The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-20
STEEL FREIGHT CARS
TRANSPORTATION MEN WATCHING
THEIR PERFORMANCES CLOSELY.
The Pennsylvania to Put on Tourist
Cars TO the Pacific Cause.-The
Future of the J., ID. & w.

Future of the J., ID. 81 w.
The transportation departments Of a
large number of roads are becoming much
interested of late in steel cars and are
watching closely the performance Of the
steel cars now in service on the Pittsburg.
Bessemer & Lake Erie On this road they
are meeting the expectations of the build
ers and the officials Of the road, and al
ready there are indications that large
works will be built at Pittsburg to con-
struct steel cars. The Pittsburg g. Lake
Erie, Pennsylvania Company and the Balti-
more & Ohio are all watching the Carnegie
steel cars, and the Lake Erie has already
had a steel car built at the Youngstown
car works for experimental purposes. The
Pittsburg & Lake Erie, with it's level
track could by means of the steel car add
greatly to the tonnage carried by each
freight train. At present they haul forty
five wooden cars with a small mogul en-
CINE, each car containing 10000 pounds and
the average weight of each wooden car is
about 81, 900 pounds, so that there is a differ
ence of only about 100000 pounds between
the weight of the empty cars and the
weight of the freight they are capable of
carrying. A heavier Lake Erie engine
could haul forty steel cars, which would
weigh 1860 900 pounds, and carry at their
fun capacity 1900 900 pounds of freight.
This would mean a difference of 1900 900
pounds in favor of the load as against the
dead weight of the car. These facts and
figures are making railway officials think,
and the statement made on good authority
that the Schoen Car Company is to get
some very large orders for steel cars soon
appears to have some foundation.
Cheap Travel to the Pacific COnst.
One of the results of the recent journey of
the Christian Endeavor people and their
friends to San Francisco at low rates will
be the railroad companies encouraging
travel to the Pacific coast at reasonable
expense, making a second-class ticket de-
sirable, and the tourist car so comfortable
as to catch better class of travel than in
past years. f. A. Ford, general passenger
agent of the Pennsylvania lines west and
of the Vandalia, has made an initiatory
move in that direction, and the Pittsburg
and western Pennsylvania territory occu-
pied by the Pennsylvania lines west of
Pittsburg is to have in the near future
most excellent transportation facilities to
Pacific coast points Arrangements are
approaching completion for the establish
ment of tourist sleeping car lines over the
Pennsylvania system as follows: Betwetn
Pfttsburg and San Francisco via Chicago
and the Burlington route and its connec-
tons; between Pittsburg and Portland,
Ore, via Chicago and Chicago, Milwau-
kee & st. Paul lines; between Pittsburg
and San Francisco over the Vandalia line
VIA st. Louis and in connection with the
Missouri Pacific system; between Pittsburg
and Los Angeles, Cal, via Cincinnati and
the Louisville & Nashville road, in con-
nectlon with the Southern Pacific, via New
Orleans. These tourist sleeping cars carry
passengers holding second-class tickets and
afford very comfortable accommodations;
they are not, however, as elegant and
comfortable as first-class Pullman sleeping
cars, and therefore intending patrons
should not confound them with the better
facilities afforded by first-class tickets pur-
chased at higher fares. They simply serve
to move the second-class passenger traffic
and people who feel that they cannot af-
ford to pay the highest fares in a more
comfortable and expeditions way than has
been heretofore done; and if the Pennsyl-
Vania system takes hold of the matter in
earnest there is no doubt that it will be
well and successfully accomplished.
Decision Against ScaIpers.
In the famous case of the Nashville,
Chattanooga & st. Louis Railway VS.
George e. Mcconnell ct al the Louisville
t2 Nashville VS.. Duckworth ct AL, and the
Western & Atlantic Railway VS.. Duckwortl.
ct al, Judge Clark, at Chattanooga, yester-
day, handed down an opinion favoring the
railroads. The case arose over the hand
ling of the special rate centennial tickets
by the scalpers of Nashville and the above
named roads asked for an injunction to
restrain the scalpers from handling the
tickets. The court grants a permanent in
junction, as prayed for. The decision is a
very voluminous one, covering forty type
written pages, and deals with some intri-
cate questions of law. In closing up his
opinion and giving directions as to it's APP
plication, Judge Clark says: My conclu-
sion is that plaintiffs are entitled to in
junction as prayed for in their bill on the
execution in each case of bond in the sum
OF So, 900. 1t may serve to clear up the sit
uation to particularly point out that the
injunction now allowed is operative against
the defendants only in respect to the CEN
tennial low-rate tickets, duly signed by the
original purchaser in ink and not in pencil,
and not by initial, but within these limits
it may be well if this injunction is obeyed
without indirection. 1t may further con-
duce to a clear understanding to say that
the persons who have knowledge of this in
junction are rendered amenable thereto, al
though not parties to this suit, and it may
be well If this fact is kept in mind. 1t is
apparent enough, without being repeated,
that the general business of the ticket
scalperS is not here in question, and Is not
interrupted or interfered with by this in
junction. 1t is only the scalpers' practice
of dealing in the particular centennial
ticket when duly signed and executed in
the manner suggested above"
No Action as to Presidency.
The board of directors of the Fftchburg
road on Wednesday held a meeting and
Vice President Goldman was elected perma-
nent chairman of the board of directors,
he to perform the duties of president until
the election of a president Mr. Goldman
states that the report of the experts show
a shortage of $4,000 In commenting on
the matter he said "It is not questioned
that Auditor Clarence s. Anthony, if alive
could explain why $4,000 is missing, but the
reputation of more than one man is at
stake, and the directors naturally are
backward in stating what SENS to
them to be the truth. Mr.. Anthony and
President Henry S. Marcy cannot rise from
ment, however, is determined that the
facts shall be known, and perhaps the
conservative directors may be forced to
yield TO the demand for publicity. The
stockholders will hold their annual meet
Ing Sept. 80 new president, undoubtedly,
will be chosen by the present board of di-
rectors before then Vice President Ed
mund d. Goldman will perform the duties
of president until one is elected. Two can
didates for president are the general SUI
perintendent. Mr. w. d. Ewing, and the
general passenger agent Mr.. j. r. Wat
son. Both are old and experienced railroad
men, and either, no doubt, would bring
about an era of harmony and dividends.
New Routes to the Pacific Coast.
Commencing Oct. 1 two new transconti-
mental routes for second-class travel will
be established between Pittsburg and San
Francisco. The first route will be via the
Southern Pacific San Francisco IN OpdaY1.