The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-06-19

bany * Chicago has been carrying SO per
those points and Go per cent. of the freight.
David Cramer. an engineer the Pitts
burg. Fort Wayne & Chicago Is very Ill
at his home in Fort Wayne. On Sunday
he suffered stroke OF paralysis, from
which he is not rallying as desired by his
friends. he is one of the older. OF en-
gineers in time Of service on the Fort
Wayne road.
Special Master in Chancery Reynolds. of
St. Louis. has decided that the receivers
of the st. Louis * San Francisco road
cannot be permitted to abrogate the leases
sidary roads-the st. Louis. Salem & Ar
kansas. the st. Louis. Kansas & South
western. the Kansas City & Southwestern
and the Kansas Midland.
r. B. Taylor, general superintendent of
transportation of the Pennsylvania lines
west of Pittshurg, was in the city yester-
day. He says officials of the steam roads in
all parts of the country, -as we'll as on the
Pennsylvania system; are discussing the
tive power, and that 1t will supersede steam
on many short lines is the opinion OF many
engineers.
j. q. Van Wrinkle, general superintendent
of the Big Four, in speaking of the large
number of passenger trains run between In
dianapolis and Cincinnati, said that so far
as the Big Four was concerned the new
the trains which have been running Tor
years are paying about their usual average.
en- m Says trains tn TO sccommodate it. has in
creased. and the local business has always
paid the company well for the service rem
dered.
One of the Class p engines sent West by
the Pennsylvania TO haul the fast traps
on the Vandalia. yesterday hauled eight
cars from ueenc ia 10 ,ae minutes and
brought the train into the Union station IN
forty-seven minutes, which, IT is claimed,
points named with a train of it's weight.
Conductor Trindle's report showed that ne
had on the train when arriving at indian
apclis fifty-four through and 1l5 local pas
sengerS. q.
The new pattern Garstang passenger
engine, which is larger. than any now in
use on the Big Four, Will arrive next week.
There are two of these machines. The en-
CINE proper weighs $4,000 pounds. has a
boiler sixty-two inches in diameter, with
800 fues, a. six-foot driving wheel, 70 by "a
inch cylinders, the heating surface of the
fire box Is 16S square feet. and the total
heating surface of the fire box and fiues
| is 2.15S square feet. These engines are
guaranteed to haul ten cars between
Gallon and Cleveland. which is up hill
much of the distance. at speed OF forty
five miles an hour. Two ordinary locomo-
tives now are used i'm hauling the train.
An official of the Pennsylvania lines said
yesterday that there Is general improve
nent in business in all departments, and
he thought it was not spasmodic. put tnat
has not been SO very large, II has been OF
such a nature to give the officials OF
freight business west bound shows ma
| terial increase as we'll as east bound. and
| the passenger business is also showing con-
| siderable Improvement. Vice President
| cheerful over the outlook, and President
| Roberts was in Pittsburg on Monday and
spoke encouragingly' of the business pros
| poets.
| Jeffersonvile News: ''To those who keep
a close watch on the events at the Ohio
Falls car works 1t appears that a time OF
! surely coming. While there is nothing
| known of contracts to the outside world
| by putting this and that together one
| can see they are preparing to make a
| heavy run. Large log fleets have arrived
| and upon these the sawmill started to work
Monday. and it is understood will be kept
/ running steadily. Ii has recently been
| completely overhaued and improved. New
| boilers have been placed i'm the machine
shops OF the freight department, the tracks
| throughout the works have been over
| hauled and improved well as extended
| and many other things have been done
! to put the machinery in first-class running
| order"
| w. II. McDoel, vice president and gen
eral manager of the Louisville. New Albany
! d Chicago, spent yesterday in the city. He
mentioned an incident which is worthy. o.
| note. He said that just before he left New
! York, on Friday, President Thomas asket
him what improvements he would have .tC
cided at their conference durine
the week what should be done
ss the Sines he deemed
sential Then" said Mr. Thomas, "yol
had better make those improvements thi:
year, you will not be able to buy rail:
| and build bridges as cheaply in 1896 as thi.
yeDr." and Mr.. McDoel. on the. strength o.
| that conversation, telegraphed increasing
| the order from three thousand tons to sever
! thousand tens of steel rail and from ter
| iron bridges TO seventeen, and. Fortunately
| he received notice of acceptance of such
| order before the advance on Monday or
| rails and iron structural work.