The Indianapolis journal., 1895-08-27

avoided by placing all traffic common TO
rules. The new Agreement has very wide
scope. and includes all the territory east
of the Mississippi river and south OF the
the new association win include a presi-
dent vice president, commissioner and three
arbitrators-
A Powerful Locomotive.
Engine 2Ol. one of the new locomotives
recently built by the Schenectady loco
motive works for the Big Four. fbr hauling
the Knickerbocker. Southwestern limited
and other fast trains on that line, made
a record few days since which demon
strated beyond a doubt that this type Of
locomotive is the most powerful eight
wheel engines in the world. The trip in
question was made from Cleveland to CAL
lon, a distance Of eighty miles, on an up
grade averaging seven and one-haf feet 10
the mile--in many places being much more
than that-in two hours and two minutes.
The train consisted of thirteen cars, hve
of train and engine was II, $4,000 pounds.
There were 425 passengers on board. The
engine, in starting the train from all sta
tions where scheduled TO stop, did so with
out taking the slack and without slipping.
a feat almost without parallel in locomotive
engineering. The same locomotive on
Gallon to Cleveland in one hour and fifty
seven minutes. This engine weighs 126,OO0
pounds $1,000 pounds resting on the driving
wheels. which are six feet in diameter.
Naturalization Dispute Adjusted.
The old dispute between the Wabash and
Alton roads regarding the twenty-fve-cent
rate at East st. Louis has been finally
settled by the roads without the assistance
of the arbitrators to whom 1t was referred
some time ago. The Wabash agrees to
withdraw its sale of tickets from East ST.
Louis to points west of the Mississippi.
and the Alton agrees to withdraw it's pres
ent rate of S725 from East st. Louis as a
basing rate. although it will continue to
Alton has agreed TO notify all OF its con-
nections that IL no longer desires them to
use the 81. .25 rate as basing rate, but
that all rates to points west or the Mis-
sissippi river must hereafter base on st.
Louis. The Alton really gives up very lit
tie in this settlement, for, as a matter of
fact, the S.25 rate has never been used
for basing purposes
p Chicago's East-BOund Shipments.
East-bound shipments from Chicago last
week amounted to 1853 tons, against 49,
33S for the preceding week and 47.161 for
the corresponding week of last year. The
roads carried tonnage as follows: Michigan
Central, 5,4ls; Wabash. 5.s16; Lake Shore.
6.l3s; Fort Wayne. $685. Panhandle, 59S3;
3, & o. S.22S: Grand Trunk. 542l Nickel
tai, 1858. The tonnage was made up OF
the following articles; Flour. 1881; grain
and bsss sS lsfd esS
butter. 1.s47: hides 1.575: lumber. 4.SSs: mis-
ceIlaneous, 1859 Lake shipments amount
ed to S2,i92 tons. TNf
The Pennsylvania Opens It's War.
The fur is flying a little in trunk-line
territory. 1t was reported at Chicago yes
terday that the Pennsylvania road had
notified the Baltimore & Ohio that if the
latter line did not cease paying commits
sion of s. on its sale of tickets the Penn
Sew s York V1 to chicago a What the = Baiti-
more Ohio will do has not yet been an
nounced.
Personal, Local and General Notes.
An attempt Is to be made to revive the
Western trunk-line committee
NJ e. ingalls,, president of the Big Four,
will be in the city tomorrow on official
c. W. Fairbanks. railroad attorney, who
is en- route from Europe, is expected home
on Friday.
Alonzo Robbins. division superintendent
OF the Columbus & Hooking Valley, was in
the city yesterday.
The oldest. engine in America is to be
exhibited at the Atlanta Exposition. 1t is
known as the old James Watts Engine.
w. B. Jerome. formerly operator OF the
Monon at Michigan City. has been APP
pointed agent OF the company at Lowell.
Ind.
: w. B. Page has been appointed assistant
engineer of motive power of the Philadel-
phia & Erie division OF the Pennsylvania
lines.
The Louisville & Nashville has made ar
rangements for monthly steamship service
between Pensacola and Liverpool, beginning
with Oct. /.
1t is stated officially that Z per cent. of
Decatur & western go TO pay its taxes
in this state
The Chicago & Northwestern is to equip
it's Madison division with a block system:
A double-arm semaphOre Will be erected
at each station.
The Big Four is turninggove to the Ches-
apeake * Ohio, at Cincinnati, 200 to $50
loaded cars per day, largely loaded with
grain and live stock.
The Illinois Central has fitted up four
of its locomotives which haul suburban
trains with Pintsch gas headlights. and
they are giving very satisfactory service.
A. G.. Guion, yardmaster of the Monon
at Lafayette, has obtained two months
leave of absence. and will go to San Fran
cisco. expecting TO improve his health by
the trip.
The Ticket Scalpers' Association of New
York city last week passed out OF exis-
tence. 1t had been considered the strongest
local branch in the American Ticket Brok-
ers organization.
Marvin r. Maxwell, local freight agent
been In Europe on a bridal trip for three
months, will arrive home this week and
be on duty again Sept ].
There were transferred over the Belt
road in the week ending Aug. "a, IA. .561 cars,
an increase of 500 over the preceding week.
Belt road engines handled 100 cars Of live
stock. an Increase OF six cars.
On Saturday Eugene Ault, who has run
4 locomotive on the Pennsylvania for
twenty-five years. had one OF his legs so
badly crushed by making misstep that
II became necessary TO amputate II.
The Toledo. Ann Arbor & Northern
Michigan will spend a large sum in i'm
proving its docks at Toledo, among other
things building ten-chute coal dock. The
yards are to be remodeled and enlarged.
f. G. Darling, superintendent of the In
dianapolis division of the Pennsylvania
lines, who has been so III for four weeks
as 10 confine him to the house. is so much
better that he expects TO be at his office
to-day.
The Lake Shore has created new office
at Buffalo, ~. V. that of general agent
and John +. Lane, who has been local
freight agent OF the road at that point
twenty-five years, has been appointed to
the position .a
The Southern Pacific Is testing on a num-
Der of its engines which are in the sub
urban service oil for fuel. Crude oil i:
bought by the company at 20 cents per
barrel. while the average cost of its Goa