The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-08-04

point. and ranks among the most reliable
and competent men on the indianapolis d.
vision.
c. III. Horton, private secretary of Robert
Blee, when be was general superintendent
OF the Big Four, 10 now in charge of the
railroad department of the Cincinnati
Commercial Gazette.
VIM. S. Kinnan, who for four years past
has been IN the Office of Judge Field, gem
eral solicitor of the Louisville. New Albany
a. Chicago road, has been appoint tod assist
ant general solicitor of the l., N. A. & c.
Most of the roads now have in service
their full number of train crews One
trainmaster estimates that 90 per cent.
more trainmen are now at work than
thirty days ago on Indiana. Ohio and Hill
nois roads.
Most of the Western lines which, few
months ago. when in an economical mood.
dismissed their agents in the Eastern States,
are re-establishing such agencies. midnight
to be the only way In which their interests
can be properly looked after.
A, Peck. general superintendent of the
Big Four lines. states that for the last two
weeks the movement of loaded cars on tho
system has been five hundred to six hum
dred cars in excess OF the movement In the
corresponding two weeks of 1880.
The prospects of q reduction in rates on
freights In auy direction are decidedly
slim Seldom is freight traffic in all direc-
lions, both local and through, as heavy as
at the presant time, and neither agent n or
shipper longer discusses the probability of
reduction.
By recovering it's bridge facilities at
Omaha the Chicago q Rock Island can use
one hundred miles OF connecting road built
last year. the cost of which appears in the
floating debt account, over which there has
been so much comment on the part OF rail-
road wreckera
All Northwestern lines have given notice
TO Eastern connections that. owing to the
great demand for cars, cars loaded with
freight to eastern points will not be al.
lowed to 60 east Of Chicago: and the freight
returned promptly.
j. H. Agnew has made SO good q record
on o South Carolina road that he has been
appointed its general superintendent, with
prospects Of being it's general manager.
citation of Master Mechanics, and well
known in it's circles.
Commencing with Aug. the Peoria 81
Pekin road charges % cents per car per day
on freight cars of any company left stand
ing on its tracks more than ten days Its
business is, practically. to do ell the trans
fer work, both passenger and freight, for
roads coming into Peoria,
In the year ending June 30, 1891. the Col
cago, Burlington & Quincy paid out for
foreign agencies and advertising, S46l,-
1924. and did the largest passenger bust
ness of any year in its history. making up
largely the losses in freight revenue as @
result of the light corn crop.
Letter ballots are out for the adoption or
rejection of the standards agreed upon at
the last convention of the master car
builders. A good deal of interest Is taken
in the result of the balloting among rail-
road officials, as it means some important
changes in the construction of rolling
stock.
George Stevens, general manager of the
Nh..uu l.
posed to be boastful of the cost Of operating
the road as compared with it's gross earn
ings. The returns for June justify him in
this. as the net earnings for the same
mileage for June. 1891, were S110, 102 in ex-
dess of those of June, 1890.
The managers of the $500 lines may be
atie TO do about as they please in naming
freight rates. but on passenger buslness
they will be curbed somewhat. The trunk
lines have notified the proper officials of
the 800" that unless the rates are restored
at once between st. Paul and New York,
the trunk lines willnot honor their tickets.
A company known as the United Railway
Car-heatiDg Company has been organized
with capital stock of $500, 200. The CON-
pany has purchased the ear-heating and
of Williamansett, Mass. III. Ii. Stevens,
formerly president of the Chicago 81 East
ern Illinois road. has been elected presi-
dent of this company.
hereafter all net surplus earnings or the
Wabash lines are TO be distributed regular
ly among the debenture bondholders on
the basis of officially published monthly
statements. It Is believed that this action
will lead the English capitalists, who are
large holders OF these bonds TO advance
money Co build the new line between De-
troit and Chicago.
The monthly record of railway accidents
In the United States, pu blished in the Rail-
road Gazette. shows that in June there were
167 accidents. in which sixty persons were
killed and 237 injured. OF those killed five
were passengers and fly employees; of
employees. Fifty of the accidents were the
result of collisions and 100 were derailments
Engine No. 25. on the Vandalia, yester-
day afternoon hauled Train 20 from Green
castle to Ben Davis Station, where it
came to q stop to meet No. 81, IN thlrty-two
minutes. The distance is thirty four miles.
The train consisted of two mail cars. q bag.
gage car. two day coaches and three Pull
man cars. one dining car. With so heavy
train there are but few, If any, more re-
markable runs.
The 212 miles of the Peoria & Eastern
between Indianapolis and Peoria is said to
length to operate. outside of really mount
ainous districts. One of the monster
"hOgD engines run on this division will
haul from Peoria to the Illinois Central
crossing but twenty-three loaded cars; from
that crossing to Urbana, thirty-two loaded
cars; from Urbana to. Charlottesville,
twenty-eight loaded care; from Crawfords-
and from Jlmtown to Indianapolis, fifty
loaded cars. To keep the mileage of loco
motives within reasonable bounds requires
some skilIful engineering.