The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-06-11

The Missouri, Kansas & Texas. which a
snort time ago placed an order Tor twenty
five locomotives, will soon call for bids
on ten more.
The Haskell & Barker car works. at
Michigan City, are now building one thou
sand box cars for the Illinois Central, turn
ing out ten day.
The reinforced brake is being put on the
fast trains OF the Pennsylvania road run
ming between Philadelphia and New York
and Washington.
Earnings of the Chicago, Milwaukee & ST.
Paul for the first week in June were $o3s. 800.
a decrease of $i6,511 from the corresponding
week of last year
George Hayler yesterday assumed the
duties of joint district passenger agent of
the MOnon and the Cincinnati, Hamilton K
Dayton at this point.
The Big Four has established fast freight
service between Indianapolis and st. Louis,
similar TO that established recently between
indianapolis and Chicago.
Charles Smith, general agent of the Rail-
way Officials and Employees Association at
Chicago, is in the city for a conference with
the officials of the association.
The management of the Peoria & East
of the sdetrackS on the Western division
10 better accommodate the increasing bust
ness of this division.
The old project of building an extension
of the -Attica and Covington branch OF the
Wabash to Lodi has been revived, and If
the right of way is secured this week the
WOrk VIII DeSln at once.
G.. r. Henderson, mechanical engineer of
the Norfolk & Western, has gone to Eu-
rope, 10 be absent two mouths He Will
visit the leading machine shops OF Great
Britain and France while absent.
After next Sunday 1873 passenger trains
Station. Under the new schedules for
the summer the number of trains arriving
and departing has been increased ten a day.
]. Q. Van Wrinkle will be in st. Louis to-
IN lOnl aft in
nection with handling business at East
st: Louis more expeditiously. the Big Four
being anxious to keep in the lead in the
prompt NOV ement OF freightS.
NJ. II. Maxwell, agent of the Lake Erie
& Western at this point. left yesterday
for West Virginia, where he is to be mar
ried, He has obtained a leave of absence
until Sept. l. During his absence j. NJ.
Beard Will be the acting local agent.
Within the last thirty days about four
thousand carloads of gravel for reballast-
ing the Indianapolis division of the Pan
handle lines has been distributed between
Bradford and Indianapolis, and the section
men viii at once get 1t under the track.
The New York Evening Post says: The
road is soon to undergo change in the
active management. President Borg will
retire from the presidency and the di-
rectorS will choose some experienced rail-
road man to take his place.
But ten years ago three hours and forty
minutes was considered fast time between
Indianapolis and Cincinnati; now there are
eight trains which make the run in three
hours and ten minutes, and some in less
time the Knickerbocker express covering
the distance in two hours and forty-hve
minutes
The new shops of the Louisville, New
Albany & Chicago at Lafayette are near
ing completion, and the new machinery
with which they are to be supplied, which
will cost some sixty thousand dollars is
beginning to arrive. Present indications
are that by July 10 the shops will be in
full operation.
There was a freight wreck on the Bee
night near Huston, and of five tramps
who were stealing ride in a stock car,
three were killed outright and the other
two SO injured that their recovery is doubt
full. The wreck was caused by a freight
train breaking in two.
A railway official who is a friend of
pools says the failure of the east-bound
money pool out of Chicago is the result
of the money clause which limited certain
operations TO June ], and he thinks the
suspension but temporary; he believes that
two or three roads which withdrew will
return and the pool will be again put in
operation.
For five years there has been in use on
Engine Ill, of the Cincinnati, Hamilton 4
Dayton. an independent driver brake, OPP
Grated from the engineers valve. The valve
will set the driver brake independent o.
pendent of the driver brake, set both
at the same time, or release one or both at
the VIII or the engineer.
"A gentleman who claims to be well in
| formed as regards the intentions of the
| Brice syndicate, which last week purchased
| the Cleveland Akron & Western, states
| that the syndicate is negotiating for control
| Of the Cleveland, Canton & Southern and
| should their plan succeed they will build
| five miles OF road from Akron to Brim.
| field and In that manner connect the Cleve.
land, Akron & Columbus and the Cieye-
| land, Canton IL Southern.
| The train service of the Big Four be-
| tween Indianapolis and Cleveland is very
| unsatisfactory. Unless traveller wshe:
| to ride all day on an accommodation trair
| he must get up at 4 a. and take the
/ Boston and New York express. or leave
| booker and arrive at Cleveland at 1:2O a
m. Were there a sleeping coach haulec
on this train locally between Indianapoli:
/ and Cleveland the service would not be 81
| bad.
Chairman Caldwell yesterday handed
down ruling on the construction to be put
upon lne dsIeeinenl concerning Ieuuceu
rates for the Epworth League convention, to
be held at Chattanooga in July. He rules
| that tickets sold at the reduced rates must
time in advance of July is to permit the
| passenger to make continuous trip to his
destination in Western territory by July -
] that date being the extreme limit to deSti-
nation allowed under the agreement.
Saturday night Vandalia train No. left
| Terre Haute nineteen minutes late, and
reached Indianapolis on time. making the
ninety-one minutes. This is the fastest time
ever made by a regular train between Terre
Haute and Indianapolis. Conductor Johf
| Wise and engineer Ed Miller, with Engine
! 80. This engine has just been remodeled by
| Superintendent of Motive Power Prescott
al the Terre Haute shops. and engineer
| Miller says she is capable OF even faster
| time.
g. W. Fairbanks, for the time being, Ia
| abandoned legal business and is ARRANGING
| to sail on the 10Th for Europe. TO be ab
sent several weeks. An impression prevail
| that Mr.. Fairbanks is general solicitor o
| the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton. Thi
! Is q mistake. over a year ago he retire.
from that position. The only railroa
| scheme he is now interested in is the re
organization of the Cleveland. Canton
Southern, and in this he is interested onl
in suggesting plan which will treat a
interests equitably.
The advisory committee of the emigran
clearing house held an important conference
with its agents at Chicago yesterday. /
was expected that the row between tn
Grand Trunk and the Canadian Paci
would come up for decisive action, and tn
same expectation was held regarding the &C
ton of Johnson q Co, of New York, il
sending business over the Seaboard Airline
which is not a member of the clearin.
house, but nothing was done on either
Both were informally discussed, however
I The only business transacted was the pas
sage of a resolution directing Chairman
through the FugazZie agency. of San Fran
cisco, over the different interested lines
This is the business which was former
controlled entirely by the Union Pacific, an
which il agreed some time ago should b
divided among all the lines.
REGULAR TICKET ELECTED.