The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-01-17

a tangent. or straight line on his survey, which
is over one hundred miles in length This is said
TO be the longest tangent in the United States.
KINDLY REMEMBERED.
Several of the clerks IN the Pittsburg, Cncin-
natl & St. Louis offices at this point will to-day
go to Richmond, Ind, to attend the funeral
services of their late associate clerk. Fl. r. Yeo.
They take with them as a tribute to his memory,
n magnificent floral Offsriug. which cost $50,
The design is passenger coach entering a tun-
mel. On the side OF the coach are the Letters in
flowers, "P., Z. d. st. L. and on the rear plat
form the name o, the deceased and his age.
RESULTS OF MAINTAINING RATES.
The Pennsylvania railroads profits for the six
months of 1882, ending Nov. 80, were rs per
cent. greater than from the corresponding
months OF 1881. On the Lake Shore there was
great gain iu earnings coupled with falling
off in expenses, and the profit per share was
S6lo during the last half of the year, as com
pared with 1927 for the first SIX months. The
Michigan Central had profit OF only thirty
cents a share for the last half of 1881 and even
less than that-only fifteen cents in the first half
of 1882, showing that twelve months traffic had
been done for only half a dollar share, but the
prohts OF the last six months were $3.lS.
RAILROAD UNDERGRADUATES.
Fifty per cent. of the accidents, at least, which
occur at street crossings ana at railroad cross
ings are the result of placing Incompetent men
and more frequently boys to give signals of
to fill all departments OF railroad service, and
men who have families TO support, and there is
no excuse for making railroad Offices or any
feature of railroad operations, kindergartners,
and certainly mere boys should not he placed III
charge of switches, bridges, railroad crossings, as
train dfspatchers or in telegraph offices. Human
HE Is TOO precious to be thus jeopardized.
Four OF the most serious railroad accidents in
1882 were the results of having boys at the
telegraphio instrument, handling "a switch and
watching bridge.
AN UNFAvoRABLE EXHIBIT
Below is given the tonnage of the five Indianap-
oils lines which carry the East-bound business
forwarded from indianapolis proper for four
years past, as shown by the statistical tables Of
j. c. Moore. secretary of the Indianapolis East
bound Freight Association: 1879 5000 IONS;
1880, 10000 tons; 1881, 495, 900 tons; 1882.
404 900 tons. It will be noticed that the heaviest
tonnage was forwarded in 1880, when the pool
was solid and rates were firmly main tanned. The
largest falling OFF in tonnage was with the Cinein
natl, indianapolis, st. Louis d Chicago, and the
Indianapolis Peru & Chicago roads, President
ingalls,, of the former, and Vlee-President Ma
lott, of the l., p. & G. always, when raGes low,
preferring to let their equipments be idle rather
than wear them out in hauling freight at a loss.
WINTER WEATHER No BARRIER.
Parties who have recently returned from the
extreme Northwest state that in peroeptble
manner is winter interfering with railroad con-
struction in Montana. The Northern Pacific
continues in the field with large forces of men,
and grading and traek-lsying are going ahead
east and west on the cOnverging ends. Strong
bodies OF graders are ssauting tbs Belt Range,
west Of the Yellowstone, and every hour OF the
twenty-tour is ut LIED in pushing the work over
the divide. Huge fires blaze on the mountain
sides, lighting up the busy scene of operations
at night time, and pick and shovel, blast aud
barrow, ara kept employed by gangs of scores
and hundreds without moments stop or inter
mission. The track will be completed to Gala
tin in February and to Helena by June. From
the West, with progress as continued as now,
Missoula will be reached by March, and the
western side of the Main Range before the end of
June.