The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-07

IN connection with the presidency Of the Fitch
burg road, is not eligible for the position, he hav
negie lines.
Two years ago. when stock of the Chesapeake
& Ohio was dull at SIS per share President IN,
gals advised a friend TO purchase two hundred
shares with some loose money he had; now ne
set in. '''''s 'D' 9'O' ''''' -''''' '7 49,
The Panhandle. for the first time in many
months. has every locomotive fit for service en-
ployed. The pa ssenger business is so heavy that
by two u locomotives s Ietween Columbus and Pits
burg. This was the case with Trains and p
every cay last week.
On Aug % the gain record of Chicago was
broken. when Western lines brought into that
The Burlington led the procession with LOO cars
This grain movement was greater than the east
week
Chicago to New York. went into effect yesterday
Stood that the ffteen.cent rate was not strictly
maintained and roads found II impossible to com
ete see w how the aR a rate ean be
says one of the local freight officials.
1t is announced that the policy of the Iowa
Central road, which has been very conservative
heretofore will be altered from now on. Under
show much aegressiveness as the present man
agement deems desirable; and il is said that the
roads.
The Monon has completed the stone foundation
for its new Office and supply depot near the round
6P t Of the d IN tine part
the foundation for the new depot and telegraph
pany is putting in two additional sidetracks half
mile in length running north from the Belt
start.
The new Monon switching engine which was 50
sion With Panhandle train at Market Street
and on which. William Martin. the, Monon en-
service at indianapolis The reflector TO the head
jar, has never been found. it having been sto-
len. This is quite an item. as one of these re-
Electors costs from $50 to 500
1t is intimated that the Indifference the Penn
sylvania COMPANY is showing toward the action ion
before storm a. and that the Panhandle trains
from Louisville and from Cincinnati will shortly
be run into Chicago over the Pittsburg; Fort
Wayne Chicago ne pabbs passing through En F
of advantage to the Monon, and that the Penn
sylvania will shorten it's time to such an extent
as to attract attention
Col. William Shaw. district passenger agent of
the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy is spending two
or three gays IN the city 1de mas JUST retnThe6
seemingly overtaxed with business and of late
the freight. In speaking of the advance in the
stock of the %, " be predicted that within twelve
months it would be selling $125 per share. This
may seem a wild prediction. but but the stock of
The monthly statement of the Railroad Gazette
This ' conT shows fbat N uv S there wer M
Killed and ZIG injured on passenger trains Not
were Atty injured. During the month sixteen en-
ployes were killed and ffty-six injured. In July,
1885, the Gazette says, seventy five passengers
were killed and long continued clear record or
Julys will be needed to obliterate the disgrace of
July, 1896.
The erecting and repair shops of the B. & o. at
Mount Glare. in Baltimore, which are the old
est shops in the United States, have been
pletey modernized. The locomotive erecting shop
has been rebuilt and is supplied with two fifty
ton electric cranes, which lift the heaviest loco
motives and move them to any point as though
they weighed but ton. The compressed air APP
planes are of the latest pattern, and the cost
of making the improvements will be saved in two
years, as the new machinery accelerates the work,
at less expense than in times gone by.
Chief Engineer Brown, of the Pennsylvania, has
been in consultation with the officers of the com
pany since his return from the West. and owing
to tie immense amount of mail he has to look
over, it win be several days before he will take
up the subject of work. Some time ago
plans We're prepared for number of small roads
or branches in the bituminous coal regions and it
is thought that these will receive the first at
tention Nothing will be done however, until the
work which is under way is practically
pieteG. Last week the inspection Of the work
made by of the high officials of the com
, Dany, and they very much gratifed with
the progress that hes been made