The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-24

cepted a position in the joint passenger
office In that city. Mr.. Pierce was with
20 his experience in theater business.
Since the grades on the Baltimore g.
Ohio SouthwesTerL have been reduced AMI
curves eliminated the company's big loco
motives are hauling immense trains. a
Vincennes paper says a train OF 19 cars. 30
of them loaded, passed through that city
on Wednesday.
No deposits on tickets which are sold at
reduced rates on account of the Pan
American Exposition will hereafter be re-
quired by the Central Passenger Associa-
ton. This will relieve P~an-American trav-
elers OF a great deal of annoyance ABOUT
tickets at Buffalo.
The passenger business Of the Cincinnati.
Hamilton & Dayton has been the largest
the last few months in the roads history,
travel TO Michigan pleasure resorts having
been heavy beyond precedent, and eXcuF-
sions TO the Soldiers Home at Dayton
have been very successful.
An impression prevails that in due time
the pennsylvania Company will be SHOWN
10 have been behind the Chicago, Indiana
q Eastern, and the Cincinnati, Hamilton
* Dayton behind the Cincinnati, Rlcn-
mond x Muncie, such naturally being the
outcome OF their construction.
A. J. O'Reilly. general agent of the Monon
at Indianapolis. this week spent two or
three Gays on the line, and says ne was
surprised 10 find the corn crop so promis-
ing. Several farmers with whom he talked
Sdlu tnSy would nave a 20 per cent. crop
as compared with some of the best years.
p. L. Winchell. who was once president
OF the Kansas City, Fort Scott & Memphis
road, announces that there is no longer a
welded with the ST. Louis & San Francisco
under Mr.. Yoakum's control. making up
what is now officially known as the Frisco
system.
The latest report is that the Pennsyl-
vania and the Lake Shore will after Oct.
l operate the Eel River road jointly. The
trafnc of both combined over Ii may make
II profitable. Much will have 10 be done
in betterments to bring the ninety-three
miles up to the standard of the roads
named.
G: c. Bailey. ]. o. Kidd. Burt Reynolds
and II. d. Clark, all of whom have been in
train service on the Peoria & Eastern. left
yesterday for Pittsburg to accept positions
under John Riley, superintendent of trans
portation of the Pittsburg & Lake Erie. Mr..
Battley goes to New Castle Junction as
general yardmaster.
The Monon will within a short time re-
celve two Atlantic type of passenger en-
tween indianapolis and Chicago, and the
talk Is revived of making the run with one
or the express trains each way between
indianapolis and Chicago thirty minutes
quicker than 1t is now made.
The passenger department of the Santa
re mas issued a theatrical directory giving
the location OF every opera house on its
entire system. On the lines there are PAS
-,
ticipates a heavy theatrical business. The
department will send 1000 copies of this di-
rectory to the theatrical people.
Negotiations are pending looking to the
consolidation of the private live stock car
companies. These private concerns furnish
cars on the mileage basis. The railroads
mile. Several of the railroads have tired
OF the arrangement, and are building more
OF their own cars of the desired dimen-
sions.
np fhN DftN-l,-- ~ - o III
near Dunkirk, there are 500 men, mostly
colored. at work grading for second track,
and when this stretch of double track is
completed the Fort Wayne road from
F~lltsburg to Fort Wayne, 800 miles. will be
double track. II is expected to have this
second track ready TO run trains over by
Jan. /.
| John F. Miller, vice president of the
cleveland, Akron & Columbus, states that
the pennsylvania Company. owning the
property. is much pleased with the showing
the Akron route has made. This route was
established to accommodate travel to the
Pan-American Exposition, and in all prob
ability the arrangement will be made per-
manent.
pointed traffic manage of the Oregon
Short-iine, is quite a young man. He en-
tered railroad service as a telegraph opera
tor for the Atlantic & Great Western in
1879; in 1883 he accepted a position in the
office of the Union Pacific at ST. Louis:
In 1894 was appointed general agent of the
nne, III lpJ was made general freight agent
of the Union Pacific. which position he
now vacates TO become traffic manager of
the Oregon Short-line.
II. Monkhouse, for the past two years SUI
perlntendent of motive power of the Monon
at Lafayette. has rendered his resignation
TO President McDoel, to take effect Sept. /
Mr.. MonkhOuse has accepted a more re-
munerative position with a large Eastern
concern. His successor will be John Gill
now master mechanic of the Rock Island al
Trenton; Mo. When Mr.. Monkhouse came
to the Monon the motive power was i'm poor
shape. 1t is now equal to that of any road
passing through Indiana.
The official report of +. c.. Thayer. SILL
perintendent Of the Pennsylvania volun-
tary relief department of the lines west
of Pittsburg. shows that i'm .JuIv there
which death benefits amounting to 7.25C
was paid; from natural causes twelve
deaths, on which $3.50 was paid: disable
ment benefits from accident were paid to
go members. amounting to s.. 439. rs: dis
ablement benefits on account of sickness
to GA members. amounting to IS. 71S.4O. MAX
Ing total disbursements for the month
s32. 15S.15 TO 1873 employees or i'm case of
death to their legal heirs. Since organized
July /. 1883, S.l59. 1864 has been disbursed
TO 1882 members or their legal repre-
sentatives.
f. B.. Thomas. chairman of the board Of
directors of the Erie Railroad Company
has issued his annual report. Corrected
hgures Tor the year ending June 80 show
net earnings for the twelve months endine
June 30 of $40 ,G95,32 as compared wifi
ISL 1o FOR the preceding year; or a gain
earnings show an increase of $500. 600 fol
the year there is a decrease of a little
more than S41. G0 in expenditures. The
showing I'm surplus was even better. Fo,
the year ending June so the surplus. afte,
paving interest and other fixed charges
1858, 4S0. an Increase I'm surplus over the
preceding years figures of S1,15q. 726.