The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-25

As result of the examination for color
blindness on the Michigan division of the
Big Four, one conductor, two engineers,
che sWitchman and a number of section
toremen have been dismissed.
The old type of engines on the Michigan
DIVISION OF the Big Four, COS, Gil and go
nave been consigned TO the scrap heap, TO
make room to house the more modern type
OF engines when not in service.
IT is stated that the train crews on the
Big -Four. the Vandalia and Louisville di-
vision of the Pennsylvania lines will this
month make the best pay in any one month
IL the history of the respective lines.
The Union Railway Company last week
received from Youngstown o., eleven iron
Orders weighing twenty-five tons each,
which are to be used in spanning Pogue's
run between Meridian and Pennsylvania
streets.
The Baltimore & Ohio proper has now
only a few old-style coaches, and these are
run on the branches On the main line
nearly every coach is of modern type, and
lne old-style locomotives have about all
disappeared.
The large engines of the vandalia are
now hauling from forty to forty-fve loaded
cars to the train between Terre Haute and
indianapolis, and they are proving of great;
benefit to the Vandalia in an economical
way in the handling of trains.
The Canadian Pacific is handling ship
ment of 900 punds of canned beef from
Kansas City for the japanese army and
navy From Kansas City to ST. Paul 1t is
carried over the Chicago Great Western,
and is turned over to the Canadian Pacific.
The management of the Baltimore & Ohio
southwestern is taking steps TO bring its
equipment UP TO the standard of the Balti-
more & Ohio proper. During the depressed
times the company allowed it's rolling stock
TO run down, and with better earnings the
power and cars are to undergo general re-
pairs.
Away back in 1S49 project was advanced
for the building of a bridge across the ST.
Lawrence at Que bee in order to connect the
several railway systems on both sides OF the
river, but nothing came of II at the time.
with fair prospects that the bridge will be
built.
The seventy-five-ton ten-wheel passenger
engines recently purchased by the Denver
o. Rio Grande road are performing so salts
faetorily that the company will purchase
several more. These engines go up the heavy
grades in a manner which exceeds the ex-
pectations of the superintendent of motive
power of the road, on whose plans they were
built.
Within the last week seven monster
freight engines built at the Baldwin loco
motive works for the Houston, East &
West Texas road, have passed through
here, and expert mechanics who have ex-
amined them pronounced them the finest
ten-wheel freight locomotives and best
equalized in every respect that they have
ever seen.
Merchants at the larger towns are COM
planning that the railways allow fruits and
vegetables shipped to those towns and left
on side tracks for peddiers sent there to
load from at WILL and it seriously inter-
feres with the trade of the local merchants.
With each year this method of peddling
goods is increasing and cutting into the
LEGAL merchants trade.
1t is noticeable that net gains in railway
earnings, as recorded from week to week.
are proportiOnately larger than the increase
in gross earnings, thus establishing the fact
that to obtain this materially increased traf-
fc the important roads of the country do
not have to much increase their operating
expenses. to so close a basis have the de-
pressed times brought transportation men
IN operating the roads.
The passenger fraternity claim to have
made more Roadway in the last three
months toward crushing out ticket scalping
than in the last three preceding years, and
should Congress fail to pass the anti
scalping bill it is stated that nearly every
State in the Union will be asked to pass an
anti-scalpng, law similar to that of New
York, which went into effect Sept. in that
State, and which is effectually checking the
scalping of tickets.
J. ID. Laying, vice president of the Big
-Four lines, was given q fast run over the
western division of the Peoria & Eastern
on Saturday, the special train covering the
2l2 miles in four hours and tifty-eight min
utes from start to standstill in the Union
Station at indianapolis. His car was at
opce attached to the Southwestern limited
and on Saturday afternoon inspected that
division of the Big Four; to-day he will in
spect it from Kankakee to Cincinnati.
In New Jersey. where an electric railroad
crosses the line of 3 steam railroad, a train
operated by the steam railroad has the right
ton Of the train are bound to ring its bell
and blow its whistle at the crossing in the
manner required by statute, and if they do
so the steam railroad is entitled to recover
damages against the electric railroad COM
pany for injury sustained by a collision aris-
ing from the negligent operation of one of
the electric cars,
j. II. Mcconnell, superintendent Of motive
power of the Union Pacific, is quite proud of
a one of their own build of engines re-
Gently made with special train, The dis
lance covered was 955 miles, and the time
schedule shows the lowest rate of speed
was II miles at SIS miles an hour, % miles at
60. 10 miles per hour, 24.3 miles at 69.43 miles
per hour, % miles at q sixty-siX-mile rate
40.4 miles at 67S3 miles per hour and the
closing pol miles at the maximum average
rate Of 1894 miles per hour.
The belief strengthens that eventually the
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton will be
part of a great north-and-south through
line in Connection with the Queen s Cres-
hopes to secure absolute control of the Gin
cinnati Southern, either by long lease or
purchase. This would give through line
from the lakes to the gulf or South At
lantic ports. AS Toledo is a large grain
market it is thought that much grain
would, during the winter months, be drawn
from there.
When the Illinois Central bought the Chi
cago & Texas 1t was regarded as a clever
n Owe, designed to keep the Chicago & East
ern Illinois from poaching on the pre-
serves of the Illinois Central. says the Chi
cago Record. The Chicago & Eastern Ill.,
Eois had planned to use the Chicago &
route to Texas The road had previously
absorbed the Chicago, Paducah & Memphis
which extended the Chicago a. Eastern Ill-
nois system to Marion, ILL.,. PIP miles south
of Danville. 1t purposed using the Chicago
q Texas and the Cape Girardeau South
western to reach Delta, Mo-, where con-
nection is made with the st. Louis, South
western & Cotton-belt route, but the Illi-
nois Central snapped up the Chicago &
Texas link Now. however, it is said the
Chicago & Eastern Illinois will lay it's own
rails from Marion southwest to Delta, with
a saving of sixty-tive miles
The Big Four air-brake instruction car
has now been over most of the system
The ear is in charge of w. T. Hartman
who is an expert in all matters pertaining
to airbrakes air signals, or heating and
Illuminating appliances. All employees whose
duties bring them in contact with such APP
pliances are required to receive the instruc-
ticn which is afforded and to pass an exam
struction from to II O'clock in the morn
ing, while other trainmen are instructed
from / to 6 o'clock in the afternoon. On
Saturday evening from to o'clock, the
general public may visit the car and in
spect the APPLIANCES. The Big Four officials
are always alert to the best interests of
their company and its patrons, and no ex-
pense is spared to equip the road with the
latest modern appliances and secure the
highest efficiency in their employees. The
maintenance of department for the in
structiOn and examination of their en-
ployes in almost every department OF the
system involves great expense, but the of
fcials have found that the indirect saving
Que to the efficiency of their employees more
than compensates for the additional cost.
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