The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-07-04
commission Of about 6 per cent. is now
paid TO the tourist agencies.

commission Of about 8 per cent. Is now
paid TO the tourist agencies.
Commencing with Saturday all offices of
the Pennsylvania lines at this point VIII
close at 3 D. m. on that day
w. J. Lynch, general passenger agent o.
the Big Four lines, passed through the city
yesterday. returning from Chicago, and
w. p. Deppe, assistant general passenger
agent. passed through the city en- route
for ST. Louis on the noon train.
The Southern Indiana Railroad is now
free TO enter the Union Station at Terre
Haute. A right of way has been secured
as far as Wabash avenue. and from that
point the Southern Indiana trains will use
the Nandalia tracks into the station sheds.
Bert Byers, who has for the past eight
cen months been acting as train dispatch
er for the Big Four at Kankakee. has been
appointed chief train dispatcher for the oil
vision. He assumed his new duties at Kan
kakee yesterday and succeeds W. c. Skin
ner. who has been transferred.
Western lines have practically decided to
refuse TO grant rates for the various Labor
day parades and celebrations which may
occur in their territory A
ton to this effect has been made by the
executive com. -iJtee of the association and
is being voted upon by the lines composing
that body.
The Indianapolis division of the Central
| Association of Railroad officers has de-
cided TO go to Louisville via Cincinnati 10
the annual meeting of the national organi-
LdAADI hACA Wal NC CRU ~
July IL and IS. At Cincinnati the Cincinnati
division will join the Indianapolis division
and go to Louisville by boat.
In the month of June there were handled
at the Union Station 76.412 pieces of bag
gage, against q. 240 in June, 1889, and 55.A9
in June, 1898. The number of pieces handled
last month was the largest, with one ex-
ception. of any month in the history or
the station, that being the month the
Knights of Pythias held their conclave in
this city.
It is stated that the shipping agents of
some of the large wholesale houses in New
York are demanding reduced rates for their
shipments of goods TO Western points. The
New York shippers argue that Chicago
and st. Louis shippers are getting the bene-
fit of cut rates, and they insist that the
roads should give their New York custom
ers equally good terms.
Charles Riley. general foreman of the
L.. E.. & w. shops at Lima, on Saturday
severed his connection with the company.
Mr.. Riley is a son of p. Riley. deceased.
who was relieved as superintendent of mo-
tive power just before he was taken i'll and
died. III. 3. Minnick, of Wellsville. where
he was connected with the Pennsylvania
road. succeeds Mr.. Riley.
Citizens of Wabash. Ind. will take or
ganiZed action to secure the erection by the
Big Four of a new station in that city.
Plans for a $4,000 pressed brick and stone
station and office structure were prepared
by the engineering department of the sys-
tenn three years ago and the promise was
made that with an increase in the earn
ings of the road the Improvement would be
made.
William w. Wike. of Conemaugh, a vet
eran Pennsylvania Railroad engineer, made
his last run on Saturday and was retired
on a pension after a service of ~forty-three
years for the company. He is seventy-one
years of age and began work when the
Gallitzin tunnel was being dug, having
been continuously in the service OF police
duty and as brakeman, fireman and en-
gineer.
Frederick Dunno will sail from New York
to-day to take charge of the construction
of a railway across the Andes mountains.
The lines have been projected for many
years and the government of Ecuador has
issued bonds to the amount of 49, 900. 900 to
complete the work. Over 1000 men have
been employed in this country and part Of
them are now on their way south. The
road runs from Guayaquil, on the Pacific
coast, three hundred miles east and pre-
sents engineering problems of great magni-
tude.
Z. C.. Hawkins, general manager of the
White Pass & Yukon route. writes the
Journal as follows: "On June s our line
reached the river at White Horse, n. W. T.,
and within the next few days we will be
operating both passenger and freight trains
from Skagway, Alaska, TO White Horse, a
distance of 12 miles. Owing 10 some very
heavy construction work around Lake Ben
nett, we are at present transferring freight
and passengers across the lake. a distance
of twenty-seven miles. but expect to have
this division completed very shortly"