The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-16

York Central has been appointed chief en-
gineer of the survey and map department,
with headquarters at Syracuse.
William Wiltshire has succeeded his
brother, Frank Wiltshire, as private secre-
tary of Oscar Murray, receiver of the Balti-
more & Ohio lines. Frank Wiltshire has To-
Gated in New York city in business.
Engine 10 j. Patton. engineer, beat the
speed record on Monday night between In
oianap0iis and Cincinnati, hauling three
cars from Indianapolis to Cincinnati, ITO
miles, IN lZ9 minutes, making three stops.
Capt. G. =. Kemp, Of the police bureau
Of the Pittsburg division of the Panhandle
lines, was on Saturday presented with
handsome silver tea set b. the lieutenants
Columbus.
The West Shore on Monday put on new
Iast train each way between Buffalo and
New York making the run thirty minutes
quicker than any OF its passenger trains
have heretofore been scheduled between
those points.
George w. Boyd, assistant general passen-
ger agent Of the Pennsylvania lines East
has this week been visiting the more i'm
portant points on the lines, looking after
the interests of the road, more especially
its winter excursion business.
On Monday the Wabash put on a new
train each way between Logansport and
Montpelier o. The train leaves Logansport
at a. m. and OF it's return arrives at that
point at p. M making the run in each
direction in three and a half hours
James c. Hewes is lying very i'll at his
home in Fort Wayne. He is one of the old
est employees on the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne
d Chicago He is now seventy-eight years
old and has been in the service of the Penn
sylvania lines nearly half century.
A committee Of the Joint Traffic Associa-
ton, appointed to see that the work of clas-
sihcaton, inspection and statistics be con-
tinued, has asked the various traffic asso-
Citations to take no action to disturb the
present status without first consulting the
committee.
c. c. Furgason, who has been the chief
clerk of w. A. Sullivan for twelve years
in the different official positions Mr.. Sulli-
van has held on the Big Four, will go with
Mr.. Sullivan to Richmond, Va, as his chief
clerk on his taking the position of assistant
general freight agent of the Chesapeake 81
Ohio lines.
some change in its orders for cars to be
built at the shops in Fort Wayne. One hun
dred and fifty box cars are to be built with
capacity for eighty thousand pounds, in
stead of sixty thousand first ordered
and with the two hundred gondola cars of
eighty thousand pounds capacity to be built
the shops at Fort Wayne will be kept busy
until at least Jan. l.
The Central Railroad Of New Jersey sent
word to the city officials in Jersey City yes
terday that it is ready to pay the city $780,
taxes due the city from that company. The
payment Of the money will mark the end of
long fight between the city and the rail-
road company over the latter's back taxes,
which have been accommodating for some fif-
teen years on cOmDanyS property at Com
munipaw. Details of payment are to be adj
justed.
The Big -Four carried less than per cent
or the eastbound tonnage out of Chicago
last week, demonstrating that President In
gals meant exactly what he said when he
told the presidents Of other lines recently
that he would issue strict orders to his
trafflc officialS to maintain tariff rates. He
did not promise to pursue such policy in
definitely, and as It has proved a good thing
for other roads and poor one for the Big
mot he rV1rfco Glo.o TORoe-
ident ingalls, instruct the freight repre-
sentatives to get business"
The general managers and superintend-
ents of the roads comprising the Union
Railway Company yesterday held their
monthly meeting. Little except routine
business. such as approving bills, etc, was
new bridge on the Belt road over White
river was postponed until the next monthly
meeting. Superintendent Zion was in
structed to make some improvements on
South Capitol avenue to the approaches to
the spur tracks where the several sleeping
cars of the roads stand during the early
part of the night.
Statistics kept on the Chicago & Western
Indiana Railway show that as the number
OF automatic couplers increases the break
fewer During the early part of the transit
ton period the broken drawbars and knuck-
les were phenomenally numerous. In 1892,
were equipped with the NJ. c. B. typo, one
drawbar of that style was broken in each
3Ia cars handled and one knuckle in each
2,476 cars handled. In 1898. with So per cent
of the cars equipped. there was broken only
one drawbar in each 1872 cars. and one
knuckle in each 3,O47 cars handled.
1t was stated in a paper recently read be-
fore the Western Railway Club that there
are at present seventy-seven different
makes of drawbars of the Master Car Build
ers Association type, and that these have
nnety-three different styles of knuckles,
| nine of the drawbars having two, and two
of the drawbars having three knuckles each,
the knuckles interchanging with each other
| in only one instance. The weight of fifty
six of the knuckles whose weight Is known
runs from thirty-four pounds to sixty -six
pounds. To keep one of each of the ninety
three patterns on hand in a way car or
at interchange point would aggregate
4,464 pounds, which, at SO cents per pound,
would cost $15644 and to furnish one or
| each of the knuckles at sixteen interchange
| points, and for twenty way cars would re-
| quire an outlay of Sc ,624.64.