The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-30
Charlottesville, Ind, July 20.
Personal, Local and General Notes.

Personal, Local and General Notes.
The Erie Railway is testing on it's Chi
cago division an electric headlight of new
design.
Under the new time schedules the run
from Indianapolis to San Francisco is made
in eighty-fiVe hours.
The Great Northern has increased it's
force at its shops in St Paul Two hun
dred men are the usual quota.
M. f. ingalls,, president of the Big Four,
has gone to New York, and will return to
Hot Springs, W. Va, on Saturday.
Home seekers excursions will be run to
the Southwest and the Northwest Aug. 8
and Il, Sept. and q, and Oct. and 10.
The ten new passenger engines the Hi
nois Central has ordered are to be of the
high-speed type and powerful locomotives.
Train T. over the Panhandle, on Wednes-
day was so heavy that between Pittsburg
and Columbus it was run in three sections.
All transcontinental lines have agreed to
restore passenger rates to tariff, and dull
business is expected for the next few
months.
The fast express on the Michigan Cen
trail was hauled from St Thomas to Fails
View, on Tuesday, in 112 minutes; distance,
Ill miles.
The Southwestern roads have given no.
tice that they will not take any part in the
Galveston rate war, but will keep their own
rates intact.
The Erie Railway has it's entire freight
equipment, both cars and power, in
service and business is nearing the maxi
Hlul Will lIldI IOdu
n. J. Grace, who tomorrow retires from
the service of the Grand Trunk as travelling
passenger agent, has been connected with
the road for thirty years.
The earnings of the Louisville & Nashville
are so satisfactory that it is predicted that
in January next the company will resume
the payment of dividends.
w. L. Tarbet has been appointed consult
ing engineer of the railroad commissioners
of Illinois, his SPECIAL duties to be to look
after the interlockng plants.
On Monday the work of connecting Colo
RADIO Springs with Cripple Greek by rail
road was begun. The road will be thirty
miles long and will be operated by cleo
tricity.
The board of managers of the Joint Traf-
fc Association has recommended that the
roads in the association carry free the
tents and equipments of the G. A. r. en-
campment.
Representatives Palmer, of the Chicago
q Rock Island Bemis, of the Queen &
Crescent, Sweat, of the Illinois Central, and
Anthony, of the Wisconsin Central are in
the city on official business.
George Bender, superintendent of the
Chicago division of the Big -Four, is ar
ranging his affairs that he can leave
next week on his annual vacation. He will
probably go to New England.
William Fl. Bone, jr., of the elevator serv-
ice of the Baltimore & Ohio ana Well
known to Western grain shippers, died at
companys service sixteen years.
The persons who are looking after the
character of the railway employees and as
pertaining their habits prove to have been
in the employ of the guarantee companies
who are security for such employees.
Between Cincinnati and Kankakee yester-
day there were standing on side tracks of
the Big Four 500 carloads of coal which
selling TO manufacturing establishments.
The general auditors of railways are very
busy preparing their annual reports to sub
nit to the lnterstate-c commerce Commits
sion. The limit for their delivery is Sept
Is, and after that date penalty for each
days delay is imposed.
John 3. Van Cleve is dead. He was con-
nected with the accounting department of
the Pennsylvania lines for sixteen years,
leaving the position a few months ago to
National Bank of Sewickley Pa.
The Atlantic seaboard excursion over the
Pennsylvania lines, Aug. r. promises to be
placed on sale at hfty-one points west of
Columbus, o. The tickets will carry trav-
elers TO either Of ten pleasure resorts.
H. Thatcher, representing the Columbus
& Hooking Valley road, was in the city
yesterday, looking after grain traffic for
Toledo. He visited number of the lead
ing grain men, and they promised to give
him chance at some of the business.
A call has been issued for meeting of
the Western Passenger Association to be
held in Chicago on Tuesday of next week
come before the meeting and the docket
at present shows routine matters only.
1t is the opinion of master mechanics of
the ennsylvania lines that the Class [,
engines, with the eighty-inch driving
Wheels will haul ten cars over any road
with a fair grade at a speed of seventy
five miles an hour and for long distances
So far as Indianapolis lines are con-
cerned, instead of a coal famine, all have
an ample supply of coal. and at Chicago
there is a genuine coal blockade. Yester-
day General Manager Barnard of the Pc
oria q Eastern lines, sold seventy-five car
loads of coal to manufacturers on the line
of the road.
Some of the business men of Chicago have
raised the point that to charge excess fare
between Chicago and New York and not
make a rate based on the same rate per
mile from Cincinnati. indianapolis and st
Louis is a discrimination against Chicago
and is now working serious injury to the
commercial interests of that city.
The locomotives on the Big Four are
being equipped with the quick-acting bra Ike
such as has been provided for all the pas
senger equipments This road is equipping
its freight cars with the air brake at the
rate OF 100 sets per month. The company
has constructed at each division terminal
large air-brake cCmpressors to test the
brakes and properly supply them.
Division superintendent r. ]. Higgins
Albert ingalls, and II. L. Houghton OF the
Fig -Four, We're in Boston on Wednesday
making an inspection of the local railway
terminals and picking up any other infor-
nation IN their line that happened to come
under their observation. They left the