The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-19

was paid without any solicitation on the
part of the heads OF departments. About
two months ago the employees on that d.
vision made a liberal donation to the same
cause.
During the dull times in r~ailroading train
masters on several divisions of the Big Four
aminations OF employees on the Big -Four
book Of rules. Mr.. Courtwright will this
week go over the Michigan division in this
work.
do with the coming OF better times with
railways will be the building of grain eleva-
tors at Sandusky and Cleveland. The eleva-
tor at Benton HarbOr Is proving a vaIua-
BILE Improvement for the Michigan division
of the Big Four.
Nothing seems to interrupt the prosperity
of the New York, New Haven & Hartford.
It's gross earnings in the quarter enalng
Dec. 81. 1898. were S6,1S5,OiO, against $4,4S.5s9
In the corresponding three months of 1sS2,
and the increase I'm net earnings for the same
period was in excess Of $4,000.
Chairman Blanchard. of the Central Traf-
fc Association. has issued a very urgent
call for a meeting of the association lines
In Chicago tomorrow, special stress being
put on a full attendance. 1t is stated that
the association is practically poWerlesS 10
stop the generalization in passenger rates.
The Gag Missouri river lines have de-
clined 10 make a $3.50 rOund-trip rate in
connection with the $3.50 ~round-trip rate
made by the tranScontinental lines 10 san
Francisco, and it is probable that the latter
will now make the round-trip rate $50 by
reducing TIE transcontinental line rate TO
SCI, a $3.50 reduction.
For the last thirty days the big ten
wheel PittsbUTg build engine of the Van
dalia, which was exhibited at the worlds
fair, has been hauling train No. -, and
only once has the train been late in arriv-
ing. In that case the engine made up eight
cen minutes OF lost time on the fast Sched-
ule from Terre Haute to Indianapolis.
1t is alleged by officials in high authority
that there has never before been a time
when so large a percentage of the travel
was on tickets purchased from ticket scalp
erS. On several or the more important
roads 1t Is alleged that fully three-ffths of
the business carried is on mileage books
the ticket scalpers are given to handle.
n Philadelphia paper publishes an inter-
view with j.. T. Green, one of the vice
presidents of the Pennsylvania, in which he
says: The railways of this country can
go no further in the matter Of introducing
economies, and the reaction must now
come. Wages have steadily advanced, so
have certain other expenses, and If the pub
lie wants good service in the future II
must expect to pay higher rates than now
prevail. An advance has become a neces-
sity. The railways cannot continue to do
business on present rates."
There are several important questions to
come before the general managers Of the
roads in the Union Railway Company at
their meeting this week, one being the
carrying of the mails between the Union
Station and the postoffice, the contract with
Frank Bird expiring on March l. The
question of division of expenses of operat-
ing and maintaining the Belt road will also
be considered. A. y. Zion, who is to take
the SUPPLEMENTARY OF the Union Railway
Company and Belt road, will be given some
pointers as to what is expected of him. 1t
Is evident that the affairs Of the Union
Railway Company will receive more at
tention in the future from the general
managers than in times gone by.
Eastern papers are publishing the fact
that the Georgia Southern q Florida road
has eight of its locomotives equipped with
electric headlights. and stating that this
road was one of the first to place electric
headlights on its locomotives. This is a
mistake. The first road which had an en-
CINE equipped with an electric headlight in
this country was the indianapolis, Decatur
& Western, and it now uses them on all it's
passenger engines which haul night trains.
The Vandalia was. the next to equip en-
gines in that manner, and now has four
teen ngine so equipped. The Cincinnati,
Hamilton & Dayton was the third. and now
has several electric headlights in use. There
are now 12S locomotives in this country
which are equipped with electric headlights
manufactured in indianapolis. and the more
they are used the more evident is il that
1t is one of the next great improvements
to be adopted by all first-class roads. The
ordinary oil headlight throws it's light on a
dark night 80 to 200 feet ahead, the cleo
trio light from one-half to three-fourths of
a mile, and its reflections can be seen for a
much greater distance.