The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-13

pacity box cars. 800 eighty thousand-pOun
capacity coal goadolas and $50 stock cars.
AS soon as these orders are out of the
way 1000 more ghty-thOusand-pound ca
pac1ty coal cars will be ordered.
Commissioner Donald. of the Central Pas
senger Association. is being highly com
plmented by those who are familiar with
the records of its excellent administra-
ton, and they say he richly merits the
high compliment recently paid him by the
committee appointed to make an eXamina-
ton of the affairs of the association.
The resignation of W. G. Purdy as presi-
cifc was accepted yesterday by the direc-
tors of the company. William Is. Leeds
was then elected president Mr.. Purdy also
resigned "A director and j. II. Moore
was elected TO succeed him in the board.
D. @. Reid was elected a member OF the
executive committee to fill the uneXplrec
term of Mr.. Purdy on that committee.
1t was announced at New York yester
Gay that James J. Hill had resigned from
the board of directors of the Northern Pa
cifc Railway Company. The resignation
Is said 10 have been contemplated for some
time. II was denied that ii had been
caused by the attacks made upon the
Northern Securities Company, which Is To
operate both the Great Northern, of which
Pacific.
An official of the Chicago & Northwest
ern, in explanation of the heavy west
bound business, states that the consump-
tive utmdnu IOT everything THROUGHOUT the
West is very large, especially in household
necessities and lUXuries. and the latter are
the best indication of permanent prosper
ity. The entire country to the Pacific coast
is a buyer. and yet there is absolutely no
accumulation, so large has been immiSra-
ton to the West the last two years, and 1t
still continues.
Thomas H. Quill. who will on Jan. l re-
tire from the position of travelling passen-
ger agent of the Chicago Great Western to
accept the position of agent of life insur-
ance company at Pittsburg, is making his
nnal trip before SeVering his connection
with the railroad company. Mr.. Quill was
born in Indianapolis July l, 1875, and at one
time was connected with the Pennsylvania
lines at Indianapolis, going from here to
Columbus, o., then accepting a position
with the Chicago Great Western.
The Huntsville. Ala. Chamber of Com
merce has received information that
with a capital of 100000 to build a rail
road from Huntsville. north to Winchester,
Tenn. and jamestown. thence 10 Bowling
Green and Litchfield. Ky. The proposed
road will be known the Cumberland
Mountain route 1t is likely also that the
line will be constructed towards the South
west as far as Aberdeen. Miss. Work of
construction, IL is said, will begin early
next year.
Articles of incorporation of the South
.ern Securities Company, capital 100000
were filed at Trenton. y. j., yesterday
The company is authorized to purchase
hold and exchange dealings in stocks. OBJ
legations securities of any corporation,
government or municipality. The incor-
porators are: G. Frederick Smith, John r.
Turner. Edward B. Hawkins, Edward F.
Magoffin and Walter II. Band, all of East
Grange 1t has been stated that one OF
the purposes of the company is TO provide
for the merging of railways.
T. e. Brodbelt, special agent of the Ger
trail Passenger Association of Chicago,
speaking Of the passenger business of the
West, says there has been no occasion since
4 f,sr fh.,t fraly 40
TO Chicago the cattle show last week.
1t is estimated that fully 100000 people at
tended the exposition. President Rauh. Of
the Union stockyards of Indianapolis. has
already commenced negotiations looking to
a similar cattle exhibit at Indianapolis i'm
the fall of 1902 number of exhibitors
have promised to aid in the matter.
The Canadian Pacific Railway has sur
veyed a route across Maine, to form "A
connecting line between parts of its sys-
tenn and provide through line for its
traffic from the Atlantic to the Pacific
The road now crosses Maine from Malta
wampkeag to marlborough. under lease
arrangement on the Maine Central tracks.
BY building line from Mattawampkeag to
Princeton. the Canadian Pacific Railroad
can be independent and can make connec-
tons which will give il through traffic by
a shorter and easier route. II is understood
that work will be begun in the spring. The
line will cross a hitherto undevelOped part
of Maine.
The Wabash Railway interests are be-
lieved to be behind the GAINESVILLE, Marietta
& Parkersburg Railroad Company incor-
porated Columbus. o., yesterday by r.
c. Burton and o. n. Townsend, of Zanes-
VILE o.: J. T. Blair of Greenville, Pa.
r. ID. Fulton, UniOntown. Pa, and p. B.
Crosby. of Marietta. o. The company will
build line along the east bank of the
Muskingum river from GAINESVILLE to Ma
rietta. thence to Parkersburg and into the
West Virginia coal fields. j. Il. Blair, one
of the incorpOratOrs built the Carnegie
Railroad. the ore route from Pittsburg to
Lake Erie, and it in his name the
Little Kanawha Railroad was recently
purchased.