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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1901
Page
6
District of Indiana publishes notices in bankruptcy matters for William C. Rehling and Fenelon F. Dannetelle, with hearings set in September 1901 in Indianapolis. Also lists legal advertisements including funeral services, auctions, and business directory items for Indianapolis with multiple notices and bids.
On the 20th day of August 191, in the U S district at Indianapolis an order commands all known creditors and interested parties to appear at 9 o clock in the forenoon to show cause why the petition of the bankrupt should not be granted. The order bears the signature of Judge John H Baker and the seal of the court.
In the matter of Davis Robinson, on August 20 1901 the court set hearings for September in Indianapolis. Notices require publication twice and creditors may appear to show cause why the petition should not be granted. Similar bankruptcy actions against Fred Vehling and Samuel Bloom proceed with hearings and notices, with sealing and residence details to be published. A private sale advertises for August 21 1911 groceries, merchandise, fixtures, and two wagons with harness from the estate of Rico Veakreae.
Real estate listings and ads appear for a beautiful building on Sixteenth Street to sell, plus for wrought iron fencing designs by TEMPRIRLE FOUNDEY AND FESse CO. at 6 South Senate Avenue. Also notices for wallpaper, patterns, and machinist services with old and new phone references. Other ads seek rooms, a registered pharmacist, and tin plate mill workers.
August market activity among grains remains cautious as receipts stay light and corn prices drift lower. Track bids reveal weaker tones from Monday with wagon-market corn down to a bushel. oats remain in demand while hay holds steady, and various produce and canned goods show mixed to soft demand amid abundant fruits and a slow wholesale scene.
A dense OCR fragment lists assorted textiles, fabrics, ready goods, coffee, sugars, cans, groceries, and building materials with city prices. Items include prints, cambrics, muslins, shirtings, wholesale flour, beans, molasses, rice, nuts, oils, and hardware. Mentions Amoskeag, Concord-like firms and assorted regional brands.
The Central Union Telephone Company of Chicago paid 1740.75 to Indiana secretary of state for incorporation under new Indiana law. Its Indiana-represented capital is 1,740,750 of 6,963,000. Indiana agent Walter S. Hill. Other large filings include Cumberland Telephone of Kentucky with 201,782 Indiana-represented capital, agent Charles A. Hunter. Mosler Safe Company of New York with 10,000 in Indiana. Four-thousand-acre Zinc and Lead Company of West Virginia with 1,000,000 capital. G H Hammond Company of Michigan with 432,000 in Indiana and capital 2,750,000. State incorporations yesterday also list Jonesboro Lighting, Indiana Drilling, Royal Window Glass Fowlerton, Terre Haute Mining with varied capitals.
James Miller aged fourteen of 48 West Market street was arrested yesterday for bicycle theft and pled guilty. Bicycle Policemen Griffin and Manning traced several stolen wheels to him. Two bicycle frames were recovered in the canal, and the plan involved pairing wheels with old frames bought cheaply.
Alexander Yancy, held for loitering, was arrested after $2 vanished from John Wilhelm while both were in a police station cell. The turnkey did not search Wilhelm, who carried the money into the cellroom, where a ticker tape scene unfolds with a somber, moody interlude.
A conservative critique argues the Wabash Pittsburg extension may overstate benefits. The New York Post notes other recent expansions Buffalo and Toledo could influence earnings more, while the Pittsburg project mainly boosts strategic importance and competitive leverage against Pennsylvania lines.
The Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway will divide its Chicago to Albuquerque and Purcell routes into eastern and western grand divisions. J E Hurley becomes western general superintendent with HQ at La Junta Colorado while C F Ressigue remains eastern general superintendent with duties over lines east of Newton Kansas and south from Newton to Purcell New Mexico Territory.
Third week earnings for the Wabash beat 1900 by 43 100. Ford Wood returns from two weeks vacation in Wisconsin. A W Thompson promoted to division engineer on the Baltimore Ohio. Wabash to deploy new heavy engines on the Canada division Detroit Buffalo run. G M Clarke moves from Texas line. Chicago Indianapolis Louisville declares 2 percent semi annual dividend payable Oct 15. Jersey Central bans playing cards on local trains after a fight. Rail growth includes 5 000 miles of feeder branches. Southern Indiana to buy 550 cars and Great Northern 2 200 box cars. Wabash July disbursements exceed 16 000, likely higher for Aug. Buffalo expos spur travel demand. CBQ buys land south of Union Depot for new passenger station. L L Fellows return from West Baden malaria treatment. Pennsylvania Company to add Columbus turntable for better short trains. Neither W K Vanderbilt nor J P Morgan will join Union Pacific board. Depew and Newman may. Fort Wayne orders referenced.
The railroad outlines orders to build 116 Class K Y horse cars and numerous furniture cars. William L. Darling is named chief engineer, succeeding Edwin H. McHenry. Vandalia officials and Terre Haute & Indianapolis president James McCrea return from a trip, heading to Pittsburg. Railroads in Richmond plan new branches as trainmen seek charters and firemen organize divisions. Santa Fe purchases Kansas Southwestern Railway to block opposition to expansion, while Southern Pacific directors meet in New York with routine business. Oregon port-line traffic director Thomas Schumacher traces career steps, and New York Mail and Express notes Northern Pacific plans 28,000-ton steamships for Pacific and China trade. Freight car shortages loom nationwide as September approaches, with grain movement and congestion issues at division points.
A lamp exploded in Mrs. McCullough’s boarding house at 214 North Capitol Avenue at 3 o clock yesterday morning sparking a small fire. The blaze damaged lace curtains and carpets before being extinguished. Boarders fled without collecting clothing. John Miller sustained minor burns while fighting the flames.
Friday night entertainment closes season at the German House garden. A message questions trusting luck for fire insurance and real estate, urging protection through Indiana Title Guaranty and Loan Company at 129 East Market Street.
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