The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-30
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Representatives Of the Baltimore & Ohio
have been notified that the new car ferry
service between Detroit and Sandusky was
successfully opened on Wednesday.
The first twenty-eight days of this month
the Big -Four handled on its system an aver
age of 5.243 loaded cars daily, which was an
average of 426 loaded cars over any like
period per day.
George Hammond has been appointed
commercial agent of the Chesapeake & Ohio
at Pittsburg, q newly created position. Mr..
Hammond was formerly commercial agent
of the Norfolk & Western.
The Pullman Company WILL next week.
begin delivery of fifteen new cars per day
to the Big Four and the same number per
day to the Chesapeake & Ohio, until the or
der for one thousand box cars each is filled
The Erie Railway on Wednesday took out
of Erie, Pa, nine carloads OF engines and
other machinery for Delagoa Bay, South
Africa, being the third large shipment OF
export machinery the Erie has handled the
present month.
The new cars the Wagner Palace Car
Company has been building for the Lake
Shore. to be run on the Lake Shore limited,
came out of the shops on Thursday, and to-
morrow will be put in service between New
York and Chicago
A number of outside railroad men were
In the city yesterday, and Of the number
were Noyes of the Chicago Great WESTERN
Bowser, Of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Zell of the Queen & Crescent, and Pitts
OF the Great Northern.
w. w. Dering, city ticket agent of the
Pennsylvania lines at Louisville, who Is a
brother of H. r. Dering, assistant general
passenger agent of the Pennsylvania lines,
will be married Nov. to Miss Elizabeth
Garrett, of Princeton, KY
Union Station officials state that their re-
port of the arrivals of trains for October
will be the most favorable exhibit of any
month since the present station was opened.
The weather the entire month has been so
favorable that seldom has train arrived
late
e. O. Mccormick passenger traffic man.
ager of the Big Four lines, has had the pic
ture ''Tne Heaven-born Banner" placed in a
neat frame for distribution. This is credited
with being the most unique advertisement
yet issued by the Big -Four passenger de-
partment. BE- attas'fe-
The force in the car repairing department.
of the Cincinnati Hamilton &, Dayton on
it's own line and at the Indiana, Decatur Sc
Western shops has been conslderapiy IN
creased in order to equip the q, n. q -.
freight cars with automatic couplers and air
brakes as rapidly as possible.
The Erie Railroad through the proper
officials has notified the civil authorities
that hereafter all tramps taken to Jail for
trespassing on the companys property
shall with the officer accompanying them,
be transported free, and that there Will be
no cost taxed in the Justices docket Tor
their arrest.
Ohio roads have agreed to make reduced
rates to enable those engaged in the state
capital to go to their homes to vote next
Tuesday. They have announced one-tare
rate for the round trip on that occasion.
Tickets at this rate will be sold Oct 20
and 81, and Nov. and 2. They Will be good
! for return Nov. 8.
On Sunday the Peoria & Eastern will rur
| a cheap excursion from Springfield, o., ano
points this side, to indianapolis, ana iron
| Champaign and points this side to Indian
! apolis and the Big -Four proper will run ar
excursion from Kankakee and points this
| side to Indianapolis. and one from Indian
| apOlis to Cincinnati.
The Erie Railway Company is preparing
! to spend a good deal of money in the elimi-
| nation of curves on its main line. The hrst
! work is to be done between Sharon and
Hubbard stations, where there is series OF
! sharp curves which make fast time an i'm
/ possibility. These eliminated, the distance
will as we'll be materially lessened.
With the taking effect of the winter
| schedule on the Big Four the time of the
| night express trains will be heightened thir
| ty minutes between Cincinnati and Chicago
| and under the new schedule the White Spe
| cial Will reach Indianapolis from Cincinnati
at AIS p. M. instead of S:45 p. M, as now
! leaving Cincinnati later than at present
j. r. Cayanaugh has just returned from
| trip East to look into the car situation. H'
! found Eastern lines just as short of cars a!
| are the Western roads. He says the yard:
! of the New York Central at Buffalo arr
| fun Of loaded cars on Wednesday there
were in the yards at that point over hV'
thousand cars to be moved east or west
] President Rouse, of the Missouri, Kansas
/ q Texas has issued, in pamphlet form, his
/ annual report He says the company is free
from any floating debt and there has beer
no increase in capital account In eltnel
| bonds or stock, while the gross earnings in
! creased for the year SAIL 1928. Expenditures
increased $633, 301 considerable improve
ments having been made TO the property
| In order to avoid detention at Suspension
Bridge. caused by inspection of baggage by
| United States customs officials, the Lehigf
Valley has arranged, at considerable ex'
! pense to place inspectors on Grand TRUNK
| trains connecting at Suspension Bridge with
! the Black Diamond express and the Ph1la-
! delphia and New York express. The traVe
on these trains has assumed large proper
tions and the inspection has caused annoy
ing delays.
The Baltimore & Ofio has placed in serv-
| ice on the part of the middle DIVISION. De'
| tween Brunswick and Cumberland, thirty
! six Of the finest and largest freight engines
| yet built. Where a year ago, West-bound
| an engine rarely handled west over thirty
| five empty cars, these engines haul sixty,
| six and east-bound the relative gain Is
| greater, as these engines haul between nifty
| AMI sixty loaded cars, as against twenty
| five ard thirty with the engines formerly
| in service on this division.
j. f. Barnes superintendent of motive
| power of the Wabash, has completed plans
! which are to be built at the company
| shops. The engine will have six driving
wheels, seventy~two inches in diameter, and
| complete will weigh 14l,000 pounds, 2OOOl
! pounds more than any passenger engine
! now in use on the Wabash. In appearance
it is stated the engine will resemble the big
| Glass X engines designed by Wlllam
| Stephenson, and now in use ON the rem
! sylvania lines cast
The Terre Haute Gazette publishes the
| Journals report concerning the improve
ments to the Vandalia shops at Terre
Haute, and prefaces the statement with, a
remark that it was correct except IN the
statement that the shops were built In the
late forties as the road had not then been
built The Journals statement was correct;
The Terre Haute & Richmond, now part OF
the Vandalia, commenced operations In 1913
and the first annual report was MADE on
Jan. l, 1S49. The annual report SHOWS tne
cost of operating the road in 1S49 to nave
/ been $102 911.12.
Freight officials Of the Alton road report
that the coal traffic over their lines IS UNI
usually heavy at the present time. since
tho cessation of the late strike they nave
heer1 greatly pressed for cars to take care
of it, At the present time the demand is
bound freight business generally Is un-
usually heavy just now. It's tendency is TO
increase steadily rather than diminish.
These officials consider that the indications
are exceedingly promising for the future
of the road There is strong probability
that per cent. DIVIDENDS VIII De speeuny
restored.
Said a travelling passenger agent yester-
day: "One frequently hears the remark that
we are an expensive set or men to the
roads and live on entirely too eXtravagant
a scale when the fact is that the general
instruct the travelling passenger agents to
stop at the most popular hotels. as at such
hotels they meet people from all parts OF
the country and often secure good business.
The instructions of most general passenger
agents are that their representatives shall,
al the hotel where he stops, not only regis
ter his name, but his title and the road on
which he is employed