The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-16

+. W. Tenwinskel will on July ! go TO
San Francisco to represent the Michigan
Central, with title of Pacific coast freight
agent.
dalia main line. was in the city yesterday.
He is in excellent health and enjoyed his
European trip, as did his wife.
A considerable number of section men on
the Chicago & Eastern Illinois line are on
strike. They get $1.10 a day. demand N.25
and the company offers to compromise at
s1.2o.
1t is said that the C. P. Huntington syn
dictate is the real purchaser OF the Toledo.
st. Louis & Kansas City road, which, If
true, means that the road has a good flu
ture before IL.
The. Southern Indiana and Illinois roads
have reached an agreement regarding
rates and will issue a new tariff on which
the rate on the higher grades of coal will
be slightly advanced.
General Passenger Agent Stone, of the st.
Paul & Duluth, now part of the Northern
Pacific. has been offered a position on the
Chicago & Eastern Illinois, of which his
brother is general passenger agent.
Members of the Athletic Club and their
friends who go to Philadelphia next week
to their annual meeting are given the same
rate as persons who attend the Republican
national convention-one fare for the round
trip.
1t is said that Dennis Murray, who a few
months ago was promoted from chief train
dispatcher of the Lake Shore road to be SUI
perintendent of the Franklin division, has
made such an excellent record that he is to
be given a more important position.
]. Q. Van Wrinkle. general superintendent
of the Big Four lines. and George Kilt
redge, chief engineer, this week visited the
more important points on the system with
a view of ascertaining what, if any, i'm
provements are needed to buildings, yards,
etc.
The observation car now run over the
Cincinnati Hamilton G. Davfon md tho
Monon on Trains 81 and % during the past
winter made part of the Santa Fe's famous
California limited. Each car has ten sec
tons and seventeen chairs, being seventy
two feet in length
Colonel Sam Moody. assistant general
passenger agent of the Pennsylvania lines
west of Pitsburg. is improving in health,
and will be able 10 be out again in a
home at Beaver, but his physicians will
not allow him to return to his post.
The business that the new trains on the
Indianapolis & Vincennes are doing gives
road appreciate the new departure. 1t
would be a great convenience were one of
the trains to make close connection In both
directions with the Monon for French Lick
Springs
Messrs. F.. l.. Babbitt, James Timpson.
J. s. Auerbach and A. C. Bedford have
resigned as directors of the Long Island
Railroad. First Vice President ]. p. Green,
SeCOuu VICE TTeSlue0I Charles r.. Pugn.
Third Vice Presidents s. III. Provost and
c. NJ. Bunting, all of the Pennsylvania
road. were selected in their places.
The United States Court of Apeals, in a
decision delivered yesterday at Chicago,
affirmed the decision of the lower court I'm
holding that the excess of 81 per car on
cars entering the Chicago stockyards is
not excessive. The Interstate-commerce
complaints made by cattle shippers of the
West. that the terminal charges were ex-
cessive. brought suit against the Western
lines to have the charges reduced. The
decision was against the commission. and
the case was appealed. The matter may be
carried to the Supreme Court of the United
States.
A total gain in net earnings from July
/ of $5.214.052 by the Baltimore q Ohio is
exciting favorable comment. the more so
from the fact that this splendid showing
has been accomplished by keeping down
operating expenses at a time when gross
earnings have been But II
should not be inferred that net earrings
have been made at the expense of the
property. The ompan expended heavy
amounts on the road in the period Of its
reorganization. and, as a consequence, the
road Is now I'm a condition OF excellence
that permits the greater part of the gain in
gross earnings TO show I'm net results.
A gentleman who keeps i'm close touch
with the affairs OF the Pennsylvania lines
remarked last evening that IL would be safe
for the Journal TO say that James McCrea.
first vice president of the Pennsylvania
lines west. would in the near future be
transferred to the parent line as one OF Its