The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-11

at the highest standard and practically
straight The Big Four has a little advan-
tage, having an interlocldng signal and
switch at its crossing of the Belt, while
Vandalia trains must come TO standstill
at that crossing.
Trainmaster Raidy, Of the vandalia main
line, Trainmaster Burke of Michigan divi-
sion, and Passenger Conductor Kearns, of
the Nandalia, are at West Baden. Mr..
Raidy has greatly improved in health
since going there.
Employees on the Richmond division of the
Panhandle will picnic, on July 5. at point
between Richmond and Hamilton, the ex-
act place not yet having been decided on.
Many of the employees on the Indianapolis
division will join the party.
The passenger trains of the Cincinnati
Hamilton & Dayton present the appearance
or new equipment, as siXty-hVe OF their
coaches have been overhauled and re-
painted in the last six months at the shops
of the Indiana, Decatur q Western
Ten years ago the running time from Gin
cinnati to Chicago over the Big Four was
twelve hours, and that of freight trains
thirty-two hours; now the White special
makes the run in eight hours, and freight
trains make the run in sixteen hours.
All Of the interested roads have agreed
to make low, rate into Chicago Tor the
ceremonies incidental to the unwilling of the
Logan monument on July 20. a rate Of
one fare for the round trip will be made
from all points within two hundred miles of
Chicago.
Inc Erie MANAGEMENT has ordered that
its shops commence running nine hours a
day, and at the shops at Huntington, Ind,
twenty men who were dismissed few
weeks ago have been re-employed. In the
car repairing department, especially, are
the men busy.
]. W. Midgley, chairman of the Western
Joint Traffic Bureau, reached Chicago yes
terday on his return from a foreign trip
In his three months tour of Europe and the
Holy Land he visited many places of in
terest,f Mr.. Midgley returns completely re-
stored to health.
Through travel east by way of St. Louis
has increased so of late as to alarm the
passenger officials of the Chicago lines, and
they will try and induce the Joint Traffic
managers to withdraw the obnoxious order
applying excess fares on the fast trains
east from Chicago.
On Wednesday a special train of four
cars was hauled from Denver to Ellis,
Kan, in six hours; distance, 337 miles.
Such fast runs for the Union Pacific on
that division are a new departure, the
speed of the train the entire distance aver
aging fifty-siX miles an hour.
The improvements which the Monon peo-
pie are making on the north end OF the line
in the Strengthening of curves and reducing
of grades are now well advanced, and when
completed the company contemplates still
faster service between indianapolis and
Chicago. In freight service Will the results
be most felt.
Col. William Shaw. district passenger
agent of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
is in the city perfecting arrangements for
deavor societies A special train Will be
run from here over the Big Four, which
goes to the Pacific coast over the @ after
leaving the Big Four.
Sunday night Train So over the Cincin-
natl, Hamilton Dayton, which arrives at
indianapolis at 1915, made the run from
Rushville to the Belt-road crossing, thirty
seven miles, in thirty-tWo minutes. 1t is
not at all unusual for some of the trains to
cover that distance in thirty-four minutes
if they chance to be a little off time
Central at Louisville, was in the city yes
terday. He states that the freight traffic
of the Illinois Central over its recently
acquired road into Louisville is much of a
surprise in it's volume, but the passenger
business seems to be of slower growth,
and has not as yet reached expectations.
The gross receipts of the Illinois Central
from traffic for the month of May are es-
timated at ST. 794, 459, an estimated increase
of $150Q05 over the same month of last
year. For the ten months ended April 80
the excess receipts of the road over operat-
ing expenses and taxes were s., SIS $40, a de-
crease of S676, 4S3 from the same period of
the preceding fiscal year.
The Peoria & Eastern has its bridges
treStles etc, in good condition and has
commenced reballasting the road heavily
with gravel. One steam shovel has been at
work near Danville, for some time, ard
yesterday a second shovel was. set at work
at Mackinac. The ballast Will be distrib-
uted between Bloomington and Pekin, 1t
being the intention TO bring the western
division up to the standard of the best dt-
visions on the Big Four proper.
The fruit and vegetable trains of the
Illinois Central, the Chicago q Eastern IL
linois the Louisville and Chicago divisions
of the Pennsylvania lines and the Monon
have this year been run at much higher
speed than in any former year. SO sharp
was the competition, and the packing of
fruits in the South has been so much I'M
proved that fruits are shipped to much
greater distances and are delivered in as
good condition as when shipped.
The hoard of managers of the Joint
Traffic Association has fixed a rate of one
first-class fare for the round trip to Erie,
miles for July 10, when the l.. A. w. will
hold its annual circuit bike meet. The
Wabash road was authorized to make
special rates for an excursion on July 70
from points in Illinois and Indiana to
Niagara Falls. a recommendation of the
Central Passenger Association fixing one
ana one-third fare to the Old Soldiers and
Sailors Orphans Home annual reunion at
Xenia, o.. was approved.
1t is stated that there are over four thou
sand books out, sold by the Columbus.
Sandusky & Hooking Valley road. most of
which were sold to scalperS at SIS. me
refusal of several roads to accept this
parties, people who never will use the nile
age on the Columbus, Sandusky ~ Hooking
Valley. 1t is stated that there is SO much
of a scare over the matter that it is prob.
able that the Interchangeable mileage of
some of the other roads in the hands OF re
cevers may receive similar notice TO- that
given the Columbus, -Sandusky & Hooking
Valley, as receivers can do as they please
about paying for such mileage when
sent in.
The committee representing the first and
second mortgage holders of the Peoria, De-
catur & Evansville Railroad Company held
a conference in New York Tuesday relative
10 the proposed plan of reorganization, but,
so far as could be ascertainedF no under
standing was reached. The tirst-mortgage
bondhoiders ask that their interest be con-
tinued at per cent and in default of that
they propose to take the road under fore
closure No plan of reorganization, how
ever. has been formulated by the first
mortgage bondholders' committee. 1t IS said
that the deposits of first mortgage bonds
with the second-mortg gage bondholders'
committee already amount to as much as
The holdings of the other cOmmlttee.