The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-16

]. ]. Quill rate clerk for the Big Four,
has gone East on a two weeks vacation.
The Cincinnati. Hamilton & Indianapolis
yesterday restored the parlor cars on
Trains 81 and 80 between indianapolis and
Cincinnati
NJ. w. Mansfield. superintendent of the
Indianapolis & Vincennes and the Indian
apolis terminals of the Pennsylvania lines
has gone to Pittsburg.
j. j. Turner, fourth vice president of
the Pennsylvania lines west will be in
the city to-day, inspecting the lines from
Mackinac to Louisville. Ky.
Chairman Mahoney of the Western
Trunk-line Committee. will receive $4,000
year which is $500 more than his pre-
decessor. H. II. Courtwright. received.
Frank w. Moss has been appointed SUI
perintendent of motive power Of the Grand
Trunk system. Mr.. Moss left the Wabash
six years ago TO take service on the Grand
Trunk
j. H. Cowen. late president of the Bal
timore Ohio, now its general counsel,
has gone TO Canton, St. Lawrence county,
New York, with his family to spend the
summer
Surveyors of the new line of the Penn
sylvania between Ravenna and Niles con-
Meeting the Ashtabula and Cleveland and
Pittsburg divisions reached Newton Falls
on Saturday
One of the late rumors is that the J.
Pierpont Morgan syndicate has obtained
control of the Chicago. Rock Island &
by Moore Brothers.
Z. O. Mccormick, passenger traffic man.
ager OF the Southern Pacific, after attend
ing the meeting this week of the Trans
cOntinental-lines Association al Omaha, will
come East for a ten days stay.
The Chicago & Great Western last week
received the last on an order for thirty
two locomotives given early this year. The
engines are of the most powerful pattern
for passenger and freight service.
T. p. Fontaine assistant ticket agent
OF the Pennsylvania lines, accompanied by
ii. b. Hawley. rate clerk of the Indian
apolis & Nincennes. has gone a two
weeks fishing trip at Trout lake, Wisconsin.
The Dawson Railway Company was in
corporated yesterday to build line from
Liberty, on the new Rock Island extension
TO the Dawson coal fields, in Cofax coun-
~. 80 miles The company is capitalized
at 100000.
In May there were 21O accidents on the
railways of the United States and Can
killed, but not a passenger. There were
siXty-eight employees injured and sixty-six
passengers and four trespassers.
c. H. Walton. superintendent of the Chi
cago division of the Pennsylvania. now
sojourning on the Pacific coast, sends en-
cOuraging letters home regarding the state
of his health saying that he is rapidly i'm
proving and hopes to be permanently cured.
The business of the Rainbow City special
over the Big -Four and Lake Shore has so
increased that another coach will be added
to the train Complaint is now made that
passengers have to stand up in the aisles
of the cars before the train reaches the
Ohio line.
]. c. Stubs. fourth. vice president of
the Southern Pacific. who is to take the
general traffic management of the Har-
lem group of roads. was given farewell
banquet in San Francisco last week
Covers were laid for fifty prominent rail
road officials
1t is noteworthy that the gross earnings
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increa sed every week so far during the
current year the total increase at the
end Of the first week I'm July aggregating
S4.62. 1874. as compared with the results for
the same period last year.
The Toledo Peoria & Western earned.
gross, in the year ending June 80, 81. 156 49,
an increase of SlS5i5, as compared with the
corresponding period of last year: net earn
IngS were $21S,SS5, an increase Of s. 376:
fixed charges were $270. ISL leaving a sur
plus of Sl.20J. an increase over last year
of si5s.
Caesar Rodney, local agent Of the Van
dalia. says that in his long service with
the road he has never known business TO
be as heavy as the last few months There
has not been a month this year that there
was not 10 To N per cent. more in and OUT
bound freights handled at indianapolis
than last year.
With the Pennsylvania and the Balti-
more & Ohio consolidated. a Cleveland
Washington Baltimore flyer is assured The
route via the Pennsylvania linese and Bal
timore & Ohio between Cleveland and
Washington would be 444 miles or sixty
three miles shorter than the line via AL
toona and Harrisburg.
Vice President Harahan. OF the Illinois
Central and Henry Baldwin foreign
freight agent. sailed on Saturday for
Europe. and while some mea sure OF recrea-
ton will be derived. the chief purpose Of
the trip abroad is TO arrange for carrying
increased tonnage from New Orleans They
will be absent six weeks.
The tonnage per mile Of road on the
Baltimore & Ohio has more than doubled
since 1886. and gross earnings increased
from sl1 460 &c SIS. 43S per mile. Altogether.
$2o,os ovp has been expended i'm recOnstruc-
ton Of the Baltimore a Ohio since the re-
celNershlp was instituted. Much OF this
went into new equipment.
Joseph II. Mcconnell. late superintendent
OF motive power and machinery of the
Union Pacific. arrived from Europe, accom-
panied by his wife. on Saturday. lie came