The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-19

to Chicago and merged with the Western
passenger Association. and the mileage sys-
tenn Will be adopted In transmissouri ter
ritory. On the 1900 book a rebate of y cent
mile will be paid.
John d. Rockefeller sr is said TO be the
largest individual owner of Missouri Pa
chic stock and very large owner of Mis-
souri, Pacific bonds. The Rockefeller inter-
ests in Wabash & Western Maryland are
represented by John ID. Rockefeller, jr., who
is large holder of railroad interests with
the Gould family.
The Erie Railway, which carries its
through business for the West in connec-
ton with xhe Peoria & Eastern, via Dur
bin. o., issmaking a great record with time
and other Western points, excelling that
of any other of the fast freight lines with
its special fast freight service.
One of the six observation cars which
nave just been built for the Pennsylvania
TO run between New York and st. Louis
on limited Trains 26 and n was on ex-
hibition at the Union Station yesterday and
was much admired. 1t is combined com
partment and observation car, highly nm
lshed in woods of different varieties and
furnished lavishly.
Vice President Middleton, of the Lehigh
Valley, who has been travelling in the
west studying the business situation, &C
companied by T. A. Jarvis. general freight
agent, Charles S. Lee, general passenger
agent and E. ]. Henry. general Western
freight agent. has returned East after a
very satisfactory trip. The business sit
uation was found much better than had
been anticipated.
Volney T. Malott, receiver of the Wanda
liza, has returned from the East. While alb
| sent ne attended a meeting or the execu-
tive committee of the ST. Louis Terminal
Association and of the directorate of the
Monon in New York. At the Monon meet
ing, the directors declared dividend OF Ia
per cent: on the common stock and semi
annual dividend of per cent. on the pre-
ferred, payable Dec. 29.
Representatives of the Big Four passen-
| ger department have received statement
from w. j. Lynch, general passenger
agent. showing the different stages of COM
pletion of the building of the worlds fair
up 10 Dec. l. Eight of the large exhibit
| buildings are finished and ten are. over 80
per cent. finished. The State buildings are
practically all finished and the foreign
buildings 30 per cent.
The directors of the Chicago, Burlington
& Quincy Railroad, yesterday elected Dam
| lei Willard, of the Erie road. second vice
president of the Burlington system, sue
ceeding Howard Elliott who recently be-
| came president of the Northern Pacific
road. Mr. Wizards election takes effect
Jan. /. This is a marked promotion for
Mr. Willard, who began at the bottom or
| railroad business as a track laborer on the
| Central Vermont road In 1879
| T. j. Foley, superintendent of the Chicago
| division of the Baltimore & Ohio, has been
appointed general superintendent of the
new grand division of the system when
embraces the Newark, Cleveland, Ohio
| river and Wheeling divisions This has led
| to the promotion of j. A. SDeilman to be
superintendent of the Chicago division, II.
| T.. Hale superintendent at Butler, Pa, and
| William Trapnell division engineer at Phil
adephia.
| "A Columbus, Ohio, paper says it will prob
| ably be a surprise to Tom l.. Johnson,
mayor of Cleveland, to find by the annual
| report of the State railroad commission
| ers. filed with the Governor on Wednesday
| and covering the year ending June 30, 1893,
| that the average traveller on railways In
| Ohio got his transportation last year for
! less than two cents a mile Two years ago
| the average rate per mile was two cents
| fiat; last year it was 19. 1t comes from
! the fact that many travel at excursion
| rates, and many others use mileage.
Bids were opened on Thursday for con-
struction of the tunnels under the North
| and East rivers in connection with the
Pennsylvania Manhattan terminal project,
which il is estimated will cost $5O,0OOOCO.
| The bids were opened in the presence of
| President Cassatt and a number of other
| high officials Of the road. The mass OF
| papers and figures presented in connection
| was so great as to neceSsitate considera bic
| time in scheduling the various bids The
relative value of these bids can only be de-
| termined after they have been CLASSIFIED,
but ii is said a cursory examination SHOWS
| them to be within the companys estimate.