The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-24

A number of railroad officials left last night
for Chicago to attend important meetings to be
held there to-day and to morrow.
The Vandalia and the Pennsylvania lines to-
day, will place on sale 1000 mile tickets, good
for use for year, at $40, or cents mile.
Mrs A. B. Whitmeyer has been appointed
agent of the Illinois Central road at Rockford
H.. succeeding her husband, recently deceased
Marshal Mapnng of the Union Depot, who
has been i'll for several days and confined to the
house, was m uch better yesterday, and expects
to be out in day or two.
Up to date ten of the oldest passenger con-
ductors the Wabash road have been dis
charged. Receiver McNulta is still reticent in
giving the reasons for their discharge.
1t is said that the prospects that the rate wars
between the Western lines will be settled and
paying rates restored are now more promising
than at any time in the last six months.
Men in train service the less important
lines in the Pennsylvania system west of Pitts
burg now interested to know If their pay is
advanced proportionately with those on the
main line.
The Union Railway Company has awarded the
contract to furnish the clock for the tower of
the new station to friedrich Heron, of this city.
The dials four in number, will be nine feet In
diameter. and will be lighted at night by cleo
tricity.
The Louisville, New Albany 6 Chicago Rail-
road Company is offering its consolidated mort
bonds. maturing Feb. l. 1888 Holders OF more
than three-fourths of the amount hare accepted
the proposition.
The Pennsylvania Company last week con-
build twenty consolidated engines of the largest
type. This order is in addition to the 100 en-
gines which are to be built for the Pennsylvania
company at the Altoona shops.
c. L. Paris, who represents the passenger de-
partment OF the Denver & Rio Grande in this
territory, is spending day or two 10 this c,tv
This is one of the roads which still pays COM
missions, and his errand IS to encourage agents
by promising better commissions than las
year.
The Pennsylvania lines, west of Pirtsburg
will, at an early date, place on sale 2,000-mile
tickets at two cents per mile, limited to one
year from date of sale, and good over all Penn
synvanla lines west of Pittsburg. This is
reduction of 20 per cent. on the rate per mile
basis now in effect.
Beginning with Jan. 25, the rate for 1000
mile tickets the B. e 0. lines west of the
Ohio river will be reduced from $25 to $40. Tie
rates east of the Ohio have always been $40.
may be sold east of the Ohio will hereafter be
honored on B. 81 O. lines west of the Ohio, and
vice versa.
A fast run was made last week the Pitts
burg, Fort Wayne d Chicago road The dis
lance from Chicago to Pittsburg, 4SO miles was
covered in ten hours and forty minutes incud-
ing stops. The fastest were forty-nine
miles in 42@ minutes, and thrty-five miles in 80
minutes. The average speed per mile was one
minute and twenty seconds.
The cut-rate policy inaugurated by Receiver
McNuita, of the Wabash, in early December,
showed in the first three weeks an actual loss in
gross earnings of $780, 600, but in the second
threeks that loss was converted into a net gain
OF $40, 900, SO that Receiver McNulta
reason for complaining Unfortunately, how
ever, this gain has been made at the expense of
competitors which are now solvent roads.
The Indianapolis works will, to-day. com
pleie their contract to build 800 coal cars 60 900
pounds capacity, for the Chicago. Burlington &
Quincy road In the construction of these
several features were introduced, which
greatly strengthen the The works will
push the contract to build 1900 cars for the
Atchson, Topeka & Santa Fe road, 800 of which
have already been delivered. All are equipped
with the air brake.
The opinion grows that the opposition of the
second mortgage bondholders of the Wabash to
the plan OF reorganiZing the compapy's lines
east of the Mississippi river is unfortunate, it
only delays reorganization, as an enterprise of
such magnitude is not easily defeated The
abest railroad men and legal gentlemen think
the plan proposed is the wisest way in which to
conserve the interests of majority of the hold
ers OF all classes of securities.
The Baltimore & Ohio (Kankakee Incl is not
allowed differential west-bound business,
and as this line for months past has been doing
an exceptionally good business, there is a
growing belief that the trunk lines have
adopted this differential only temporarily to al
low the lines which have dropped behind in ton
mage to catch up. In other words, it is plan to
divert business under the old pool IDEA, only do
ing 1t under the euise of a differentIal
Sixty days ago the management of the Van
dalia issued an order to the effect that smok-
ing would be allowed by traiumen when on duty
At first it caused a good deal of grunblng now
the prohibition is considered good thing. One
OF the veteran passenger Conductors saws that
he knows of three the road who have
quit smoking entirely, all of whom spent from
20 to 40 cents day for cigars, and it was saw
ing to him. personally, of from % to 90 cents
per day. He thought the boys, to a man. were
now glad that such an order had been issued.
Recently acme experiments have been made
on the Fort Wayne. Cincinnati & Louisville with
the of natural on locomotives. The gas
under the natural high pressure of $50 to $50
pounds per square inch. is stored in cylindrical
steel reservoirs and carried on a special car
behind the tender after the manner il is pro-
natural gas, however much compressed is much
more bulky than coal for an equal heating power,
1t is doubtful, it is stated, if the experiments
will prove the success expected by the origina-
tors of the scheme.