The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-30

dianapolis Tomorrow over the several rail-
ways. Some of the roads were yesterday
sneir own equipment not Deing suHclent to
nahole the prospective rush.
The passenger department Of the Nickel
plate with each year Is becoming more and
more aggressive. The company is now rum
ming three through trains each way daily
between Chicago and Buffalo, and has I'M
der consideration the putting on or a new
train raster than any yet run on tnat Hne
The passenger department of the Cinein-
nan, Hamilton & Dayton road has issued
a folder showing a plan Of the city of Gin
clnnatl and the ground wniGn the ". a. X
encampment is to occupy The ground lies
along the track of the c., H. & D. The To-
cation of places of interest in and about the
city of Cincinanti is set out.
The Grand Trunk has made contract
with the Grand Rapids & Indiana by which
the Grand Trunk can give better service to
Mlchigan points, After May 10 the Grand
Trunk will run through sleeping cars from
Chicago to Montreal over its new connec-
ton, the Grand Rapids & Indiana, and also
in connection with the +1ehigh Valley for
New York.
No passenger trains ir the country are
hauled faster than over ire Pittsburg, Fort
Wayne & Chicago between Crestline and
Chicago. The Chicago Limited, after leav-
ing Crestline, takes a sixty-mile an hour
gait and maintains it for i long distance.
occasionally covering few miles al, at a speed ped
of a mile every fifty seconds, which is high
speed for so heavy train.
East-bound freight rates from Chicago
continue in very bad state of demoraliza-
ton. Plenty az grain : being carried at
10 cents, and there seeli3 10 be no imme-
date prospect of the roads securing higher
prices, as large number Of contracts have
been made at this figure. 1t will be well
into the summer before the matter can be
Strengthened out, even. is the roads begin
the Strengthening process at once, and they
show no signs of beginning it.
The roads of the Central Passenger Asso-
cation have changed their minds again re-
garding the running of the home seekers
excursions. They announced some time ago
they would make rates for this traffic only
where other roads would reciprocate by
Committee good IN their territory. Now
they have decided to make the rates no
matter whether the roads of other associa-
tons act in reciprocal manner or not.
A passenger official said yesterday that
the Erie is becoming one of the most ag-
gressiVe and progressive of the trunk lines.
Instead Of being a humble beggar after
business the Erie is elbowing its way to the
front and has eXcelled the New York Cen
tral in speed record in it's recent run. The
road is no longer he says. the prey of
Spectators and. sharks, but is operated on
ing the name of being a rate cutter as in
former years, it is now noted for the
tenacity with which it holds to tariffs
J. c. wager, general manager of the
Wagner Palace-car Company, has intro
duced a reform which win be appreciated
by travelling men. In order to have uni
fcrmity in designation of rooms in Wagner
cars he has given instructions that rooms
having three berths will be termed drawing
rooms and rooms having two berthS, now
termed compartment rooms, are to be
known as staterooms. Cars heretofore
lor and rooms in these cars will be
termed compartments.