The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-16

proved and signed the annual tax returns
TO the auditor of state and of Marion coun-
~, which he has done for forty-seven con-
secutive years.
Work on the Columbus. Lima & Milwau-
kee road has been resumed Receiver Baker
having succeeded in getting money TO pro-
coed with the work. The road from Lima
to Defiance is but partially ballasted, but
the track is laid.
The improvements that the Big Four is
making at Anderson, and which are near
ing completion, will cost over $lOO,UO, Dut
will enable the company to handle it's in
terchange of business at that point much
more economically.
The earnings of the Chicago Great West
ern for the first week of May. 1900, show an
week of last year. making total increase
since the beginning of the fiscal year July
/ to date OF 778,227.70.
r. N Durborow, master mechanic of the
West Philadelphia shops of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad. has been appointed super
intendent of motive power of the Philadel-
phia, Wilmington e. Baltimore to succeed
c. NJ. Mendenhall, resigned.
A letter from C. M. Meyers. who has
been for some months with A c. Harris
United States minister to Austria-hun-
gary. states that he had left Vienna for
Paris and would remain there for few
days, sailing for home the latter part of
May.
which goes into effect May n, passenger
can leave Fort Wayne at 5:45 a. m, make
close connections with the Lake Erie 81
Western at Peru and arrive at Indianapo-
lis at 1920 a. m, the best time ever made
between the two cities.
The Pennsylvania Company lost sss.0o0
last year In the operation of the Indian
apolis Vincennes division. This was
mostly due to heavy expenditures for i'm
provements. The Pennsylvania Railroad
Company, which owns the bonds Of the
road, still receives per cent. interest on
them.
The official board of the Union Railway
Company held a meeting yesterday, and
in addition to routine business passed an
order instructing A A Zion to increase
the pay of baggagemen. checkmen, truck
men and train callers. in most cases 50 a
month It is said an advance of pay OF
employees in other departments Is still
pending.
1t has been decided by the management
OF the Kansas City Southern Railroad,
formerly the Kansas City, Pittsburg &
Gulf, that an Office shall be established
in Memphis, Tenn. r. r. Mitchell will be
the highest of the officials of the Kansas
City Southern in Memphis, and his title
will be that Of general agent. Up to this
time for quite while he has been con-
tracing freight agent for the same line at
Texarkana, Ark.
w. G. Reynolds, auditor of tariffs of the
Big Four lines, was in the city yesterday,
ana III conversation Sdlu tfldI hot III tut
| many years he has been in the position he
| now holds has he known tariff rates so well
| adhered TO as at present. Ford Wood, gen.
| eral freight agent of the Big Four. who
| was present, said that in the twenty-eight
years he had been in the freight service
| he had never known rate conditions to be
as satisfactory now, not only to the
roads, but with shippers.
The tonnage of the Carnegie Steel Com
| pany in raw material and finished product
was 100000 tons last year. This is the
| statement of Vice President j. I. Odell, of
| the Pittsburg, Bessemer & Lake Erie, in
discussing affairs of that road. He says
f! of this tremendous tonnage that it sis
! as great as the combined tonnage of the
| Northern Pacific, the Union Pacific and
| the Missouri Pacific railways. embracing,
| as they do, more than 1906 miles of track
and running probably $500 locomotives and
| $1,000 freight cars