The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-10-28

M. E. Ingalls,, president Of the Big Four,
will leave for New York to-day.
The Pennsylvania Railroad directors will
meet on Saturday to take action on the
semi-annual dividend.
The Chesapeake & Ohio Is preparing
plans for extensive new shops at Hunt
ington, w. Va.
]. r. Cavanaugh, car service superintend-
ent of the Big -Four, has returned from
vacation spent at Eureka Springs, Ark
of the Pennsylvania, has been elected
secretary of the Philadelphia & Erie Rail-
way Company.
The Chicago & Eastern Illinois earned in
| the third week OF October 1854 260, an in
crease over the corresponding week last
| year OF $32,5Oo
r. A. Algier. OF the Chicago, Burlington
& Quincy, has been appointed passenger
| agent of the line at Cincinnati, the change
| to take effect at once.
The Four-track News, published by the
| New York CentraPs passenger department
| will be enlarged in Its next issue from
| eighty-four to 100 pages.
Receiver Malott left for New York yes
| terday to attend the meeting of the execu-
| tive officers of the proprietary lines of
the Terminal Railroad Association OF st.
Louis.
| The Twentieth Century Limited and the
| Pennsylvania Special are daily increasing
| in popularity, it is stated, and promise in
| the near future to be the best paying
trains run.
T, An unsettled question yet to be dealt
with by the Central Passenger Associa-
/ ton Is the controversy between the Big
Four and the Baltimore & Ohio in respect
to rates to the South.
The Wabash earned I'm the third week of
| October si50920. an increase over the cor
responding week last year of s43,637. Since
the first of July the increase in earnings
1 of the Wabash was S66S,39S.
The vandalia on Sunday made desper-
of off rf tn I'm arr nj tod fraf lob
on its line. Passenger, freight and switch
ing engines were pressed into service and
made considerable Roadway.
NJ. NJ. Richie. of Jersey City, superintend-
emit of the Lehigh and Susquehanna division
| of the Central Railroad of New Jersey, has
resigned and been succeeded by z. f. Ker-
| win, of Mauch Chunk, present train master.
Passengers taking the Monon train leav-
| ing indianapolis at 1886 D. m. connect with
the Vandalia at Frankfort. The Monon is
scheduled to arrive at Frankfort at Ass
p. m. and the Vandalia train at the same
time.
d. ]. Bell. general passenger agent of the
| jamestown. Chautauqua & Lake Erie Rail-
! road, has resigned, and the report is cur
| rent that the road will be turned over TO
the Lake Shore Railroad Company to
/ operate.
A call has been issued for joint meet
ing of the Central Freight Association and
Southeastern Mississippi Valley Associa-
ton. TO be held in Chicago Oct. %. Rate
matters are to be considered of vital i'm
| portance 10 both.
| The annual report of the Indiana, Illinois
| & Iowa shows gross earnings for the year
ended June 80 OF s1.700S17. an increase
| over the preceding year of $2s4562; net
/ earnings. $475.400, against $494. 1874 in the
previous fiscal year.
Wabash officials in Peru do not look for
| any changes on account OF the coming of
| s. F. Cotter the new division superintend-
| ent Neither do they expect that Mr..
| Gould. the former superintendent. now gen.
( eral superintendent. will have many places
/ in which to put Wabash men, Mr.. Gould
will go to Peru on Sunday in his private