The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-22


dephia yesterday announced further cut
This applies only to wheat, faxseed and
barley. cut of mills on corn, rye and
oats would have placed these grains on the
free list. The new rates are as follows:
Wheat and fiaxseed. mills and rye
81 mills; barley, / mill, and oats mills
Negotiations looking to a temporary agree,
ment in the differential war pending final
settlement by arbitration are still in prog
ress. A traffic officer of the Pennsylvania
Railroad said yesterday he expected an
agreement would be reached in few days.
Personal, General and LOCAL Notes.
The Lackawanna Railroad has refused the
application OF circus managers to draw
circus trains the present year.
W. T. Moore, foreign freight agent OF the
Lehigh Valley. with headquarters at New
York. will be In the city to-day.
Charles Z. Burgess. former Indianapoli-
tan. who represents the Chicago q North
western at Peoria. ILL.,. is in the city.
i. ]. Monks. contracting agent of the
Omaha to become general agent of that
and its associate lines.
William Hodgson. general freight agent
Of the vandalia, who has been at health
resort In Michigan for some weeks, has re-
turned much improved in health.
j. Il. Stafford, superintendent of the Pitts
burg & Youghiogheny road, formerly SUI
perintendent of the j., NJ. & l., is in the
city visiting relatives.
New interlocking signal plants and the
installation thereof will cost the Cleveland.
Cincinnati, Chicago * st. Louis Railroad,
1t is estimated, $4,000.
Joseph Keavey, assistant general freight
agent of the Big -Four. who has been at a
sanitarium for three months, has so much
improved that he is riding out daily.
The Chicago. Rock Island & Pacific on
Sunday withdrew the carriage tariff put in
force a week before at Chicago. The ac-
ton was taken, IL is said. to avoid a big
rate war.
Reports from all over the country indicate
q rapid and constant growth of the Order
of Railway Clerks OF America Local
branches are enrolling new members at an
astonishing rate.
C. E. Schaff general manager of the Big
room and j. q. Van Wrinkle general super
intendent.. is confined at home with an at
tack OF the grip.
The Evansville & Terre Haute earned in
the second week of March s3i.616 against
S33. $40 In the corresponding week last year
Since July o., o the =, road has earned sl25572
r. E. McCarty, of the Pittsburg division
of the Panhandle. has appointed c. S.
White assistant road foreman of engines
vice John Roach. deceased. Mr.. White has
been acting in that capacity for a month.
The Chicago, Cincinnati & Louisville, for
q new line. is making quite a stir among its
competitors. On Saturday it took four
trains Of twenty-five cars each out of
Southern States.
E ~. Hicks, general travelling passen-
Ter agent of the Lake Erie & Western
who has been confined &c the house for
nearly a month with a carbuncle, is so
much improved that he was able To sit up
an hour two yesterday.
The Iowa House OF Representatives has
passed bill requiring railroads to issue
return passes to stock shippers of Iowa
The measure was backed by the Iowa Mea +
Producers Association, which will endeayor
TO lobby the bill through the Senate
George Bemus, commercial agent of the
Queen a. Crescent was in the city yester-
day He states that the business of the
Queen * Crescent during the winter has
been the most profitable in the history of
the road and the earnings highly satisfac-
tory.
Last week the Pennsylvania sent 1000
cars of freight over the Philadelphia Read
ing track tn insure prompt delivery to re-
neve congestion and 10 meet the demands
of complaining shippers The PennsylVa-
mia lost the profit OF long haul every
car turned over.
IL il announced that j. X. Savage has
accepted the position of chief engineer of
The Long Island Railroad Company. He
was formerly connected with Pennsylvania
end at one time had charge OF important
work on the Pacific coast for the United
States government.
Passenger agents continue TO talk about
the large movement of emigrants and inn :
migrants II Is said 10 be heavier in both
directions than In several years. The east
bound movement is owing TO the foreign
war Added 10 this the passenger business
IN the West Is abn0rmally heavy.
The Big Four makes announcement that
khe last trip Of the Florida special will be