Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-07-21
STILL GOING DOWN
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Southern P Passenger Rates Being Radi-
oally Reduced 4 9
The SEABOARBs Cut Is MET
Baltimore and Ohio toiMake lmpor.
tant Improvements.
AN INTERESTING DECISION


passenger schedule of the Seaboard Air
Lire The CIT will, it is announced.
promptly be met by the Seaboard, whose
officers state that the end Is not yet So
far the reduced rates of the Southern ap-
ply only to business between Baltimore
and points south via the Bay lines Of
steamers, while the Seaboard's new sched-
ule applies to all points reached by its
lires. 1t Is expected, however, that at
the meeting Of the Southern States Freight
Association at Atlanta tomorrow authority
will be given to the Southern and to all
the other members of the organization to
meet the present rates OF the Seaboard. as
well as those likely to be made in the
future, and that then the war will soon
thereafter become general
The jurisdiction of the Southern States
Freight Association extends over nearly
all the railway lines in the territory south
Of the Ohio and east of the Mississippi
rivers.
The prospects are that there will be
great decentralization OF both freight and
but in some parts Of the north as well. be-
fore peace between the contending lines IS
restored.
For u Faster Chicago Run.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com
parry, 1t is reported, is preparing to reduce
the running time of its trains between
Washington and Chicago. and with that
end in view the receivers are having built
at the Baltimore locomotive works in Phil
adelphia ten monster express engines,
which will be the largest ever used on the
read. and are said to exceed those in size
on any other road. The first of these
engines is expected to be ready for service
by the middle of August, and the rest soon
thereafter. Six Of them will be ten-wheel
or mogul engines. with 7S-inch driving
wheels and cylinders 21x26 inches. and
will have a total weight in working order
of about $4,000 pounds. Some idea of
the size of these monsters may be obtained
by comparison with the dimensions of the
big uogul passenger engines built for the
NaDdalia line four years ago by the Pitts
burg locomotive works. which had 12-inch
drivers and weighed $1,000 pounds and
were considered the largest mogul passen-
ger engines In the country. The big ten
wheel engines of the class Y type running
on the Fort Wayne and Panhandle roads
have 6S-neh wheels and weigh 132.Gper
pounds. Compared with the engines or
dered by the Baltimore and Ohio these
monsters now In use will look like pig
mics. -Four more engines ordered by the
Baltimore and Ohio will of the mogul type
with 6S-inch drivers. but will weigh nearly
as much as the engines described above
The idea of the motive power officials in
getting such powerful engines is to save
tHe expense OF double headers whenever
practicable. and at the same time to be
able to haul heavier trains at higher rate
of speed.
A Cat-OH Near Pittsburg.
The Baltimore and Ohio began last week
the construction of what, when completed
will be the greatest Improvement made on
the Pittsburg division in many years. Ii
VIII be known as the Fleetwood cutoff"
and when put into service IS expected to re-
heVe the congested condition of the main
line between Glenwood and Laughlin Sta
ton. where the Pittsburg Junction railroad
branches off across the city of Pittsburg
and upon which line the through western
trains on the Baltimore and Ohio are run.
Ihe CUTOFF starts at Glenwood and fol-
lows along the Monongahela river bank
connecting with the Pittsburs ,Junrtion
tracks at Laughlin, near the Eliza furnace
a distance of two miles. The new line will
be double tracked. 1t will be used for all
freight traffic and for all through western
trains. None but passengers trains viii h.
run over the old main tracks. The improve
ment will cost about 81 oOO,o 600
AT the present time the Il. and O. has
trackage at Glenwood yards for only AN,
Irelsht cars, and the road handles from IH,
10 l.ooo cars day at that point 1t is part
OF the new Improvement to add large track
age 1or the increasing freight business
A Move by the Illinois Central.
A rumor, which comes from q usua1,y
Weli-informed source, has reached Wash.
ihston' and Is believed in railroad circles
mere. that on the LIST of next month the
limos central Railroad Company, whose
headquarters are at Chicago, will sever its
posihess relations with the Vandalia line
WHICH Is the same as the Pennsylvania sys-
tenl' ana Is owned by the latter, and viii
JOIN forces with the Cleveland. Cincinnati
Ch5cago and St Louis, or Big Four, road
and 1naugurate new through line hot weer
chicago and st. Louis and eastern no;n,s
Inc reason given for this Is that the IIIi
hols central, being barred from selling its
own tickets, and being handicapped In other
" ays ls Nnlcaso-St. Louis line has existed
iio.e III name than in fact for several wears
past. The efforts Of the company to 1nai.e
,iio.e satisfactory arrangements have at
la is peen rewarded with success by the new
i,s a,,.,' II VIII now have the right to run
10 o"ii trains through to the east over the
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern and il
20 :, eApec,eu also the Chesapeake and Ohio
office in ST. Louis 40 o"h 'iehe'
The whole matter is , oro+ ,.
raiiroad people, and will be to the general
public. as negotiations have been conJnctei
very quietly. 'eA eoiioucteo
or ne r. new arrangement will entirely cut
~, III .he IehnSylvanfas St. Louis-Chicago
iine and leaves that COMPANY wirbont nv
oIi cyl route between the Two cities whiIe
a. me same time the Vanderbilt system
secures line between ST. Louis and Chi
caso Wnich 1t has long sought. 1t also
gives the Central new. If not direct me
between chicago and Cincinnati.
An Interesting Cnse Decided.
Judge Adams of the IJuitel States CONT
at Chicago Saturday last rendered DE-
c,sion IN a railroad damage, case which is
OF much interest to the travelling pubic. A.
8. c. Pennington suedft ll, ILLINOIS Central
railroad Company for damages for the
reason that he was put OF suburban
Tram OF the road. November %, 1895. he
bought ticket at The 36tl,, street station,
chicago for Kensingtoh, hut did nor use
II at mat time. He kept the ticket about
a Two weeks and again boarded a train at
SUN street for Kensins: lon, W hen he pre-
ter refused to accept lie, aid said Ii was
good only for the date of sale as stared on
the back Penningt IL rtol,tp the conductor
ne ne. mad showed the ticker ts the agent MT
5otn street before boarding the train and
mad asked him if it was COOL Tie aeent.
ne ne, SAID told him il was9hnd permitted
MIN to pass through the turnstile 10 the
train: The conductor maintained that the
ti nn e. was not good and ordered Pennig-
The case was tried snYn, ti,,,e oro i,,r,ro