The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-08-16


In the week ending Aug. Ii there were
transferred over the Belt road 1925 cars.
the larsest movement of any week this
year. exceeding that of the previous week
$50 cars.
1t is expected that by Monday next the
Sandusky 81 Columbus ShOrt-line VIII be
completed between Marion and Bucyrua
Track-laying commenced yesterday south
ward from Marion.
George Brecount Southeasrern represent
alive of the Louisville, New Albany 81
Chicago. who has been in the city resting
few days. Will return To Cincinnati. his
headquarters. to-day.
Switchmen: The adjournment Of Con-
gress has left the bill concerning freight
car cOuplers and brakes In the hands of the
Senate committee. so that no action will
DO taken before December.
Evans. agent of the Big Four at Colum-
bus. o.. IS not panning out we'll The CON-
pany still has so much confidence in him as
to retain him in it's service.
The Wabash company has purcha sed SIX
acres of ground at Valparaiso. Ind. on
which 1t will build q handsome passen ger
and also . freight depot. A new depot is
also 70 be built at Burbick.
Charles L. Gately secretary of the Safety
Car-heating IL Lighting Company, will be IN
the city to-day for conference with rail-
road men as regards tablishiDR plant
here similar to the one now being erected
at Toledo.
The 1874 important roads of this country
earned, gross. In July. S4l .3c5, 600. an in
crease OF 3l2 per cent over July, 1891. For
the seven months ending July 81 the 134
roads earned sz70 701 goo, an increase this
year of per cent.
| 1t is stated that the owners of the Indian
apolis car works plant have been offered
by the citizens OF South Milwaukee twen-
| ty-fve acres of ground free and q bonus
<,f her he
| plant to that city, but the offer was de-
| clIned.
| The Pennsylvania and Big Four have
issued orders that in the future grain cars
must be loaded to their full capacity. 1t
has been q habit of many shippers to only
partially fill a car. but the cars are in too
active demand to admit of continuing the
practice.
Sunday was a great excursion day on the
Cincinnati, Hamilton * Dayton lines. To
Wo0dsdale Island Park the company car
ried. shown by the official statement
1888 people. and the c.. II. d. |. division
took to Blue River Park eighteen coaches
full of people.
The trunk lines have agreed to make no
advance on the present rates on dressed
were among the recently revised commod-
| ity rates, but have been taken ont and
| were not advanced as were commodity
rates yesterday.
William Gibson superintendent, j. i.
Nelson engineer of maintenance of way
and j. l. Withrow chief train dispatche or
| OF the Cincinnati division of the Big Four,
| with their respective forces moved their
| headquarters on Sunday from Springfield
| o., to Cincinnati.
| John Engeke. on the 1st of next month,
| will begin his thirty second year of service
as baggsgeman at the Union Station. Law
son Albertson has been q bagGagomnn at
tho Uuion Station since 1861, with the ex-
| ceptiOn of three years. in which he was .
| volunteer in the Union army.
| Norman Beckley. who for fourteen years
/ was general manager OF the Cicinnati. Wa
| bash IL Michigan, and who since he re-
| tired. has been visiting old friends in the
East. returned on Saturday toElkhart, Ind,
In excellent health. He will probably now
engage In mercantile pursuits.
! w. w. Root. commercial agent of the Big
| Four at Louisville, KY, was in the city
yesterday. He states that the Big Four 10
gradually building up quite q business out
| of that city. and will do big business
when its through line between Lousville
| and Benton Harbor gets shaped up.
NJ. StilIwell, master of transporta ton of
the Chicago 81 Eastern Illinois. was in the
| city yesterday. He states that the layin 9
of second track is progressing between Chi
cago and Danville. and within sixty days
| 1l3 miles of the 123 will be com pleted.
| Twenty miles of second track have been
| laid since July /. making seventy-six miles
now dou ble-track; the last twenty miles.
however, have not yet been operated over.
The New. York, New Haven & Hartford
! road has adopted the new devised John
son railway signal. and the average length
| of the blocks Will be three aud a half
miles. Each block signal. by this device,
Is electrically interlOcked with every
switch In the section 10 controls so that a
clear signal cannot be given until all
switches are actually set right for the
main track, no matter how far from the
tower they may be.
subcommittee of the Columbia pass.
enger committee appointed to consider
various matters in connection with rail
| way arrangements for the worlds fair has
decided to recommend tho esta blIsh me n I
of bureau of information at the exposi.
| ton, where visitors may obtain full and
reliable information concerning railway
and steamship transportation. 1t was also
| agreed to recommend that an exhibit be
made of . model railway ticket office q,
the fair.
Homer Frost, assistant general freight
agent of the Michigan division of the Big
Four. was In the city yesterday. He re-
moved his headquarters to Elkhart on the
first of the month. He states that the vol.
ume of business Is now governed by the
visions of the Big Four there is o lack O.
power. and the Michigan division must
share 1t with the rest. On Sunday last
freight and passenger engines were pressed
that day, something OF an impression was
made in forwarding delayed business
Consul-general Duran, of Guatemala
who is in San Francisco, says President
Barfilas 10 building n narrow-gauge rail
road from Guatemala, three hundred mile,
away, to Porto Barrios, on the Atlant il
coast. This, in connection with the Guate
mala Central railroad from San Jose. on the
Pacific coast, to Guatemala, will give ar
all rail route from ocean to ocean. 1T il
the biggest railroad enterprise in Cent ira
America" said General Duran, land meanl
much. The government has alread
awarded the contract for the first invent y
miles of the road. This twenty miles i,
from Porto Barrios to Denedorrs and is Il
be completed inside Of fifteen months"
The Chicago South Side Rapid transi
Company, operating the Alley l. road, be
gan running trains to Forty seventh street
yesterday. and the service w i'll be extended
to Fifty-trst street in about ten days Tn,
management of the road is pushing tn,
work of construction to Jackson Park al
rapidly as possible. and paying little at
tention at present to the downtown loop
The project has not been abandoned, but II
simply held in allegiance until the more i'm
portant work of building the road to the
worlds fair grounds is completed. Tn,
| company has ordered additional rollins
| stock and motive power sufficient to ruI
trains of six cars to jackson Park at three
minute intervals. The feasibility of run
ming express trains. making only one OIL
two stops. is also under consideration. The
entire road to Jackson Park will be in op
Grafton by about March /, 1893.