The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-19

the couplers of the passenger equipment
from the Miller TO the Janney coupler.
President Cald well, of the Nickel-plate.
has returned from his Pacific coast trIp,
and yesterday, in company with General
Manager Williams, began the annual in
spection of the road and it's appurtenances.
ID. S. Gray. general manager of the Union
Line is making an effort to shorten the
schedule of the uressed-beef trains which
are run over the Pennsylvania lines be-
tween Chicago and New York and st. Louis
and New York. He is now East for that
purpose.
All through trains run on the Big Four
system are now heated by steam. u.s.
ing the direct Martin system, and also
number OF the local trains. Sixty days
from now there will not be a passenger
train run on the Big Four system that will
not be heated by this method.
General Manager Odell. of the Baltimore
q Ohio mas directed that two thousand
additional men be employed at the COM
| pany's shoDs located at Baltimore. Pitts
burg. Grafton and Newark, q. Orders
have been given for the building OF two
| Thousand box cars and i've hundred
| gond0la cars.
An official of the PennsylvanIa lines says
| that the improvements at Logansport are
| by no means com pleted. There are yet six
miles of additional side-track to be put In
| at that point and between Bradford and
chicago tllrJy-SlX miles OF slQe-tfack YET
| TO be put IN. the grading OF which is largo
| ~ completed.
/ A Boston paper. I'm speaking of the fact
| that capitalists of that city are buying
| the securities and stock of the Lake Erie
| * Western road. says that the future of
| this road is full of promise. and the time 10
| not far distant when some strong CON-
bination will be formed which will pay o
| good price for it.
The coal operators on the Indianapolis Il
Vincennes are loading coal at the rate of
one hundred cars day. aid Trainmaster
| Lands says but for the great difficulty
| in securing miners they would be loading
| 80 a day. At both the Island City and the
tluebardt mines they woulo employ
| double the number they now do could they
| be hired.
William X. Bells secretary and treasurer
| of the Railway Officials and EN- ployes' AS
ISOLATION, who is now in Hot Springs, Ark.
| writes that. aside from his rheumatic
| troubles. he is all right but liz this respect
| his months stay there has not benefited
| HIM. He has decided to remain. however,
until the middle of next month, hoping yet
| to be benefited.
The Chicago Great Western railroad. the
| successsor of the old Chicago, st. Paul &
| Kansas City railroad. proposes to Issue
| S7O.0U0.0O0 new securities. as follows: Fif-
teen millions per cent debentures; $15,-
100000 per cent. preference, known az
| preference IA" $40 00O,0 600 per cent. pref.
ence. known as preference "B," and $780,
O00.000 common stock.
| The Train dispatchers' Association,
| which. q few weeks ago, seeded from the
old organization. claims to already have o
1 mem bership of two thousand. 1T this be
| true 1t will be q serious drain on the old or
| ganiZati0n. 1t is stated. however that the
new organization Is not so scrupulOus to
have the mem bers of the organization gen.
| uine train-dlspatchers as has the old associ-
| alton been. .
| The Chicago. Milwaukee IL st. Paul is
testing new block signal device. It
| works by electricity and Is constructed
that at any given time when there is
danger within the block it shuts of the
| steam on the locomotive and sounds an
| alarm on the whistle. Should anything
| get wrong with a switch on that block the
effect is the same az if there were another
| train on the block.
The American Railway Agents Associa-
tion is said not to be In as tiourishing con-
/ dition as a majority OF the railway organ
lzatlons. The commission question has
been disturbing element In the organiza-
| ton, and Its mixing In with the Lake
! Shores troubles with its agents did not
| help the organization, as 1t eugendered ILL
| feeling on the part of the general passep.
ger agents of many of the leading roads.
| At a meeting at Atlants, III. w. Reed, of
Georgia, was elected president of the Ma
tional Roadmasters Association. Other
| officers are: w. q. Storms ana &. j. Moll of
| Chicago, yice-presldentS; secretary aud
treasurer, J. III. X. Burgin. of Grand Rap
Jones of Beardstown, Ill. o. +. Jordan of
Canada and Robert Block of New York.
| The next annual meeting will be held in
Chicago.
The contract OF the Adams Express Com
| paDy with the LehiRh Valley railroad Will
expire ebout the first of the year. The
Philadelphia q Reading company is al
| ready making preparations to extend the
United States express service TO it's leased
| Lehigh Valley 81 stem. thus adding several
thoVsnd miles to the latter express COM
paDys territory. This gives it monopoly
of the Lehigh Valley, as we'll as the Jersey
Central, as the latter road has been ham
ding United States express business for
some time past.
NJ L. Ingalls,. president of the Big Four
lines, has renewed his efforts to get in TO
Louisville over the Ohio 81 Mississippi
from North Vernon, as his Benton HarbOr
line cannot be properly developed until it
has a Louisville terminal. 1t is believed
the new management of the Ohio Il Mis-
sissppi will prefer to make trackage ar
rangement with the Big Four rather than
have tnem oSd an lno sr,fn III nS 1n TO
should the o. & NJ. not consent to q favor
able traffic or trackage arrangement.
The ladies' auxiliary TO the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers Is now in session
at Columbus. O., there being some three
hundred delegates IN attendance. The or
ganization Is an auxiliary to the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers and en-
braces over one hundred aud fifty lodges.
with q mem bership of some ten thousand
ladies. Indiana sent 8 good delegation.
The organization is the most prosperous in
Pennsylvania and New York. Mrs. w.
Murdick. OF Chicago. is president; Mrs. III.
st. Clair, of Logansport Ind. secretary;
Mrs. +. w. Bowley. of San Francisco. grand
chaplain. and Mrs. Bert Webb, of Atlanta,
grand guide.
The passenger department of the Penn
sylvania Company has issued a new sly Ia
of tourists rate sheet, publishing it in
book form of ninety-nine pages. The in
formation 1t contains is In such complete
and yet simple form that an agent cannot
60 sstray. The terms are given in alpha
betical order. also the stations, from which
rates are shown in the same order; transit
limits in each direction, and extreme re-
turn limit. as well as length of time tickets
are on sale, are given concisely, and last,
hut very important to the agents. the
proper form of ticket and the route are
also given. The convenient size of the
sheet is a distinct advantage. The work
reflects great credit upon Mr. L. c. Seiden-
OF, the chief rate clerk in Mr.. Ford's office
The Supreme Law of Rapid Transit.
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