The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-09-29


for several years between Chicago and Buff
faIo. They were made because the Nickel
plate insisted on making o round-trIp rate
of $3.50 for that OCCASION.
The second harvest-and- home.seekers
excursion was quite surprise. much
larger number avalling themselves OF the
low rates than in the first one run. Most
of the excursionists went to the north and
Southwest
Now that the Reading combine is send.
ing the price of coal upward, the Western
roads are considering the practicability OF
bringing Colorado coal into com petition
with the Pennsylvania product.
The demands of the telegraph operators
on the Mackey lines are greater than those
of their brethren in other districts. The
average advance they ask IL Sl2 per month.
Possibly they are paid lower wages than
are paid on other systems.
Inquirer: All roads west Of the Missis-
sippi interchange traffic with fast-freight
lines east of this river, but no road west OF
the river Is interested IN any line east OF
lines mileage would not be correct.
The quiet towns on the Michigan d.
vision of the Big Four. formerly the Gin
cinnati. Wabash 81 Michigan. were con-
siderably excited on sunday last. when
eighteen freight trains were run. Under
the Beckley management trains were not
run on Sunday.
The Lake Ere e. Western and the Big
-Four are carrying twenty TO twenty-five
carloads of grapes from Sandusky and
other points in the grape district OF Ohio
daily. The fruit Is consigned TO cities all
over the West and Northwest within q
raoias Of 800 miles.
The Pennsy lvania Railroad Company has
introduced a new system ct it's car shops at
lower PottsvIlle, Pa. All hands work now
by contract. The men are we'll pleased with
the innovation and claim they can make
fhta
work 10 accomplished.
A superintendent asked Journal re-
porter, yesterday, how it happened that
there were so many idle telegraph OBJ
eratora aud Ii any road was letting out"
it's operators. tie added that this week
there had been fully dozen telegraph OPP
orators In his Office asking for work.
The Chicago and Buffalo passenger rate
war Is increasing In bitterness, the Nickel
plate people. who are responsible for the
trouble. showing no disposition to restore
rates The Wabash has given out that
unless 1t does so on Oct. 1 il will make
five-dollar rate from Chicago to Buffalo.
ID. }. Mackey, president of the Louisville,
Evansville ~ st Louis road. has about de-
cided to build another tunnel In place of
the present Patton tunnel, which has given
the company SO much trouble. The new
one will be located half a mile further
south. where 1t can be constructed through
solid stone.
w. III. Boyd. commercial agent of the Big
Four at Pittsburg, Will retire from that
position Oct !, and the Big Four Will have
no representative there. Others are to 60
In the freight department.. il is stated.
under orders to reduce expenses. Mr.. Boyd
will go to Kansas City to represent q
fast-freight line there.
The voluntary relief department of the
Pennsylvania lines east of Plttsburg lie q
much older organization than that of the
lines west OF Pittsbuag. and its monthly
disbursements are three times as large. In
August the association east of Pittsburg
disbursed SAL, 044.70. The association west
of Pittsburg, for August, disbursed but
SIG, 74L45.
The Chesapeake g. Ohio seems to have
protited the third week in this month by
abandoning freight trains for three days to
handle the Grand Army of the Republic
third week S232, 416, the largest weeks
earnings in the history of the line. and an
increase over the corresponding week of
1891 of S24.699.
The Pittsburg locomotive works has
Just completed compound engine for the
Pittsburg Il Western road, the engine
alone weighing l35, 900 pounds In test
1t hauled nineteen loaded cars MP ninety
two-foot grade 1t Is q ten-wheel engine,
has l9x26-inch top cylinder and low one
29x26 iaches The driving W heels are nifty
two inches in diameter.
week OF this month total of S94, 529 an in
crease over the corresponding week last
year of Sl2.256. The Louisville Evansville
a. ST. Louis road earned 81, ISL, an in
crease of s9,C64: the Evansville ~ Terre
haute 27.4Oi, an increase of s2O14; the
Peoria. Decatur N Evansville S17.927. an
increase of ST29; the Evansville & Indian
apoiis s7.S4s. an increase of Si5l.
With the approval Of John +. Miller. gen.
eral superintendent, j. w. Wallace has
n N 1nf fad frs iOh md fteta M -
the PeDnsylvania lines at Oak Grove. vice
Ii. A. Sunderland, resigned. q. l.. Garrett
Is appointed agent at lakewood. vice j. II.
BicknelI, transferred, and j. Billhlmer
freight and ticket agent at Walkers Mill,
pointments took effect yesterday.
The Big Four is renewing twenty-eight
bridges over streams on it's lines, putting
In iron bridges. They are distributed as
follows: Seven on the Cincinnati division,
four on the Chicago division, three on the
Sandusky division, three on the Indianap-
Oils division lBee-line), three on the st.
Louis division, three on the Whitewater
division, three on the Michigan division
and two on the Cleveland division.
The Ohio Southern Company is deter
mined on building an extension from
| Springfield. O.. to Lima Between the city
limits of Springfield and Lima most of the
right of way has been secured. bat. in get
| ting into Springfield TO connect with its
main line, the company is experiencing
trouble, every property holder having
placed exo:bitant prices on his property.
| At the Lima terminus the proposed extern
sion Will make four or live important con-
nections. as follows: New York, Lake Erie
IL Western, Chicago 81 Erie. G.. II. ~ ID.
and Pittsburg. Fort Wayne q Chicago
| railroads. superintendent Ramsey is
authority for the statement that the O. 8.
may acquire, IL they succeed in reaching
| Lima, the Chicago, Milwaukee & Lima
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