The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1890-02-07

take the position hat by this scheme their
work has been go increased that their sal
aries should be increased.
1t would seem that at the low price paid
and the value OF the property. parties
might be found who will take hold of the
Indiana * Illinois Southern road, select
one of the old lines surveyed for coal roads
a few years ago. and build on to Indianap-
Oils. With but little trouble a line could
be selected which would pass through a
portion of Indiana which needs better rail-
road facilities. 1t wonld seem more i'm
portant Just now TO extend this line east
ward to indianapolis than TO build on to st.
Louis. In due time the latter extension,
from Effingham to st. Louis. could be con-
structed.
Careful estimates show that the roads
carried 500, 900, 900 passengers. and that
during the year but 16S psssen-
gers were killed in accidents to trains.
yet q great deal IS said about the loss OF
life; There is not q State in the Union.
said an old railroad official, in which there
have not been more killed by the running
away of horses than have been killed in
accidents on the railroads of the United
States. The official admitted that. in near
killed in accidents on railroads it was where
there had been some neglect on the part of
some emplcye of the road.
We're the several roads centeringa at Terre
Haute to take hold of the enterprise of
building a new union depot at that point it
could be made an easy undertaking for all
parties interested. A location could be Sc
lected which would be convenient to all.
and the cost of fitting up the ground and
adjusting the tracks to make approach to
the depot convenient and direct would he.
comparatively speaking, trihing. This i'm
provement can be made at much less cost
at the present time than ten or even five
years from now. so rapidly is Terre Haute
increasing In population and It's property
advancing in value. Doubtless the city
council would lend its aid to the enterprise
by allowing the crossing of streets or the
vacation of some to secure the much-needed
Improvement.
A general passenger agent, a day or two
ago, In speaking of the railroad travel of
this country, said that there was not a
sleeping car running off of Northern lines
to points south of the Ohio river which
paid, very little travel passing between
Southern and Northern cities. There were
some sleeping-car lines which run east and
west into Southern territory which paid,
but there were but few that did. He re-
marked that there were three lines running
between Cincinnati and Chicago, and
either of these lines carried more passen-
gers yearly between those cities than both
the Monon and Pennsylvania lines did be-
tween Louisville and Chicago. The Illi-
nois Central. he said, had never profited by
running sleeping-car lines between Chicago
and New Orleans. The general passenger
and-south travel was concerned, were it
not for the health-seeking and pleasure
travel to Florida during about ninety days
OF the year. be doubted if there would be o
s~leepine-car line run on what would be
called north-and-south routes. Of course,
east and west the situation Is different;
there is always more OF less travel Between
Southern and Eastern cities.