The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-26

disbursed sS,Ssl 1864, of which 50. 751. Sls9
was on account of death of members and
S5,l29,514.15 on account of disablement-
The present rush of business on the Wa
the engine service. Engineer Bickell, OF
Peru, yesterday drew s27464 for one
months service. and others have been
drawing almost much.
Twenty-Five days out of the thirty in a
month Train Al, on the Cincinnati, Hamll-
ton * Dayton, which leaves at 2:45 p. m,
has to await the arrival Of Train 20, on the
NandaHa, and does not get away until D.
m. Its time schedule will probably be
changed, leaving indianapolis at p. m
and reaching Cincinnati at p. m, the
same time as under the present schedule.
On Thursday what is said tc be the finest
private car ever built was presented TO
AdOphus Busch. president of the An
heuser-Busch Brewing Company: by the
eighty feet long, and is equipped with all
modern conveniences for this class of cars,
including an electric light plant and tele-
phone service connecting all rooms with
berths.
The marriage of Miss Mary Stewart, of
Raysville, Md, and John McCurrey, OF
Salem, Pa. was celebrated on Wednesday
on Pennsylvania train en- route TO the
Pan-American Exposition. Rev. j. b. Nef,
of Oil City Officiated, and the ceremony
was performed when the train was run
ming about sixty miles an hour Passen-
gers who were on the train made up
handsome purse for the bride.
In December Andrew Carnegie will visit
Hoboken, y. j., and be entertained by the
faculty of the Stevens Institute, in that
city, which he gave $4,000. At the banquet
a unique menu will be served. Mods are
being made for the bread, which Will be
made in the shape of railroad spikes, the
ice cream in the shape of IT. rails, fried
oysters will form miniature locomotives,
and when the blast furnace is tapped there
Will issue punch instead of molten iron.
j. A. Barnard was at his office again yes
terday President ingalls, completing his in
spection of the Peoria & Eastern on Thurs
day night. Mr.. ingalls, was pleased with
the condition of the western division, IL
comparing well with the best divisions or
the Big Four proper. He authorized Cen
eral Manager Barnard to build car shop
at Crbana. the building to be 300 feet long
by 40 wide, and also to put in modern
transfer table and make several other min
or improvements.
The Kansas City g. Northern Connecting
railroad was sold at auction yesterday al
Pattonsburg, Mo, for 900 to ii. e
Wright of Chicago, representing the inter
ests OF John W. Gates. 1t was previously
stated that a syndicate headed by Mr.
Gates was anxious to secure the property
to form a part OF a big railroad system
which is to include the Omaha, Kansas
City Eastern and the Chesapeake a.
Ohio. The road was formerly a part of the
old Kansas City, Pittsburg & Gulf Rail-
road.
The new coast-to-coast limited, from New
York to San Francisco, will begin bust
ness on Nov. over the New York Central
with a through car from Boston,, the
Lake Shore, the Chicago q Northwestern
and the Hartman lines west of Omaha.
| The train will be a fast one, leaving New
York at S:45 a. M, and reaching Chicago
| at 1880 a m next morning Over the Chi
| cago * Northwestern it will be run on fast
mail time. The new service will be two
| nights from Boston to Denver, three nights
to Salt Lake, and five nights to San Fran
| cisco.