increase over
| the corresponding week of 1899 of $0.055.
Since July /. increase OF 81, 327, 15S is
shown. The Chicago & Eastern Illinois
earned. the second week of January, $685.
90 an increase over the corresponding
week OF 1899 of $1,000.
c. Z. Huntington admits that Messrs
Hartman and Schiff have become interest
ed in the Southern Pacific road, but says
| IL is not with the idea of obtaining control,
| but rather for the sake of promoting more
amicable relations with the Union Pacific
| in which they dominate, Mr.. Hartman be-
| ing chairman OF the Union Pacific board.
There is said TO be some grounds for
| the report that the Pennsylvania and Van
derbilt interests will secure control of the
Norfolk * Western. While control. partial
| or complete, is not necessary for the COM
| pletion OF the trunk line plans il would not
| be bad thing To have IL in the combina-
ton. as ii would be paying investment
| The master I'm chancery of the United
| States Court has submitted TO all the
| counsel draft OF proposed report upon
certain features OF the litigation in regard
to respective rights OF the different classes