The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-08-12
SPENDING MONEY LAVISHLY
Costly Improvements by the Pennsyl-
vania Between Pitisburg and Chicago.
Determined to Have the Best Track in the
Country Before the Worlds Fair Opens
Death of Ex-President Hugh Riddle.

Country Before the Worlds Fair opens
Death of Ex-President Hugh Riddle.
NJ. j. Becker, chief engineer of the South
western system, and Thomas Rodd, chief
engineer of the Northwestern system of the
Pennsylvania lines west of Pittsburg. are
in the city on Official business, and VIII re-
main until this evening. The Pennsyl-
vania Company Is spending money lavishly
on the Pittsburg. Fort Wayne Il Chicago
road between Allegheny and Crestline. On
Monday twenty-seven miles of additional
second track were opened for business. and
forty ght miles additional will be built
this season, making a total addition of
twenty-five miles of second track. he rail-
laid weighs eighty live pounds To the yard.
The reballastiDe with broken stone OF this
road Is progressing, sixty thousand yards
of crushed stone already having been put
in this season. Since this improvements
was undertaken. a few years ago. 7O0,OOO
yards of stone ballast have 0een spread on
the track. leaving but 100000 yards to dis
tribute to make the track, where single or
double, stone ballasted between Allegheny
and Crestline. While this work is in prog
ress east of Crestline, between Crestline
and Chicago money 10 being expended in
no stinted way. laying of second track. re-
ballasting. reducing grades and improving
the Chicago terminal is going on al rapid
rate. and by the 1st of May 1888. no track
in the United States will excel in it's phys
zeal condition that of the Pittsburg. Fort
Wayne Sc Chicago between Pittsburg 81
Chicago.
Three Decisions Concerning Rates.
Chairman Walker. in behalf of the COM
missioners of the Western Traffic Associa-
ton, has given out three decisions, all of
IN
mental business. The first is In relation to
proposition TO advance the west-bound
transcon tinental rates on packing house
products from all points east of the Mis-
souri, river. The idea is to readjust these
rates on q new basis. leaving the Missouri
rates cents per one hundred pounds. and
the rates from Chicago and common points
10 cents per one hundred pounds. The ap-
plication was denied. In another decision
the commissioners auth orized the establish
ment of carload rates to points In the ter
ritory of the Transcontinental Association
for the transportation of machinery In
mixed carloads including herewith GER
tain specified articles properly analogous
thereto. The third decision is to the effect
that q rate of $265 per one hundred pounds
should be established for the transpOrta-
tion of carload lots of cotton bags from
New York and common points to Pacific
coast terminal points.
Death of Hugh Riddle.
Hugh Riddle, chairman Of the executive
committee of the Chicago, Rock Island &
Pacific Railroad Company. and ex-presi-
dent of that corporation, died Wednesday
night at his residence an Chicago of heart
disease. He was exactly seventy years Of
age. having been born Aug. II. 1892. at Bed
ford. N. Y. At the age of twenty-four he
became a member of the engineer corps of
the Erie railway, and from 1851 until 1889
be was identified with the operating de-
partment Of that system. In the latter
year he went to Chicago az general suDer-
intendent of the Rock Island road. In 1871
he became vice. president of that company,
and in 1887 he was elected president, serv-
Ing In that capacity until 1888 He was AS
sociated with Charles Francis Adams on
the trunk-line committee In 1884. and in
1856 he was elected director of the Union
Pacific.
Fears OF Conservative Passenger Men.
A large sum of money is being expended
on the Nickel-plate road this year, and a
belief prevails that it is intended to open
it de q passenger road. Since built it has
been practically only a freight road, haul
ing only few local passen ger trains. As q
freight road it has been q great democrat.
izer of rates. and has been used t. retail
ate on competitors OF the t0nQ6t LllI lines
unless they acted IN harmony with the
Vanderbilt roads. 1t 10 feared that should
the road enter the field as through pas
senger line its demorallzing methods of do
ing business will extend to that depart
ment. In speaking of this. one passenger
agent said yesterday: There is one COM
forting thought; the Nickel-plate can
hardly more demoralize rates than they
have been the last TWO months"
Corrected Earnings.
Eastern financial papers seem to have
erred in giving the statement of earnings
of the c., c., c. s. st. L. for July, and below
is published the earnings of that company
as given ont by NJ. E. Ingalls,, president.
and of the Chesapeake d Ohio and Peoria
& Eastern roads, of both of which COM
panies he Is also president: Big Four estl-
mated gross earnings for July were 81. 265.-
72l.19, an increase of So. q52.53; Peoria 81
Eastern division, gross. Sl46, 1870. de-
crease of Sll.74I20. The c. Il o. earnings
for July were, gross, SS'6. 90, an increase
of Sl2.6S9.7S.
Personal. Local and General Notes.
d. ]. Roberts, general passenger agent of
the Erie lines, 10 West looking over mat
tiers.
Competitors of the Vandalla complain
that so many of its mileage books are found
In tho hands of the scalpers
w. p. Ijams president OF the Belt Road
and Stock-yards Company. has gone to
Wyoming TO look after his cattle interests
In that State.
At it's last meeting the Sc. Louis Division
of the Order of Telegraphers initiated
sixty-three new members. This division
now has 400 members.
The health of G. w. johnson, the veteran
passenger conductor on the Terre Haute 81
indianapolis road, is such that he has been
obliged to give up running for the present.
General Manager Harris, of the Chicago,
Burlington Il Quincy, is In Boston, and
gives very encouraging reports to Boston
capitalists, who are largely interested
in this road as to its future.
Commencing with Sept 4. the Big Four
will receive new engines at the rate of one
day until the contracts out for fifty
gines are tiled. They are building OF three
different ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
NJ. w. Cooley has assumed the duties of
engineer o! maintenance of way of the To-
ledo 81 Ohio Central road. ana j. w. Land
graf is acting as its treasurer until o sue
oessor to Mr.. Kline is appointed.
Joseph Ramsey, jr., general manager of
the Big Four lines, was In the city yester-