The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-27

handle. he thinks but for the vestibule
the loss OF life in that wreck would nave
been fearful
w c. Arp. superintendent OF motive power
OF the ,Vandalia. has selected as his chief
clerk ". H. Barnhart. chief clerk or - X
Elliott when general superintendent OF the
Vandalia, the position recently aoolisned-
The Lima Northern, a road the Brice
syndicate is building, on Saturday reached
Malinta with its track, where connectlon -
made with the Toledo, St. Louis & Kansas
City. and through trains from Lima 10 To-
ledo will soon be running
The interchange freight-car repairs OF
such a system as the Big -Four reach from
$1,000 to $4,000 per month. All cars OF
foreign lines which need repairs when on
their lines are repaired and the bills sent
to the company owning the car
On Saturday the Queen & Crescent re-
ceiyed from the Baldwin Locomotive Works
two large locomotives on an order for quite
a number They are said to be of tbs pest
type ever turned out at the BALDWIN WorAs
for the service they are expected 10 no.
The Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton and
the Louisville, New Albany Il Chicago are
making a strong fight for the carrying OF
half of the mail between cincinnati ana
Chicago. On but one train each way do
these companies haul through mail ears.
A stock train of thirty cars was last week
hauled over the Erie road from Port jarvis
TO Jersey City eighty-elgnt mics les IN ew 10
making an aggressive fight in the way or
time to secure more of this class OF trafnc
Export grain rates via New Orleans and
Galveston have been restored } p9t Il l.
will not check shipments in that direction
and increase shipments by st. Louis ana
Chicago TO the Seaooard, as the tdsteIH
roads expect
The opposition to the roads frightening
their running time between Kansas CITY
and Chicago has become so pronounced that
it did not go into effect yesterday, ana a De-
lief prevails that the scheme will be aDan-
doned, although officials of the road call II
a postponement.
The Michigan Central Bridge Company.
with capitalization of 100000, was in
corporated last week II is confronted py
the Michigan Central, and will build
bridge over the Detroit river at Detroit.
which bridge and it's approaches will be
three miles long.
1t is stated that the Lake Shore has got
it's back up and has given notice that I'M
less the Wabash and Michigan Central cease
paying rebates of from y TO 50 per car on
business out of Chicago. the Lake Shore Will
withdraw from all agreements in the new
traffic association.
W. K Gillette, auditor of the Santa Fe,
retres to go into private business. he is
interested in some mining properties IN
Cripple Creek, from which he has receives
$4,000 net in the last six months. town
in the vicinity of his mining interests mas
been named Gillette.
The Erie and the New York, New Haven
& Hartford have entered into traffic
agreement by which the former viii send
and receive via Harlem all freignts 10 ana
.from New England points on the same terms
as other connecting companies, which VIII
be of great advantage to the Erie
The report of the grand chief OF the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen shows
| that the organization now has 493 lodges,
| twenty-five being established in 1873; the
| increase in membership for the year was
| 2655. During the year the insurance de-
| partment paid 22i death and disability
| claims.
The Panhandle has just built at Column
| bus O., a sample cabin car, on suggestions
! made by train men, who live in their ca
bosses much of the time. 1t VIII be orougpt
| in every respect than any cabin car yet
built, and has many improvements which
| will be appreciated by trainmen.
Engine lO7, one of the new locomotives on
| the Louisville, New Albany & Chicago, on
| Friday night hauled one of the through
| trains from Monon to Indianapolis at the
h hauled over over the road. The train was
| hauled from Delphi to Frankfort, twenty
five miles, in twenty-one minutes.
A gentleman well informed regarding the
| affairs of the Baltimore & Ohio says the
| election of John K. Cowen as president OF
| the company means that j. T. Odell, for
merly vice president and general manager
| OF the line, now holding a similar position
| on the New York & New England will come
| back to the Baltimore & Ohio. Mr.. Cowen,
| when general solicitor of the road, strongly
| opposed Mr.. Odelps leaving IL.
| All except the poverty stricken roads
| have completed equipping their cars with
| grabirons, ETC., according to the interstate
| commerce act and now comes the more
| extensive improvements, as within the next
| twelve months all roads must have their
| cars equipped with couplers which meet the
approval of the Motor Car Builders Asso-
| citation. This Improvement will cost the
| roads a large sum of money, although
| most cars built in the last two years are
now properly equipped.
| From the time the wreck alarm was
| sounded at the Panhandle shops at Column
! bus, o., Thursday. until the train was made
up and was steaming out with the wreck
| crew aboard for South Charleston was just
| eight minutes AS soon as the alarm was
sounded every member OF the wreck crew
| dropped his work, and grabbing his coat
| and dinner basket was on his way TO the
| train. In the meantime the train had been
| made up, and when all were on board 1t
| steamed out for the scene Of the wreck.
| The locomotive which exploded at South
| Charleston last week was a class en-
| CINE, built at Altoona early in 1888 10 haul
worlds fair trains, and was In the wreck
at CSalhour on the hit f fSe Sncine
| was rebuilt, given another number and
| transferred to the Panhandle. This wreck
| leaves two widows and fourteen fatherless
| children, engineer Trimbe leaving eleven
| children and fireman Walters three. The
| families of both will draw benefits from
the Pennsylvania Voluntary Relief Depart
| ment.
The Pennsylvania has now in service sew
| eral of the 1896 type class l. passenger To-
comotives The Harrisburg Post gives the
| last week under favorable weather condi-
tions and with heavy trains. The Atlantic
| express on that day was run in two sec
| TONS From Huntington TO Harrisburg the
| distance is ninety-eight miles, and the first
| section drawn by the new class l. monster,
| No g. Engineer Smith and Conductor Han
son, of this city. covered 1t at an average
| of one minute and seven seconds per mile.
| But the second section, composed OF Pull
| mans and drawn by the improved class p,
| No. IT, did even better. traversing the nine
! ty-eight miles at an average of one minute
| and four seconds per mile. Adam Kaufman
| was engineer and Mr.. Backus conductor of
| the second section. Greater things may be
expected of the class L giants, however,
| when they become well limbered up.