The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-29
Miscellaneous Notes.

The Lake Shore orders 300 new freight cars to ac-
commodate the rush of freight.
The Northern Pacific will ship 1,4O0, 600 feet Of
lumber from Tacoma to Denver.
Within a few days the Nypano company viii re-.
ceive twelve new engines from the Grant LOCOMOTIVES
works.
Ticket sealpers are about to open offices in Los
Angeles. The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe is work.
ing with the scalpers, depending upon them for its
business out of Los Angeles.
Loren Dualap, emigration commissioner of Dakota.
says that there was 2 total mileage of track laid in
Dakota in 1885 Of 679 miles. and of road graded
BAL miles. The total railroad mileage in Dakota on
Dec. Is, 1886, was 3.491 miles.
The bill of the Legislature of Massachusetts requir,
ing railroads to cover all switches and frogs. so as NOT
to expose employees to the danger of catching their
feet in them, goes into effect Jan. 1. The penalty for
neglect TO observe the law is a fine of from $100
to 81 900.
The San Diego Chamber of Commerce has appointed
a com mittee to confer with the Croker railroad parity
and make overtures to encourage the extension OF the
Southern Pacific TO that town. 1t is reported that tho
company will extend its branch, the Los Angeles q
San Diego road, from Santa Ana to San Diego.
The southern Pacific company has filed all of its
available side tracks at Los Angeles: Riverside and
other orange-growing centers with fruit cars, and tho
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe has resortedt to the SAND
tactics. Each is trying to steal a march on the otheri
The shipment OF oranges will begin aboutJan. 10.
Several express refrigerator cars have been lately
com pleted for the Michigan Central by the Michigan
car works at Detroit. These cars are fitted to run on
passenger trains. and are constructed on the Hutchins
principle. The essential features are that the inner
and outer sides of the car are completely isolated from
one another by a packing of clean wooden rags packed
tight.
In the past thirty days fully s. 900 excursionists and
regular passengers have arrived at Los Angeles by all
of the routes. The rush of travel is early for the
season. but Will be much heavier in a few weeks. The
excursionists chat have already arrived arc not
from the Ea, tern States, but are mainly from Michi-
gan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois and Indi-
ana.
A recent test of the Phelps Induction telegram. as
applied ON the first ffty-eight miles of the Lehigh
Valley railroad, between Perth Junction and Easton,
Is said to have shown very satisfactory results. Mess
ssges were sent ard received between the moving
train and New York city with great ease. 1t is now
reported that nine cars are to be fitted up for use on
the road and that the system will be extended as far
as March Chunk.
A large mileage of English steel rails. sixty pounds
per ward, was originally laid on the Canada Southern
in 1872. These rails have been taken ur during the
last summer. the battered ends sawed off, the holes
redrilled and the rails again laid down for furtheH
service. A railsawing and drilling car built by the
Bay City Industrial Works was used for this work.
with m ost satisfactory results. 500 rails or 600 ends
being sawed of in a working day of nine hours, or less
than two minutes for each rail.
The reduction in fares by the New York. New
Haven e. Hartford Railroad Company, which will
to Springfield 2 cents per mile instead of Gig cents.
The proposed reduction, opthe assumption that the
road carries as many passengers as many miles the
coming year as it did last, will cause a shrinkage in
passenger receipts of about $780, 600. One-thou4
sand-mile books will be sold at $40, as heretofore.
and there will be no change in the regular commutas
ton out of New York.