The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-11-29

The peoples attention there. do not
think that the time Is ripe for this sort OF
a thing In Congress"
The Westinghouse Emergency Brake
Nearly all the locomotives on the Penn
sylvania passenger trains are equipped with
what Is known as the Westinghouse emer-
gency airbrake. but in It's operations it has
not given perfect satisfaction when emer-
gency stops were made, and on Monday
the expert engineers OF the Pennsylvania
road. in company with experts from the
airbrake works, set cut TO discover the
nav which, in certain cases, made the
brake noneffective as an emergency brake.
but still effective as an airbrake on regular
stops. To make this test, a train consisting
Of five Pullman sleepers, two coaches and
three postal cars. with an engine in front
and one in the rear. was made up. 1t has
been found that the slow or service brake
can be applied By the front as well as the
rear engine, but this Is not true with the
rear ngine Is always used in emergency
oraklng, It acting more promptly than
w vams applied by the front engine and to
Ing, the emergency brake was made. In
speaking of the test which was made at
rrIc5O1 dss,r a Pbi lit ,ba paper says az. ,i It l.
that the front engine shall do what the
rear engine Is now doing on the road, and
person or obstacle on the track is seen
quicker by the front tEen by the rear en-
slneman. The large number of locomotive
engineers who witnessed the test indicates
the interest they take in the point in ques-
uon, and each man who wished was given
4 hearing on his own views in the matter.
IL mas been found that the slow or service
brake can be applied by the front as well
as by the rear engine, but this. is not true
when the emergency brake is used. There
were ar lea ST a 60Zan foQfQ rnadQ NTH tho
front engine, and in only one instance was
the emergency brake applied successfully.
ana that was when an inch and a quarter
train discharge pipe was used instead of
the inch pipe usually used in the emer-
gency brake. 1t is thought by those who
witnessed the test that this is the real Sc
cret OF the difficulty, and when II is fully
ascertained by. subsequent tests the West
i tbee difscuPpt People v can very easily remedy
pipes. As to way the same sized pipe could
be used .effectually on the rear engine and
not on the front one was a subject of much
speculation on the part of those present.
Rates Thought to BE Maintained.
Several days have now passed since the
ordered advance In east-bound freight rates
has been in force; ali the freight then in
transit has been delivered. and the real
test OF whether rates are being maintained
or not is now on. III. c. Parker, traffic
manager of the Lake Erie & Western, who
keeps I'm close touch with the rates made
by competing lines, said last evening: For
once I really believe that all lines are main
tanning rates on east-bound business" He
had received kilograms from st. Louis. Pc
oria and Chicago. and 1T was stated with
out hesitation that at st. Louis and Chicago
rates were solid, and, although 1t was hint
ed that some shading of rates or glucose
was being made at Peoria. on careful in
quiry he thought the report untrue. Oscar
murray. vice president and freight fra f1C
manager OF the Big Four. is at his head
quarters again. and In conversation regard
as nfide that everybody was acting
honorably. He knew that the Big Four
was doing So The Panhandle people assert
that there Is no rate cutting by their lines.
The question with them is to furnish cars
TO carry the business offered at tariff rates.
Talks with fast-freight-line men give
officials. All seem impressed with the idea
that the time has been reached where roads
must get some margin on the business they
handle or drop INTO the hands of receivers.
Pennsylvania's Statement
A statement of all the Pennsylvania Rail-
way Company lines east of Pittsburg and
Erie for October. 1894. as compared with
the same month in 1893, shows an increase
in gross earnings Of $3.50. 723. IA; in net earn
ings of 1858, 641.O 90. The ten months of 1894,
as compared with the same period of 1893,
shows a decrease in gross earrings of 81
e sssi1SS,sS si,os ssx ses.as An sf iines vest Vest Of n pif nst
burg and Erie for October, 1891, as compared
with the same months in 1895, show a de-
crease In gross earnings of $50, So. 81; in
O6l. SO.
The ten months of 1894. as compared with
in gross earnings of s5,54s. iSI4s. in expenses
S.5ss,46I.47, In net earnings 81 ,9i3. 722 .ss.
NJ. E. ingalls, has been president or re-
ceiver of the Big Four road for twenty-four
years, having been elected to that position
Nov. Is, 1870. The road then extended from
Cincinnati to Lafayette. The stockholders
who elected him were in session four days.
and Mr.. Ingalls, was a compromise presi-
dent. He was then a bright young lawyer,
but little acquainted with railroad mat
terss, and one of the directors at that time
said, after his election: I'VE did not elect
him because he was the best man, but for
the reason he was the only man we could
elect" To-day Mr.. ingalls, ranks as one of
the ablest and most advanced railroad off,
Gals in the country. Since 1888 he has been
president of the Chesapeake & Ohio.
Personal. Local and General Notes.
Freight depots will be closed to-day and
no local freights Will be run.
NJ. a. Zooks engineer of maintenance OF
way on the Queen & Crescent, is in the
city to spend Thanksgiving with. relatives.
George Bradbury. general manager of the
Lake Erie 4 Western, has been called to
New York for a conference with the Brice
people.
L. O. Mccormick, passenger traffic man.
ager of the Big Fou lines, was in the
city yesterday, going to Lafayette to spend
thanksgiving with relatives.
George w. Boyd, assistant general pas
senger agent OF the Pennsylvania lines east
of P~ittsburg, is In the city to spend Thanks
giving with his aged father. ID. NJ. Boyd.
f. St. John, manager of the Chicago,
Rocl; Island & Pacific railroad. has been
elected vice president OF the Seaboard Air
line. to succeed Maj. John G. Winder, re-
signed.
A. III. Allen, who has been one of the
train dispatchers OF the Michigan Central
at Michigan City, on the LIST of the month
on the Texas Pacific.
The New York store yesterday arranged
with the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Ia
run an excursion train TO the city Dec. IL
from C0nnerSville and points this side at one
fare for the round trip.
Calvin s. Brice Is quoted as saying that
he will never reach his highest ambition
with the Lake Erie * Western until he
has terminals of the road in Cincinnati, In
dianapols, St Louis and Chicago.
The Pennsylvania Company is getting
another OF its heavy eight-wheel engines in
shape TO send IL 10 the Vandalia for a test
against the ten-wheel engines of the Van
dalia in hauling the heavy fast trains.
The statement of the actual earnings OF
the Big Four is out, showing the gross
earnings OF October TO have been 81 290. 200
an increase over October, 1893, of $33. TAO; IN
crease in net earnings. S2s1s; in surplus