The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-08-19
Miscellaneous Notes.

The Chicago. Milwaukee g st. Paul will run
onescheap excursion this month to all their land
points, and will run two in September.
The first tea train over the Canadian Pacific
accomplished the journey from, Vancouver to
Montreal in seven days. arriving ahead of time.
tits claimed that the Chicago, Milwaukee &
st. Paul carried IS per cent of the G. A. r.
people who went by Omaha to San Francisco
last month.
Advices from Chicago are to the effect that
the Lake Shore striking switchmen are still hold
ing out, and still hopeful of ultimate success.
They have just been paid $40 apiece for their
July dnes by the Switchmen's Union of the
United States.
The Bessemer steel-rail manufacturers who a
year ago organized to regulate the output of
steel rails and prevent overproduction. have de-
cided to, continue the arrangement as it has
worked we'll, The organization permits each
company to fix its own prices.
About 100 miles of Chicago, Kansas 6 West
ern mileage has been turned over to the operat-
ing department, including the loop from Hutch
insoni to Einsey, Strengthening the main line,
and the branch from Quenemo to Usage City,
connecting the main line with the Kansas City
division.
tits officially stated that by Sept the Rock
Island expects to have trains runniugforty miles
west of ST Joseph, Mo-, at which distance a
junction of the road will be made. The work of
grading between St Joe and the junction is
now nearly completed, and large gang of men
will commence laying track this week.
/ TheWisconsin Central company has purchased
a large tract of land in Waukesha, near the
White Rock springs. and will build their car
shops there. The buildings will be of brick and
stone, and will consist of a locomotive repair
shop, a car repair shop q foundry. tin shop,
boiler shop, cooper shop, paint shop, kiln for
drying lumbe, and large round-house. 1t is
expected that about three hundred men will be
employed in the works.
Freight trains on the West Shore road run
over the Central's tracks along the Onondaga
lake shore; consequently all through freight will
not pass through Syracuse. Frankfort and New
ark will no louger be used as freight terminal
The Western division will extend from Buffalo
TO East Syracuse; the middle division from East
Syracuse to Coeyman's Junction, and the east
ern division from the latter point to New York.
The passenger divisions from Buffalo to Frank
fort, and from Frankfort to New York will not
be changed
Pennsylvania has q railway mileage of 7,767
miles main track. The capital stock of the com
panies was $406 COG, 236. and the. bonded debt
SAFE, 579, 204 the floating and current indebted
ness being Sl06, 4l6 9l9 They had g. $50 locomo-
tives, 2. Asa passenger cars, 654 baggage and ex-
press cars and 203O75 freight cars The roads
carried in 1885, 80, 72S. $40 passengers and Il3
243, 662 tons Of freight. the revenue from which
amounted to 500, 300. TAI. The net earnings
were $40. OBJ 924 and the total available revenue
was $59, 584, GAL interest on bonds amounting
TO $23, 2l6, $780, aud other interest amounting to
81. 800. 592 was paid out, aud deficit of $780,,
1868 is shoyp IN the years operations