The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-14

men.
Passenger officials of the Northwestern
lines who stop at Indianapolis. without ex-
ception, express the opinion that there viii
be a big rush to Alaska when the season
opens. Inquiries are coming FROM every
State in the Union as to fares, time sched-
ules, etc.
The estimated gross earnings of the Balti-
more q Ohio Railroad for the month of
November, 1897, were 81, 250,077, a gain over
November, 1896. of sec, SOL. The Strasburg q
Ifarrisonburg branch earned in November,
1886 $l0505, but as it is not now part of
the system the legitimate gross increase for
November, 1897, is $77,366.
Among the arrivals of passenger officials
last evening were George I. Gunnip, gem
eral agent of the passenger department of
the Santa Fe; w. S. Thorn, assistant gen.
eral passenger agent of the Minneapolis,
ST. Paul & Ste. Marie Railway, and ]. Per-
~, district passenger agent Of the Northern
Pacific.
w. K. Bells. general manager of the
Railway Officials and Employees Associa-
ton, stated yesterday that the association
had done more business in the last thirty
days than in any thirty days in the last
four years. which he considers the best of
evidence that good times have returned to
the railroad companies.
Assistant General Passenger Agent Casey,
OF the Grand Rapids 81 Indiana Railroad,
mas peen appointed tralnmaster or the
southern division of that road, to succeed
James w. Hunter, recently appointed super
lntendent; Mr.. Casey has long been resi-
dent of Grand Rapids. but will make his
headquarters in Fort Wayne
The officials of Ohio roads will meet on
Thursday at Columbus for the purpose of
determining what course to pursue to Sc
cure an extension of the law for the appii-
cation OF safety devices to rolling stock of
Ohio roads. The limit of the Ohio law and
the law applicable to the whole country ex-
pire simultaneously Jan. l, 1898.
Now that the Monon has got its improve
mentS completed on the indianapolis divi-
sion at Rensselaer,, Lowell and Cedar Lake,
the engineers experience no trouble in MAX
ing the run from Indianapolis to Chicago
in four hours and forty-five minutes, and
say If required they could make thirty min
utes' quicker time than the present schedule
of the fastest trains.
George Stevens, general manager of the
Chesapeake & Ohio was in the city for a
few hours yesterday. He states that the
Chesapeake Il Ohio is doing the heaviest
business in its history: its passenger bust
usually heavy for December. The improve
ments made the last few months at New
port News have greatly improved the facil-
tiles for handling export traff1c at that
point. The increase in weSt-bound business
with the c. & o. has been fully as remark
able as has its east-bound tonnage.
The indianapolis Belt Road and Live Stock
Company has done so well the last few
months that there is surplus in the
treasury sufficient to pay small dividend
on the common stock. A dividend on the
preferred stock is guaranteed, but no divi-
dend has been paid on the common stock
for two years. The directors, however it is
the payment of dividends on the common
stock until all liabilities are cleared up and
sum sufficient in the treasury to insure
continuing of paying dividends when once
again resumed on the common stock.
d. G.. Edwards passenger traffic manager
of the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton, yes
terday gave a dinner TO George H. Smith,
who retired as assistant general passenger
agent, to which all the passenger men of
the c., II. & ID. We're invited. The dinner
served two purposes-it enabled the pas
Nichols. who succeeds Mr.. Smith, and Mr..
Edwards to have a pleasant talk with his
subordinates. Never in the history of the
Cincinnati, Hamilton q Dayton have the
earnings been more satisfactory or its bust
ness moving along with less friction than
at present.
Last week the Big Four instruction car
was at Lafayette several days, and through
the courtesies of the Big Four people the
students of Purdue were given an opportu-
nifty to see the car and examine its meth
Cd of instruction. The senior class visited
the car in two sections, and were given
ample opportunity to examine its workings.
As 1T is one of the best constructed in
struction cars on any road the informa-
ton WAS so valuable that President Goss
yesterday addressed letter to William
Garstang, superintendent of motive power,
thanking him for placing the car at their
disposal for the days selected.
At the annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Chicago, Peoria & st. Louis, in
Springfield. ILL.,. yesterday. over four-fiftns
were electded directors: Chase Kimball and
w. L. Curtis, of New York, and I. A. Whit
more, of Chicago, reelected, and e. Smith.
of ST. Louis, to fill vacancy caused by the
resignation of Charles e. Jackson. of Mid
dletown, Conn. The annual report Of the
board of directors was adopted. The falling
off in net receipts for the year ending June
80, 1897, is a little less than the year pre-
vious. despite the fact that the coal strike
greatly crippled freight business.
The freight officials of the Burlington
road have announced a reduction in the rates
from Chicago to Denver to a point lower
than the present rates from Chicago to the
Missouri river The reductions were made
because of the low rates made TO Denver via
the Gulf of Mexico ports The long-and-
law is ignored in this instance as any
road has right to ignore it. according to
a recent decision of the Supreme Court,
when it is meeting the rates of any water
route. The rate made is GA cents first-class
Chicago to Denver. The Burlington an
nounced that it might later make the rate
4S cents.
Engineer of Maintenance of Way Lee, of
the b: & Q: lines west of the Ohio, has been
experimenting during the past year or two
with Stag for ballast. His plan is to put
about one foot under the ties, and it makes
very good ballast About eighteen miles of
the Akron division have been improved in
this way; but Mr.. Lees preference is for
gravel. when he can get it. During the past
season, on the transohio division, he has put
in 143 miles of new ballast. the principal
part of which was good clean gravel In
addition to the ballasting. the transohio di-
vision has had 46O,sS1 new crossties, and
there have been thirty-one miles of new
seventy five-pound steel rails laid, replacing
sixty-pound rails.
The Chicago-St. Paul roads have entered
into a new contest with the 500 line over
excursion rates to Canadian points For a
time the lines threatened to ignore the re-
auctions made by the SEQ for this business
on the ground that there was little of it
that it was not worth while to demOraliZe
their rate sheets for the purpose of meeting
the rates made by the 500. The Great
Western, however, announced that 1T would
carry passengers to Canadian points via
Chicago as low as they could be carried
by the 500 line, and all the competitors of
the Great Western have been compelled TO
meet the reductions. The rates are $40 from
St. Paul to any point in Canada west of
Montreal via Chicago
The Brooks locomotive works, on Satur-
day last, shipped to the Great Northern
road one of the two monster tWelve-Wheei
freight engines the works are building for
this week. Their dimensions are as follows;
Weight of engine, in working order, on
trucks, about $4,000 pounds; weight on driv
erS about 1i2.0O0 pounds: total weight of
engine, about 100000 pounds weight of ten
der in working order, about 5000 pounds
cylinders, Pinch diameter, 34-inch stroke;
driving wheels 90 inches outside diameter,
with cast steel centers and Krupp crucible
steel tires. 3l2 inches thick; boiler i'm
proved Belpaire, "a inches in diameter;
working pressure, 30 pounds; fire-box type,
long over frames, 124 inches long by 40l2
inches wide. S612 inches deep at front end
and 20 inches deep at back; tubes, 316 pa
inches in diameter. Is feet 1893 inches long
height from top of stack to rail, 10 feet 6
inches.
No Corpse Under the CuIvert.
oolorad man told the poIfca at MON vac