The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-03-02

from the Union Depot. The corresponding
month, last year. 3,0SG trains were handled
hauling p, 430 coaches.
The construction of the sixteen miles Of road
from Rosedale TO Alton, which will give the St
Louis g. Central Illnoiaa connection with the
Indianapolis d St. Louis road, was commenced
yesterday, and ae soon this Is completed the
ST Louis 81 Central Illinois will put on through
trains between Springfield and St. Louis, using
the L 81 St l.. from Alton.
Track-layers on the Peoria extension OF the
Lake Erie & Western road resumed work yes
ierday. There is gap of sixteen miles of track
to be laid. The grading the entire distance.
with the exception of q. half mile of cut is com
pleted, and before the traek1aTers reach that
point the cut will be ready for them.
Within day or two the 2,O00-mile tickets of
the Pennsylvania lines west of Pittsburg will be
honored on the Vardalia. making the mileage
on which these tickets are good 3, $50 miles. This
ticket is now giving better satisfaction to com
mercial travellers and the travelling public gen
orally than auy former issue of the Pennsylya-
MIA company.
The rate war now prevailing IN the West IL is
alleged. was inaugurated by Receiver McNulta,
of the Wabash, and now the General is annoyed
by some Burlington officials declaring that he is
responsible for the strike on the G, B. 81 O.
road. Some weeks ago he yielded several points
to the Locomotive Brotherhood for harmony's
sake which were arbitrary in their character.
The Pennsylvania Company in determined to
do something to get the fast trains through
nearer on time. thorough investigation of
the cause of delay is TO be made, and west of
Pittsburc there is to be q general cutting down
of time of stopping at stations. st points
whore, 20 accommodate the express companies,
stop of eight minutes is made. but five
minutes will be allowed, and where five minute
stops have been made heretofore but three min
utes will be given.
The employees of the Pittsburg Cincinnati g.
St. Louis, the Chicago, St Louis 81 Pittsburg,
the Jeffersonville. Madison & Indiana polls. the
Indianapolis & Vircennes, and the Little Mama
railroads (Pennsylvania. Company nnes) have
received an advance which will amount TO $685.
900 year The men on the Cleveland & Pitts
burg railroad and tho PIttsburg division OF the
Pittsburg. Fit Wayne g. Chicago railroad Penn
syIvania Company are dissatisfied because their
demands were not conceded
The announcement by WIN. r. McKeen that
he will sell, the 9Th OF next month, H. 160
shares of the stock of the Terre Haute & IN
dianapolis road, excited some comment. 1t is
proper to give the reason that such action is
taken. He simply holds it as collateral, and he
and his friends wish TO hold it absolutely, a suf
fcient time having elapsed 20 admit of the par
ties who put up the collateral redeeming it, had
they intended to oo so. Without doubt the
McKeen syndicate will eventually come into
absolute control OF the Ptock.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company has de-
cided to expend about So 600 900 for new rolling
stock to meet the demands of its increasing bust
ness. The contracts have just been awarded
for the construction or 200 gondola cars of
twenty five tons capacity each. to be used for
transporting coal on the lines east of Pittsburg.
In addition TO this, arrangements have been
made 20 add twenty -fvO locomotives to the com
pAnyS eQQlpm0nE Oy next summer. his new
rolling stock lie supplementary to the order for
1000 box fire. light cars, 70 be used Western
lines, which placed last week. Other cars
are to be built as fast aB necessity demands
The mileage OF the Cincinnati, Jackson &
Mackinaw road is to be still further increased,
partly by the construction of new road ard
partly by leasing roads already built The
northern extension to Mackinaw City will be a
matter of but few months, il is stated, and con-
siderable has been done about 100 miles of
branches the company is building. This road
now uses the Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton
between Carlisle and Cincinnati, but proposes
to purchase the Cincinnati. Lebanon g North
ern road, convert it into standard gauge and
thus secure line nto Cincinnati of its own.
the company claims not to be satisfied with the
present arrangement with the c., FL. & D.
Financial editors of some of the Boston papers
in their efforts Co bolster up the Cleveland, San
dusky & Cincinnati road have unjustly at
tackled the Ohio. Indiana & Western road, al
leging that the physical condition OF the proper
ty was bad, and large sum of money must be
expended in improving the road-bed and the
equipments. The facts that the road-bed
never before was in as good condition as at the
present time, and when equipments are spoken
of, there but few roads In the country bet
ter provided, certainly so far as locomotives and
passenger cars are concerned. The company has
forty-three consolidated first class freight en-
gines, thirty nine engines of other classes, eight
of them heavy passenger engines all in excellent
enndiri0n