The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-09
Personal, Local and General Notes.

George Lowell, general superintendent of
the MonOn lines, was in the city yesterday,
going from here to Lafayette.
The material is all. on the ground for
new steel bridge on the Michigan division
of the Big Four over the Wabash river.
j. Q. Van Wrinkle, general superintendent
family to northern michigan. he viii be
absent four days
Superintendent Rhodes. of the Big Four,
has a gang of linemen at work completing
the new block wire system between Cincin-
natl and indianapolis.
John Kremser, of Duquesne. has invented
a device for use IN removing locomotive
der of the gear on the engine:
Several miles of new steel has been de-
livered for the Peoria & Easterns western
division and gravel ballast is being dis
tributed at the rate of 120 carloads per day.
The Big Four is having heavy shipments
of glass jars from towns in the gas belt
region to all parts of the country. running
from fifty to seventy-five cars per day by
all lines.
In service at Germantown, on the Indian
apolis division and is getting out one hun
dred or more cars of gravel ballast and dis
tributing it daily.
When the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton
gets its improvements in the eastern part
of the city. completed it will have double
track for its main line through the yards
and for two miles east.
The Wabash people have decided to take
several curves out of the main line between
Peru and Logansport, which when COM
pleted will shorten the distance between the
two points a little over one mile.
1t is understood that the Baltimore &
Ohio will be taken out of the hands of re-
be president and Oscar G.. Murray vice
president of the reorganized company.
The work of demolishing the old Indiana,
Bloomington & Western roundhouse to
make room for the new forty-stall round
house the Peoria & Eastern will build on
the West Side was commenced yesterday.
The court has refused to allow the re-
70 pay the January defaulted coupons Of the
Evansvilie division without the six months
limit of default which is necessary before
foreclosure can be taken.
The project for uniting the master me-
chanics' and master car builders associa-
items is being received by the membership
of both organizations with great favor and
barring accidents will be carried out at
the annual meeting next year.
G. +. DAILY. general passenger agent of
the Lake Erie & Western states that there
has not been month in the last twelve
that this road has not shown a consider
able increase in passenger earnings over
those of the year ending June 80, 1891
The run of the Knickerbocker special from
proves TO have been the fastest ever made
between the two points, the 10 miles being
fSTa e IN tbra daed In making the run
time down to less than two hours actual
running time.
The gross earnings of the Chicago Great
Western for June were $3.50 1907 I he same
month last year they We're 1878. 253.S7, an in
crease this year of $9.907.10. With the month
of June the Great Western closes its fiscal
year with gross earnings for the year of
S5S2.315.O9. an increase over the previous
year OF $63l, 474.07
About a year ago the Lake Erie & West
ern adopted the tonnage basis of rating a
train instead OF by the number of cars and
General superintendent Hill says the re-
suits nave been highly satisfactory. On the
same divisions the same locomotive hauls
two to four cars more per train than under
the old basis of rating.
The New York Central has Just built some
passenger engines for its heavy passenger
service which promise TO be more famous
Ihan are the engines which haul the Empire
hauled the heaviest express train on the
Central lag miles at the rate of a mile in
one and one-third minute.
The Pennsylvania Company, in running its
Atlantic CITY excursions. will run the sleep
Ing cars through from Indianapolis TO At
lantic City. something the company has
never before been able to do. but the COM
pletion OF the bridge over the Delaware
river Is proving OF utility in handling its
travel to the seashore conveniently
another ugly rate war is brewing be-
tween the roads running between Chicago
and Kansas City and st. Louis and Kansas
City, and by next week the so-called strong
lines will meet the reductions in passenger
rates the Chicago Great Western is maxi
ing. II Is claimed that this road forces the
night upon the strong and more direct lines
The passenger department of the Cincin-
natl, Hamilton Dayton has issued
pamphlet containing information of interest
concerning the war. Among other things the
pamphlet gives the names OF the American
ships and Of those Of Spain. There are also