The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-03
General Notes.

The Cincinnati excursions were not SO
literally patronized yesterday as expected.
b. E. Moody has been appointed superinc
tendent of the Greenwood Lake division of
the Erie. with headquarters at Jersey City.
J. II. Hill has been chosen az general
manager of the Galveston, Houston * Hen
derson. and f. p. Olcott president OF the
same line.
through perpetual lease. the New YORK *
Greenwood Lake road. Will proceed at once
TO double track the line
The office Of assistant superintendent OF
tral left vacant by the resignation
of w. S. Wilson, will be abolished.
r. B. Hartshorn has resigned the Office
of treasurer of the Minneapolis ~ St Louis,
and is succeeded by f. IA. Davis. late as
sistant secretary of the Southern Pacific.
What with the excursion trains the pee
pie going to the camp meetings. az Ill
any and Acton, the Union Station pre-
sents a very busy appearance every sun
day.
In addition to the half million which the
b; s o, ci Is to eSpf term Gn hne it viii spend
about $3.50. eco on improving the terminals dI
P~ittsburg.
On Saturday the Illinois Central inaugu-
rated its fast day service between St.
To,Iis and Chicago. 1t takes the Big Four
track to Pana and goes thence to It's own
lines via Gilman and CLINTON.
n. yining. one of the Oldest railroad
men in the South. died last week at the
n@a If seventv-two years. He worked his
way up from the position OF track manu- 10
the treasureship of the Central georgia.
The annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Chicago Milwaukee & ST. Paul Will
be held at milwaukee, on the 18th OF sep
TENDER. THE transfer books VIII close Oh
the 25th of this month and reopen sept. Il.
The sierra Madre Constructions Company
will begin work at once on the Rio Grande.
Sierra. Madre 81 Pacific railroad. 10 run
from Juarez. Mexico, to Mazatlan. on the
noo;eo xfo CorralifaS and Guerrero. q us
lance of about four hundred miles.
The Georgia Railroad Company has con-
tracted with the Ohio Falls Car Company.
of Jacksonville, for Sl5o.OO worth OF cars.
! The contract includes 200 ventilated cars,
| sixty-fve gondolas and ten stock cars, ana
all will embody the latest ideas In car con-
struction.
waukee e ST. Paul system for the month
of June INCREASED S341,v ga. and the eN-
penses in Increase Ssf0' slesiei' For the year
the gross arnlngs increased 1925, 4o9 and
the net g, 713, 4oi.
There cannot be much profit to the roads
arn noints' There is n dearth of equipment
in the West and the st. Louis lines are
Compelled to haul empties west free and
when loaded they get but 4 cents a hundred
for hauling them back TO st. Louis
President Clark. of the Union Pacific, and
a number of other officials Of the line are
planning to get away IRON hTnain n1s snd as sSTs
llillC <nio WI 81
trim 10 the wilds of Idaho. President Clark
| has not been well for some time and the
outing is taken TO restore his health.
Patrick Gleason. an Erie employe, has
invented a continuance for putting deraiied
| cars on the track without the assistance OF
an engine. He has conferred with of1cers
! of the Pennsylvania who have tested IL.
and IL is understood the company VIII
adopt IL after IL is patented and at the
same time secure control or the patent.
The Brooks locomotive works has turned
out the fist of an order OF several ten
wheel passenger engines for the Burning
ders are 1Sx26 inches. and the driving
wheels sixty-nine inches in diameter. The
boiler at the front end is hfty-eight inches
In diameter. The cab. Is or steel ana the
tender capacity four thousand gallons.
The Pittsburg Post SAYS: THE valuable
coal deposits in Washington and Greene
counties south OF the main line OF the
Panhandle and extending west or the Ohio
river and east 70 the Monongahela are at
tracing the attention Of railroad men and
operators as they never did before, and
II is said that several short branch lines
from the Panhandle. baltimore q Ohio and
Pittsburg & Lake Erie systems are 10 be
Quilt SOON"
When the reorganization committee OF
the St. Louis * San Francisco bought TN
the property. the new company threw out
four OF the branches as nOnpaying proper
ties. One OF these was the Kansas Mid
land. ZIG miles in length. This line has just
passed into the hands of a receiver. y. l..
Wolff. "A St. Louis cotton broker, having
been appointed 10 that position. The new
company will continue 10 operate the road
for Receiver Wolff and It's affairs will 90
on much the same as heretofore. except
that the company Will not be responsible
for any loss resulting.
The steamboat lines on the Mississippi,
taking advantage OF their imposed .cinch
on a vast amount Of freight for export via
! New Orleans growing out OF the recent