The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-04-12

Terre Haute & Peoria road yesterday called
on the Cincinnati, Hamilton a. DAYTON for
two hundred cars 10 load for Baltimore
and the Pennsy wanna lines had an order
from Western lines for several hundred
cars TO load for Philadelphia.
BY unanimous vote the lines in the West
ern Passenger Association overruled the
decision of Chairman Finley and will use
the cut rates between Chicago and Ohio
river points as basing rates on through
business from points west and northwest.
Capt. Joel b. Sawyer. now living in Dem
nison, Tex. is supposed to be the oldest To-
conceive engineer now living in the United
States, he commencing TO run an engine on
the Boston IL Worcester road July 4,
1895. He has been living in Dennison
twenty years.
VIM. Henry, late engineer of mainte-
nance of way of the st. Louis division of
the Big Four. has received letter from K.
Is. Thomas, first v1ce-prcsident OF the Erie
line. asking him if he would accept posi-
ton on that system. He has the matter
under consideration.
The treasurer of the Terre Haute & Indi-
annapolis company is paying the taxes at
the different county-seats as assessed. but
the Union Railway Company will pay on
its own valuation of its property, resistin g
the payment of the additional tax under
the new assessment
ID. 4. Whitcomb of the Belt road, Is in
clined to be boastfuI OF the exemption from
accidents on that busy piece of track. 1t
Is now i've years since an accident at all
serious in character has occurred. and dur
ing that time an average OF two thousand
cars daily have been handled.
The Peninsular car-works are building
some very substantial coal cars for the
Chicago x Indiana Coal road They are
thIrty-seven feet long. eight feet eight
inches wide. have carrying capacity of
10000 pounds and are equipped with air
brake and the NJ. G. 3. coupler
Cornelius Shields. general superintend-
ent of the Chicago. St Paul ~ Kansas City
road, has resigned to become superin-
tendent of the western division of the
Great Northern. with headquarters on the
Pacific coast. The vacancy. it is said, will
be filled this week by promotion from the
ranks of the division superIntendents.
There are eiRhty-five locomotives on the
Indianapolis division of the Pennsylvania
lines. and with the exception of three
switching engines all are. practically speak
ing, new. Seven of the number were re-
ceived since Jan. ], and sixty-eght
more are to come for The Southwestern sys-
TEN: twenty or more will come to this di-
vision.
There is good authority for stating that
negotiations have been renewed looking to
the Terre Haute IL Indianapolis Railroad
Company (Vandalial securing control of the
Terre Haute q Peoria road. and such ne
gOtiatiOns are likely to prove successful.
The road, without question. would be q
valuable feeder. in fact now is to the Van
dala.
Tomorrow E. p. Lord, superintendent of
motive power of the Big Four lines. will
award the contract for the new engines
sixty in number. The bidders are the fol-
lowing locomotive works: The Pittsburg,
the Cooke. the Richmond, Va. tbs Grant,
the Rogers, the Rhode Island, tho Schen-
ectady, the Baldwin, the Brooks and the
Dickson.
Inquiry makes it quite evident that the
deal by which the Lake Erie Il Western is
to secure control of the Chicago d. West
Michigan road, which it crosses q LaPorte.
Ind.A will be carried through. Parties who
were asked 10 inspect the road and report
as to the advisabilty of the L. +. & w.
taking 1t into its system have sent in q
favorable report.
A number of freight men left last night
for Chicago to attend a special meeting to-
day of the freight department of the Gen.
trail Traffic Association. At this meeting,
so demoraliZed are east rates, it is
expected the grain rates will be reduced to
the basis of % cents per hundred pounds.
Chicago to New York, making the rate 1S1s
from Indianapolis.