The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-13

10 the best business in this direction on
record.
A E Rust travelling freight agent or
the Nashville. Chattanooga * ST. Louis.
yesterday assumed the duties of CONNER
cial agent of the company in St. Louis.
AS travelling freight agent he Is succeeded
by s. b. Clay
Louis W. Hill. vice president OF the
Eastern Railway of Minnesota, has been
elected president to succeed Samuel Hill,
of Minneapolis. Louis Hill has been the
active manager of the road for more than
a year past.
The Baltimore & Ohio has commenced
improvements in its terminal facilities at
Columbus. o., which will cost when COM
pleted a half million dollars. one OF the
important items being new bulk yards.
necesstating the construction of six new
tracks.
In the month OF October there were
moved over the middle division of the
Pennsylvania road 1855 cars, p per cent.
more than in any previous year, and %
per cent heavier movement than in Oc-
tober. 1889, and all previous records were
exceeded.
b. F. Sipp. SUPERINTENDENT of the White
water division of the Big Four. was in the
city yesterday He states that consider
able Improvement has been made the past
season on this division, including track and
buildings. among other things a passenger
station has been built at Cambridge City.
II. d. Kilgore. travelling passenger agent
OF the Pennsylvania Company, left for his
new field OF labor in Texas yesterday, TAX
ing with him his family. The change is
made in the hope that the mild Southern
climate will be beneficial to Mrs. Kilgore
and one of her daughters, who are suffer-
ing from lung trouble.
1t Is announced by the firm of J. p.
Morgan & Co, of New York, that the vot-
ing trust of the Northern Pacific Railroad
Company will dissolve on Jan. ], 1901. The
time 1t became necessary to reorganize the
company. The voting trustees are j. Z.
Morgan, George Siemans, August Belmont,
Johnston Livingston and Charles Lanier.
Sir Charles Rivers Wilson, president of
the Grand Trunk who arrived in New
York on Saturday, Is accompanied by
Joseph Price, the English financier, who is
vice president of the company. His COM
ing over with Sir Charles is interpreted in
Canadian circles as indicative of financial
board being established on this side in
connection with the railroad.
One of the striking features with the
Big Four and Pennsylvania lines is that
the putting on by each of new fast train
In each direction between New York and
st. Louis few months ago has not ap-
parently cut into the business of the Knick
erbocker on the Big Four Train 20 of
the Pennsylvania, both earning more per
mile through the month of October than
last year.
Sir Charles Rivers Wilson, president of
| the Grand Trunk Railway. who reached
| New York from England last Saturday,
says the main object of his visit is to Sc
| cure general manager for the Grand
Trunk in place of Charles NJ. Hays. Presi-
| dent Wilson says: I'VE have not decided
| TO whom We shall offer the position. but 1t
Will go to an experienced American rail-
road man.
The Terre Haute & indianapolis was the
| first railroad company TO purchase a steam
| shovel IL being furnished twenty years ago
| Dy the vulcan iron works, costing $1,000.
and excavating $50 cubic yards of dirt or
gravel per day. There are now in service
| steam shovels that will move 1900 cubic
| yards in a day; they cost 5000, and are
much more substantially built. The Terre
Haute * indianapolis still has the first
| shovel purchased. but it has several times
undergone extensive repairs.
| The Pennsylvania has had an unbroken
| record as dividend payer since 1856. The
annual distribution has been as high as
| 10 per cent. and as low as per cent. The
average for "A years has been $50 per cent,
and In addition several script dividends and
| other privileges have been distributed. The
| growth OF the company is shown by the
| fact that In 1880 only per cent. was paid
| on s6S,T10000 of stock. while last year 5
| per cent. was paid on nearly double that
amount.
| construction of railroad between Wash
| ington and Gettysburg. which. il is said.
Will be one of the most important projects
| OF the kind ever undertaken in Maryland.
| The corporation is composed OF some of
| the wealthiest men In Washington. The
| preliminaries for the construction have
been completed. The road will be seventy
| two miles in length and the route will be
| through Montgomery, Howard and Car
| roll counties in Maryland, and Adams coun-
| ty in Pennsylvania.
Advance agents of the thea trical COM
| panies have protested against paying full
| fares over the roads operating in the ter
| ritory east of Chicago. rhe rule of these
lines is TO sell tickets at a special party rate
/ to the theatrical companies when the lat
J ter consists of ten or more persons travel
ing together The rule has never been an
piled to advance agents of the shows and
A.. the managers of the latter are insisting
I that the privilege be extended to their
agents. The question will be considered at
a meeting of general passenger agents in
! Chicago tomorrow.