The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-19


General Passenger Association lines have
voted in favor of abolishing the practice of
granting one free ticket for parties of more
than ten.
The Chicago & Alton announces that the
road will make half rates to points in
Kansas TO harvest laborers in parties of
five to ten.
eral solicitor OF the Santa Fe lines, passed
through the city yesterday afternoon on
his way West.
The general managers of the roads COM
prising the Indianapolis Union Railway
Company will hold their regular monthly
meeting to-day.
The directors of Cleveland. Cincinnati.
Chicago s. st. Louis have declared divi-
dend of IL per cent. on the preferred stock,
payable July 20.
The Lake Erie 6, Western is now running
modern combined parlor and dining cars
between Peoria and Sandusky. Meals are
served a la carte.
The Chicago & Northwestern yesterday
opened two new branches between Belle
PLANE and Mason City, Ia. and between
Blue Earth and Fox Lake, Mimi.
o. III. Jackson, master mechanic of the
Belt road, yesterday went to Saratoga to
attend the annual meeting of the Master
Mechanics and Master Car Builders AS
ISOLATION.
Train 5. over the Panhandle, for two or
three weeks past has hauled west through
Indianapolis one to three carloads of emf
grants per day, many of them going to
Southwestern States.
j. M. Kenney is one OF the pioneer rail-
road employees OF Indiana. He has been
in continuous service on the Monon thirty
seven years. serving as roadmaster. SUPER
intendent Of bridges and master carpenter.
w. w. Mitchell having resigned as gen.
eral superintendent of the st. Louis. Kan
sas City az Colorado to engage in other
business, the Office will be discontinued and
the duties assumed by the general man.
ager.
The Kansas City Southern yesterday
opened a city ticket Office in Fort Smith.
and ticket agent. Heretofore none of the
Fort Smith roads has maintained a city
ticket Office in that city.
J. Q. Van Wrinkle. general superintendent
of the Big Four, will to-day meet officials
of the Erie. the Hooking Valley and the
Columbus. Sandusky & Hooking at Marion.
o., TO settle the question OF building a
union station at that place.
1t is understood that an appeal will be
taken from the order of sale made by
Judge Baker of the Louisville, Evansville
& st. Louis Railroad, and that a sale is
not imminent. This appears probable from
the form OF the order, which specified no
day of SALE
The reports of passenger officials are to
the effect that in no year of tie past has
the travel to the seashore been as heavy in
June as the present year. On the Big Four
and the Pennsylvania lines nearly every
through train East hauls one to two extra
sleeping cars.
One day last week the White Special on
the Big Four made the run from Sheldon
to Kankakee. thirty miles, in thirty min
unes. IL is stated that but few passenger
trains In the country make faster time
than is made by the White Special between
Cincinnati and Chicago.
The committee of executive officers OF
commissions be paid after June 80 to any
excursion agency on either tourist or in
dividual tickets. This affects Cooks, Ray
mond & Whitcomb's, Gazes, Grafton's and
all other tourist agencies.
j. r. Cavanaugh, car service superin-
tendent of the Big Four. returned on Sun
day from extended Western business
| trip. He says IL is stated that not more
than 80 per cent of the corn in Iowa has
been marketed. and 80 per cent. of last
years crop In Illinois is yet to be mar
keted.
The following officers of the Monon were
on Sunday transferred from Bloomington
| to Lafayette: r. w. Quimby. trainmaster
| Of the first division; ]. B. Sucese, train
master OF the second division: d. c. wag-
ner. chief dispatcher OF the first division,
and e. b. Cassell chief train dispatcher Of
| the second division.
The Central Freight Association. which it
| Is proposed TO recognize. includes all the
roads east of Chicago and ST Louis and
west of Pittsburg and Buffalo and north OF
| the Ohio river. The association Is one of
the oldest of the traffic organizations It's
| chairman has almost absolute authority in
| all matters of rates.
The executive committee of the Pitts
| burg, Cincinnati. Chicago & ST. Louis has
| authorized the work OF converting the pres
ent line from Point Bridge TO Sheridan 10
| four-track system. and contracts have
been entered into with the Drake & STRAIT
| ton Company for the grading OF important
! stretches OF the work.
| Professor Woodford ID. Anderson. of the
! University OF South Dakota. is writing a
boOa on "Transportation" for use I'm col
leges and universities. Fifteen of the lead
/ ing railroads have granted him passes over
| their roads. SO he may become thoroughly
| conversant with the separate lines as well
as the general subject
Scalpers in Chicago and New York are
reaping a harvest in tickets TO the Repub-
| lican convention i'm Philadelphia. They
have discovered a way TO manipulate the
| transportation openly and successfully. and
| during the past two three DAYS Chicago
| brokers. In collision with those In New
| York. have netted thousands of dollars.
A. r. Kipp. son OF n. III. Kipp, agent OF
/ the Empire line at Indianapolis, has been