The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-05-11

win make the run between the two points
in seven hours and four minutes. the fast
est schedule ever attempted with a regular
train.
On Wednesday the limited express on the
Pennsylvania road, consisting Of seven cars
all Pul1mans but one, was hauled from Har-
risburg to Elizabethtown, 1S.5 miles, IN SIX
teen minutes.
With the ,aking effect of the now time
tables May the Big Four Will make the
run from Cincinnati to Cleveland, 2ss miles.
in seven hours, two hours quicker than any
former schedule.
1t Is stated that the Lake Erie & Western
will become a member of the Joint Traffic
Association. For some months the trunk
line presidents have been laboring with the
Brice peop.e TO induce them TO take sucn
steps.
The Big -Four lines proper earned in April
$l.0o6, 5o8, decrease. as compared with
April, 1895, OF $67,579 Since July / the lines
have earned $40, ISL .g74 an increase over the
s264.579
The excursion yesterday over. the west
end of the Peoria & Eastern brought in
thirteen coaches. every car crowded. The
Woodsdale Island Park excursion over the
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton carried
seven coaches well filed.
With the taking effect of the summer time
table the Pennsylvania Company will put on
new train between New York and chicago,
using the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago
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delphia and Chicago special.
Il. A. Rittenhouse, formerly chief clerk
of G. u. Henderson when the latter was
general manager of the J., b. & W., spent
Sunday with his parents in this city. he Is
now private secretary for General Manager
Chapel, of the Chicago & Alton
Charles I. Brown, general freight agent
on the Lexington division of the Chesapeake
& Ohio lines, died from injuries he received
on Tuesday last in an accident and was
buried yesterday at Lexington. he was
twenty-six years Of age and very capable
freight official.
The Pennsylvania Company has under
consideration the purchase of one hundred
acres of ground at LoganSport, which would
embrace the Hamilton water power proper
ty. That the Pennsylvania Company has In
view making some extensive improvements
at Logansport is very apparent.
The financial situation is now such that
the owners of the Valley terminals st
Cleveland, o., have decided to defer contem-
plated improvements for which 100000 OF
bonds were issued, the Baltimore d Ohio
guaranteeing the interest Eventually the
company at Cleveland will be carried out.
The citizens of Knoxville. Tenn, will this
week vote on a proposition TO appropriate
81, 900 to aid in the construction OF road
from Knoxville north to Madison, Ind,
where connection would be made with the
Pennsylvania lines Such road would fur
nish a short line from Knoxville north and
be a great feeder to the Madison division of
the Pennsylvania lines.
The Southwestern limited on the Big Four
on Saturday made a remarkable run. 1t Is
scheduled from Gallon TO indianapolis at
f0rty-eight and one-half miles an hour,
stops to be deducted, and on Saturday Ems
gine 1876, S. RUE, engineer, made up an hour
and two minutes on It's regular schedule.
1t is claimed to be the best run ever made
over this 24 miles OF track.
An official of the Brice lines of which the
Northern Ohio is one. said on Saturday that
before many months the Northern Ohio
would be made a valuable property through
extensions. He said there was no doubt
about Its being the intention OF the Brice
people TO extend the road seventy-five miles
into the Youngstown district, wfich would
at once give the road much more impor-
lance.
The Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Is
making some very fast runs with it's
through freights between Toledo and Gin
cinnati One day last week a special train,
consisting OF ten express sS. cars, carving lying
and thirty minutes, and several through
freight runs have been made of late where
about as good time was made on special
delivery freight.
General Superintendent Turner, Of the Gin
cinnati. Hamilton & Dayton, accompanied by
the division superintendent, last week went
over the lines, acpuainting themselves with
their patrons and the needs of the local
stations. On the c., III. d ID. local as well
as terminal stations receive good deal of
attention. If General Manager Waldo wishes
to gain favor on the Indianapolis division he
will build a new depot at Connersville, SIM
liar to the ones recently completed at other
| points.
reading just is the efforts the through
| lines are making to prevent delays at trans
| fer points. In this Indianapolis has greatly
| the advantage through its Belt road. New
| York freights consigned to st. Louis are
| now not delayed at Indianapolis over eight
| minutes. At any important railway GEN.
| ter, if q car is forwarded the same day ii
| is received Il is considered good work. Full
| tariff for freight Is demanded and all pos
| sble effort made TO secure quick time, and
| the slowest lines are now faster than the
| lines noted for quick time were three years
ago.
The passenger department OF the Queen 6
| Crescent route announces d s. round-trir
| rate to Chattanooga and surrounding battle
| fields for Decoration day. This novel idea
| meets with much approval by old soldiers anc
| their friends. 1t will enable them 10 visit
| the National Cemetry at Chattanooga, where
| 1900 soldiers are buried. and TO look over
| the scenes of some of the greatest battles
! of the late war without any great expendi-
/ ture. Special trains Will be run May y tc
| accommodate the people, and limited num-
/ Der of sleeping cars will be attached. This
is a new feature in the history OF excursion:
| from Cincinnati.
| Lucius Wakely assistant general passenger
| agent of the Chicago, Burlington Quincy
| having the Missouri river line under his
supervision, was in the city on Saturday
| looking after the interests of the 60" Mr.
| Wakely says no State in the Union is com
/ ing to the front more rapidly tnan MISSOURI
| The extensions of the railways and the i'm
| provenents they have made are giving new
| life to that State He says il is now two
! years since the %" completed its terminal:
| at ST. Louis, which cost $6.000.O00. and the
| business the St. Louis shippers are giving
| the road is the best evidence that IL was ar
| excellent investment. There has not been
| month since the road opened for passenger
| business from st. Louis that there has no
been handsome increase shown in the re
ceipts.
A talk with railroad men by William
Sloan, general freight agent of the Della
| ware, Lackawanna e& Western, has beel
published in pamphlet form. He sets fortl
| the growth of the Young Mems Christian
| Association among railroad men. This linz
of Christian work was begun in 1872 witt
a branch at Cleveland. The next was tn
| Grand Central Station branch in 1875; Co
| lumbus, O., Detroit, Altoona and Baltimor
| were added in 1875; Oneonta and West Al
| bany in 1871; Chicago, Elmira and Derr.
| Station, Pa, in 1873; Louisville Albany, Buff
| falo, Hornellsville and Syracuse in 1879. Tn
| first branches on the c. & O. were organize
| as follows: Richmond, Va, in 1885, Newpor
| News, 1888; Clifton Forge. 1882 while Hintol
| does not appear until 1871. The Vanderbilt
| and Pennsylvania lines We're the first sys
TENS in the country TO officially recognize
this work by way OF official appropriations
|
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