The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-03-06

the new Missouri. Kansas & Eastern. This
Will give James Barker, general passenger
chance to secure the business from that
city the line is entitled 10.
The Pennsylvania railroad annual report
shows that the gross earnings of all lines
east and west of Pittsburg for the year
were Sl35, O59, 1915; operating expenses, $S,-
49l 55S.92; net earnings. $50, SOS 223.7 3. There
were 135.5l42SS tons of freight moved and
So. 1921 S9 passengers carried.
The stockholders OF the Cincinnati Leb-
anon & Northern railway have authorized
President George Hafer to advertise for
row to the standard. The roadbed has al
ready been widened and new culverts and
bridges have been made ready to receive
the new equipment.
II. r. Dering assistant general passenger
agent OF the Pennsylvania lines, in charge
of the Chicago, indianapolis and Cincin-
natl districts, has virtually been asked TO
curtail the expenses of the passenger de-
partment at the points named, and II is
creating some uneasinesS among the men
located at these points
Negotiations are pending for raising
funds to extend the Omaha & st. Louis.
making IL a much more important road.
j.. f. Barnard, formerly president of the
Ohio, * Mississippi, is receiver of the
Omaha & st. Louis. and thinks that the
extension will do much TO brighten the
future of the property.
The English engine, James Toleman,
which was exhibited at the worlds fair and
afterwards tested on the Chicago, Milwau-
kee q St Paul, not meeting expectations,
was taken to the Baldwin locomotive works,
Philadelphia, and changed in some respects,
and last week, on a test, did much better
than on it's first trial on American rail-
ways.
w. o. Hukill purchasing agent of the
Pennsylvania lines, is in the city on official
business. He states that railway supplies.
taken as a whole, are not much lower than
last year; in fact, they could not well be,
as in 1893 supplies were purchased from
% to 40 per cent lower than in 1892. when
it was supposed bottom prices had been
reached
The Railroad Gazette of March contains
photograph of cross tie recently taken
up on the Jeffersonville, Madison & Indian
tected by Servis tie plate. and still per-
fectly sound. Beside it are ties laid next
to the tie protected six years ago, and
they are too much decayed to be of any
more service
]. A. Barnard, general manager of the
Peoria & Eastern, says he has now got his
will enable the road, If it has any show
of business the next few months to come
nearer earning its operating expenses and
interest on first mortgage bonds than it
has in any year. with one exception, since
it passed under its present control.
President Ashley. of the Wabash lines,
now in New York tells the friends of the
property that while there is brighter out
look for business for the road, so far there
has been no substantial Improvement, but
he is confident that as the season advances
the disposition to maintain rates and live
up TO agreements will result in increased
earnings from both passenger and freight
traffic.
Thomas Morris, who for the last twenty
years has been roadmaster of the Big Four
Chicago division, and is now assistant chief
engineer Of the Big Four lines. states that
in his years of service ne has never known
the tracks Of roads in Indiana to be in
good condition in the spring Of the year.
TO throw the tracks out of line, no heavy
rains to soften the roadbeds, and the
nAlr1 a c lyr
in midsummer.
The report of the Railroad Commissioners
of Illinois shows that in that State there
cent. of which is laid with Steel rails, and
So per cent. ballasted with gravel or stone;
some four hundred miles Is Is, provided with
there are eleven interlocking plants IN the
State at crossings of railways This must
divisions of the Big Four Which lie in iii
nois. there are ten of these interlOcking
plants. and some of the other roads have
a number.
Mention was made last week of fast
run of a fruit train over the Illinois Cen
trail from New Orleans to Chicago. The
official report of General Manager Harahan
shows that the 9l2 niles was covered in
thirty-four hours; average speed, 262 miles
an hour This fast time not accom-
plished, he said, by high speed, but by the
SteadinesS with which the speed was main
tanned over the whole route, the time be-
tween division terminals varying only from
a minimum or three hours ana lnlTly Hllil-
utes for one hundred miles to a maximum
of four hours and forty minutes for 12l1a
miles.
E. B. Wall, assistant to Vice President
McCrea, of the Pennsylvania Company, and
who is also to look after the affairs of
the Union Railway Company, of which Mr..
McCrea Is now president is spending
couple of days in the city. He devoted
his time yesterday to looking over the at
fairs of the Union Railway Company ard
Belt road, instructing Superintendent Zion
and Secretary and Purchasing Agent Can
ing things abandoning the hand-to-mouth
policy of purchasing supplies and buying
at prices which shall be the prevailing
price for the year. To-day Mr.. Wall will
devote the time TO looking after the af-
fairs of the Pennsylvania Company at the
shops yards and other terminal interests.
From the North to the South DR.. Bulls
Cough Syrup is the preventive of colds.