The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-04-26
tn. western Rate War.

called for Thursday 70 prepare sheets In &C.
cordance with the recently : published
worlds fair rates. How long these sheets
will be of use is a matter Of conjecture, but
matters are steadily drifting iowa I'd q point
where they will amount TO about 30 much
waste paper. The Santa Fe has now with
drawn from the boycott instituted some
time ago against the Union Pacific on ac-
count of the demand of the trade for the
long hauI on California business. The i'm
mediate result of this movement of the
Santa Fe will be to make the Colorado
row is settled ii is practically assured that
there will be a lively warfare In Western
worlds fair rates.
Personal. Local aud General Notes.
+. q. Darlington. superintendent of the
Indianapolis division of the Pennsylvania
lines, is so Ill as to contine him to the house.
IA. Barnard. general manager of the
Peoria az Eastern, VINO has boon in CIncin-
natl since Saturday. will return this even
ing.
The Louisville. Evansville g. st. Louis
has closed n contraot with one firm to ship
$500 carloads OF grain east out of st.
Louis.
The Big Four has put in a side track at
ingalls,. a suburb of Indianapolis, several
hundred feet long. and q neat depot is near
ing completion at that point.
The Vsndalia company on Monday put a
steam shovel and construction train at
work on It's new Peoria division. which is to
be well ballasted with good gravel.
J. Fl. Gsrahty, late purchasing agent of
the Big Four. took hold yesterday as gen.
eral superintendent of the Griffin car
wheel and foundry works at Chicago.
The last number of the General Manager
has for it's f~rontisplece q picture of ID. b.
Martin. general passenger agent of the Big
Four. and q complimentary sketch of his
railroad career.
Logsnsporr claims to lave tho best rail-
road facilities of any city In Indiana. In
dianapolis excepted. Passengers can get
ont OF that city In eight directions by $50
In the morning. q feature which the travel
ing statesmen like.
Col. WILTON Shaw, travelling passenger
agent of the Chicago. Burlington IL Quin-
enlarged TO take IN Columbu and Pitts
burg. the 20" cutting down Its number of
travelling passenger agents.
The Wabash has notified the Chicago &
Erie that IL will cease to run it's passenger
trains over Its tracks to Chicago on May
IA and take off its freight trains May 81.
The heavy rains of the last few days have
delayed work on the Chicago-Detroit short
line of the Wabash.
The Louisville, Evansville a. st. Louis
company has commenced moving the ma
chincry from its shopsin Huntingburg to
Its new shops in Princeton, Ind. and after
May l Princeton will be q division point
and the headquarters of the superlntend-
ent and train disDetchers.
The Pennsylvania Company has cut
down the working force at it's shops in Co
lumbns 10 por cent. and put the rest of
the men at work eight hours per day.
Those IN charge of the shops here have re-
ceived no such Instructions and it is not
likely they Will. as they are Oyercrowded
with work.
The Toledo & Ohio Central. which now
connects with the Chesa peake IL Ohio at
Charleston. will by the Let of July have it's
extension completed by which it will con-
meet with the Z. x .. OF Gauley. W.. Va.
This road has placed 80 ears in the
kanawha Dispatch line, which Is q Big
Four and Z. d O. line.
The Big Four is testing two of it's en-
eines. one of the Richmond build, the other
the Brooks build. Each weighs the same.
and nye-feet driving wheels. Zach 10 haul
ing the same number of cars. snd-the test
Is one of speed. amount of fuel consumed,
n several other points.
The Monon and the Michigan CENTRAL are
at war over the Lake Shore laying a side
track at Hammond TO reach the Wolf Lake
distilling house. The MoBon piled some
1.-The Michigan Central removed them. laid
it's track. and placed two heavy locomotives
at the entrance to the switch.
The passenger department. of the New
York Central has issued The Railroad and
the Dictionary" the second number of the
four track series. The little book contains
much M regarding railroads of
this country. illustrated by various cuts of
apparatus entering into the construction
and equipment of modern steam railroads.
The car mileage report Of the Big Four
Tor March shows q gain. as compared with