The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-04

Cincinnati and Chicago division of the Pan
handle lines, is a brother of j. A. Barnard,
general manager Of the Peroia Eastern
President Thomson and party are now on
an inspection of the Pennsylvania lines east
of Pittsburg. Tomorrow the party will go
to Buffalo and make run up to Niagara
Falls. This week their trip covers 1,5IS miles
OF road east of Pfttsburg.
The Vandalia is bringing in more coal for
the state institutions and large manufac-
turers than in any fall since natural gas
facturers not depending on natural gas for
their fuel the coming winter
The Lake Shore road, on Thursday. ran
a special train from Grand Rapids. Mich,
and other points in that State to Niagara
Falls, where the Olin family held their an
nual reunion. OF this one family there
We're 4S5 persons on the train.
The Pullman company has delivered the
last installment of new cars to the Big
Four the second contract for 900 box
cars, and will this week begin to deliver
twenty cars day on its contract to build
LOU box cars for the Chesapeake q OHIO.
AT no time in the existence of the Lake
Erie & Western has the track and it's equip
ment been in as good condition as at pres
ert. and business Is so heavy that every
locomotive and car, says General Super1n-
tendent Hill, in running order is in service.
In the month of September there were
handled on the Big Four system 66e 2ol pass
engers, against 5S7,665 in September 1871,
an increase this year of So $50. and, says
General Superintendent Van Wrinkle, not a
passenger was killed or injured during the
month.
William Greene. general manager of the
Baltimore & Ohio says the rumors or
strike on those lines are groundless. L
have" said he every assurance that our
men are well satisfied, and that sentiment
of itself will deter them from engaging in
any such mistake.
In the month of September the Vandalia
brought to Indianapolis 6, 800 loaded and 200
empty cars and forwarded west 4,671 loaded
and 1272 empty cars, handling at this city
a total of SO, 449 cars, ii, All being loaded.
OF the inbound business 61S cars were
loaded with live stock
There were handled at the city freight
depots of the Pennsylvania lines last month
AS65,169 pounds of freight, representing
1883 cars. While there, was a handsome
were fewer cars which is the result of the
new methods of loading cars.
A party of over one hundred ticket agents
from Washington, Baltimore and other
and Niagara Falls, Charles S. Lee general
passenger agent of the Lehigh Valley road,
furnishing a special train to carry the pass
enger men in both directions.
+. Col. d. s. Hill, general superintendent of
the Lake Erie & Western. states that the
matter of reinStating certain passenger
conductors who had been dismissed has
been dropped the committee of the order
of railway conductors admitting that there
was just cause for such action on the part
of the company.
Track-laying on the Buffalo, Rochester &
Pittsburg, which is to form part of the
Brice syndicate of east-and-west lines, is
going on at the rate of a half a mile a
day, and Arthur G. Yates, president of the
road, says trains will be running into Pitts
burg over the Pittsburg & Western by
Jan. l.
President Hill. of the Great Northern,
says if the rates in force twenty years ago
were applied to the business done by the
Great Northern for the last twelve months
they would give it $3S, 900, 600 more than was
collected during that period. Still, he says,
he hopes that the reduction in rates is not
yet by any means at an end.
The reorganization committee of the Bal
timore & Ohio recommends that the COM
pany acquire the following leased lines:
cinnati Midland, the Newark, Somerset &
Straightsville, the Sandusky Mansfield &
Newark and the Pittsburg Junction. These
roads cover 374 miles and are capitalized at
SIS, 4S2, 900.
F. w. Bash, general agent of the Ameri-
can Development Company, will sail from
Seattle on Oct. 10 with w. Barclay Parsons,
chief engineer of the company, for China to
start work on one of the greatest railroads
to be built in China. The company, headed
by ex-senator Calvin S. Brice. has obtained
a concession to build railroad from Han
kow to China and the sea opposite Hong
Kong, traversing one of the richest districts
at $4O.OOOO00.
v. T. Malott, receiver of the Vandalia
lines, who has just returned from two
weeks stay in the East, says that with
Eastern as well as with central and West
ern roads business is highly satisfactory.
especially is this true of passenger business,
trains in all directions being well filled. This
is evidenced in the fact that, to be sure of
securing a sleeping-car berth in almost any
direction, one must speak for it two or
three days ahead. The through trains of the
Pennsylvania and the Big Four are haul
ing extra sleeping cars on nearly all their
through east-andwest trains.
Receiver c. M. Foreman. of the Centralia
& Chester Railroad, has filed petition in
the United States Circuit Court at Spring
field. ILL.,, asking for an order for the sale
of the road. The date for hearing the case
has been set for Oct q. The bonded indebt-
edness of the road is little over 81 COO, 0OO
and the bonds are held by GriswOld & Gill
lette, of New York, who started to build
the road The Equitable Trust Company,
of Chicago. holds 100000 of receivers GER
tificates which will be the first claim paid
out of the proceeds of the sale.
The Santa Fe has made arrangements to
light all the cars of it's limited train. rum
distance of 2,265 miles with electricity
evolved from the friction of the car axles.
The electric equipment of each train will
aggregate 1928 candle power. All berths will
be provided with berth lights and this will
be the first train in the world carrying such
large supply of light service exclusively
from the car axles. 1t is the intention, also,
to light the locomotive headlight from the
trains solid axle-light trains throughout.
The introduction of this system the linn
tied trains will mark quite departure
from previous practice, which necessitated
a large light plant in the baggage car. The
objection to this plant is that if the bag
gage car meets with an accident, or the
plant is out of order, the entire light out
put of the train is deranged In the axle
light system such a thing cannot happen
Each car has its plant, which is small, but
compact and complete consisting of dyna-
mo n Y1d or 90 hot fari0