The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-29

= per ton. For two years past $50 Q ton
has been the prevailing price of rails in this
country. This means S2S per ton TO meet
English prices.
The Chicago & Western Indiana manage
ment IL getting the termina nj system of sew
eral Chicago roads in shape for handling
the worlds fair business. Its four-tracked
road. which now extends from Dearborn
Station 10 Forty-sixth street. will. within
the next ninety days, be extended 90 Sew
enty-hrst street. giving u four-tracked road
out OF Chicago for seven miles.
A railroad attorney of high standing re-
marked yesterday. when speaking of the
burdens that Harry Crawford, ST., was car
rying in his Indiana Midland road, that
without question Mr.. Crawford vas one of
the ablest and railroad attorneys
In this country. but as q railroad nan he
wss - failure. He made lare fees as a law
Yer, and then exp pended the money in build
ing railroads where no railroad man of
good common sense would think Of build
ing q road.
John Holland. foreman of the Chicago &
Alton railroad boiler-shops. in Blooming
ton, ILL.,. rendered his resignation yester-
day. to take effect ut once. Mr.. Holland
has filed this position since 1858. His resig-
nation excites mmen In railroad circles
because 1t follows SO closely the resignation
of A. w. Q~uackenbush. master mechanic.
and +. NJ. Bates, master of transportation
of that road. No cause for the resignation
Is given. The strike Of the Alton boiler
makers, which began four months ago. is
srIll on.
The ticket scalpers say that the general
adoption of limited tickets will be OF bene-
fit to them. as they will apply largely TO
local travel. from which they now reap but
little benefit. The lImired tickets they
will be OBLIGED to handle more expe-
ditiously on through business, but this
means that they will buy them at their
own price. as they do excursion tickets
good for forty-eight hours. The margin on
the limited ticket. as q rule, 10 three times
that of an unlimited ticket, while their
loss II not sold is not so large.
A railroad man of considerable expert
ence. in speaking of the Louisville. New
Albany q Chicago securing terminal IA
cilities OF it's own. remarked that John Is.
Carson. in 1887. when president OF the road,
had an opportunity to secure the Indian
spolis. Perm g. Chicago road from Indian
apolis to Michigan City. with its excellent
terminals at Indianapolis and it's fine ter
minals and docks at Michigan City, at q
sun which would not have exceeded what
the L., N: A. 81 c. people have spens at In
dianapolis and will spend to perfect ter
minals here.
It is stated officially hat the Chicago.
Burlington * Quincy has spent nearly
three million dollars in construction of the
buildings, bride es and other terminal facil-
tiles 1t now has at ST. Louis. and that,
beginning with the new year, it 10
proposed to make the st. Louis gateway
Of the as important q one as that via
Chicago. running fast trains of iine equip
ment. leaving on the arrival of the Wabash,
the Big Four and the Vandalia and the
Ohio Il Mississippi trains from the East,
and. in turn. the go" will interchange traf-
fc with the same roads on east bound busi-
ness to an extent to amply reciprocate.
j. w. Greenen. trainmaster of the In
disnapolis division of the Pennsylvania
lines. and o veteran In the service Of the
company. states that in his long service he
has never known such 9 volume Of bust
ness moving over the Pennsylvania lines
wet of P~ittsburg. There have been times
when some one division was as crowded
with freights rs now, but on other divis-
ions traffic would be light. and engines
could be transferred from one division to
another and relieve the blockade. but such
Is not the case now. Every division needs
more power than IL can obtain, and it 10
almost impossible to hire engines from
other roads,, as business with them is
equally pressing.
Officials of the Order of Railway Con-
ductors are considerably exercised over 80
large . humber of passen ger conductors
employed on the Pennsylvania lines with
drawing from the organization, and are
quietly at work. hoping TO find the real
reason therefor, and should it be discov-
cred that 1t Is the beginning Of q fight on
the organization by the Pennsylvania off,
Gals. an attempt will be made to induce
all labor unions to boycott the Pennsyl-
vania lines in all directions. Officials of
the road. however. boot at the suggestion
that the company Is making q fight ON any
labor organization, saying that so long as
the work OF the company Is done efficiently
the man DOING il will not be disturbed, no
matter what organization he holds men,
bership in.
The Pennsylvania company is constantly
summoning freight conductors, two or three
on OF each division. TO ~Pittsburg. to at
tend the school OF preparation TO handle
passenger trains. They are supposed to
know all about the moving Of train signals
and transportation matters. and this school
ing tests them IN mathematics aud clerical
work connected with the service as o
passenger conductor. He is obliged to
know all about the classification of tickets,
all railroad connections of the PenDsyl-
yania lines, canceling of tickets. and to
learn all the complications in this branch
OF service. This requires q good deal of
close application and study. Occasionally
o man. on learning what he has to 90
through to become a competent passenger
conductor, wlthdraws aud goes back to his
position as o freight conductor.
''One of the mistakes of the owners of the
Indianapolis, Decatur x Western said a
NOS built to some one of the coal districts,
and thus secured coal for their own use
and for shipment to towns and cities
reached by the l., ID. x w. By building
Six miles OF ROAD the pest coal mines OF
Parke county could be reached, and it ia
stated that this branch could readily be
built for S50.000 or less By using old rails
which should be taken MP on the main line
and replaced with q heavier rail; and there
are other points equally feasible to build
TO. / know that 1t is the intention of the
Cincinnati. Hamilton * Day ton people,
should they secure control of the l.. d.. a.
w. to build branches to collleries within
Q few miles of the l., ID. & W.. and further
that IL Is the intention of the c., II. & ID.
to carry out President Hammond's scheme
of building west to Quincy, or som other
good Western railroad point whore good
connections can be made" j. V. O'Neale,
auditor of the l.. ID. 81 W., in speaking of
building q coal branch, said the earnings
of the road could be increased 500 o
month without any extra exerti6n. and he
thinks that If the present management
continues In control of the property build
ing q branch coal road will be one of the
first moves after pending litigation is
ended. Trustees Peirce and Sands favor
such a move. but as trustees they cannot
take the necessary action.