The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-27
$4,000 in excess of those Of the third week
of September 1896


of September, 1896.
With the promotion of Joseph Wood TO
be thisd vice president. the title of fourth
vice president is abolished with the Penn
sylvania Company.
A very large mileage of new heavy steel
rails is now being put in the track of the
Pittsburg Fort Wayne & Chicago between
Crestlne and Pittsburg.
President ingalls,, of the Chesapeake &
Ohio predicts that the export shipments
via Newport News this fall and winter will
exceed all former years.
Inquiry Of general managers of all the
roads in this section shows that at the
shops full complement of men is en-
ployed and working full time.
The advertising department of the Big
-Four has issued a little folder entitled,
Too Good for the Waste Basket and 1t
is replete with bright sayings about the
Big Four lines.
It is claimed that the Missouri Pacific,
by abandoning Chamois as a division point,
will save $40 0oO year. There IS no tTu IN
in the report that Jefferson City Will be
made division point.
l. @. Gron, one of the oldest and most
popular employees on the Pennsylvania, was
buried on Saturday at Philadelphia For
many years he had been station master at
the Broad-street station.
The first eight months of 1897 the Missouri
Pacific earned $7S4, 600 more than in the cor
responding period last year, and the IN
crease of the present year over 1896, IL Is
predicted, will exceed 81 100000.
On Thursday of last week the Missouri
Pacific dismissed thirteen freight con-
ductors at Nevada, Mo-, for carrying On
their trains passengers Six of the ols-
charged men were old men in the service
of the company.
o. w Lamport, formerly superintendent
of the Cincinnati, Wabash IL Michigan, now
with the Lake Shore at Cleveland is spend
ing few days with friends on the line of
the c.. w. & Nj. When superintendent OF
the road he had many friends among its
patrons.
The tonnage of transcontinental line
freights for August this year was 81 236
tons, against 1881 tons in August, 1896 For
the eight months ending Aug. 81 the ton
mage amounted to 304, 1873, against 26o, l6t IN
the corresponding period of 1896 and 2S5,9O5
tons in 1895.
c. A. Parker, vice chairman of the Joint
Western Freight Bureau and member or
the board of commissioners of that aSso-
citation. has been appointed traffic manager
for Armour & Co, of Chicago, virtually
taking the place held by E. j. Martyr, VINO
died recently.
Steven Little has completed an expert
examination of the books and accounts or
the St. Louis & San Francisco, ana mas
given the company clean Dill OF healtn.
d. p. Robinson. president OF the company
is reported as being highly gratined over
Mr.. LittleS report.
Railway officials. almost without excep-
tion say all indications point to an I'M
precedented traffic both in freights and
passengers, next MONTH far exceeding the
business of September, and with the bet
ter rates the increase in earnings Will be
proportionately great
F. e. House has been appointed Superin-
tendent of rolling stock of the Pfttsburg
Bessemer & Lake Erie, with office at Pitts
burg, and John S. Matson superintendent
of transportation with office at GreenVlile
Pa. The offices of chief engineer ana mas
ter of transportation have been abolished
A new company has been organized by
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, to be
lrY,n 10
which will operate as a feeder out OF chi
cago five miles in length. Joseph Wood
third vice president Of the pennsylvania
Company, at it's meeting last week was
elected president of the newly-organlzed
company.
There seems to be no falling off in the
number of people who take advantage Of
the Iow-rate Sunday excursions. Yester-
day the official report shows that, In addl-
ton to the regular service, the Big Four
the Peoria & Eastern, the Pennsylvania
and the Lake Erie & Western brought in
ninety-seven extra coaches, and not only
were the seats full, but the aisles ana pat
forms.
E. O. Mccormick. in selecting William
p Deppe as the assistant general passen-
ger agent of the Big -Four at st. LOUIS,
made a wise move, as he has harmonlzed
the relations of the Big Four with those OF
other lines and made himself very popular
H. c. Townsend, general passenger agent
of the Missouri Pacific, puts it as follows:
'sHe is the pioneer of railroadlng, harmon
ized with social swelldom." He adds that
in potency of polish he remains unsur-
passed.
A. A. Zion has had a compilation made
showing the number OF trans anu anu coa aSnSs
on Friday, the big day of the state talr; II
shows that there arrived ana departed Oh
that day 167 trains, handlng ga cdrs' Tog
he thinks that to estimate the nunper OF
passengers handled at 65,OO is no eAagsela-
ton: that is, regular passengers ana STATE
fair visitors, and not person was lnJuA ca
nor even scratched.
F. O. Mccormick, passenger tra1ac mana
ger of the Big -Four lines, has begun a care
ful investigation as to how the new mhease
is viewed by business men. No passenger
official is more anxious than he TO nave the
patrons of the Big Four pleased with
their methods of doing business ana, al
though good friend to the interchange
able mileage were he to discover that the
new mileage was really unpopular aIter pc
ing fairly tested, he would De among tue
first 10 take steps to modify 1t or even With
draw it from sale
The Pennsylvania Company is making
some unusual tests of the grades on the
Pittsburg Fort Wayne az Chicago. On
Thursday train of ninety-two loaded cars
was hauled from Fort Wayne 10 engage
with one engine. and announcer tesi Wla ~ oe
made One engine hauled Us loaded cars
The company will for some days be making
tests to ascertain just what the~grades are
with a view of better knowing Just what
tonnage one locomotive will haul and make
good time. 1t is not the policy OF the com
pany, however, to haul trains or the length
being tested.
Fearing that tramps, emboldened by their
success In holding up people, might turn
their attention to train wrecking, the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company has taken steps
to forestall any such action, and is arrang-
ing for special police system to thorougn Ign
ly patrol its lines at night a checking sys-
tenn will be employed. the track walkers be-
ing used as the patrols. Each track walker
will be supplied with bundle of checks
He will be given district to patrol, touch
ing at each end the district of another pa
troll. The beats are so arranged that he
will. on arriving at the end of his beat, en-
counter the patrolman on the next beat
They will exchange checks, each check be-
ing indorsed with the time of the meeting
ana any other information of Importance
Tine checks are then to be carried to the
signal tower at the opposite end of the beat
The checks after being filed, are at once
wired in to Jersey City. In this manner the
main Office at Jersey City will be In con-
slant communication with every part Oh the
line.