The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-07-12

cennes. and twenty-five carloads of wheat,
ana the officials say that by to-day wheat
viii be loading on their line for Baltimore
and Philadelphia at the rate of forty cars
a day.
The Big Four. in the month of June.
handled on the system 1880 loaded cars,
1851 being loaded at stations on its lines.
In tle six months ending June 80 there
cars, and of that number 336,54l originated
on its own lines.
G. G. Pierce. general Western agent of
the Merchants Dispatch Transportation
Company. returned from the East yester-
DAY. he says not in years have railrcsd
men on Eastern roads been better col =
tented than now, and all reports to the
cont. iry originate with agitators.
VIM Cannon, secretary and treasurer OF
the Railroad Mems Building and Saving As
ISOLATION, says that most OF those who have
borrowed money TO build with from the
association are railroad men, and he is
glad TO say that so far as he knows not
strikers.
The train sheets show that the Big Four
moved on the system, yesterday, 1900
loaded cars, which was 200 more than on
Monday, and Superintendent Van Wrinkle
thinks that by Saturday the several divi-
slons viii be moving an average number Of
loaded cars, as there is considerable freight
awaiting shipment.
The South Carolina Railroad Company
has been organized under the name of the
Ohio River < Charleston Railroad Conn
pany. This is a piece OF road which was
built as part of the road TO extend from
the seeboard to Chicago. and was pro-
jected by Indiana men, with DR.. Haywood,
now deceased. at it's head.
The new class ''P" engines on the Penn
sylvania are making fine records. They are
built at the Juniata shops, especially for
Gently one has been put in service between
Philadelphia and Jersey City, where 1t Is
surprising the Mechanical department with
the cas-; 1t reaches a high speed with heavy
express trains.
The twenty section men on the Evans
vile X Richmond, who went out as ordered
by Debs, have been discharged and new
men put in their places, and the men who
remained with the road. refusing to obey
Debs's orders have withdrawn from the
union, including j. G.. Ray, of Bedford.
Ind, agent OF the company, who organized
that local union.
A new deal is in progress in connection
win the proposed new trunk line railway
system which is TO enter Pittsburg. By
the new plans the Buffalo, Rochester d
Pittsburg, the Beech Creek and the Pitts
burg. S~henango- < Lake Eric railways viii
FOR the new line have progressed so rapid
" that contracts for. grading and con-
days.
John F. Miller. general superintendent of
the Pennsylvania lines Southwestern sys-
tem, last evening removed his headquar-
| ters from Indianapolis TO Chicago. He goes
there to. see that the repairs to the track.
telegraph and signal apparatus are com
pleted as soon as possible. He says about
| twelve miles of new track will have to be
built and a large amount of. work done in
replacing the signal and telegraph service,
| which was destroyed by fire.
The passenger business of the Cincinnati
Hamilton & Dayton at Indianapolis, and
IN tact at other stations, shows an increase
ness was dronped M handle The worId'
fair travel, but the excursion business. OF
the road thus far this season has more
1t will take good work for the c., III. a. ID
or the. Monon to SHOW favorable compari,
have the worlds fair business at its height
TO Inquire against.
E. A. Peck, formerly general superintend-
mt Of the Big -Four, now holding the same
position on the CT. Louis & Iron Mountain
5 reported to have handled the strike OF
the employees on that road with marked
ability. At the onset he, by Circular. noti
led the employees that they would not be-
allied upon to fill the place of any mar
who struck on the system, but would be
expected 10 perform their regular duties
with promptness and faithfulness. and thi:
announcement is said to have done much
-Oward making the strike a failure.
Said a railroad official yesterday: "Tht
manner in which the conductors have con.
ducted themselves during the late trouble
some times has made them solid with then
respect for the agreements they make Witt
the railroad companies" He thought thai
N r. T.. Clark, grand chief, they had made
IN excellent selection. He is cool-headeC
md slow to express an opinion. but wher
le does it proves to be a correct one in ev.
Try case, But few of the members of this
organization struck, and those who did arr
liable To expulsion from the association.
An English journal has been soliciting
opinions as to which is the worst railway in
England. Among their replies is the fol
lowing: Sir: The Southeastern railway is
tbs very worst railway in the world. Its
engines are asthmatic; its lamps are
trimmed by foolish virgins; its fares are
excessive; its carriages let in the snow in
winter and are furI aces in summer its
motto is unpunctueli.y: its principal sta
ton is approached through the neck of a
bottle. 1t ruins the temper, destroys the
digestion, and enables one to realize the
horror of 'Dante's Inferno