The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-01-25

tefeste VIII agree 10.
The Baldwin acknowledgements have
an electric crane which picks ND the
largest locomotive and carries 1t with
ease. Il readily carries one hundred tons,
at the rate of two hundred feet per
minute. and sets 1t down within one thir-
ty-second of an inch OF any spot that may
be desired.
Lyman Pontious, Panhandle brakeman,
died at Logansport on Monday from an In
| jury received while coupling cars ct Star
City. He slipped. and his head struck
spike which projected from the car; on
Thursday last an operation was performed.
The injury was not thought TO be serious,
yet he died from the effects Of it.
Col. VIM. Shaw. of the Chicago. BuriinR-
ton IL Quincy. is In the city. He says the
situation with We6tern lines as regards
passenger rates has greatly improved the
last few weeks, since the excursion business
Generalization has passed Oft. and he
thinks rates are as well maintained now
as at any time in the last five years.
The directors of the Chicago. Union
which has been talked of for the past two
years. met in Union City Monday evening.
As TO the exact results of their meeting
nothing can be given. but one of them
| stated, yesterday, that the road was sure
to go through and work would be conf
| menced as soon as the weather moderated.
| The scheme of B. s. Henning. formerly
| general manager OF the Indianapolis.
bloomington q Western. now President OF
| the Brooklyn & New York road, TO tunnel
| under East river, connecting the two cities,
| is taking shape. Eminent engineers have
| carefully examined his proposed plans and
have declared 1t entirely feasible. and with
| Mr. Henning's well-known energy there
| will be no difficulty In securing the capital
| needed for so important an enterprise.
An official Of the Monon writes that q
| wrong impression has gOne abroad as re-
| CARDS John Evan, superintendent of the
Ind Inv. x.<slg htxyra Df 4hn Ia
| states that everybody on the road likes
| him officially and personally, including
| General superintendent Collins. Mr..
Evans leave of indefinite absence was
| granted on account of Ill health. with the
understanding that. should he regain his
health, he is to return to the position he
left
H. w. Griffin, the engineer killed on his
| engine at the Wabash-river bridge on the
| L. L. 81 w. road on the Goth of this month,
| had much respect shown his memory on
| Monday by the Brotherhood Of Locomotive
| Engineers. The men of the l.. Il. u w.
| shops and citizens of Peru accompanied the
remains to the Wabash depot. where they
| were taken in charge by Canada Norton,
Philip Boynton, Fred Robinson and q
| brother of the deceased. The burial wall
| occur at Freeport. Me.
| Yesterday Chief Engineer Meach. of the
| Pittsburg. Fort Wayne ~ Chicago. estab-
| lished his headquarters at Massllon. o.,
and will immediately commence q survey
| for o second track between Massillon and
Ortvilie. When this link is completed the
entire eastern division, excepting one
nine-mile stretch. will be double-track,
with the roadbed in first-class condition.
The portion of the road now double-track
| Is laid by experts to compare favorably
| with the Pennsylvania line.
The transferring of II. r. Derlng, assist
ant general passenger agent of the Penn
sylvania lines. to Chicago. is looked upon IN
railroad circles as q very sharp move.
Since MIR. Doring was given charge of the
Cincinnati as wellas the Indianapolis terri
| tory he has increased the business out of
| Cincinnati and from the Southwest near
| IL 100 per cent. and with such field as
Chicago to operate In even better results are
| anticipated. as Mr.. Dering ranks as one of
| the ablest and shrewdest d. 3Senger men in
| the West
| The Illinois Central this week issued q
| statement of its business for the first half
| of its fiscal year, ending Dec. 81, 1892. Its
| gross earnings were LIS, $50. q slight In
crease over the corresponding six months
| of 1891. In net earnings there was a fall
| ing Oft Of 1885, COZ. Under the conditions
| prevailing the statement is considered by
| railroad men and inanciers good one. 1t
| Is to be remembered that the company has
important lines in the South. where the
| cotton movement fell off heavily, and other
| adverse influences existed. The company
| also suffered from floods, which submerged
Its tracks and did considerable damage.
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ChrlstotfersOn, foreman of signals on the
| Big Four. had made an Improvement on in
| terlockiDg switches and signals which ex-
perts thought q valuable invention. One
| of the devices has been put In operation at
Litchfeld, ILL.,, and works admirably. So
much interest is taken III the invention
| that manufacturers of interlocking
switches and signals have sent representa-
90 of
them to secure control of the device. At
| any rate, those who understand it's work
| ings say the inventor has a device which
will yield him O competency. If rightly
handled. IL is simple. effective end per.
fectly reliable In all kinds of weather, and
reduces the cost of interlOcking apparatus.
| f. T. Jeffery. formerly general manager of
the Illinois Central, and now q director in
the Big Four company. is. as president of
cellent record. Mr.. Jeffrey is now in New
| York. and in an interview says he became
| president of the Denver 81 Rio Grande in
October. 1891, and since the road has paid
| of q, 100000 of the floating debt. For the
year ending Dec. 81. 1892. the gross earnings
of the road will reach over Sc. 200. 600. In 1887
they were SOS. 4l9; in 1883. 81 66S. 654: in
1889. SS,046. 60S. and In 1890. SS,S75. 7S6. The
net earnings for 1892 will reach at least
100000. In other words. 1922 has been
the best year in the entire history of the
Denver q Rio Grande. The interest on the
funded debt takes up S2,O00.O00 annually.
Il
for the floating debt, about 81. 000. 900 avail
able for the payment of taxes rentals and
| extraordinary rene ais, and for division
among the shareholders. The company is
now clear of floating debt. and on Feb. 20,
prOx.. will resume payment of dividends
upon the preferred stock.
Z. o. Mccormick general passenger agent
of the Cincinnati, Hamilton X Day ton. on
Monday made one more attempt to settle
the rate war in progress between the lines
doing business between Cincinnati and st.
Lonis, which was brought on by the Ohio
81 Mississippi running free chair cars. An
impression had gained foothold that the o.
~ NJ. would restore rates aud resume charg-
ing for passage IN the chair cars, but On
Monday General Passenger Agent Shattuc,
of the o. & NJ, declared that the o. 81 NJ.
would continue to run free chair cars. The
regular rate between Cincinnati and ST.
Louis is $40: all lines are CARRYING passen.
gers at $3.50 Der trip one way. while the
| scalpers at both ends of the line have
tickets over either line that they will sell
at So per trip one way. The three general
passenger agents deny positively that they
are working with the scalpers, which
further demoralizes matters. Mr.. McCor-
mick having exhausted all his arguments
to induce the o. * nj. to settle the war is
Obliged to cut rates and see that the c., Fl.
* ID. and the Vandalis get their share OF
the business.
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