The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-29

per cent This result is credited to econo-
mics in operation.
Traffic officials of the various lines making
up the Rock Island system will meet in
Chicago or Friday 10 arrange for general
consolidation Of the agencies Of the Rock
Island, ST. Louis q San Francisco, the
ChOctaw, and the Chicago a. Eastern ILL.,
nois, and In the near future there will be
but one office in each of the large cities
Traffic and operating officials of the Penn
syIvania lines west will meet in Pittsburg
Nov. 4 10 take up the question OF sched-
ule changes for the winter season. The
meeting will be presided over by General
Manager G. L. Peck. 1t is understood that
ule Of the through trains will be made
The Missouri Pacific is still making rec
ord-breaking earnings. The first three
weeks of this month the systems gross
earnings show an increase of s171. 900. One
day last week the company loaded or re-
ceived from connections 3,116 cars, the larg-
est number ever loaded and received in
any single day in the history of the COM
pany.
Passenger officials state that at no time
has the prospect been encouraging for
the adoption Of uniform contract railroad
ticket. Progress in this direction has been
made by the Central Passenger Associa-
ton accepting the recommendation of the
committee appointed by the various associ-
atoms to prepare a uniform series of con-
tract tickets.
The Monongahela division of the Pennsyl-
vania, opened six weeks ago. is to be double
tracked, so heavy is the business developed
on this piece Of road. 1t has done much
southwest branches of the Pennsylvania
and has given the Pittsburg & Lake Erie
ing the last thirty days of business $4,000
cars were hauled.
a. c. Mathers. president of the Mathers
Stock Car Company, has circulated among
! the railroad men and shippers pamphlet
| In reply TO the warfare which j. w. Midg-
| ley, of Chicago, is making the private
car interests of the company. He says
| his experience has shown that there Is
a great advantage in having large sup
| ply of well-kept cars to draw from at the
| great railway centers as occasion and bus
mess may require.
! The main track mileage of the st. Louis
& San Francisco is now 3,Sl0 miles, with
/ 12S miles operated under agreement with
other companies. The freight earnings for
| the year ending June 30 OF all lines In
| creased gross 81. 192, $50. 03. passenger earn
ings increased 1861. 1914. mail s59,217
penses SlO4,0l5.6I, miscellaneous $Sl,3H32;
total Increase s2,6S62794 The company
owned on June 20 $50 locomotives, 3S7 pas
senger and 21,129 freight
The Panhandle the Big Four and the
vandaiia are crowded with business and 1t
Is causing much anxiety on the part of
! shippers as well as the roads With the ap-
proach OF winter weather the locomotives
will haul fewer cars and further curtail the
| movement. The Monon and the Lake Erie
! & Western still handling business with
| good deal of promptness. The Panhandle
| on Monday handled the heaviest traffic OF
! any one day in its history, exceeding 1900
| loaded
rate war between freight lines plying
| between New York, Atlantic coast and
Missouri points, which settled some
time ago. has been renewed, and the first
| class rate already has been cut cents on
the hundredweight. The regular rate. first
| class, to Missouri river points from this
section is sl42 per 100 pounds; the reduc-
| ton therefore brings the rate down to
slS7. and applies to all kinds of merchan-
4 q a a a a
! between New York and Shreveport, La.
Passenger officials of the Chicago. Rock
| Island & Pacific state that during the past
| few years emigrants have focked into Ok
| Several counties in Oklahoma have ten
| times as great population as they had
year r, ago. IN many ma cases SEES the population
| Within the last few years the home-seek-
| ers have preferred the Northwestern
States, Notwithstanding the numerous adj
| turned and settlers are looking to the South
4 west.
| The annual meeting of the Toledo. ST.
Louis & Western Railroad was held in
Frankfort, Ind, Wednesday, and the old
| board of directors was reelected without
| opposition. The board as constituted is
P. Olcott, Henry Rudge. Thomas H. Hub
bard. Edwin Hawley, Charles III. Tweed,
j. c. Brown. ]. j. Emery, G. s. w. Pack
ard Benjamin Norton and HI. f. Hunting
ton. All of these gentlemen live in New
| York except Mr.. Norton and Mr. Packard
! The latter is a Philadelphia. About SO
| per cent. of the stock voted.
| Mrs. Hiram Seanor has won a notable
| victory over the Pennsylvania Company by
| compelling Ii to purchase new curtains for
| the windows of her home. The Seanor
| home fronts along the Pennsylvania rail-
| road, and it's red window curtains proved
| a constant source of annoyance to train
men who mistook them for danger signals
| and trains were frequently brought to
/ stop The company insisted that the cur
| tains be removed, but Mrs. Seanor replied
| that the curtains could only be removed
| by the company placing new green Ones
which was done, and trains no longer
stop before that home.
Councilman ]. d. Reilly, Of Grafton, W.
| Va, voted for the granting of franchise
| for the Wabash road, and despite the fact
| that he had been an employee of the Balti-
more & Ohio for fourteen years, on 1t be-
| coming known that he voted, he
ceived. the following day. a note from his
| trainmaster by special messenger reading
| as follows: please send me by the bearer
your card pass, switch key, book of rules
and any other property you have belonging
| have turned over the articles. accompanied
by the following reply: with due respect
| to you and the Baltimore & Ohio Railway
Company, you can have bait, hook, line,
| snker and all, and my resignation as a
conductor your line. / am not sorry for
| the vote i cast" In this connection il is
! stated that in a speech before the City
| Council General Superintendent Fitzgerald
stated that some of the members would be
sorry that they cast their votes in favor
! of granting a franchise.
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