The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-03-29

Stock of the Nickel-Dlate road is now the dead
est article on the market.
The New Albany rail-min is rerollng several
hundred tons of rails for the Ohio & Mississippi.
The baggage agreement entered some time
ago at Chicago between the trunk lines, to go
into effect March L, has not so far been issued,
and the probability is that it has fallen through
The Buffalo 4 Lake Shore road IL is stated
will DO running trains through TO Saratoga in
June. to Syracuse in July, and TO Buffalo IN Sep
TENDER. The cars will he superior in point Of
convenience and elegance to any vet construct
ed The company has already made arrange
ments for running through trains To Chicago as
as the line to Buffalo is opened.
The Pullman Car Company having occasion to
transport some of their cars 10 Rome for service
IN Italy, recently, made up special train from
Calais to Rome without change, passing through
Paris. Some difficulty was experienced in get
ting the consent of the various lines, and the af-
fair created much interest all along the line,
local officials of some of the roads being aboard
the train at various points during the twenty
four hours run, and the impression of the Amer
lean mode of travelling every way favorable
GETTING INTO WORKING TRIM
President Phillips of the Toledo Cincinnati &
st. Louis narrow-gauge road, is giving his atten-
ton now to properly equpping tho line, and by
midsummer he expects to have fit for service
ITO engines. double the present motive power of
the road. This, with grand total of $500 cars
will give an equipment thoroughly adequate to
all the present requirements of the road. With
such facilities as these, with such n road, and
with such management ms Mr.. Phillips Will give,
the future of The marrow gauge is very brilliant
The selection of Mr.. f. E. Dwight for general
manager is particularly fortunate in all respects
PROPOSE TO HAVE THEIR SHARE.
TheAtchison, Topeka & Santa Fe people man.
fest a determination to get their full share of
travel to the Pacific coast, and an item of no
small Importance to Sir knights who are plan
ming to attend the trepn1al conclave at San
Francisco in August next is the fact that the
Atchson, Topeka q Santa Fe offer them a choice
of three routes across the Rocky mountain re-
giOn. Route No. /: This is composed of the
AtchisOn, Topeka & Santa Fe from Kansas City
or Atch!son Ia Demng, N. NJ, and the Southern
Pacific railroad from Deming 10 San Francisco.
\ Route No. is the same the first as far AL
buguerque N. NJ. From that point the Atlantic
& Pacific ana Southern Pacific railroads
plete the shortest rOnte from the Missouri river
TO tho Pacific coast Route No. 3: This consists
of the AtehlsOn, TOpeka & Santa Fee to Pueblo,
the Denver 4 Rio Grande from Pueblo to Snlt
Lake City, and the Central Pacific from Salt Lake
City to San Francisco.
TRUNK LINES EARNINGS.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company comes to
the front again with handsome earnings for Feb
ruary, tho second month In the year showing up
proportionately well as in January, these be.
ing the gross earnings of the Pennsylvania road
proper for last month, $3.712,2l5; operating ex-
penses, So, 375, 521; ret earnings, ST. $3.50. 694,
This has been secured not only by Increased
traffic. but by higher rates, the proportion ofrcT