The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-26

light of the engines were covered several
inches thick with ice. The oldest railroad
men say that seldom have they known q
storm 70 be so binding in it's effects.
The restoration of east-and-west- bound
rates TO tariff Dec. ] does not affect grain
rates unless some line has been shading
tariff rates. On many commodities there
has been some shading OF both esst-and-
west bound rates. and the aim is to brace
mp such breaks.
The Lake Erie & Western will soon be in
the market tor GEO tons of steel rails.
The company Is next year to do q good
deal in the way of laying side-traeks TO IN
dusrries On it's lines. and the light rails
taken MP will be used IN these contem-
plated side-tracks.
The shops of the Pennsylvania Company
at Fort Wayne will this year build twenty
hrst-class locomotives. The work turned
out at the Fort Wayne shops equals in ev-
cry respect the best turned out st Altoona.
In fact q Fort Wayne build OF engine has
performed better than the same type of en-.
CINE built at Altoona.
In the month of October there were
handled On the Big Four system 179. 1913
loaded cars; increase over October, 1891.
Il, 7SS. The l0aded-car mileage of the
year of SD 32 miles. OF the total number
of cars handled. so 1910 per cent were loaded
and 10 40 per cent. empty.
A special carrying c. III. Vanderbilt.
President Cald well and General Manager
Williams, of the Nickel-plate. made the
run from Stony Island. to Bellevue. 265
miles, IN six hours and twelve minutes. on
Wednesday last The first 141 miles were
covered IN three hours and twelve minutes:
the run from Fort Wayn to Bellevue, 124
miles, In three hours.
Gen. Samuel Thomas. president of the
Monon. has been reelected chairman of
the board of directors of the East Tennes-
see, Virginia x Georgia And q director of
the Richmond Terminal Company. posi-
ti0ns which he resigned a few months ago.
Thomas syndicate Is having its way in the
REIMBURSEMENT of the affairs of these two
companies.
Regarding the report that the Panama
Railroad Company has served notice that.
on and after Feb. /, 1928. no through bills
of lading from the Atlantic TO the Pacific
from the American representatives of the
company will be accepted. Mr.. Houston.
secretary of the Pacific Mail Steamship
Company, said yesterday to a reporter of
the United Press: This is the work of
French schemers and spectators and aims
at the ruin of our Pacific trade. The inten-
ton IS TO put all the through freight into
the hands of a new foreign steamship line
on the Pacific.
The suggestion of ID. b. Martin. general
passenger agent of the Fig -Four, that there
be three standards of rates on worlds fair
business, Is meeting with the approval of q
majority of the general passenger agents.
First, the wealthy people. who want to
travel on nothing but sleeping and parlor
coaches. paying full rates: next. the great
middle class. the people who Will be the
mainstay and backbone of the traffic. they
to be gwen one fare and a third for the
round trip; last. popular excursions. which
will catch the people who have bat little
money TO spare.
The decision of the Pennsylvania di-
rectorssto spend 81 1000. 900 next year In I'm.
provements to the property. carrying ont
its four-track plan, among other things is
satisfactory in one respect. 1t shows that
the management Is not. as reported some
months ago. to adopt the policy of disz
charging men and suspending improves
ments. and it further shows that the views
of President Roberts. in this respect, agree
with those of the English capitalists inter
ested IN the property. as he would hardly
take so important q step without the ap-
prevail of at least q majority of the security
holders.
Charles Melville, assistant to George
gton. secretary of the Vandalia, has
prepared the fol wing statistics regard
ing railways, gathered from P0or's Manual
and other authorities: There are in the
1858 miles of side-track. making q total of
PA. 528 milee of track. of this mileage ia
776 is laid with steel rail and SO. 753 with
iron. There are in service in the United
States railways $3.50 locomotives. 23,0Ss
passenger cars. 1865 mail. baggage and
express cars and ITO ESQ freight cars. Ir
the last year ending June 80, 1892. the road
handled 656, OLE. 500 passengers and moved
| 704,S SOS. 600 tons of freight.