The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-07

I branch lines. the Pittsburg & Lake Erie
| getting them; now the latter Is selling the
old equipment ard placing on it's line the
most modern equipment
| The superintendent of the Baldwin Loco
motive works writes A. A. Zion, Superin-
! tendent Of the Union Railway Company and
| Belt road, that the two new engines for the
| Belt road are about completed and will be
| shipped next week.
j. II. L.othrop, general agent of the Union
| Pacific at Pittsburg has removed his head
quarters to Cleveland. but J. c. Toyner,
| travelling freight agent. and S. A. Myers.
travelling passenger agent, will have their
| headquarters at Pittsburg.
The Toledo, Peoria & Western and the st.
| Louis. Chicago & st. Paul are testing on
some of their locomotives double stacks such
as are used on the London & Northwestern
Railway, and the officials of the two first
named roads are pleased with results
The Chicago. Burlington & Quincy lines
handled in April H. $50 more loaded cars than
In April, 1897, and the company expects the
lines to earn i'm the fiscal wear. which will
end with June 80 in round numbers, s42,-
$4,000, against $780, 100000 in the year ending
June 80, 1887.
AS an effort was making to renew the pass
agreement between the roads in the West
ern Passenger Association the Missouri Pa
enc has settled the matter by announcing
IN the expenses Of the organization, and
chairman Midgley has announced that the
bureau will be closed May 81.
Indianapolis lines will have low-rate tick
cts on sale for indianapolis on May IA, on
account of the fiftieth anniversary of Raper
Commandery, No. |. Of the Knights Tenn
Lodge, \ Q. O. f., and Rebekah Assem-
| bly, of the State of Indiana; from May "A to
May % to the Grand Lodge of the +. and
! A. NJ, which convene on the dates named
in this city.
| Monon earnings for the fourth week of
| AprlI We're ySs. 1853, against $77,332 for the
same sam we. week last year. an increase of $10,ss1.
For the month the gross earnings of the
road were $274.100. against s246 4S7 for the
same period last year. an increase of $27,613.
From July l to April 30 gross earnings of
| the corresponding period in the previous
| year, an increase of $403,240
The meeting of the executive committee
| of the Western Passenger Association was
continued at Chicago yesterday. emigrant
matters being the only thing under discus
| in detail, and it is believed that there win
be no more trouble between the road and
| the association AT late hour it was said
! that in the near future the road will become
a member of the clearing house. when some
matters are adjusted to its liking.
| number of Big Four officials among
them being Superintendent T. j. Higgins
Roadmaster G. F. David. Superintendent OF
Motive Power Garstang, Chief Dispatcher
! G. w. Buchanan and Master Mechanic E.
E. Hudson. witnessed a very successful test
Of Blanch Chamberlain's patent mail-catch-
ing device at Bellefontaine, o. Friday aft
ernoon. train was run at a rate of seven
ty-fve miles an hour and the device caught
mailsack hung upon crane and at the
same time left one in it's place. There is
some talk of the Big Four adopting this
patent.
a Pennsylvania official said yesterday,
when speaking of running Sunday excur-
slons. that r. A. Ford, general passenger
agent, and F. Van Duser. assistant genera!
passenger agent. were seriously opposed to
running excursions on Sunday. but in self
defense have been forced to do So few
weeks ago these officials with E. O. Nc
CormIck, passenger traffic manager of the
Big Four lines. had conference over the
matter and had planned 10 abolish Sunday
excursions but ii was soon found that COM
| petlng lines had no idea of dropping them
but, on the contrary, intended to run more
OF them than last year. consequently they
fell in line.
Twenty-fotIr hours and two minutes is the
| record made by the new Rocky Mountain
limited which was sent out of Chica go
| Thursday afternoon at 2:30 O'Clock by the
! Chicago, Rock Island e. Pacific Railroad
! The train pulled in to the station at Dem
Yer yesterday at 1872 Denver time This
time is considered unprecedented. railroad
oh1cIals claiming that no such record was
ever made before by a regular train be-
tween Chicago and Denver. And it was ac-
complished under serious drawbacks Near
~ two hours were lost in Illinois on account
OF hot boxes and an accident to the rear
driving wheel, and this time had to be made
up between Davenport and Denver