The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-10

any magnitude that has ever been placed
in this country from that place. Another
order is for twenty-four heavy broad-gauge
locomotives for the government of Brazil
while the third order is from the Grand
locomotives All of these orders call for
the completion and delivery of the locopo-
tives by January, 1893
Personal, Local and General Notes.
In the month of October contracts for
building 60,OO0 freight cars of different de-
scriptions were let.
The Indiana Car Service Association
handled in October 21.476 cars, which was
1873 more than in October, 1886.
E. Q. Mccormick, passenger traffic man
ager of the Big Four lines, is expected
home from his bridal trip tomorrow.
The vandalia is said now to be doing the
heaviest business in its history, not only
on the main line, but also on the Michigan
division.
The mechanical department of the Penn
sylvanfa road is at work designing a steel
freight car, to have carrying capacity of
10000 pounds
E. II. Talbot editor of Travel, is at the
Denison House. Mr.. Talbot founded the
Railway Age and was for fourteen years
its proprietor
on the Chicago & Eastern Illinois have Sc
cured positions on the Wabash, which has
been doing such heavy business as to re-
qulre an increase in train crews.
Even the Pennsylvania, it is said, has not
escaped the temptation to engage in the
work of manipulating tariffs on provisions
to the East. On grain it seems to be main
tanning rates, as does its competitors.
The Wabash will change time next Sum
day, increasing the speed on some trains
and adding new ones. The train service be-
tween Peru and Detroit and Toledo will be
increased by the putting on of new trains.
The gross earnings of the New York Cen
trail for October exceeded those of October,
1896, the sum Of s1O5,o99. While this is
gratifying exhibit, it is not proportionately
good with the Monon, with its matchless
mileage.
The agents of the Lackawanna fast
freight line in this territory yesterday held
a meeting at the office of w. d. Wilson,
local agent, to arrange a redivision of ter
rtory. The agents at Peoria, Evansville
and Cincinnati We're present
1t was reported in New York yesterday
Company, was seriously i'll, but the rumor
proved 10 be unfounded. Last evening the
secretary Of the Wabash Company said
there was no truth il the report.
The new locomotive from the Schenectady
locomotive works for Purdue arrived at
Lafayette on Monday and will be placed in
%o and M ee t IS taed
a number of new and novel features.
II. G. Smiley general agent of the Lake
Shore Lehigh Valley route, goes East in
a day or two to meet the freight officials
of the line to arrange for faster service
between Philadelphia, Indianapolis, Peoria
and st. Louis than that now rendered.
General Passenger Agent Daily of the
Lake Erie q Western, states that their pas
Senger traffic is now at about its normal
volume in good times, and this means
good deal, as there are but few better pay
ing local business roads than the L. E.
& w.
N H. Kipp, general agent Of the Empire
line at this point, will on Nov. is COM
plete his twenty-fifth year of service with
that line. The first twelve years he repre-
scented the line as agent at Lafayette, the
past thirteen years as general agent at
Indianapolis.
With the taking effect of the new time
card or the Erie lines its passenger train
service between Cincinnati and the seaboard
will be improved. OF late years the Erie
has neglected its Cincinnati business, be-
ing so wrapped up in doing good business
out of Chicago.
become convinced that liberal expenditures
should be made in Strengthening curves and
reducing grades on the Erie main line to
enable it in future to successfully meet the
other trunk-line competition and reduce the
cost OF transportation.
Receivers Cowen and Murray, of the Bal
timore & Ohio Railroad, have filed in the
United States Circuit Court at Baltimore
their report for the month of August, show
ing total receipts of oo $5S2a 3S4.95, and total
disbursements of Sc, 1873 10l.S5, leaving bal
ance Aug. 81 of $494 2S3.1O.
1t is stated that the Wabash, the Big
Four and the Toledo, st: Louis q Kansas
City are now vying with each other as
to which shall secure the most business
out of st. Louis, and that a cut of cents
has been made on grain and 10 cents on
provisions from that point.
The Southern Pacific has notified it's con-
nections that they must not sell tickets over
it's line reading from San Francisco via Pa
cific Coast Steamship Company. This COM
RAi Alaska recently asked western lines to in
clude its tariffs in their rate sheets
Passenger traffic on the Western roads is
rapidly increasing. Late reports snow that
recent earnings are far in advance of those
of the corresponding period last year. The
Improvement noted is not confined to any
PARTICULAR class of business. 1t is pretty
equally divided between local and through
traffic.
The new heavy freight engines of the
Vandalia Pittsburg build) have now got
we'll limbered up and are creating sur
prises by the heavy trains they haul. These
engines were designed by w. G. Arp, SUI
perintendent of motive power. assisted by
Master Mechanic William r. Mckeen, and
are a credit to the designers.
Engine 159, on the Chicago & Eastern Illi-
nois just received from the Plttsburg To-
connective works, came up the Grape creek
grade on Sunday with sixty-one loaded cars
attached. An extra engine was sent along
so that in case the 159 stalled it could help
up the grade. The full power of the loco
motive has not as yet been tested
The inquiry for cars yesterday, freight
men say, indicates that corn is again to
begin to move in large quantities. Some
lines were yesterday SeVeral cars DeIlnu
filing orders, and freight men predict that
the last half of this month and in Decem-
Der the shipments of corn will be in eX-
cess of those ever known in the history of
Indianapolis lines.
The annual election of directors of the
Chicago & Erie Railway Company occurred
at the passenger station of the line at
Huntington yesterday afternoon. 1t was
purely perfunctory, only two or three oft-
Gals of the Erie system being in attend
ance. The Erie holds all the Chicago &
Erie stock, and it was voted solidly for the
old Erie board of directors.
The old accommodation trains on the Wa
bash road, taken off three years ago. will
be restored next Sunday, when general
change of time takes place on that line.
These trains formerly ran between Fort
Wayne and Lafayette but under the new
arrangement Fort Wayne and Springfield,
ILL., will be their terminals. The running
time of other passenger trains Will be
shortened.
General Manager Schaff of the Big Four,
was yesterday notified that on Monday the
Pullman Company would begin delivering
fifteen new box cars to the Big Four and
fifteen per day to the Chesapeake q Ohio
until the orders for one thousand cars for
each road are filled. General Freight Agent
for loading them as turned out of the Pull
man shops.
An impression prevails that after Jan.
ton & Dayton and the Indiana, Decatur q
Western will be more closely identified. For
sixty days past there has been steady
increase in interchanging of traffic between
the roads, and the Indiana, Decatur &
Western has profited by its increase in