The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-24

the Erie, has issued a fine picture of a loco
setting forth the attractions of the Erie. its
double track, block safety signals and lux
urious passenger equipment.
Samuel Sloan, president of the Delaware.
Lackawanna & Western Railroad, was yes
terday presented with $4,000 golden serv-
ice by the officials and employees of the
company, in commence ion of his eigntieth
birthday, which falls on Christmas.
Charles Rockwell, traffic manager of the
Monon lines, was in the city yesterday He
states that the business the indianapolis
division is doing is very gratifying, both
passenger and freight traffic showing in
creased earnings over the fall Of 1896
The fast trains from the East yesterday
We're all more or less late, and at noon the
Big Four and the Vandalia made up special
trains to take care of the Indianapolis bust
ness at points at which the Southwestern
limited and Train q stop west of here.
The Big Four proper continues to show
very handsome earnings, nearly $4,000 per
day. The lines earned in the second week
of December 1927 1856, an increase over the
| the corresponding week of 1896 of S29 S3O. 10
The first two weeks of the month an in
| crease of $54,243.28 is shown.
Officials of the Indiana, Decatur & West
ern state that at no time in the present
year has there been such a demand for cars
at local stations on their lines as at present:
The country roads are good, and grain and
produce are pouring into stations much
faster than cars can be furnished
1t is stated that the Cincinnati. Hamilton
& Dayton will show the handsomest earn
ings this month of any month in the roads
history In addition to its ordinary business
the road has been carrying large quantities
of grain and coal north the coal traffic
having for some weeks been at its maxi
mum.
The Uniontown, waynesburg & West vir-
glnla Railroad Company, capitalized at 81
000, 900, has been chartered by the State De-
partment of Pennsylvania to build a line
from Uniontown to Waynesburss, thence to
the forks of Wheeling creek, at the Penn
syvania state line, distance of fifty miles.
w H. Daily, of Pittsburg, is president.
BILE merchandise train ever run over the
Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago passed
east. 1t consisted of twenty-four express
cars loaded with the finest Japanese silks,
consigned to New York. Between San Fran
cisco and New York it was scheduled as
fast as the best trains on the lines passed
over.
Barney & Smith have commenced deliver
ing the new equipment they are to build for
the Southern Indiana road. The order con-
sists of three passenger coaches, three COM
bination mail and express cars twenty-five
box cars, fifty coal cars, $50 fiat cars and
three standard cabooses, the freight equip
ment to be of sixty thousand pounds
capacity.
The Illinois Central system is fast com
ing to the position of being one, of the
most extensive in the country and one of
the most profitable. The road is so located
geographically that it does heavy business
are doing a light traffic, its Southern lines
are doing very heavy business so that at
all times it has its equipment well en-
ployed.
The Glass L engine on the Pennsylvania
lines are making great speed record with
heavy express trains. On the Pittsburg di-
vision one of the engines hauled seven Pull
man cars at a speed Of tifty-six miles an
hour for quite distance; another, with
eighty-inch driving wheels, hauled the Al
lantic express, between Pittsburg and Phil
adelDhia, for 100 miles at a rate or ntty-
eight miles an hour.
A passenger official says wrong i'm
preston has got out regarding the mile
age book the Michigan lines will issue.
The book will have Il rebate, and will in
every respect conform to the neW inter
ductors are allowed to take out mileage on
trains, doing away with what has been the
most serious objection to the Central ITafhc
Association mileage book.
w. r. Doddridge, general manager of the
Missouri Pacific, is quoted as saying that
on account of the prosperity of the country
a daily fast through service between st.
Louis and San Francisco over the Missouri
and the Central Pacific to San Francisco.
The train will be the finest that can, be
constructed. and will carry only hrst-class
passengers paying cash fares.
The roads which have declared against
the interchangeable mileage ticket of the
Central Passenger Association are making
efforts to get their ticket on the market
at as early date as possible. Meetings
have been held for the purpose OF agree
ing, on the form of the ticket to be use e,
in connection with the issuance of the
ticket 1t is likely that it will be placed on
sale during the first week of next year.
Since the Central Traffic Association would
not agree to the. changes proposed in the
new Interchangeable mileage ticket by the
Vanderbilt and other Michigan roads. a new
northern mileage ticket bureau will be es-
tablished, with headquarters in Detroit
Representatives of the roads interested will
meet in Detroit next Tuesday to effect the
new organization. THE new ticket will be
called the Northern lnterchangeable l,OOO-
without application at stations.
During the holiday season the passenger
rate between Chicago and Kansas City will
be $3.50. This has been agreed to by all the
interested lines because of the action of
the Great Western in making this rate be-
tween Kansas City and Chicago to meet
the action Of the St. Louis lines which have
| season further than 1t was originally
| thought they would do. The Great West
and in order to avoid Generalization in
rates all the roads agreed that the rate
| should stand during the holidays
! The board of managers of the Joint Traf-
| fic Association held Il conference in New
| York yesterday with the presidents of the
| trunk lines and of their immediate Western
| connections Measures We're taken to Sc
| cure the restoration and maintenance of
| the established tariff rates live stock,
| provisions and grain from Western to East
| ern points after Jan. j. The standing COM
| mittee on lake and rail rates made a re-
| port which was referred to conference be-
| tween that committee and lake managers,
| the question of differentials across Lake
Michigan. however, being referred to the
| managers
Judge Clark of the United States Cir
| cult Court. sitting at Nashville, Tenn,
| has decided the case of the railroads
| the Tennessee Board of EqualizerS in fa-
Vor of the former. The new railroad com
| mission in making out it's tax list, assessed
| the railroads and telegraph companies in
| the State about $50 900, 900 higher than the
| assessment of the previous year. The rail-
| road companies thereupon enjoined the
Board of EqualiZerS from certifying to the
controller the approved assessments. The
| court grants q temporary injunction, but
with the provision that the railroads pay
| the taxes to the State on the basis of tax
| alton for 1S96-1S97.
The stockholders of the Omaha Kansas
City Eastern Railway have voted to in
| crease the capital stock of the railroad from
| 81 100000 to $2.000,000. The action in issuing
| first mortgage bonds at the rate of $4,000
| a mile and second mortgage bonds at the
| rate of $4,000 a mile was ratified. The adj
| ditional money raised is to be used for inn
| provements on the road The Omaha, Kan
] sas City & Eastern extends from Omaha,
/ of the Pittsburg & Gulf system. 1t will
| gain entrance to Kansas City in few
| weeks over the Kansas City e. Northern
| connecting railway, which is also a part of
the Pittsburg & Gulf system.
| charter for the Kansas City, Lawrence
| q Topeka Electric Railway and Power
| Company was filed at Topeka, Kan, ycster
| day, the capital being placed at So, 600 900.
! 1t is the intention to construct an electric
! to do a freight and passenger business. The
| incorporators have q scheme for using water
! power from two dams, one at la Nrence,
| and one near Holiday, to generate the cleo