The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-19
MORE EQUIPMENT NEEDED
THE THOUSANDS OF NEW CARS DO
NOT MEET REQUIREMENT..
Voting On the Question of Advancing
Rates ON Grain PrOducts-GeneraI
and Personal Notes.

and this too, when the grain movement Is
lighter than in any October for several
years past. The Big Four and the Penn
sylvania lines are carrying not more than
50 per cent. as much grain as in October
last year. During the past year the Big
Four has added practically 1900 cars to its
freight equipment; this of course includes
the 1000 new cars purchased for the Chesa-
peake & Ohio for through service in con-
nection with the Big Four. The Pennsyl-
vania has in the last eighteen months added
1900 new cars to its freight equipment, and
could now use a third more cars on most
any division The Baltimore & Ohio, in con-
nection with the Baltimore & Ohio South
western. has added fully as many cars as
has me Pennsylvania, and the b. & o. is as
much in need of cars as any of the other
lines. The cotton crop is beginning to
Inove. and next month the new corn crop
and the old crops of wheat and corn; in
addition, the largest hog crop that has ever
been raised, and more cattle are to be mar
keted than in any fall of some years. The
Indiana, Decatur & Western, with its 1000
new cars. is the best equipped of any local
line, from the fact that 30 per cent. of it's
business is local and largely to Indianapolis
in supplying the cerealine mills and the
starch works with corn, and it's cars are
used so largely in short hauls Northwest
ern roads are allowing but few of their
cars to leave their own lines, which consid-
erably lessons the supply of cars for the
Central Traffic Association lines. In one
way, however, the lines in this territory
are benefited. The Eastern trunk lines have
ceased TO hold cars and use them in local
business, and, consequently cars are re-
turned more promptly. West-bound bust
ness is so heavy that more cars are re-
turned loaded than in any former year.
Personal, Local and General Notes.
The Pittsburg & Lake Erie is expending
100000 for electric pneumatic block signals
along its line.
The mother of A. NJ. Mendenhall, train
master of the Panhandle lines. yesterday
celebrated her eighty-f1rst birthday.
1t is stated that the Pennsylvania lines
carried 81, ass passengers to Pittsburg last
week to the Knights Templars meeting
H. M. Bronson. assistant general passen-
cinnat yesterday for a conference with the
passenger officials.
William F. Bruner, of St. Louis, assistant
general passenger agent of the Vandalia
lines. was in the city yesterday looking
after harvest home excursion business.
A special on the Baltimore & Ohio on
Saturday made the run from Chicago to
Washington in twenty-one hours and eighty
minutes.
Samuel Trusler, who was the oldest en-
ploye in time of service on the Wabash
lines and who died at Fort Wayne on Sun
the home of his boyhood.
In September 129 roads earned $4S. 1868. 1855,
an increase OF s., lSO,Sl5 over September,
1891 SINE lnS sos Jn ol the same roads Dis have
responding period of 1897 of So, 4S5, 1874.
The Montreal Witness. in speaking of
what General Manager Hays, who left the
t. go to the Fra Trunk has
American methods of railroading on that
system. ~
i is stated that the Panhandle and the
Drill Company's buildings at Springfield,
o.. for q joint freight house. The drill COM
pany will buy the Whitley shops, now I'M
occupied
ents of the roads composing the Union Rail-
way Company held their regular monthly
meeting yesterday The attendance was
small, and only some routine business was
transacted.
l.. b. Freeman, city passenger agent of
the Pennsylvania lines, and wife, on Mon
f day the & evenn Of
their friends assembled at their home and
passed a few hours pleasantly.
r. r. Buchanan, assistant general freight
agent of the Big -Four at Cincinnati, and
George Deifenbach, general agent of the Big
-Four at Dayton. were in the city yesterday
for conference with Ford Wood general
freight agent of the Peoria & Eastern.
At meeting of the Chicago, Burlington
& Quincy Railroad directors yesterday J.
Malcolm Forbes. son of the late John M.
Forbes. was chosen a director and John l..
Gardner was chosen chairman of the board.
1875
On roads in the Central Traffic Associa-
ton territory reduced rates will be made
for Thanksgiving day for the first time in
the history of the roads. Tickets sold on
Nov. "a will be good to return on the 25th,
a limit of $50 miles.
Receiver Malott of the Vandalia. and sew
eral officials of the lines, will go to Craw-
louisville tomorrow to be present at the
sale of the Michigan division of the Van
dalia lines. The terms of the sale include
the road as 1t now stands between Rock
Vile and South Bend
The large passenger engines on the Penn
sylvania. with eighty-inch driving wheels,
are making great records for speed with
heavy trains, between Altoona and Jersey
City. often with ten to twelve cars in the
and maintaining II for considerable dis
lance.
1t now develops that the sale of the Ohio
Southern to the first mortgage bondholders
was a keen disappointment to the Detroit
d Lima Northern people. who had counted
on securing the road. The turn matters
have now taken may lead to the Detroit
a. Lima Northern people forming a close
traffic alliance with the Cincinnati, Ham
ilton a Dayton.
On Nov l the Chicago & Alton will in
augurate a new fast limited train from
Chicago to southern California, to be known
as the Pacific Coast Limited. running over
the Chicago & Alton, the Iron Mountain.
the Texas Pacific, to FL Paso. and the
Southern Pacific TO Los Angeles. The trains
viii leave Chicago on Tuesday and Satur-
day Of each week.
The Pennsylvania Company is building at
It's shops in Columbus five elegant coaches
Tor the Panhandle and five for the Pitts
burg, Fort Wayne & Chicago and two conf
binatton cars which are to be put in service
between Louisville and Chicago via In
dianapolis. The coaches are wide vestibuled,
with plate-glass windows. with a smoking
compartment like that of the Pullman cars
One of the strongest points with the Big
Four Is It's excellent terminal facilities and
reaching private industries IL is stated no
road of like mileage has as many advan-
tages in the way of tracks reaching to in
dustries located on its line. Especially at
having 1la tracks leading to the various
private industries.
Thomas Manifee one of the Oldest en-
glneers In time of service on the yandalia
who was dismissed after the accident to the
train carrying delegates to the Young Peo-
pies Christian Endeavor Association when
en- route TO California. shortly after secured
q position on the Wabash. and the train
masters report on the Wabash credits him
with the best work with a compound engine
he with Engine u hauling 1.S45 tons Of
freight.
Commissioner Blanchard has asked the
views of the freight officials of roads i'm
the Central Traffic Association territory as
rates Nov. ]. Minneapolis lines have recon-
mended an advance to ~ cents all rail and
u cents, lake and rail, MINNEAPOLIS to the
seaboard, and have suggested that the. adj