The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-24

The Big Four lines proper handled at
indianapolis last week 1852 cars, S,437 being
loaded cars, an increase over the preceding
week of rs loaded cars.
The Cincinnati, Hamilton &, Dayton han
died at this terminal in the week ending
May % a total of .025 cars, 753 being loaded
cars. 73 fewer loaded cars than in the pre-
ceding week.
Personal, Local and General Notes.
William Garstang, superintendent of mo-
tive power on the Big Four lines, is in West
Virginia on a fishing trip.
j. NJ. Graham has been elected a director
Of the Flint & Pere Marquette, vice w. IL.
TOusey, deceased.
The Grand Trunk has leased for term
Of years its car-wheel works at Hamilton,
ont, to a private corporation.
Since Jan. the Big. -Four proper has
earned S46l3S71, against 81 $50 224 in the cor
responding period of 1896, and against
4,74S,96S in 1895.
The Erie Railway has contracted to carry
5000 passengers from Chicago to North Jud-
son, Ind, June n, the occasion being a
Bohemian picnic.
p. r. Myrick the new superintendent of
already introduced new features which are
populariZing the service.
1. A. Ivan, ticket agent of the Pennsyl
vania Company at Fort Wayne, has been
placed in charge of the ticket office at Wi
mona Park for the season.
Neither the Lake Shore nor the Michigan
Central will shorten the running time of
their fast trains to comply with the sugges-
lions of the Joint Traffic Association.
The Chicago & Eastern Illinois has re-
Gently dismissed several of the older Of the
locomotive engineers, and several trainmen
have been surprised by receiving notice that
their services were no longer needed.
The Wabash management has proposed
to the government to extend it's fast mail
service, which is now only between Toledo
and st. Louis, to Kansas City. At st. Louis
mail is turned over to the Missouri racine.
The first train into Greenvile Miss, on
the YaZoo q Mississippi Valley Railroad
since the overflow arrived there yesterday;
Regular trains between GreenV1lle and
Carey will commence running to-day
Receiver Murray, General Manager Greene
and Passenger Traffic Manager Martin, OF
the Baltimore & Ohio lines, were in Cincin-
natl yesterday on their return from a ten
days trip over the lines of the Baltimore
& Ohio.
The Pittsburg & Lake Erie is introducing
gas engines at ITS pumping statl t WIN drn
just completing a plant with a capacity of
100000 gallons of water daily. The gas en-
CINE is twenty horse power.
John +. Payne, Eastern manager of the
Anchor freight line, which is controlled by
the Pennsylvania, says that Commissioners
Blanchard, of the Joint Traffic Association,
has made no complaint of cutting grain
rates by his company, as reported.
The Railway Cycle Company at Hagers-
town, Ind, is pushed with orders ana re-
Gently has shipped a number to Russia
Venezuela and New Zealand and is daily
receiving orders from roads in this country.
1t is the lghtest railway vehicle made
Within the last week three engines have
come out of the shops of the Cincinnati,
Hamilton q Dayton rebuilt and practlcally
as good as new. Nearly every locomotive
on the c., n. q d. is either new or in the
last three years has been thoroughly re-
built.
At Frederick, Md, on the Baltimore &
Ohio, is a freight station that was So built td6
contains an old bell that was tolled in the
days gone by when a train was sighted
In those days horses We're the motive
power.
The Big Four has been selected as the
route for the Cincinnati Shriners on their
pilgrimage to the session of the Imperial
Council. The start viii be made June ..
Passenger Traffic Manager +. Q. McCor-
mick, of the Big Four, and Southern Pas,
senger Agent Reeves Will speciaHy attend
to the transportation of the party.
The Toledo papers have revived the rumor
that the Pennsylvania Company is again
making an effort to get into Detroit Inc
business men of Detroit are said to be
quietly urging the Pennsylvania people 70
take definite action in the matter ana
promise TO do the handsome thing IN the
way of giving the company terminal tacll-
tiles.
The Pennsylvania Company has put a
large force of men at work building a INK
that will connect the Panhandle with the
cleveland & Pittsburg. The Pennsylvania
Company is laying plans for better faclll-
ties to develop the important coal deposits
IN southern ONO, Dis wen do " COlliiCS - IAiS
two lines and better handle the interchange
of traffic between the two.
A gentleman who keeps well informed
concerning the affairs of the Baltimore o.
Ohio Southwestern states that since the
publication of rumors about possible ofhclal
changes there has been decided increase
in business on the road the beheI prevali s
that Receiver Murray, of the Baltimore q
Ohio line east, has been instrumental in
effecting these favorable changes.
Train 5, on the Pennsylvania lines, which
is made up of mail and express cars, Will
hereafter haul a passenger coach, and when
a traveller desires a fast ride from PlttSDurg
to Indianapolis he need only step into that
coach. The train makes no stops except 10
change engines or take water. There is no
train in the country which attatns such
speed daily as does this.
T. w. McCreary, representing the Hotel tfe
Victory, at Put-in-Bay island, is IN the
city He states that the Big -Four, the
Wabash the Lake Erie & Western and
the Toledo, st. Louis Kansas CITY are
arranging to carry a good deal of business
to this pleasure resort and he is here try
ing to arrange for some excursions "hen
the season opens, July l.
N. p. Pangborn, a conductor on the Peo-
ria division of the Big Four, who has been
confined at his room in the Grand Hotel
for six weeks as the result of an accident,
was able to take out his train Saturday
night Mr. Pangborn fell and sprained his
ankle while attempting to alight from his
train This was the first and only accl-
dent that had occurred to him in twenty
three years of railroad service.
The Columbus & Hooking Valley, has pat
on a train to make the run from Columbus
to Toledo in three hours and in eight hours
from Columbus to Chicago. The actual
running time OF the train between Column
bus and Toledo is said to be fifty-tWo miles
an hour. a passenger official in comment
ing on this. said the fast running was all
right but the line should maintain rates
He added that an opinion prevails that the
Columbus q Hooking Valley people are try
ing to force some of the strong lines TO
purchase the property to get it out of the
way as a rate-cutter.
p. A. Bonebrake, superintendent Of. the
Louisville division of the Pennsylvania
lines which is the best 10 miles of track
on the system West, is anxious to nave one
OF the Glass L. express engines strive be-
tween indianapolis and Louisville for
world-beating record, and one OF the in
spection party who came up over the road
on Thursday said he thought his request
might be granted. The Glass Z engine, NO:
l2O with a regular train, made record of
eighty-nine miles an hour on this division;
and the big-wheeled Class L engine would
doubtless considerably exceed that record
TichbOrne Again.
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