The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-30
miscellaneous Notes.

The longest single ruL without stop on any
railroad in the world is that of the Chicago ex-
press from New York to Albany, l42 miles at 42ai
miles an hour
The Chicago. Milwaukee & st. Paul earnings
for the third week in June show a decrease Of
$l3 600, or per cent, from the preceding week,
and of 1921. or about three-fourths of / per
cent, from the corresponding week of 1884.
The c. B. & @. people deny that they are af-
ter the Manitoba; and President Gable, of the
Rock Island, says if the Quincy should get con-
troll OF the Manitoba that at least three other
roads would at once enter the territory of the
latter, a proceeding which would render traffic
Improbable TO any road.
The Grand Trunk Railroad Company is now
perfecting arrangements for the construction OF
a tunnel under the st. Clair river between Port
Huron and Sarnia. to connect the Chicago 81
Grand Trunk with the Great Western division.
This will give the Grand Trunk an all-rail line
from Chicago to Niagara Falls and Buffalo
There is standing committee in Cleveland to
reorganiZe practicable a passenger
pool similar to the one that existed there for a
brief period two years ago. The Cleveland
Leader says: ''The only obstacle to the sue
cessful operation OF such pool here is that it
would require about 800 per cent to satisfy all
the lines with their allotted percentages"
On Saturday last freight agent contracted to
carry a large amount of flour to Bristol, Eng
land from Milwaukee on the basis of 30 cents
per 100 weight, or 60 cents per barrel. When
one considers that an expressman will charge so
cents to carry a barrel of flour from the mill to
the house of the purchaser, it strikes casual
observer that it is cheaper to send the flour T. 900
miles to England.
Mexican railroad stocks are hard hit by the
announced determination of the Diaz govern
ment to suspend railroad subsidies, and to refuse
the acceptance of custom house certificates in
payment of duties. The Mexican Central rail
road has had issued $50, 900. 600 in these certf-
Gates, and is entitled to 81, 600 900 more; it has
got the cash upon only $780, coo, so that the
Mexican government is owing it to the amount
of $l5 SOC, 900.
At Portland, Me-, recently hearing was held
before Judge Virgin on the petition of the Inter
national Express Company for order to COM
pei the Grand Trunk railway to carry messen-
gers and freight between Portland and Lewiston
The railway had refused to carry matter on the
ground that it could do its own express work.
The court granted the order, holding that rail
way cannot discriminate in favor Of itself. 1t
can do express work, but must grant the same
privilege to Others
The great Northwestern railway in England
are liehting che of their trains S5lth electric
lights run from electric power storage accumula-
tors placed in each coach These are charged
by dynamo machine driven from the aXles. A
magnetic switch closes the circuit when the
electro motive force of the dynamo rises above
that of the cells: The new paror cars on the
Pennsylvania railroad also lighted from
storage batteries, but these are charged from
stationary dynamos.