The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-10-20
Personal. Local and General Notes

I%rsonaf. Local ana Generai Notes
The Chicago * Alton company is putting
the Janne,y automatic couDlers upon all
their freight cars
There were transferred over the Belt road
last week 15.lG1 cars. against 1902 in the
week ending Oct. 10.
Vice-P President Thomas King. of the Bal
tlmore d. Ohio lines. says that soon all
through trains of that road will be run via
Pittsburg instead of Grafton.
@. b. Mccormick has been appointed
foreman of engines on the Pennsylvania
lines west of Pittsburg. with headquarters
at Pittsburg. vice f. K. Beatty. transferred.
The Atchison. Topeka Il Santa Fe will
double its track for n considerable distance
out from Chicago. To make this improve
ment Sl.0OO.00O IS To be raised on Initial
bonds.
The eastern lines out of Kansas City are
somewhat disturbed over a rate the Con-
tinental fast-freight line is naming for
Baltimore. The business is shipped via st.
Louis and Peoria.
The shipments of live stock to this city
are unusually large for October. Last
week Belt-rosd engines handled 1871 car
loads of stock, against 94l carloads in the
corresponding week of 1890.
The Chicago g. Alton have decided to nse
the Fountain time signal on their entire
line. superintendent Bates has improved
this signal and it now works in perfect
tuC ~ pIONCut5 lCdt-cDO tOiiioiObS.
The Lake Shore people are experimenting
with asphalt between the tracks In some OF
its yards. It is thought this will DO better
than ballasting with stone or gravel. pro-
ducing a smoother and more slightly ynrd.
1t is four months since A. G. Wright was
reappointed general roadmaster of the lndi-
annapolis division of the Louisville, New
Albany II Chicago road. and during that
time he has placed under tho track on this
division sixty thousand new cross-ties.
NJ. L. Mardis, who for some years past
has been passenger agent of the Erie lines
at Youngstown, o.. on Nov. / goes to Lis
bon, o., to take charge of the Erie's passen-
ger and freight business at thai point.
Bruce Bailey will succeed him at YouDgs-
town.
A Western short line. incorporated last
week. bears the title of the Hudson, st.
Vraln Erie. Mitchell. Lafayette. Louis-
Vile. Marshall. Denver d Pacific railway.
This is undoubtedly the most lengthy
specimen of railroad nomenclature III
America.
The c., c.. G. & st. l.. Mutual Benefit AS
ISOLATION will hold its annual meeting in
the Board of Trade room tomorrow even
ing. Delegates from all prominent points
on the Big Four system will be present. as
each division now has a large representa-
ton in the association.
The local freight traffic of the Big Four
lines has reached such q volume that Its
city freight depots here are far from being
adequate to handle the business with any
promptness. and plans for q new, commodi-
ous freight depot. TO be located on Alabama
street. are now being considered.
Allen Maxwell. president of the Atchison,
Topeka Il Santa Fe. has returned to Boston
from q six weeks trip over the lines, and
reports that the system, physically. was
never before in as good condition as he
found 10. As regards business. he says IL 10
simply limited by equipments to haul it.
The Chicago. Burlington & Quincy peo-
pie. now that their earnings are footing M so
handsomely. are very sensitive IL anything
Is said detrimental to the c~ompany's finan-
the money to pay all indebtedness for roads
it has acquired in the last few years, which
falls due on Jan. I.
The revised rules of the Indiana Car
service Association have been printed in
pamphlet form and will be distributed this
week. General Manager Bacon says they
are so explicit that agents. shippers and
consignecs may understand, without ques-
tionihg, what is expected under the regula-
tions of this organization.
Master Car-builder Anderson. of the Pitts
burg * Western road, has been offered and
accepted the same position on the Chicago
" Eastern Illinois road. He returned TO
Pittsburg On Friday last from Donville,
ILL.,. where he met President Saul, and the
officials of the p. & w. are trying to per-
hf|A hfAA " ~ Ath bAdb IA
At the annual meeting of the Columbus.
Shawnee 81 Hooking Railroad Company
the most important action taken was with
reference to leasing an outlet TO Lake
Erie for the coal traffic of the road. which
extends from Columbus into the eastern
and southeastern Ohio coal fields. The d.
rectQrs were authorized to perfect arrange
ments for leasing tho %Sandusky ~ Column
bus. Lake Erie IL Southern Short-line now
IN process of construction from Sandusky
annth hu Hfranf linn to A Vol m lurC frf,o 49,
route will be. when completed. the short
est and most direct between central Ohio
and tho great lakes.
Chairman Finley has been notified by the
AtchisOn. Topeka & Santa Fe road that IN
TO tho present II has taken no steps TO meet
the cut in passenger rates made by the Kan
sas City. Fort Scott K Memphis. from Kan
sas City to Washington, and hoping that
the matter might bo adjusted, but that it
can no longer iguorc this competition. The
tirst-class rate of S26. y from Kansas City TO
Washington. through Chicago. the second
class rate TO be SIS. These rates will. of
necessity. apply to Raltsmore and Harris
burg. Chairman FINLEY has authorized all
interested lines to take similar action.
A circular issued by the chairman of the
Central Traffic Association authorizes the
following rule: when traffic is contract
ed for shipment by rail to lake ports, and
thence by lake and rail to Eastern destina-
NlOlc. Ill III bic HIKE UOIIS A.tts
navigation has closed. and is rendered to
the rail lines there for all-rail transporta-
ton. the rates east of sneh points of trans
Ter will be the proportions due therefrom
OF the all-raii tariff rates In effect at
the original points of shipment. The traf-
fc so changed will be entitled, under these
rates and conditions, tn the rule authoriz.
ing the changes In co%nsignees and destina-
tIons."
The New York Central people will, on
Oct. %. put on their new fast train between
New FORK and Buffalo. to be known as the
Empire State Express. Ii will he the fast
est train in the world. and Will make the
trip. 40 miles, in eight hours and forty
minutes, or at q sustained speed of fifty
two and one-third miles m hour. The
Royal Blue line of the baltimore x Ohio
and the Pennsylvania Limited, between
New York and Washington. average sig
miles an hour; the Scotch express. so
new train leaves New York at o a. VI. and
reaches Buffalo at $40 p. NJ, stopping at
Albany. Utica, Syracuse and Rochester
only.
Col. Bennett Ii. Young was called by tele-
gram quite unexpectedly to Chicago on
Friday last. where he had q conference with
certain parties who are interested in the
Louisville. New Albany n Chicago road.
tie returned on sunday TO Louisville. and
as very reticent in stating for what he was
called TO that city. Chicago parties are
said to have become interested in the new
bridge over the Ohio river from Jefferson
Vile. and IL Is believed that All effort Is be-
ing made to get Colonel Young interested
IN the enterprise. 1t 10 also stated that the
Vanderbilt people have been considering
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