The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-16

is stated that the new system of discipline
has already pereepubly improved the serv-
ice.
John +. Miller, general superintendent of
the Pennsylvania lines Southwestern sys-
tenn, was I'm the city yesterday. He called
ON j. w. Greenen, master of transporta-
ton, who has just returned from the
but he still has but little use of his legs.
In the month of March there arrived and
departed at the Union Station hiss trains
handling 2962 cars. This is 126 fewer trains
than We're handled in March, 1897, the fail
ing off being due to the flood of last month";
when for two to five days trains We're
abandoned practically on three lndianap-
oils lines
a train loaded with coast defense guns,
shipped from San Francisco for Fort Co
lumbus, New York, Fort McHenry. Balti-
more, and Fort Sumter, arrived at New
York Thursday, having come through on
LAST passenger train time the entire ais
enty-four feet IN length.
e. o. Mccormick, passenger traffic man.
ager of the Big Four lines, is much en-
couraged in the belief that the Central Pas
senger Association and the Michigan Pas
serger Bureau will be able to reach an
agreement under which the tickets of both
will be good on through lines over their
respective territories.
Charles IT. Lee president of the Lehigh
Valley road, announces that on May he
will remove his headquarters from Philadel-
phia to New York. and it is believed that
moved there, as the conditions have so
changed that more of its stock is held in
New York than in Philadelphia.
A brakeman recently discharged for Wis
ltlng saloons remarked yesterday that he
supposed that railway managers were more
strict with trainmen as to their using in
toXlcatng liquors than with superintendent
ents and their chief clerks owing to the
fact that the position OF At trainman is "a
more responsible one than that of Il super
intendent or his chief clerk.
siVe improvements to it's western division
in building new bridges, laying heavier
steel, etc. Now the company has com
east of Cleveland. The long wooden bridges
at Angola, Silver creek and Ashtabula
have been replaced with new steel struc-
lures, and large quantities of new steel and
cross-ties arc being distributed.
During the past two months the Balti-
more Ohio has received LILO new box
cas-, 1899 double hopper gondolas and 224
coke cars or the order for $3.50 recently
placed with the Pullman Palace Car Com
pany. the Michigan Peninsular works,
the Missouri Car and Foundry Company
and the South Baltimore car works. De-
liVeries are being made rapidly as the
cars are completed.
The United States Circuit Court has con-
flrmed the agreement between the Union
Pacific and the Denver & Gulf roads, by
which all charges against the Denver x
Gulf, in favor of the Union Pacific, have
been wiped out. They amount TO 81 500 900.
In consideration of this the Denver IL Gulf
surrenders the guarantee the Union Pacific
gave of its bonds. The Denver q Gulf has
now 100000 in its treasury.
The fast limited trains on the Pennsyl-
vania now run at full speed over the new
tracks and through the new tunnel at
Radebaugh. The four tracks are yolSed
into two through the tunnel, but the most
absolute safety is guaranteed by positive
and electric signals and the regular blocks
Now that this tunnel is enlarged wider
private cars and higher and wider freight
cars can be safely handled between Pitts
burg and Altoona.
President Chauncey M. Depew announced
last night that the directors of the New
York Central & Hudson River Railroad
Company have decided TO offer to the Mich
igan Central Railroad to exchange its 312-
percent. debenture bonds for the stock of
the Michigan Central on the basis of lis for
Michigan Central These terms have been
accepted by the Messrs. Vanderbilt for their
holdings, and the same terms are offered to
holders of Michigan Central.
Norman Beckley, who entered the service
of the Lake Shore road in 1858, states that
the stock of the Lake Shore, which is now
selling at 200 per share then sold at 81 per
share. There is one thing which seems a
little singular-the passenger business of
the Lake Shore was then heavier than now
Just as many trains were run then, and
there were no empty seats. The business
which the Lake Shore then enjoyed is di-
vided now with four competing lines.
A person well informed as to values of
railroad properties says that the terminals
owned by the Big Four at Benton Harbor
including it's docks, are worth at a low es-
innate 900. The company has at Ben
ton Harbor nearly two miles of water front
and three-fourths of a mile of dock, and
ON these docks are three large warehouses
and an elevator The company also owns
ground on which are several miles of side
track, and there is ample space for further
enlargement.
Raymond Dupuy, the rev general super
intendent of the Chicago Great Western
road, entered on the discharge of his duties
yesterday AND at once announced number
of changes. return is to be made to the
divisional plan of operation. There will be
three divisions-Chicago to Oelwein. DEL
vein to ST. Paul and Oelwein to Kansas
City. j. Berlingett will be superintendent
of the Kansas division, and A. ]. Kelly will
have charge of the st. Paul division. The
superintendent of the Chicago division has
not yet been selected.
An exciting meeting of the Western
yesterday, at which the existing demorali-
cation in rates on packing-house products
was discussed, with the view of having
rates restored April 20. 1t transpired during
the discussion that number of the lines had
made longtime contracts at the cut rates
and, therefore, any advance at this time
was impossible. 1t also appeared that the
livestock men of Omaha are threatening
to prosecute the roads for making higher
rates on live stock than on meat products,
contrary to the orders of the Interstate