The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-20

will have very inviting quarters.
The Vandalia handled at Indianapolis last
week 2.10S loaded cars. forwarding west ,033
and bringing in 1075. OF the inbound bust
ness 1SS cars were loaded with live stock.
The four Pennsylvania lines handled at
indianapolis last week 5,246 cars 3,791 being
loaded, go fewer loaded cars than were
handled at this point in the week ending
June H.
The fast mail train OH the Wabash makes
the run from Toledo to st. Louis, 4S4 miles,
in ten hours and ten minutes the sched-
ule being forty-three and two-thirds miles
an hour.
Seven of the largest type of locomotives
built by the Pennsylvania under recent
specifications have been placed in service
since June 1.
1t is stated that the Baltimore & Ohio
mas placed its east-bound tickets on sale
with ticket ScalperS at Chicago, and the
latter are much elated over the break the
b. q O. has made.
G. L. Chase. who has run an engine on the
New York Central for forty-two years, and
Engine S9S, which hauls the Empire State
express, passed through the city yesterday
en- route to Denver.
The Pennsylvania lines yesterday COM
menced using the Cincinnati, Hamilton &
Dayton tracks instead of the Lake Shore
70 get into the Union Station at Toledo. By
the change several minutes time is saved
in reaching the Union Station.
Work with the shops of the PENNSYLVANIA
midsummer, and several of the shops have
gone back to working nine hours a day,
e1cept IN the departments building new
cars; these are still running ten hours a
day.
The new Board of Trade freight bureau
at Chicago, having for its object the main
tenance of equitable freight rates and the
protection of shippers, has selected John j.
Hyland, late representative of the Ontario
Dispatch at Chicago, as its commissioner
and traffic manager.
he C,l,ioono rz.-1 =
turning out at its own shop fifteen new
cars day, and has ordered that the work
shall be continued for some weeks. SO prom
lsing are the crops and great the prob
abilities that all Northwestern lines will be
short of cars this fall.
George A. Cullen, chief clerk of the West
ern Passenger Association, left for New
York on Saturday, where he goes to take
charge OF the Western immigrant bureau
at that port, vice c. NJ. Pratt, who has ac-
cepted the chairmanship of the Southwest
ern Passenger Association.
The scheduled running time Of the freight
trains between Chicago and Denver over the
Chicago Burlington & Quincy is sixty
hours a train carrying projectiles and
francisco, covered the distance in thirty
eight hours and thirty-two minutes.
Vice President Gross, of the Brooks loco
motive works, has been on a two weeks
western trip, and on Saturday returned to
Dunkirk with several large contracts. In
the number were eleven freight locomotives
for the Great Northern twelve for the Illi-
nois Central and fifteen for the Louisville
& Nashville.
The electric lines in the gas belt terri
tory have been in operation for several
months, and in no month of the last year
has the Michigan division of the Big Four
lines failed to show an increase in passen-
ger earnings, demonstrating that the cleo
tric lines are not cutting into the steam
lines business.
The full result of the election Of members
Of the advisory board of the Pennsylvania
voluntary Relief Department is as follows:
Toledo d Eastern division, Engineer Will
sions, Engineer H. E. Fla-Haven; Western
division, Car Builder Percival E. Wills;
P1ttsburg division, Panhandle Draughts-
richmond & Cincinnati division, Engineer
Charles d. Luce; Chicago & Louisville and
Indianapolis q Vincennes division, Train
Dispatcher Hiram White.
The Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Off
Gals have solved the problem of cooling
sleeping cars in stations at night. At Gin
c1nnati, Louisville and ST. Louis this line
mas sleeping cars placed in the stations at
III p. m, which do not depart until after
Tnldnight, and in order to make them COM
r rofe1t ana cool nave placed sixteen-inch
rotary electric fans in each end of the
sleepers thus removing the heated and i'm
pure air from all parts of the car. The
rams nave been in operation about two
weeks, and have been the subject of many
lie.
"A rev months ago mention was made
OF the appointment of w. c. Brown as
representative of the hoosac Tunnel line for
this territory, vice VIM. II. Parmalee who
had held the position for fourteen years.
The change excited comment as Mr. Parm-
alec had been an unusually Woodworking
freight official. On Saturday a circular was
received announcing that w. G. Brown had
returned to his old position at Kansas City
ana Mr. Parmalee had been given his form
er position. In commenting on it an old
time freight man said that the business of
the Roosac Tunnel line at both places had
fallen off as result of the change.
1t is stated that the Commercial Club will
ask the City Council to postpone for one
mon month action on the question of allowing
the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton laying
tracks to the grounds on which it proposes
to build its new freight station. This means
defeat OF the companys proposed improve
ment, as the option on the ground expires
before the thirty days would pass. and it is
stated that the owners of the ground are
not at all anxious that the c., II. & d.
Company should purchase the property.
There are other reasons why delay would be
expensive to the c., H. & D. Company. 1t
is now paying the Big Four $500 a month
for depot facilities in the old Bee-line de-
pot, and long delay would prevent the COM
pany making the proposed improvement this
season.