The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-07

OF corn along the lines and he thinks
good corn crop, unless something uDfor-
seen arises. Is assured for Ohio and In
diana.
Railway was sold Monday at masters sale
at Ottawa, o., 10 Judge j. j. Moore, or
New York, who. IL Is said. represented the
Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton Railroad.
for the past year.
On severing his connection with the Rio
Grande as division general traffic manager
S. II. Babcock. through the courtesy OF the
company, was offered use of the private
car of the company for trip of two months
TO California with his wife. He declined II
because he did not consider IL proper. and
the company sent him check for an
amount sufficient to meet all his expenses.
Two thriving cities on the lines Of the
Baltimore * Ohio will soon be provided
with expensive passenger stations. IN
Wheeling the company will spend sl,0O0.0oO
for new passenger terminal facilities, ard
at Youngstown, o.. handsome station Will
be erected at cost of 100000. Along with
the new passenger stations there Will be
improvements TO the tracks and yards at
both points.
ID. G.. Edwards passenger traffic man
ager OF the Cincinnati, Hamilton Day
ton; o. +. McCarty, general passenger
agent of the Baltimore & Ohio Southwest
ern: Warren j. Lynch, general passenger
agent of the Big Four, and Harry Rhein.
general passenger agent Of the l.. Il. "
W.. left last night for Cambridge Springs:
to attend the last meeting of the year OF
the Central Passenger Association.
The shortage in telegraph operators Is be-
ginning to be seriously felt. One reason
for the scarcity Is the large number OF
new offices that are being opened under
the new signal method of moving trains
The Big Four has employed fully twenty
operators for this line of business and Is
DELAYED in ,Gp,enns the Hh nap aigns
service Is completed, for lack of operators
Announcement is made in the general
offices of the Baltimore Ohio that con-
tracts will be let in the near future for
large amount OF passenger equipment Tor
delivery early next year. The passenger
business of the Baltimore K Ohio has
grown so rapidly in the last three years
that the purchase of a large number or
passenger cars is necessitated. These pur-
chases will include coaches. baggage cars,
combination and dining cars, and few
postal cars. The passenger rev enue OF the
Baltimore & Ohio now exceeds $lb,OVO,Wo
per year.
1t is now definitely settled that the De-
troit Southern will build into Toledo. An
extension will be built and operated, to be
known as the Toledo & Springfield Railway,
and 1t is expected to have this extension
in operation by Nov. l. 1t will make Tole-
do the chief lake terminus Of coai-carrying
road 3S5 miles long. traversing sixteen coun-
ties in Ohio and touching a dozen prosper
Gus cities. The Detroit Southerns extern
sion is to establish and maintain independ-
ent terminals in Toledo. and 1T will not
be tied Up to any trunk line or switching
road in operation there.
1t is evident the ticket scalpers in St
Louis will find difficulty In following their
vocation during the exposition next year:
The relief prayed for in the Circuit Court
in st. Louis by several Western roads In
series of more than forty suits has just
been granted in the form o. a temporary IN
junction restraining a number or ticket
brokers from dealing in transferable rail-
road tickets. The order of the court en-
joined the scalpers from selling, buying.
dealing or soliciting the purchase or sale or
any mileage. excursion. communication or
any other kind Of limited nontransferable
passenger tickets. The exposition manage
ment is the real plaintiff in these cases. the
roads refusing to make reduced rates unless
assured that the tickets cannot be manipu-
lated.