The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-05-09


Rochester on time The track is very level
between those cities and much OF the dis
lance was covered at a speed OF mile in
forty-hve seconds The average time after
the first mile was sixty-nine miles an hour.
]. w. Wheeler has been appointed agent of
the Asheyille fast freight line. operating
over the Southern railway, his headquarters
TO be at Louisville. This is the first intima-
ton that the Southern railway Is TO COM
pete with the Kanawha Despatch, the fast
freight line operating over the Chesapeake a.
Ohio.
Authority has been granted by the chair
man OF the Western Passenger Association
TO the Minneapolis a. St. Louis road TO meet
the competition OF the Chicago Great West
ern by honoring second-class tickets in first
class sleeping cars between st. Paul and
Chicago and St Paul and Kansas City and
Omaha.
B. J. Libbe, representing the Iowa Central.
who has his headquarters at Peoria, is in
the city. He states that the last few days
there has been marked increase in ship
mentS OF grain from points on their line,
which they are turning over TO the Peoria
go East.
The gross receipts OF the Illinois Central
from traffic are estimated at 81, 400 $50 for the
month Of April. an increase of sS0.39S over
months ended March 81 the excess of re-
ceipts over all expenditures was S5,62O,9S9. an
increase over the corresponding months or
last year OF 81, 26S, 232.
dollar excursions to Niagara Falls had been
announced. AS yet no excursion has been
arranged, the passenger ofnciais Delng I'M
able to agree on the rate. An eight-dollar
round trip rate has been talked of, but one
Of the passenger men yesterday said some
of the general passenger agents thought a
ten-dollar rate would be better.
The Illinois Central, which recently took
control of the Cairo Short-line, Is already
spending money in bringing the road up to
standard. New steel will be bought and
new bridges built Construction trains are
to be put on, stations Improved and many
other things done to bring the property up
to the ideas OF the, management or the IL
linois Central lines, of which the cairo
Short-line Is a part.
The Lake Shore engine which holds the
worlds record for speed has quite an or
binary appearance and only a 62-incn driv-
ing wheel, and the question Is asked why
the New York Central should put so much
money into their Empire state express en-
gines, using an A-inch driving wheel and
$50 pounds steam pressure when b hess pre-
ster New York Central locomotive.
Yesterday 162 carloads of live stock were
delivered by the Western Tines at the In
dianapolis stock yards; of the number sixty
purchased twenty carloads of cattle and
sixty carloads of hogs. Traffic Manager
Graybill, of the indianapolis stock yards,
will next week start on an extended trip
through Iowa, Texas and other States in
the interest of the Indianapolis yards.
So favorable to growth of vegetation is the
present spring that section men on the Pan
& Chicago lines are having hard work in
fighting the growing crops. Wheat, corn,
oats and rye are sDrouting in the ballast
feature is that the trouble is largely on the
east-bound track. over which millions of
bushelo of grain pass annually. On the
west-bound track only manufactured prod
ucts and merchandise are hauled
The Louisville New Albany e. Chicago
earned in April S27S,9i1, an increase over
April. 1895. OF Mi775. Since July the road
corresponding ten months ending April 80,
1895. Of s22l ,5l3. The predictions of what the
road would earn this present fiscal year.
made by Vice President McDoel, notwith-
standing the depression in business, will be
realized should the next two months show
as favorable exhibits the last few
months. He fixed the increase this year at
$780, 600 gross. ~
posed of the presidents OF the railroad lines
forming the Joint Traffic Association, was
held in New York yesterday. Little. was
done, except to talk over the general railroad
situation throughout the country. Commits
sioner Blanchard presided. Sir Charles Riv-
ers wilson OF the Grand Trunk railroad,
to this country on a tour of inspection of the
railroad interests which he represents. and
also as spokesman for large number of
shareholders of the Norfolk & Western and
the Canadian Pacific railroads. !.
Officials of the Pennsylvania railroad at
Jersey City were notified yesterday that an
attempt was made TO wreck the fast train
from Philadelphia Thursday evening. When
near Deans Station the engineer of the train
saw distractions eautiletrack ahead. and put
on the air brakes. The. train was brought
almost TO a standstill before the engine ran
into some ties that had been placed on the
track. No damages was done. There is no
clew to the perpetrators of the outrage.
Henry Jackson, a negro, Is In custody at
New Brunswick. accused OF placing obstruc-
tons on the Pennsylvania railroad track
near Duport Wednesday evening