The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-12

ty-five Irish girls, who landed in New York
city on Wednesday, and who go to ST.
Louis.
d. B. Lewis, Joint agent in the Northwest
for the Monon, the Cincinnati, Hamilton &
Dayton and the Baltimore & Ohio through
iine is in the city. He states that this line
Is steadily increasing its business and has
come to stay
1t is stated that should the Wabash build
short line from Toledo to Chicago citizens
of Toledo will be asked to interest them
selves in the matter to the extent of max
ing donations of certain property for right
of way and terminals.
AS a result of the visit of General Man
ager Crawford, of the L4acka wanna fast
freight line, to this city, a circular will be
issued to-day appointing II. S. Clearwater,
of General Agent Wilson's office, contract
ing agent of the line
7. J. Walsh private secretary of General
Manager Waldo, of the Cincinnati. Hamil-
ton q Dayton, this week delivered an ad-
dress before the Young Mems Christian AS
ISOLATION at Cincinnati on the subject,
Manners and Department"
Until the last few months the Baltimore
d Ohio has made no effort to secure snip
ments of dressed meats from Western
points to Eastern markets; now it is secur-
ing a large per cent. Of the business, often
reaching fifty cars per day.
1t is stated that George Bradbury was
elected as president of the Peoria & Pekin
Union Railway Company as a compromise
candidate, and that he would have preferred
that either j. A. Barnard or his competitor,
u II. BOSWOTI1, nau D6en elected.
The train men on the Erie lines (western
division) are now making the largest wages
at any time since the road was opened for
business. A large per cent of the engineers
are getting $3.50 to 5000 for each month s
service in January and February, although
February was a short month
Railway officials and railroad attorneys
are much gratified over the nomination OF
w. J. Calhoun as member of the Interstate
commerce Commission to I'LL the vacancy
caused by the expiration of the term of
Col William r. Morrison. He is resident
of Danville, ILL.,, and lawyer OF much ab1l-
Col William Shaw, district passenger
agent of the Chicago, Burlington q Quincy
ness from all sections of the country has
been disappointing, the Generalization IL
passenger rates having been the means OF
decreasing rather than increasing that
business.
The new passenger station that the Big
-Four has asked bids for at Terre Haute Will
be 155 feet long and sixty-two wide, and
will have veranda seventy rect long anu
ten feet wide, with track sheds on the
north. 1t will be constructed of red pressed
brick, with terra Gotta trimmings. 1t VIII
contain large waiting rooms, baggage ana
express rooms, etc.
In response to query from Major Gen
eral Miles, the superintendent Of motive
power of the Pennsylvania Railroad IN
one of the big Glass l. locomotives. RMS
includes rivets, screws, ETC. General Miles
asked the information in order to make
comparison between locomotive and a dis
appearing gun carriage.
j. r. Cavanagh car-service superintend-
ent of the Big -Four, has been investigating
the matter, ard says the west-bound ton
mage of the Big Four is now the heaviest
ever carried. 1t consists of merchandise.
structural iron work, agricultural imple-
ments, furniture, and, in fact: all classes OF
freight ever moved westward. The freight
officials of the Pennsylvania and the Van
dalia make similar report.
Revised rates on new iron and steel from
Lcrain, o., Wheatland and Johnstown Pa,
ard the Bessemer district to various points
in New York, Ohio and Maryland, and also
West Virginia and Maine, have been rec
commended by the managers of the Joint
Traffic Association; also, new rates on pig
iron, billets, cast iron pipes, etc, from
Cleveland, Canal Dover and New Philadel-
phia, o.. to New Kensington, Pa.
The train crews on the Michigan division
of the Big -Four complain that their runs
are too long, and have asked that they be
changed. They now run from Wabash TO
Louisville, 1872 miles. The proposition Of the
trainmen is to run two through trains from
Benton Harbor to Anderson, 165 miles, and
two from Anderson to Louisville, 140 miles.
The officials do not look with favor on their
plans and it Is not likely that any change
will be made.
The new freight engine just delivered by
the Richmond locomotive works to the Big
Four, built after plans and specifications
prepared by William Garstang, superintend-
ent Of motive power of the road, promises
to become as famous as the big passenger
engines on the Big Four. On Thursday, the
engine, on it's initial trip, hauled 1851 tons
of freight from Cincinnati to indianapolis,
and made the schedule time of the fast
freight train. This is 20 per cent. larger ton
mage than any other engine on the Big
Four has ever hauled from Cincinnati to
Indianapolis, and the cost per mile for. haul
ing the increased tonnage was no greater
than that Of the heaviest freight engine in
service on the road. The performance of the
engine is so satisfactory that probably sew
eral more Of its type will be ordered at
once.
A railroad man of prominence who is we'll
informed as to the ability of railroad men
of the present day, said yesterday that one
of the best-informed and most capable rail-
way officials of the present day is James
McCrea, first vice president of the Pennsyl-
Vania Company. He has a remarkable
memory, is q. great observer, and is quick
to grasp a situation. There is not mile
of road in the Pennsylvania system that he
is not fully aware of its physical condition,
and he has plans for improvements years
ahead as the finances of the company may
Justify carrying out Recently, when in
Chicago, he was asked why the Pennsylva-
mia Company did not years ago acquire the
ground they have recently been obliged to
purchase. when it was not worth near as
much as now. He answered. Because the
PENNSYLVANIA Company did not then have
the money to secure 1T.
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