The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-05

traffic of the road has greatly Increased,
and the L. & y. people are ~endeavoring TO
hold theif share of the business.
The report that Frank Fisher, an engineer
on the Wabash, has, through the death of
an uncle in England, become heir to an es-
tate valued at $4eG, 600, is confirmed, and he
will at once take steps TO secure his for
tune.
General Passenger Agent Gifkins, of the
Dominion ATLANTIC Railway, has been APP
pointed manager OF the company, vice Ken
netE Southerland, resigned. Mr.. Gifkins has
been in the service of that company thirty
years.
r. O. Mccormick, passenger traffic mana
ger OF the Big -Four lines, expresses the
opinion, after a careful study of the out
look, that passenger business during the
fall months will be phenomenal in its
volume.
The annual report OF the railroad COM
mission OF Illinois shows that there is in the
State 15,026 miles of main track, the largest
mileage of any State in the Union. Illinois
roads own 9,Z63 locomotives and 81, 69S cars
of all descriptions.
The Lake Erie & Western, which leases
track privileges from the Cincinnati, Ham
llton q Dayton at Lima, is securing the
right of way to connect its own lines in
dependent of the Cincinnati, Hamilton d
Dayton and the Erie.
The p. G. fast freight line over the Penn
sylvania lines is now doing a heavy busi-
ness. Its traffic is largely perishable
freights. On Sunday it required twelve
sections to move the business between CO.
lGIALDuS anu Iltt5DuISs
General Passenger Agent DAILY, Of the
Lake Erie d Western, states that in the
last three weeks there has been q hand
some increase in travel and the passenger
earnings this month bid fair to be larger
than those OF August last year.
The Panhandle Company is arranging to
soon begin improvements which have been
shelved during the dull times. Heavy rails
are to be laid through the Bloomfield and
Unionport tunnels, and the work of extend
ing the double track between Pittsburg and
Columbu is to be resumed.
The Erie Railway Company has made a
proposition to the Delaware & Hudson Ca
mai Company to renew it's contract for
hauling Delaware q Hudson coal at Il
charge of $300,GOO less than the latter has
been paying. This is one OF the results of
using heavier locomotives OH the Erie lines.
A. Galloway, superintendent Of the Gin
cinnati, Hamilton q Dayton Indianapolis
and Cincinnati division1 was in the city
yesterday. He states that everything the
company has in the way of cars is in serv-
traffic of the road, aside from its coal
traffic, is highly satisfactory.
No progress was made at the meeting of
the lines of the Western Passenger Associa-
ton in Chicago yesterday toward getting
the Great Western, Wisconsin Central and
the Minneapolis & Omaha to become
roads were represented, but they begged
to be excused for the time being from be-
coming members of the association.
The officials of the Illinois Central in
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This line has become part of the Illinois
Central system. The party spent several
ments will be made there. NJ. L. A. Wash
ington will be superintendent of the divi-
sion, with headquarters at Henderson, and
w. 5. Weitzel goes to Evansville with the
title of assistant general freight agent. A
division passenger agent will also be placed
at Evansville.
Pittsburg Post: The unusual sight of long
trains of coal going west from Pittsburg
over the Panhandle these days reminds
people of the time some years ago when
there was a coal famine in Cincinnati and
Louisville, caused by the low water in the
Ohio river, and all the railroads had to Dor
row engines and cars to carry black dia-
cumstances all the Panhandle coal except
a small amount from points west of Mid
way comes to the Sheridan yards, where
1t is transferred to the Fort Wayne for the
lake ports. The coal now going over the
Panhandle is of a different kind from that
usually carried through the CHARTERS val
ley towns. 1t comes from the mines east
of PittSburg."
Mention was made recently that the Wa
bash was testing crude oil on its locomo-
tives as fuel. The officials of the road are
There are three tanks located about the
hre box of the engine, and 1t is worked on
the principle of a gasoline stove, steam
being used for the pressure. Tests have
been made between Springfield and Hanni-
bal using the cruz oil and have been
sufficient for an ordinary freight train. The
Wabash officials think they have solved the
fuel question. The supposition that oil burn
ers will dispense with the services of a fire.
man is wrong. The time will never come
when one man can run a locomotive. In
some respects there is more need for a fire.
man on an oil burner than on a coal burner,
but the duties are lighter.
The London q Northwestern has lately
built a number of new sleeping cars, to
run on the West Coast route to Scotland
which are seventy feet long and have six
wheel trucks. These cars were built at VOL
northampton from designs by Mr.. A. G.
Park, They have end platforms which are
completely inclosed so as to prevent the
d~raughtiness of side doors" which, being
Interpreted in American language, means.
apparently, vestibules. The cars have cor
ridors the whole length on one side and
there are eleven cabins" or compartments,
six containing double berths and five sin
gle. only two of these cabins have upper
berths. In all the cabins except one the
beds are placed so that the occupant lies
crosswise of the car. The smoking COM
partment is in the middle of the car, and
there are laVatories at each end arranged
apparently in the American fashion.