The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-08-17
NAY AVERT TROUBLE
WESTERN ROADS NOW LIKELY To
AGREE on HARVEST EXCURSIONS.
Rumors Regarding stop-Overs for
knights Templars Who Visit Bos-
ten-General Railway News.

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ten-GeneraI Railway News.
The Western roads. having failed to reach
an agreement on the question of harvest
excursions while convened In meeting,
are now IN fair way to reach such
agreement without holding a meeting al all.
The Illinois Central announced yesterday
that IL would accept the restrictions on the
sale Of its harvest excursion tickets which
were recommended by the committee to the
general meeting of the Western roads ear
ner in the week 1t will sell tickets in
the manner suggested for theirs three
excursions. and il the test Is satisfactory.
will continue them for thesFsnfAinder. AS
soon as this was announced 10 Chairman
Caldwell he reported the matter to the
Burlington, and that road agreed TO hold
is excursions under similar conditions.
This was also agreed TO by all the inter-
ested lines, with the exception OF two, from
whom no vote has yet been received. 1t is
probable that both of them will vote in the
affirmative. The plan on which the Illinois
Central win sell its tickets is that no round
trip tickets shall be sold, but that the agent
at the point OF destination shall, upon the
payment of 81 issue a certificate that the
holder Is the original purchaser. and the
original ticket. with the attached certih-
The solid Pressed steel Truck.
T. A Laves. mechanical engineer of the
Big Four. yesterday showed representa-
tive OF the Journal new solid pressed
steel truck. which he thinks possesses
much merit. The new designs said he.
"are for the purpose of lessening the
amount Of repairs to freight-car and loco
motive-tender trucks. This truck differs
NJ II
which is the standard truck in universal
use. in that the arch bars are replaced by
a pressed steel side plate, made in single
piece. and riveted 10 the steel transorns.
The truck Is essentially a steel truck, no
wood being used in its construction. The
coil springs which are located under the
wooden bolster Of the diamond truck are,
IN the new truck. placed directly over the
journal boxes and under the side plates.
The new truck weighs per car one thou
sand pounds less than standard diamond
truck. which is feature worth consider
ing: The new truck has been received
$500 cars equipped with them on nine
roads. The y. Y. c. H. r. and the Lee
high Valley have adopted them as their
port the repairs to be 10 per cent. less than
on the diamond arch bar truck"
Not the Success Expected.
The tests of the hauling of trains
trio motors have not met expectations
and cannot. so far, be considered a sue
cess. One of the Baltimore papers says:
1T Is the opinion that while the present
motor has shown its capacity to haul
heavy trains. yet the overhead structure.
and other objections which have devel-
cped, Will make the present outfit so I'M
satisfactory that IL will in all probability
not be accepted by the company II is
said that between 400 and 5000 horse pow
o OF energy Are are required ed to start the
OF this amount OF energy from the trolley
line (Which. by the way. looks very much
casion OF much OF the difficulty so far. ex-
perienced. The Baldwin and WESTINGHOUSE
people WILL it Is understood, devote them
selves to the consideration of this subject
from Q standpoint more nearly in accord
with the opinions OF railway people than
has heretofore been the case, and there
Will be sufnc1ent engineering talent put
into the work to insure a successful pro-
gressive development, which is looked for
ward to By. railway managers with much
Enlarginx It's Laboratory.
The Pennsylvania has. in connection with
It's shop at Altoona. one Of the largest
laboratories In the country. which the COM
pany will considerably, enlarge by putting
another story on the present building and
and the same number of stories. This has
been found necessary on account Of the
large amount OF work that Is being done by
the chemists. The present force consists OF
six. chemists including Dr. Dudley, two
clerks and two helpers Some idea of the
viii be realized when it is remembered that
II IS one Of the fixed principles of the COM
ns. 70 fbe ar Is
scented. 1t Is the duty Of this department t.
test all oils. paints. etc.. just as the lum-
Out of the twenty 1--we million dollars worth
OF purchases made annually by the com.
IN supplies SSdes
supervision Of the chemistry and test room
department.. When all these things are
that the need OF more spacious quarters in.
creases with the, growth of the company.
Where Reform Is Needed.
The Executive committee of the Trunk
Line Association met with several represen.
tatives OF ocean steamship companies In
New York yesterday to consider terms OF
agreement for the coming year 1t was an
nounced that the session was preliminary te
meeting OF the same interests for decisive
action some time in October. the exact date
not yet fixed. In the matter of through
business from foreign ports to points in the
ticularly those running west from New
York, ask the steamship people TO make
certain changes I'm their method of traffic
IL r. the frequent practice OF vessel owners
TO take as ballast various lines of heavy
freight. such as soda ash. chemicals etc
In so doing they often quote rates from
Liverpool 20 Chicago that are little II a
ALL ahead of the regular railroad tariff
from New York to Chicago. The railroad
officers hold that this system needlessly re
duces profits, and creates suspicion ant
wasteful conflicts OF interest among tn.
railroads. 1t is 90 reform OF this grievanc.
thai the Trunk Line executive .committe,
Will direct most Of it's attention in consider
ing the terms Of next years agreement.
Knight Templnr Tickets.
Chicago dispatch says: Some of the
Eastern lines We're much disquieted Fri
day over the report that one of the road:
running East from Chicago had thrown
down the barriers on the knight Tempial
tickets to the extent of allowing whole
sale stop-overs on the return tickets up {,
and including the final return limit o.
Oct. ). This would be virtually making tn,
return portion of the ticket good fo
passage West from Boston any tim,
between the date OF arriving in that cit,
and Oct. 3. IL could not be definitei,
ascertained that any line had taken sucl
action. however, and the rliulor probabl,
arose from tae fact that some OF the East
ern roads have said that they will ALLOW
stop-overs as late as Oct D. Rroyidssi. tina