The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-10-07

Four. the Baltimore & Ohio and the Penn
| savanna, and the effect will be low rates
10 riorida points during the coming winter
Harry Hardy yesterday succeeded Harry
| YORK as chief clerk of A. A. Zion, super.
~intendent OF the Union Railway Company
ana samuel Mansfield succeeded Mr.. Har.
1y as accountant in the indianapolis &
sihcennes general office.
Inc tonnage of freight handled at the
city Ireight depots of the Pennsylvania
was Tor September nearly 20 per cent. In
excess OF September, 1901; in fact. il was
one or the best months of the roads his
tory. both in and outbound business be-
ing very heavy.
The official report of Charles Stilz. gen.
eral ticket agent of the Union station,
SHOWS the revenue from sale OF tickets
IN september this year to be in excess of
last year was the best month in the his
tory OF the company.
The tentative plan of the Southern Pa
zinc directors to issue S25,0O0.00 bonds for
improving the system has been abandoned,
so a representative of z. H. Hartman
said yesterday. 1t is understood that con-
ultiohs are regarded as unfavorable TO
sucn a plan at this time.
The earnings of the Cincinnati. Indian
apolis & Western for the first week after
opening its extension to Springfield, Ill,
are very satisfactory, the Illinois State
Iair, held last week. helping to increase the
earnings, and the excursion from Indian
apols TO Springfield was quite a success.
ID. M. Calkins. one of the oldest general
baggage agents In the country, and, in fact,
one OF the flrst appointed, died yesterday
the opening of the Bee-line for travel.
When the Big Four absorbed the Bee-line
ne was appointed general baggage agent
OF the Big Four system.
Inc Monon on Sunday had three trains
out or Chicago for Washington, ID. c., car
rylns u. "A. r. people and their friends.
one train hauled eleven coaches and the
other two ten coaches each. c. A. Jones,
CITY passenger agent at Chicago, accom-
panied the party and the train was run on
as last time as regular passenger trains.
within the last eighteen months the Chi
cago d Alton has relaid 1856 miles of it's main
tIne WIN new eighty-pound steel rails. built
twenty new passenger stations, twenty new
water stations, replaced ninety-six wooden
prfdges with steel and concrete structures,
heavy grades have been reduced, sharp
curves eliminated and the road reballasted
with crushed stone.
The six anthracite c~oal-carrying railroads
nave made public their statements of earn
lnss IN august, which show a total decrease
OF s2.51S.017.. Conditions through Septem-
per were much the same as they were in
august: The loss of business to these COM
panies for the first quarter of the new fiscal
year can De safely estimated at $1,000 600.
Members of the executive committee of
the western Passenger Association have
started a movement looking to putting in
SHect low colonist rates throughout the
w western territory. With the committee
mere met a committee of the Southwestern
passenger Association, and a plan for ex-
s ems colonization throughout the West
meeting was called for Thursday at Chi
cago to discuss details.
The excursion business on Sunday is
ibout through. Last Sunday the excur-
run received a light patronage. The |
11r hO1Ir and ~ a Il
Dayton will probably continue their Gin |
,innau excursions, alternating In running
mem through this month. Taken as a
whole. the business between these points |
las been much the same as il was last
ear In volume, but not as heavy as when |
ne fare was 81 for the round trip instead |
# s1.25.
The Transcoptinental Passenger Associa- |
ION mas issued a warning 70 ticket agents
n regard 10 signatures on tickets for Cali /
ornia business. The warning states that
n all cases purchasers of tickets should
'e made to sign them in the office with pen
ink used by the ticket agent. Recent
y purchasers in the East have been sign
ng them with a fountain pen. These inks
aue, ana by the time the passenger uses
ne return portion of the ticket his own
Iame Is hardly distinguishable.
The Baltimore & Ohio is doing the heay-
EST passenger traffic in its history. In
ddiuon to the G. A. r. travel of Saturday
special off the Chicago, Rock Island &
'acific road. with twenty-seven tourist
Keepers, three coaches and three baggage
ars, was hauled east, and during the same
hours two large train loads
I emigrants west bound; 465 through pas
to the West and 13S for Pittsburg
n the first section, and 347 for the west
nd $50 for P~ittsburg on the second sec
on.
Erie engineers are jubilant over the do.
ision that the Erie is authorized to paw
ne wages of the engineers who were gar
isheed by the Crawford Publishing Com
any or chicago, nearly two years ago..
ages of about four hundred engineers on
ne Erie to the amount of $40 each because
I the refusal to pay for a SIS history of
lie Erie engineers, for which the publish
lg house alleged the men subscribed. The
RE may now pay the engineers $50. 900.
hich has been withheld for two years.
A Toledo mar has just returned from the
iensue country and brings the news that
laDash engineers have toured the upner
lcnlgan peninsula and are preparing blue
rlnts OF several proposed extensions of the !
Arpor Railway, a Gould line. One of
nsion of the Ann Arbor RAILWAY to Che
)ygan. II is said. This extension was to
brought about either by building a new ;
,ao OF puylng the Detroit & Mackinaw !
Id extending that line to C~heboygan. At !
at city a line of car ferries would connect
it'll Detour. From Detour the track would
to the 500.
There SENS to be some doubt as to the !
PoScNi6Ci agents TAKING favorable
ton on the creation of a protective bu- C
au. one of the against the es- $
OF such a bureau by the Amer I
IN Association of General Passenger and l
cket Agents is that each individual of the !
iffic association mould take care of its r
IN tickets. If they cannot do so, what S
the use of mourning the expense in 2
lved in their maintenance? The subject k
be pretty thoroughly discussed at the
INVENTION soon TO be held in Portland,
:. Inc cnalrmen or the various associa- 4
ms who constitute a committee to for 4
Hate a plan of organization and put IL p
o effect, after twelve months of labor. &
We been unable to accomplish much in n
1T direction because of differences of n
lnion on the main question. The com q
ttee had a meeting last week for con- e.
eration OF the report to be made and p
at the Portland meeting. q