The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-09

takes a very cheerful view of the business
outlook for the railways.
William Garstang superintendent of mo-
tive power of the Big Four. has gone TO
West Virginia for weeks stay.
John Riley superintendent of the Pc
oria & Eastern, who has been quite i'll for
a couple of weeks, Is convalescent.
Z. o. Mccormack, passenger traffic man
ager of the Big Four, left yesterday for
New York, to be absent week or more.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company now
has employed between Cresson and Johns
town several hundred men cutting down
grades and taking out curves.
Col William Shaw, district passenger
agent for this territory, of the Chicago:
Burlington q Quincy, has gone to West
Virginia for a two weeks rest.
1t is said that the Wabash management
has about decided to transfer back to An
GIews the changing of freight train crews,
Peru being found a less convenient point.
The gross earnings of the Wabash the
last week of July were 1888 629, an increase
over the corresponding week of 1896 Oh
81 $50.
The large switching engines used on the
bridge of the Big Four between Jefferson7
vile and Louisville are to be sent to the
Big Four shops at Wabash to undergo gen.
eral repairs.
The official report shows that there were
more tickets sold at the Union Station last
week than in any week for many mouths.
There has been striking improvement IN
local travel.
A train of twenty-eight cars loaded with
merchandise was hauled on Thursday, on
the Erie, from Gallon to Huntington, l5o
miles, in three hours and forty minutes
stops to be deducted.
Excursion rates will not cease with the
coming of the fall months. Between now
and Oct. l the railroad associations nave
authorized reduced rates TO no meetings
and conventions in nearly all parts OF the
country.
D. I. Roberts, general passenger agent of
v-a. Inf &c I'm oh q
advantages ella. med for the recently adopted
interchangeable mileage, to be good on
thirty-nine roads, and declines 10 become
a party to the arrangement.
The official report of John Q. Hicks, gen
era yardmaster of the Big Four at this
point, shows that there were handed at
the Belt road crossing for the chicago al
vision in July 1916 cars, which was 1851
more than in July, 1886.
Sir Charles Rivers Wilson president of
the Grand Trunk arrived il this country
last week and states that he will not re-
turn to England until Sept 10. Meantime
he will inspect both lines of the Grand
Trunk system east and west OF the ot'
Clair river
The Order of Railway Photographers, it is
stated, is not pleased with Peoria as head
quarters, and threatens to remove to
larger city. No railway organization seems
to have as much trouble as does this The
real squabble, says one of their number,
is between the outs and ms
John Quinn, the fiagman at the east end
several cotton plants in the rear OF ms
playhouse. They have grown very healthy,
and now showing cotton blooms. Ihe
old gentleman is very proud of his success
in growing cotton in Indiana.
The Thompson Line Steamship Company
has made arrangements with the Grand
Trunk to put on weekly service between
Portland, Me, and London, during the
coming season, which will be composed OF
six Of their largest steamers with carry
ing capacity of from 5000 to 1000 tons each.
John Martin an old-time railroad man,
last week came over the Baltimore " ONO
for the first time since the receivers began
their improvements and he says there has
been a very remarkable change in the con-
dition of the track between Harper's Ferry
down grades and eliminating curves.
The Southern Railway now has two
trains each way daily between Louisville
and Chattanooga in connection with the
Queen & Crescent, which cover the dis
lance in less than twelve hours Round
trip tickets, good to return on until Nov.
7, are sold at 1920; good Tor hfteen DAYS
at 1910, and limited to seven days at 5000.
An official of an Ohio road says that dur
ing each strike of the miners of Ohio the
roads of that State lose a certain amount
of business which they are never able to
egain. This statement, he says, Will be
more true in the present strike than any
which has preceded it, and as matter of
fact Ohios prestige as a coal state mas
been irretrievably injured by the present
suspension.
There has lately been patented an i'm
provement in car coupler knuckles by Mr..
Vincett, of Anderson, md, which is of
special interest to all master mechanics,
master car builders, mechanical engineers
and railroads which use the automatic car
coupler. The Improvement consists OF
hardened surface on the knucle at the point
Of contact when IN service Inns nc1as ana
prolongs the life of the knuckle indefinitely.
The report on Friday that the Carnegie
Steel Company had received an order for
Oonn @f lie hole 1 he ROO
Northern of England and $4,000 tons each
for China and Russia roads, created
good deal of interest, as it will be the
largest order ever booked in any one day.
H. c. Frick and G. M. Schwab are both in
Europe, and it is thought the statement
it is learned that American steel makers
have q number of agents abroad looking
after prospective business.
The enterprise and competition among
railroads give rise to many original and
ingenious methods for obtaining business.
In matters of this kind railroad men are
very bright and frgitfgi lin in devices For
passenger agent of the Pennsylvania lines
in this city, has several large scrap books
card that has been given him during the
last five years. He has found the plan
very useful in enabling, him to remember
and locate people, and this is an important
part of a passenger agents business.
Cleveland Leader: Nobody ever thought
that the Pennsylvania lines would ask for
q
General Passenger Agent Ford always con-
tended that a railroad acknowledging its
inferiorty should go out of the passenger
business, but it would appear that he has
revised his ideas. Now that the Joint
Traffic Association has declared the Pam
handle line a different1al road it is eX-
pected that an application Will be made to
place the Fort Wavne on the same basis
leaving only two standard Chicago lines
! the Michigan Central and Lake Shore COM
panieS
The wisdom displayed by Receiver Oscar
G. Murray of the 3. & o. by making q
traffic alliance with the Great Northern
Steamship Company through Fairport and
the handling of Chicago and Milwaukee
freight by way of the Owen line of steam
ers, has been demonstrated by material re-
suits. Up to the LIST of July the west
bound package freight receipts at Fairport
increased about 5000 tons. and the east
increase of business was about 25 per cent.
A short time ago the Journal contained an
article in regard to the experiments of
Walter A. and c. d. Royse in telegraphing
to and from moving trains. They have
perfected their apparatus, and model
showing two moving trains and two ter
minal and one intermediate station has
been constructed and will be shown to a
number of railroad men tomorrow after
noon between and o'clock at the Manual
Training School The exhibition is not
open to the public, but all railroad men
and others interested in telegraphy will be
welcome.
Fish Preservation.
Birmingham (Ala) News.