The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-24
weighing and inspection bureau, which is
supported by all the roads. should be in

weighing and inspection bureau, which is
supported by all the roads. should be in
the Union Station.
1t is claimed by trainmen who are in
formed that on no road in the United
States is there daily made faster time than
on the Panhandle between the city limits
miles from Lansing to kokomo junction
being covered frequently in less than two
hours.
In the year ending Aug. 81 there were
handled at the New York Central station,
New York city. 4,107, $40 pieces of baggage
and nearly 100000 bicycles. and out Of this
ar~e number ongy thyea riecas Of ha goa ee
were lost. 1t is estimated that in this coun-
try there are handled at railway stations
fully 90, 00O, 0G0 pieces of baggage annually
and it is seldom that a piece goes astray.
Experts are now going over the Seaboard
Airline system in the interests of the syn
the property. President Hoffman denies
that he has resigned as president of the
the change Of control means the removal
of not only President Hoffman,, but Vice
President and General Manager E. st. John.
The Michigan Central. in connection with
the Pennsylvania Company, will con-
struct extensive switching and transfer
yards, extending from the State line to a
point near the Calumet river. and connect
and the Chicago, Hammond q Western
Belt line. There will be twenty of these
long tracks, and by their use the conges-
ton of business at that point will be great
ly relieved.
Although it is not generally known, z. f.
Clark. grand chief of the Order of Railway
Conductors. is an enthusiastic supporter of
sound money and Mckinley. He has taken
no active part in the campaign further
which he sent out his last official notice.
Many, of the members are laying away for
safe keeping the unique and handsome
card he is sending out as mementoes of
the campaign.
The Mobile & Ohio is not making much
buster, but is making financial exhibits
from month to month which show it to be
a much more valuable property than II Is
credited with being. In the last twelve
months, when other roads of even more i'm
portance are showing decreased earnings,
this road shows an increase of $780, in
twelve months, or 10 per cent. and an in
crease in net earnings of SllS, 1865. or 10 per
cent. 1t is naturally a good feeder for the
Big Four.
lines have been handling at Pittsburg an
average OF 1000 loaded cars per day. The
the Panhandle and the Pittsburg, Fort
Wayne & Chicago, and IS chiefly grain,
east bound; Last week these tW yms roads To-
ern markets 400 carloads of live stock. An
official of the Pennsylvania lines says that
the company will soon be obliged to spend
a large sum in purchasing ground for adj
ditionaI sidetracks at Pittsburg and its i'm
mediate vicinity.
ing over the labor party matter, and there
seems to be but a small chance that they
will reach any conclusion satisfactory to
ali concerned. 1t was agreed at one time
during the meeting that all the roads
should take turns in handling the traffic,
but to this the Minneapolis 81 st. Louis OBJ
jected, saying that 1t would not consent to
any such arrangement. This brought up
the original question again, and the row is
still on, with little prospect of an amicable
adjustment. The traffic over which the
trouble has arisen is inconsiderable in itself.
The great changes which have been
wrought on the Baltimore & Ohio lines
since Oscar Murray was appointed one of
the receivers and elected ole of the vice
presidents, and what is being accomplished
by William Greene, general manager. is at
tracing the attention of the railroad and
the business world. OF course, the receiV-
ership has given the road advantages which
1t would not otherwise have enjoyed, but
these advantages have been utilized in a
manner which has revolutioniZed business
on the Baltimore q Ohio lines. Recently
fifty new locomotives were added TO the
company's power; thirtv-three fremen have
been promoted in the last few weeks on the
main line to be engineers, and in all de-
reforms have been effected that
argue much for the future of the property.