The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-05-10
thousand cars have been equipped with

thousand cars have been equipped with
this door.
The L.. n. A. & C. last week received five
new freight engines The remaining pas
senger engine. which fills the contract for
SIX. will be delivered this week.
There were transferred over the Belt road
In the week ending May z. total of l4.424
cars. Belt road engines handled $50 car
loads of live stock during the week.
Some of the freight men left last night
Tor Nashville. Tenn. to atten the 1l2th
meeting of the rate committee of the South
ern Railway X Steamship Association.
The Pullman company has just COM
pleted a building in Pullman which con-
tains two hundred erecting stalls, being
the largest erecting car-hOuse in the world.
The Indiana Csr-service Association will
hold its regular monthly meeting to-mor-
row at the Office of General Man ager
Bacon. Some important matters are to
come up TO be acted on.
&. c. Jenkins. general agent of the Lack
awanna fast-freight line. has resigned TO
take position with Armour ~ Co. Mr..
Jenkins was for some years agent of the l..
Z. IL w. at Muncie, Ind.
In what comes under the head of mis-
celIaneous freiQhts. there were shipped
from Indianapolis. IN April. S9.027.l 1873
pounds. which was 7.4G5. S79 more pounds
than were shipped in April. 1891.
The receipts of the Vandalia at it's In
dianapolis station for April were $40. 1872. 90
In excess of those of April. 1891. At the
city freight depot. In the house proper.
there we're 722 cars loaded with freight for
local points.
Engineer Murray. who was killed in the
wreck on the Monon. last week. was. at the
time Of his death. carrying SC, 600 insurance
In different companies, $1,000 of 1t being
with the officials and Employees associa-
ton, of this city.
Charles Green, whose mysterious death
was announced yesterday morning at Gin
natl. was formerly a conductor on the At
lantic ~ Great Western road. then on the
Wabash, going to the Cincinnati. Hamil-
ton d Dayton road about seven years ago.
8. T. Blizzard. formerly trainmaster on
the Chicago division of the Big Four, now
superintendent of the Ssnduskv division.
spent Sunday in the city. when he was
called on by q committee of his old assOcl-
ates and presented with an elegant diamond
ring.
A stock train of twenty-six cars on Fri.
day last was hauled from the stockyards
in Chicago to Fort Wayne. over the Pitts
burg, Fort Wayne 81 Chicago road, in
seven hours. which is said to be the best
run with freight train ever made between
Chicago and Fort Wayne.
Exaggerated reportsh have been published
to the effect that the Illinois division of
the Rock Island road is under water and
the whole system tied up in consequence.
is again in good condition at all points and
that all trains are running practically on
time.
The directors of the Evansville g. Terre
Haute road have authorized the sale of an
other 81 .OOO,OO0 of the general mortgage
for double-tracking part of the road.
equipment and enlargement of station fa-
cilitIes. The total authorized issue is
S7000000.
F. L. Patrick. of Columbus, O.. one of the
directors of the proposed Chicago, Indiana
was at Mitchell yesterday with the chief
engineer of the road, looking over the
quarry region and making preparations to
commence to complete the final survey of
the road.
John f. Miller, general superintendent
of the southwestern system of the Pennsyl-
varia lines was in the city yesterday on
official business He states that IN his
long connection with the Pennsylvania
lines he had never known so extensive and
general improvements making on the lines
as at the present time.
The new Detroit & Chicago (Wabash
hne) Is being built exclusively for through
business. There is q stretch of 156 miles
which does not touch q county-seat.
Some good towns in northern Indiana are
passed through. but Goshen. q county seat,
Is five miles from the road. and Lap orte.
another county-seat four miles. In this
manner the company secures q line eight
cen miles shorter than any line now in
operation.
On Sunday next two new additional ex-
press trains ore TO be put on between New
York and Boston and the running time cut
down to five hours and forty minutes, six
hours heretofore being the shortest time q
train has been scheduled between the two
cities. TO make the same speed as is made
by the Big Four and the Cincinnati, Hamil;
ton 81 Day ton between Indianapolis and
Cincinnati. the run between Boston and
New York would be made in five hours.
A freight locomotive on the Chicago 81
Alton road, equipped with the Lewis valve
gear, last week hauled o freight train from
st. Louis to Chicago. $50 miles. in less than
was run in thirty minutes. and nine miles
were made upon an incline of forty five
feet to the mile. This is said to be the
fastest time of freight tram on record.
and the next fight is evidently to be on
time freights. East from Chicago and In
dianapolis the Pennsy lvania lines are lead
ing in the matter; out of ST. Louis, the Big
Four
The Great Northern railroad will here
after be managed in two divisions, Minot.
\. d.. being the division point General
superintendent Case will have charge of
the eastern division and c. Shells.
formerly with the Kansas City road,
will be. general superlntendent of
the western division, with, tempo
rary headquarters at Kalispell. Mont.
to be changed later to Spokane 4. b.
Wakeman is made general superintendent
OF transportation, q new position created
for him. General Manager Tain. assistant
ern Pacific. has been made general superln-
tendent of the Seattle, Lake Shore g. East
| ern. the appointment taking effect early IN
June This road is the latest acquisition