The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-05
TIE RAILWAYS.
Mr.. ingalls, on Territorial Flights and
Artificial Roeds-Rumors Concern
ing tue o, n. aud ID. ~other
ttema

Items
Emigration 10 the West deofeesei ~ the
aeaeun advances
an extension front IL being placed on Van
dAlla engine No. a.,
Grand Master Arnold, of the Brotharho al
OF Locomotive fifemen, ~ In tho hast
The annual me, ting OF tho stockholders ot
The 81 Louis Alton and 'fers lfaate, will
viii be- held al the headquarters OF Che o1m'
phhy on Jane 1.
Drew Is WATSON have commenced 10 ahip
ten car loads per day OF Brazil block coal 10
Omaha 0n = yearly contract, Indiana block
tual n shipped 10 SONS thirty or mafa north.
EN- and northwestern manufacturing p1inia.
The Cincinnati, indianapolis, ~, Louis and
Chicago Road has issued very neat hand
hook, giving q complete list of the officials OF
the line and short sketches OF the iauf cities,
together with cuts OF the largest edinaes sit
utted therein.
llumon are anoal that the pennay lvania
Company will, In the near future, acquire
possession OF the O n, aud u, Nothing
could he learned yesterday ~ 90 whether or
not there IL any truth Ia tho report. II i
needless 90 say, hnwever, chat the g., II, and
~ would be valuable acquisition 10 tha
Penney lvania. The property controlled
would be one which has shown 10 ability %
take unfn at llhelf even In bal TINES Con.
trolling a,feRdy the NHndalia ifom indian,
epolln o. ~, i,0nis, the Cinelnanu, Hamilton
Hnh Indianapolis hfannh would give the
lennhy lSnnin ~ ieuies uf The q. II aud u
ia own line between Cincinnati aad ~.
l0ulf, The enmnAllll0n NJ the M0n1u fuuls
between Cincinnati aud rhlossn, nov 0pef
attd via the g., ~ and u indianapoi
route, would also be ent of
NJ, lf tnpalls. rfasidpntof Tie zig -Four,
has card IA the Railway Agent, current
number, IA Witch he replies 10 fsoant afli,
ole IN the paper, citing Tie Zig Four's doing
busif ese from Chicago 20 iialtlfAofa 40 an ob.
sseie ia the way OF success ol The proposed
Central ifallle Association 40 MI. lngala'
reply deals somewhat practically with tha
new all Important question ~ territorial
fights, al extract IL here alven NJ ineala
sats Yen allude. 20 our evn line FEM
Chicago ~ ihin Afiloia Under our contract
with ne Illinois Central oni road ID a. maah
on w. iiiAl read eut az uhiasRa aa the Miehi.
San tenlfkl af the hiakelti'laia uaF line
from theaea M naltim0Fa Ia as eaad a
heiAht line, | think ell will admit aa there
10 ~ day between thesa two points, We sfa
u Per cent longer than the ahafltal line
and 20 Ief cent shorter than the Canada
reutheIn ilae, which salialla and car
f,s business foe baltimore out over lhs
Michigan GENITAL Read, WhF should our
g0mIAny Do athed Go daalina lialtlm 40
tusinesa aud the Canada southern linz be
allowed ~ solicit ~ Neither 10 n a new
line with our company, IL has been Ia the
market for business nl0Te or less TOR ifiesn
YEAR. We get the hal the iul length oi
o road 500 miles,
when we oleF O. loin the pool, maintain
Iates aud submit our thafe at he business "a
a. huraU' y, have va not done everythlr (
-. .r.lA ~ 81 Of IA - ~
We be aaked 90 Stay out Of the markei for
baltimore when the lines running Easl
iiom Chicago are In the market flr bust
ness for Indianapolis aud cincinnati, Tor
which Ioints they are relatively much
longer lines than We are out OF Chi.
o'gO for New YORK or Nes klglant b1si'
ness2 ] can not see that the linsa from Cit
cspo east have any patent right On the bgsi.
nets, or that there Il any reason why Oil
nese wall should be built up 10 protect thaai.
| II rs you say, there will not be business
enough left 20 keen them from bankrapicg Y,
ihe sane cry might be made for many otaer
/ rail loads to-day. / have never vat obieGts I
10 any railway company demanding shars
! 81 The business where they could make =
J Ire. II they were willing % maintain rates
and submit their sha-e 10 arbitration, il was
re much rs have felt could be asked OF
them. AT the same time IL the railroads eau
| have mutual understanding By which ca a
L
he Of advantage TO the railways aud ship.
pers, not especially with reference "a Gust
n6ss from Chicago to the seahoaEd, bat tol
ali traffic
A SINGLE TRACK ENGTSEER.
lCGicago Herald.
ayes" remarked an old engineer 81
used 30 run on the New York Central, but
quit 'em voluntarily"
"Didn't YOU like the road?'
Yes, all but the double tracks. Ii was :
tvo-track Icsd then. ! don't want any
donble-track running In mine. Il isa't sale.
GIVE me a single track road every time. Yc
think it funny, don't you? lis quser for 4
fact. bat / know what / am tslking abonL
Did You ever ride On q locomotive On the
CO g catcher Well, then, you must hav-
noticed that whenever she strikes Bird -
she seems to drop down u little. It's the
bridge settling under the terrible pressure
As you first strike il feels as IL you we're going
down. sure enoagh. Perhaps you never
thought of the tremendous blow loco notiye
strikes on bridge It's not alone the weight
of her, but when she's making forty or 6fty
mile an hour and comes down on q bridge
its enough to make 1t ssstie. Right here
comes in M objections 20 do1oie track
| losds. The bridges on these roads are usually
! butt coDtinuous-oue Drid - ,or both tracks.
| was I0Dniug slorg one dsy snd val
l lost approaching bridge. VIXEN | sxs
I another n yard Ill