The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-10-19

line westward now building to Brazil.
Railroad contractor Managan. IL Is said,
will at once remove his men and teams
Shore road. in the northern part OF the
State. to Carbon. Ind, to complete the line
TO Brazil and then move westward.
The New York State Railway Commits
sion has acted favorably upon the applica-
ton, supported by about every steam rail-
road company in the State. which asked
the board to extend TOR one year from Nov.
l next the time within which the cars used
on roads In New York State must be equip
ped with automatic c0uplers.
The Vandalia has received three heavy
passenger engines from the Pittsburg loco
motive-works. and n. X. Elliots. superin-
tendent of transportation. says that as
they get limbereG up they are developing
great power and speed, and will hanl
twelve coaches over any part OF the Van
dalIa system sixty miles an hour.
On Nov. 8 the Atchison, Topeka 81 Santa
Re Will put on its new limited yestibule
trains between Chicago and California
points Tn schedule of the new trains Is
seven hours and fifteen minutes quicker
TO San Francisco than the fastest train
now run. There will be an answering
train east-bound, making the same time.
Twelve passenger brakemen off of the
%Pittsburg division of the Pennsylvania
have been summoned to Plttsburg by SUI
perintendent Turner to be trained for pas
senger conductors, and q number of men
are to be taken off of other Western lines
OF the Pennsylvania Company TO be edu-
Gated for ehis position. as tn business of
next year will require q large number of
new passenger conductors.
The statement that James Bissett, who
commenced railroading N 1852 on the
Madison 81 Indianapolis road as peanut
boy, was now superintendent of motive
| power of the Kansas City. Fort Scott 81
Memphis road, has brought to light the
fact that two other brothers are holding
like positions, all of whom were Indian
apolis boys. Robert Bissett is on an Iowa
system of roads with headquarters OF Cres-
SON, and Henry Bissett is on q Southern
system with headquarters at Raleigh, s. c.
There 10 one association which moves
along with unusual harmony-the Middle
and western States Lumber Traffic Asso-
citation. 1t handles annually an immense
quantity Of Lumber. and the percentages to
the roads In the association arc so divided
that all seem satisfied and rates are main
tanned. Under the division the Cincinnati,
Hamilton Il Dayton gets SO per cent. of the
total business. the Big Four % Per cent,
the Columbus q Hooking Valley 1Z.9 per
cent. the Baltimore IL Ohio 10.7 per cent.
the Toledo Il Ohio Central 6 per cent, and
the Wheeling 81 Lake Erie 5 per cent.
That President McKeen, of the Vandalia,
should leave for Colorado the day before
the PennsyIyanlA inspection party in
spected the Vandalia line has excited some
comment. Such comment is uncalle6 for.
Mr.. McKeen had arranged with other par
ties o month ago. to leave on Monday, not
then knowing when the Pennsy lvanin peo-
pie would go over the Vandalia, and he
could not we'll postpone the trip, as 1t is
quite an important one. So far as the rela-
tions of the Pennsylvania people with the
Vsndalia people are concerned, one high in
authority says that they were never more
pleasant.
The directors of the Cincinnati, New Or.
leans d Texas road have reelected Sam
uel Thomas chairman of the board, s. M.
FELTON, president, Henry Fink and &. Z.
Harvey vice-presidents. and III. Tatem Sec
reIary. All things considered. President
FELTON, has made q good record on this
road: When he took charge the property
was in bad shape physically, and it has
been greatly improved. then. he has had
ness in tho territory through which the
road passes to contend with the last year.
This accounts for the road showing n de-
crease In net earnings the last year of S216,-
$50.
An official of the Big. Four road states
that there Is not the least ground tor the
statements being sent out by telegraph TO
the effect that there is to be n general tie-up
on the Bia Four system, the switchmen at
all division points going out on strike.
In speaking of the matter the official said
there was never q strike occurred on any
rond which was as uncalled for as the re-
cent one at Columbus, not o railroad organ
ization sanctioning it; even the switch
mems organization did not approve it. As
planned and carried out every yardmaster,
| with one exception, every s~witchmnn, and,
in fact, every employee in the yards, even
TO the telegraph operators, signed an agree
ment to stand by the leaders of the strike,
and, as a result. not one of the strikers is
now in the employ of the. Big Fonr compa-
ny; in forty-eIght hours after the strike
the engines. switches and every other de-
partment in the yards were manned by
good experienced men, and never was tho
business at Columbus yards handled more
promptly. says the official, than at the
present time.
A. ID. Perry, district passenger agent of
the Chicago & Alton. with headquarters
at Indianapolis, has devised a ticket which
cannot be scalped if sold under the con-
tract signed by the party using the Trans
portation. For instance. the party lives at
Memphis and wishes to go to Chicago; be
goes into the ticket office at Memphis and
purchases q round-trip ticket, paying the
rate then current. the purchaser signing
his name. If it be an excursion ticket at
one fare for the round trip, he pays the full
rate and on presenting his contract at
Memphis he is. on his return, refunded one
half the amount. If, when in Chicago, he
ticket office of the road be came over and
the agent viii redeem the ticket, paving
him the difference between the round trip
and one way rate. The fare now is S13. So,
Memphis to Chicago, or S21 for the round
trip; the purchaser of the ticket pays S27,
and on his return to Memphis $3.50 is paid
him by the ticket agent, or ii he remains
in Chicago the same sum. Under such u
contract the ticket could not be scalped.
and in the end the purchaser of the ticket
gets the advantage OF the reduced rate.