The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-24

The Monon has announced that it will
run no Sunday excursions this season to
French Lick or West Baden springs.
The section men on the Cairo division of
the Big Four, after being out ten days
strike, returned to work yesterday at the
old rate.
The first locomotive for the new Alaska
Central has been delivered at Seward,
Alaska. Its arrival was the occasion of
demonstration
c. c. Pierce, general agent Of the Mer-
chants Dispatch at this point, has been
so i'll as to confine him to the house for the
last three, or four days.
j. b. Cochran, general solicitor of the
Lake Erie IL Western, is spending few
days with the auditors who fixed the as
| sessment on their line in Ohio.
H. NJ. Bronson. assistant general passen-
ger agent of the Big Four, went to Chica-
| go last night to attend the meeting of the
| Central Passenger Association.
j. A Williamson, division passenger
| agent of the Cincinnati. Hamilton & Day.
| ton, accompanied by his wife, spent Sum
| day In ST. Louis, returning yesterday.
The Chicago. Milwaukee &c st. Paul
| brought five carloads of Strawberries from
| Rogers, Ark, last Friday to ST. Paul, SSS
miles, in ffty-four hours, breaking the
record for time between Southern points
| and st. Paul.
Charles Harmon. of the San Francisco
| Salvation Army, sent President Howard
Elliott. Of the Northern Pacific, check
sage that he is praying for the welfare Of
the railway presidents soul.
| Nolney L. Malott. receiver of the VAN
| dalia, T.. X. barrow. his assistant and Benz
| jamin McKeen, general manager. yesterday
| left ON an inspection trip of the several
| divisions of the Vandalia. Tive or three
| days will be given to the work
| The Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton on
| Sunday carried 624 excursionists to Gin
| cinnati on the $50 rate from Indianapolis
| to Cincinnati and return. and a belief pre-
| walls that the increase OF Is cents In fare
will not cut down this line of travel.
The Pere Marquette has effected traffic
| arrangement to do business in the Upper
| Peninsula, by forming an alliance with the
Manistique, Marquette & Northern Rail-
| way. which covers large portion of the
| Michigan Upper Peninsula territory.
| An official circular announces that John
| Francis has been appointed general pas
| senger agent of the Chicago, Burlington
| q Quincy east of the Missouri river, and
that L. NJ. Wakely has been appointed
| general passenger agent west of the Mis-
| souri, river.
The Grand Rapids & Indiana has issued
| I'm pamphlet form rules and regulations to
| govern the freight traffic. bills of lading
| and other matters of detail of interest TO
| agents and trainmen employed on the
| road. 1t is a very complete, and an I'M
usually instructive issue.
General Superintendent Boomer, of the
| Lake Erie q Western, is testing with
| marked success a new signal light which
burns oil. On a test, the light burned
steadily for eight days, giving a brilliant
light. The company contemplates utilizing
| the light for its switches.
| The Big Four has received four of its
| ten large passenger locomotives. and will
| receive the other six this week. Six of
the ten are to be run on the st. Louis
| division. The company will this week re-
! ceive ten of its new coaches and ten per
| week thereafter until an order for forty is
| filled.
Robert Williams. the new general SUI
| perntendent OF the Glover Leaf on SAT-
| he spent about two weeks time, inspecting
tracks, stations, shops, etc, of the com
pany. and acquainting himself with the
| representatives of the road in the several
| departments.
The new schedule of rates on grain which
was adopted a result of the recent agree
ment. is to go into effect June 10. The
| basis Is II cents per 100 pounds on wheat
and II cents on coarse grain, from Mis-.
| souri, river points to Chicago, with 3 cents
less per 100 pounds from Mississippi river
points TO Chicago.
The Chicago & Alton and the United
States Express Company have discontin.
ued their cooperative service I'm baggage
| and express cars on account OF the greatly
increased travel anticipated during the
worlds fair, with proportionate increase
i'm the amount of baggage. 1t is under.
stood that the joint service will be resumed
next fall.
J. T. Blair, president OF the Little Ka
nawha, part of the Wabashs proposed
extension to tidewater. says the work or
the extension of the line will be resumed
| July 1. There has been little done on tn,
Little kanawha work for several months
owing to the anxiety of the Wabash Il
complete it's Pittsburg extension by the
middle of June.
On Saturday night, second section o.
Train -. Engine 365. one of the new Chau.
tauqua type, in charge OF Engineers Don
OVan and ReddinR of the ST IOuis division
OF the Big Four. left Indianapolis at II a
p. m. and arrived at the st. Louis world.
fair grounds at 125 a m. the train was
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