The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-26
of the Grand island

Dating from yesterday. the roads out OF
Chicago are 10 charge excess fare for the
first time on all passenger trains scheduled
AT a rate faster than twenty-eight hours
between Chicago and New York. This dis
poses OF a subject that promised to create
a serious disturbance between the New
York and Chicago lines.
Seldom is there "a day in which more
business has teen handled than on Sunday
at the Union Station. In addition to the
regular trains, the roads brought in eighty
seven loads of excursionists during the
forenoon and sent out ON excursion trains
in the morning forty-four coaches. The
Lake Erie & Western brought in forty-four
coaches and took out ten.
G. J. Grammar. general traffic manager
OF the Lake Shore and It's acquired lines.
states that any talk of the Central Freight
or Central Passenger Associations going to
OF the organizations has there been more
harmony of action and never before have
the organizations been as useful for the
purposes intended at their formation.
The Grand Trunk has marked up to it's
credit a record of $40 miles in twenty-five
hours and two minutes. made by a special
train from Chicago to Montreal. via Port
Huron, london, Hamilton and Toronto.
Deducting stops OF one hour and fifty min
utes makes the actual running time twenty
hours and twelve minutes, or an average OF
ffty-three miles an hour for the entire dis
lance.
To-day the successor of j. III. Crawford,
general manager of the Lackawanna fast
freight line, will be appointed. and it is
understood that Harry j. Graham, assist
ant general freight agent Of the Lake Erie
& Western. will receive the appointment,
with headquarters at Chicago. Mr.. Craw-
ford will on July ! take the position of
general eastern freight agent of the Lacka-
wanna, with headquarters at New York.
Judge Allen. in the United States Circuit
Court. at Springfield, ILL.,, yesterday, in the
case of the Peoria, Decatur & Evansville
Railroad Company against the Central
Trust Company. of New York, issued a
supplemental order appointing T.. 0. Hop
kins, of Evansville, receiver. and G. C..
Brown, of Springfield, special master in
chancery for all properties of the Peoria,
Decatur & Evansville Company remaining
undisposed of.
and general manager of the West Shore,
and at present vice president of the Big
Four, is expected to return on July 4 from
his six months European trip. On June Ia
Mr.. Laying was elected trustee OF the West
ern University of Pennsylvania. and at
the same time the degree of LII. d. was
conferred upon him. He graduated from
this university forty years ago: On April L.
last, Mr.. Laying completed fifty years OF
active railroad service.
H. H.. Cartwright has accepted the posi-
ton of traffic agent for the Kansas City
committee, and c.. N. Wellington the like
position for the Omaha, Sioux City and
Council Bluffs committee, but c. N. Os-
good has declined the position offered him
with the st. Pau and Minneapolis COM
mittee. r. b. Boyd, general freight agent
of the Rock Island lines east of the Mis-
souri, river. has been offered the position of
traffic agent for the st. Louis committee,
and has not yet refused or accepted.
IT is said to be the intention of Western
lines to discontinue the issuance of the
usual weekly statements of freight ship
ments. which rave heretofore been fur
nished to all interested freight officials.
and frequently given ont for publication.
Under the new arrangements these state
ments, showing the tonnage carried by the
different roads, might serve to indicate ap-
proximate divisions. The plan is to here
after issue confidential statements. which
are to go to only the highest officials.