The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-08-09

De given emD@OJmeut AT the new SHOPS
OF the Baltimore & Ohio at GAINESVILLE
The earnings OF the Atchison system for
the fourth week OF July were s932-SI3. an In
crease OF 1895; for the month, S~2,siS,s45, an
increase Of s10.67S.
Thirty-nine towns IN Maine have voted
TO aid in the building of a railroad one
hundred miles In length. along the coast
from Calais southwark
A large party left, last night, over the
Big Four for st. Joseph, Mich. The travel
10 this pleasure resort this season has large
ly exceeded any former year.
s. NJ. Provost. general manager of the
pennsylvania. accompanied by his family
and a few friends, has left on his yacht
for a months cruise along the Atlantic
coast.
The Pittsbu-g & Lake Erie and the lake
Shore will ht up In magnificent style eight
Wagner sleeping cars TO carry the Pitts
burg post of the Knights Templars TO
Boston.
The Big -Four lines, not including the
Peoria & Eastern. earned in July : i .. es %
Both the freight and passenger departments
increased in earnings.
The Wabash has given notice that 1t will
run a Niagara Falls excursion from Chi
will enter the field in running excursions
from Chicago to the falls.
For the first time in the history of the
c.. A. r. e-ncampments the trunk lines,
the Central Traffic Association lines and
the Western Passenger Association have
all agreed on a 1-cent-a-mile rate to Louis
vile.
The eleven new bridges on the Indianapo-
lis. Decatur q Western are now completed.
thousands OF new ties have been put in.
end superintendent Graves says 1t is safe to
run a train sixty miles an hour over every
mile OF the road.
Eastern financial papers, in forecasting
the future of the Wabash, say that every
thing indicates that prosperity is lowering
over this road as a result Of the conserva-
tive policy which General Manager Hays
has been pursuing for three years past
For the year ending June 90. the gross re-
ceipts from traffic of the Illinois Central
were $40, G6, 9s4. a decrease of $1,000. 470. The
operating expenses and taxes were $l3. 26S,-
so. a decrease of 81. JOG. $50. The excess of
receipts were $.7SS. 45f. a decrease of $274. 7s5.
Engine % last Monday made the run on
the Pennsylvania line from Louden Park
TO the navy yard. a distance of thirty-fve
and one-half miles, in thirty-three minutes.
The five miles between Landover and
Acosta was run at a speed of 102 miles an
hour.
Work is in progress which will give
entrance for the Columbus & Hooking
Valley and the Toledo & Ohio Central into
which will be a severe blow to the Ohio
Southern. which has had a monopoly of
this business.
The Indianapolis, Decatur & Western
earned. in July. $50, 737, against $ss, 007 in July,
1894. Last year the road had q heavy wheat
crop to move; his year practically none
e WIS ciilDRtu Ol tnCt iDnCs II PdSoCiStl
earnings for July. this year. were in excess
OF those OF July, 1894.
c. E. Miner. general ticket agent OF the
Mexican Central. Is arranging to run ex-
points on the Big Four. This is one of the
results OF the visit of E. 0. Mccormick,
passenger traffic manager of the Big Four.
in Mexico, a few months ago.
Two months ago the Big Four adopted the
plan of consolidating less than carload
freights at junction and division points. AT
Galie n for, for instance s a nee; where four ,Tr roads CEN sao
cars, which, under the old plan. would have
been hauled TO the point of destination with
small quantities OF freight.
West-bound freight traffic out of Chicago
is reported very light; as a result compe-
tition is sharp, and rates are demoralized,
and ii is feared that the present state of
affairs will last a month or more. or until
fall traffic sets in. At present the officials
| of the Western lines out of Chicago show
nc disposition to get together and adjust
differences.
William Garstang, superintendent of mo-
tive power of the Big Four. is g~ratified with
the performance of the new heavy passenger
engines. and he forwarded a report of what
one of them did in making VI time with ten
cars. Mr.. Ingalls,. in answer. wrote across
the bottom these words, wait until the
thermometer is 10 degrees below zero. and
then see what these engines will do"
w. c.. Rinearson, general passenger and
ticket agent of the Queen q Crescent, will
be in the city to-day Charles w Zell, di-
1 NlSlJn pdSStuScT agent, pItctueu nlfl, dlO
for a day or two has been looking the field
over to see that the Queen & Crescent, in
connection with its friendly ally, the South
ern railway, secures its share of business
from this territory to the Atlanta EXPOSE
ton.
At the recent meeting Of presidents at
Coney island the subject of doing away
with the Trunk Line and Central Traffic
associations was brought up and freely
discussed. and il was demonstrated that
there was a stronger feeling in favor of
1 1o4a~ 80 Ha- ha1 h12. r4~@.21 c<tl
the majority favored continuing them in
some form as a means of coercing the
weaker lines.
Harry Drew. Of this city, the leading
spirit in the building of the Chicago. In
diana & Eastern. says that graders are at
work on both ends of the road. one from
Matthews. the other from Paramount.
ceived, cross ties. etc. He adds that the
work would progress much faster IL the
company had the Pennsylvania behind 1t to
put up funds, as has been alleged in the
papers.
The vandalia trains are now running
over the Cutler cutoff on the Logansport
division. This cutoff does away with
miles of curves. and the grade is so much
lighter that an engine can haul eight
at the suggestion Of Engineer of Main
tenance Of. Way McKeen. The improve
ment cost $4,000. and Is a very fine piece
OF engineering work.
IL loiioWihS ~ soHc VI Az PtihCipoi
dimensions OF the high speed locomotive
recently put on the Philadelphia & Read
ing: Cylinders. high pressure, Is inches
diameter. 26-inch stroke: cylinders. low
pressure, % inches diameter, 26-inch stroke;
driving wheels. S44 inches diameter; fuel,
fine anthracite; total weight In working
order. $4,000 pounds; weight on driving
wheels. 5000 pounds; total height Of en-
gines. IA feet 3 inches.
Chairman CALDWELL. OF the Western Lines
Passenger Association, has issued a cal
for a general meeting of all lines in the
association to meet in this city on mex
Thursday for the purpose of trying once
more to reorganize the association. The
committee on membership, which has beer
hard at work for the last month has made
such a report TO the chairman of its prog
ress that 1t has been deemed advisable Il
call a meeting at an early date.
Since Jan. I passenge err rates east-boun'
out OF Chicago have been strictly main
tanned. Since Jan. 1 commissions nave bee
cut OF. rate-cutting ceased, and competition
seemed practically ended. Now IL is ascer
tanned positively that since Jan. 1 the te
hines running east from Chicago have bee
and still are working under a pooling agree
ment Of the ~strictest nature. /: Is state
that every dollars worth of this traffic ha
been controlled by the Central Traffic AS
ISOLATION officials.
The Erie road announced. yesterday. tina
IL would keep out of the Niagara Falls ex
cursion business. Ii will leave the excursion
business clear for the Grand Trunk an,
the Wabash. while IL will follow the polio,
of the Lake shore and the Michigan Cen
trail in ignoring the excursion traffic. TIL