The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-09-29

case.
The business men of Anderson are much
eiated over the manner the Big Four is
treating them: Division Superintendent
Wells has put in new agent there, Q. w.
BENJAMIN, and new yardmnster. Hugh
Martin. and given them plenty of switch
ing engines. This has resulted in largely
increasing the business at that point.
The boy colt of the Georgia Southern e.
Florida road by the four prominent roads
of the South is attracting q good deal of
attention. and a bill has been drafted to
present TO the Legislatures in States in
which the road operates giving power 10
the Railroad Commissioners to deal with
cases where roads discriminate against
each other.
1t is stated that President Ingalls, will
have very handsome surplus left in the
Big -Four tEeaeury after paying the Octo-
Der quarterly dividend OF IA per cent. The
preferred stockholders are quite safe in ex,
pecting per cent. per annum dividend
on their stock for some time to come, and,
as much of it cost them but 65 cents on the
dollar, IL is not bad investment.
The new freight and passenger engines on
the Big Four arc about the same weight as
those purchased few months ago, yet they
are hauling six more loaded cars than do
those hrst purchased. with the same guam
tity of fuel. This is due to the driving
wheels being six inches less in diameter
and to some minor improvements suggested
ceived.
One of the most conservative freight men
has recently travelled extensively in the
territory from which Indiana roads draw
their business. and he is of the opinion
that there 10 now in sight business enough
says If the railways will inst maintain
rates and haul the business offered 1891 and
1877 viii be the most prosperous years In
the history Of the central States roads.
The traffic between Gallon and Cleve-
land over the Big Four has reached such a
volume that the company 10 replacing the
light rail with q rail weighing seventy-f0ur
pounds to the yard as fast as it can we'll be
done. Ii is believed that when the physi
cal condition of the Big Four between CO.
General Manager Ramsey as high speed
can lie made over that 139 miles of road as
over any road in the country. Between
the two points there are but three curves,
those very slight ones. and the grade is
favorable to high speed.
One of the most difficult things, says
mecl meal engineer, to do is TO weigh q
locomotive correctly. There il no trouble
In getting the total weight, bat to weigh
an engine in sections and get the bear
ing ON the driying-wheels and on the
the forward truck is very difficult matter,
and it is impossible to make the total
weight of the engine correspond with that
OF the weight in sections with any scales
in use in this country, and even in England,
where the split scales are used, correct
weights by sections are very difficult to
make correspond with the total weight.
G. L. Doane late immigrant commission
er of the trunk lines at the barge office,
New York city. has just returned from a
trip to the Pacific coast and comes back
surprised ut what he has seen. He says the
railroad men are SO busy trying TO handle
the traffic that confronts them that they
have no time TO consider the question of
rates. Their fight now is not to get the
business but to take care of that which ia
Western cities has been phenomenal. but
this year the increase in the freight is
even more remarkable than the growth of
population.
The Pennsylvania Voluntary Relief As
ISOLATION has been in existence now little
over two years on the lines west of Pitts
burg; east of Pittsburg the organization is
older. Since formed the Pennsylvania
company has put upi in cash to get the as
sociation into operation and we'll upon its
feet, the first year. SAG, %; second year.
Sal .41s.99; to this must be added a def
cheney in benefits above the assessments of
its members amounting 10 SO, 396. AZ. max
ing total of S1l0.673.6O. which the Penn
sylvania Company has put up in actual cash
to get the organization to its present eff
Gent method of operations on the lines
west Of Pittsburg.
The east-bound shipments of freight by
rail last week from Chicago amounted to
57.92S tons, against 1854 tons for the pre-
vious week and 57.3S7 during the same
period last year. Lake shipments amounted
TO ID, 047 tons. against 115.174 tons for the
preceding week. The shipments of flour.
grain and provisions from Chicago TO the
sea-board by the lines in the Central Traffic
Association aggregated 81 .69f tons. against
2S.Ss4 for the preceding week. a decrease of
1864 tons. and against 2s,s7l for the CORE
spending week OF 1880, decrease OF 7,l77
tons The Vanderbilt lines carried 80 per
cent, the Chicago 81 Grand Trunk 10 and
the b. & 0. II per cent.
Officials OF the Peunsylvania Company
have investigated rs to who was In fault
for the accident ut Harvey's crossing. on
the Pennsylvania line, on Friday laet, and
find it was clear case of trying to beat
the train. which was running at least sixty
miles an hour. with u pair of horses mcvin x
probably six miles an hour. This Is the
testimony of parties who were drivin just
behind the carriage III which were the per-
sons who we're killed. The injuries to one
of the daughters are not so serious as was
supposed. and yesterday il was thought
she would recover. She has her reason. and
says that her father saw the train. hut
thought he had ample time TO get across
the track.
A passenger official of the vandaIia lines
would show that the local traffic of the sys-
tenn had grown the last two years even
faster than its through business. Five
years ago IL one OF the through trains.
which stopped nc county-seRts only,
handled ninety to one hundred passengers
it was good business. Now IL % train
handles less than 1G0 To 200 the trainmen
speak of travel as being exceedingly light.
Towns on the line ara increasing in num-
bers and In inhabitants. and with this IN
crease comes the increased local business
for tho through trains and for the shorter
ones. which come under the list of strictly
accommodation trains.
Every year makes it more evident TINT
until the Louisville. New Albany < Chi
cAgo gets independent terminals at Indian
apOlis il will labor under great disadvan-
tages. The terms which the Lake Erie *
Western gives tbom for uso of yards and
freight depot are doubtless very reasonable,
but the roads are really cpmpe t. tore. n nd
human nature Is such that the l.. l.. ~ W.
man is not going to go out of his way to
protect the interests of the Monon. The
depending upon tho l.. T.. * w. TO do Its
switching. 1t has no side-tFaeks, and
would not do half the business out OF here
which il now does had the road not been
very fortunate in getting live, frst-class
men to look after its interests The sur
prise 20 freight men 10 that it gets rs much
business as it now does under so greet dis
advantages.
Mention was made Of conference Thurs
day last between trainmen on rho Peoria
81 Eastern road and General Manager
Barnard. This conference wac followed by
another between the general manager and
Superintendent Pclmerton. The latter
wanted An incrpase in salary his uav mot