The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-21
NO OCCASION TO sCOLD
THE PENNSYLVANIA OFFICIALS
PLEASED WITH THEIR TRIP.
Earnings of the Big Four and Penn
syIvania-TroubIe Brewing Between
Lines East of Chicago.

The Pennsylvania inspection party, after
spending the night in their private cars on
side track a short distance out from
Jeffersonyille, yesterday started for In
dianapolis, making a good run and arriving
at 10 q. m. An hour was spent at Indian
apolis in looking over terminals Vice Presi-
dent McCrea taking President Thomson
with him to examine the recent purchase of
ground where the Sinker-Davis shops stood,
on South Pennsylvania street Mr. Thorn
son, president Of the Pennsylvania lines,
like his predecessor, George b. Roberts, has
but little to say, but watches closely the
track over which he is riding and gives
good deal of attention to terminals. He
is not inclined to talk much but what he
says covers a good deal, as is evidenced
in the answer he gave a Journal reporter
when asked how he was pleased with the
conditions on the Western lines. He said
he had seen no occasion for scoldng thus
far on his trip. In fact, the physical con-
dition of the property was excellent" Vice
Presidents Brooks and Davidson both spoke
of their trip as having been a very
pleasant one, and the condition Of the
property as being highly satisfactory. Vice
President Brooks said the Indianapolis
Union Station was one of the pleasantest
and it's train sheds the most cheerful in
the country; they lacked but one thing
the leading tracks should be long enough
for any train to stand on either side of the
midway walks through the sheds, and he
presumed when times improved arrange
ments would be made to extend the tracks
at both the west and the east ends of the
train Sheds
General Manager Loree of the lines west
of Pittsburg, liz speaking of the dismissal
of number of men in the shops of. late,
said that of course the duh times had some
thing to do with the economical measures
taken, and, SO far as the Pennsylvania lines
were concerned, no Improvements would
be undertaken on a large scale until the
times improved and there was plenty of
money at the command of officials to carry
on any proposed improvements; but there
is another feature of the present conditions
which few people consider. The tendency
with railroad companies the last ten years
had been, in building new equipment, to
increase its capacity. and as a result the
train of to-day carries much larger tom
mage than ten years ago, with the same
crew of men, and the cars now built are
more durable and substantial than those of
former years. With the Improvement to
roadbeds and equipment and the better
handling of trains there are fewer accidents
to demolish equipment. There has been
great Improvement in machinery and tools
VI al MINIS, LII ilStdilOCP OilC SeiA
wheel was turned out at a time two are
now turned out with the same amount of
labor, and the same relations in repair
work would be borne out in other instances,
and also in the building of locomotives
and cars. All these things tend to lessen
the demand for labor in the shops of the
companies.
The party left Indianapolis at II a. m.
to go to Chicago via Richmond and Logans-
port. They will spend to-day at Chicago,
and on Saturday go from Chicago to AL
lance over the PittSburg, Fort Wayne &
Chicago, and from Alliance to Pittsburg
over the Cleveland e. Pittsburg it being
the intention of President Thomson to
reach Philadelphia on Sunday morning.