The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-24

of electric signals and adoption of the block sys
TEN. Reference Is also made TO The improve
meut made in passenger equipments.
THE CLEVELAND, INDIANA & ST. LOUIS RAILROAD.
Lebanon Patriot: "The interested people of
Boone county want to know exactly who their
friends and enemies are in this matter. The
men who have wilfuly obstructed this move
ment, purely through selfish motives, will be
membered. tits not possible for two or three
to defy a community. The sneaks who
have played fast and loose in this movement can
now 20 to the rear We have had enough tally.
The people are satated with soft talk and
broken promises. Business has commenced"
UNFAyoRABLE COMPARISONS.
English railroads run through a much more
closely populated country than American rail
roads, the travel for mileage is much greater,
and more and faster trains run than in most
American lines; but, even when all these allow
ances are made, the casualties on English lines
appear to he excessive On $4,000 miles of Eng
lish railroads 522 persons were killed and 2,O72
injured during the first six months OF 1882 Ac-
cOrdng TO the Railroad Gazette there were only
315 persons killed by railroad accidents in this
country during eleven months OF last year, and
yet the mileage is nearly six times that OF Eng
lana.
PRACTICAL LEGISLATION.
Judge Osborn, attorney for the Michigan
Central road who has been in the city some
days urging the Legislature 10 pass a bill al
lowing railroads which used the union switch
and signal at grade crossings of other roads to
cross such roads without coming to a stand
still, is highly gratifed that the bill has passed
the Senate, and has little doubt as TO its passing
the House, Harry Tilden, consulting engineer
of the Union Switch and Signal Company, who
has taken much pains to explain the opera tlon
of the signal TO parties interested, states that
Ohio, Connecticut and Massachusetts have
passed similar bills to the one now pending be-
| I.nRialgtura Indiana
ROYAL GRANTS.
While legislation Of this country is much of 1t
adverse to railroad interests, the Canadian gov
eminent is doing all in its power to aid railways.
| With the Canada Pacific the railway equip
emit and capital stock al 9 exempt from taxa
| ton forever the government will construct and
| hand over TO the company more than 700 miles
of railroad, free of cost, and subsidy of $685.
| 000. 900 in cash, and 25, 100000 aclas of land
west of Lake Superior has been granted. Tho
cash is payable in instaliments, by the govern
ment, on the completion of every twenty miles
of road, and the land is guaranteed To be fit for
settlement. All materials required for the road
are admitted free OF duty, and the company has
| the right of way free through all government
land. No charter in this country ever contained
| such royal grants.
COLONEL TUELL LEASES HIS ROAD.
The negotiations between the Cleveland, Co
lumbus, Cincinnati & Indianapolis Railroad
/
dent of the Terre Haute & Southeastern road
which have been pending for months, were yes
terday brought to a successful issue, the Bee
Line people leasing the road tor ninety-nine
years at a rental of 81, 900 per month By this
lease the latter gain control of fortyone miles of
main track and ten miles of side track, all
| in good condition, 800 acres of coal land, the
coal being OF superior quality; ALSO twenty
/ acres of valuable land in the city OF Terre
| fUO md al of uHiaa from nm fha a
bash river, and switches leading TO all the prom
| ineut manufactures IN TerFe Heute. The Bee
Line people will at once extend the road TO
Bloomfield, using the canal bank, which is, as
well, part of the property they lease, for the
| roadbed. The Terre Haute & Southeastern can
bus be a valuable feeder to the Indianapolis q
/ st. Louis division of the Bee Line Through the
! lease Colonel Tuell places himselfin an easy po-
| sition financially, as the fixed charges on the
road are but ST 500 per month"; the mortgage
| debt being bnt 100000 on the whole property
THE N. Y, P & 0. IN THE MARKET.
Charles E. Lewis, representing the English in
terest in the New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio
railroad, formerly tire Atlantic & Great Western,
has been in New York for several days negotia-
ting for the sale of the N. Y, p. & O. road. The
l New York Times says that The Erie road man.
| aRement and that of the Delaware, Lackawanna
& Western have both had the property offered to
| them, but at terms which have not yet proved
| inviting enough to indnce purchase by either
| of these competing lines Either road would be
| be obtained at what would be considered
reasonable figure The opinion is generally ex-
pressed by railroad men that the Erie would
| eventually be the purchaser If the management
| can succeed in raising money enough. A move
| ment, which the Erie people are said to be back
| of, was the procuring of charter from the
| Pennsvlvania Legislature about month ago
| for new road from Salamanca, N. Y, the east
ern terminus OF the New York, Pennsylvania &
Ohio road, to Marion, o. a point on the same
| road where Western connections may he made.
| This parallels the New York, Pennsylvania &
| OHIO route, and ia alleged TO be movement to
! force the English capitalists to accept such
terms as the Erie people may offer.