The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-23

Pacific, the Union Pacific and the Oregon
Railway and Navigation Companies are in
volved concerning territorial rights OF each
company In the Northwest,
William Glassford, engineer, and w. H.
Buell, conductor, on the Panhandle, have
been dismissed from the company's service
for being responsible for the wreck last
week at Columbus, it having been proven
that they were running their train ahead of
time
The VandaIia daily brings in long trains
of Clay county block coal. Traffic for the
last few weeks has been so heavy that the
company's outside yards, which had never
been used to any great extent. are now
proving very convenient in handling the in
creased business.
The new fast train between st. Louis and
New FORK over the Vandalia and Penn
sylVana lines, stops deducted. must make
an average speed of fifty-one miles an hour.
This schedule is as fast as the run is likely
to be made between the East and West
until there is further improvements in loco
motives.
The electric line company which has built
q road from Ilkhart to Goshen has re-
ceived two cars, and next week will put
them In service. one car leaving Elkhart
and the other Goshen at the same hour.
The cars will be run on an hourly schedule
covering the ten miles between the two
cities in half an hour.
Yesterday the Philadelphia. Reading &
New England better known as the Pough-
keepise Bridge route, was turned over to It's
new owners. Hereafter it will be known
as the Central New England, and the road
will be extended at once to. Springfield;
Mass; John w. Brock has been elected
president of the new company.
Charles A Merritt, who represents the
Florida East Coast line and the Florida
East Coast Steamship Company, is visiting
Northern railroad centers. On Dec: 10 this
company will put on a line of boats to all
West Indian points. By this route the trip
from Indianapolis to Havana can be made
in fifty-four hours, via Cincinnati or LOUIS
VILE
In view of the increased tourist travel to
California during the present season, an al
lance has been made between the chicago,
Milwaukee & st. Paul Railway and the
Atchson, Topeka & Santa Fe road for
through tourist car service between chicago
and Los Angeles via the Chicago, Milwaukee
q St Paul Railways line between Chicago
and Kansas City and the Santa Fe's route
between Kansas City and Los Angeles ana
San Francisco. This new through car line
has been appropriately named the sun
shine Route" and will inaugurate through
service about the LIST of December.
A railway official of another line who last
week made trip over the Peoria d g Fash bean
over it for three years, expressed surprise
over the improvements noticeable on all
sides Numerous trestles have been filled,
fine iron structures have taken the place OF
wooden bridges, heavy rail the place OIL llgnt
rail, the stations present neat appearance
and an air of prosperity was apparent from
Pekin to Indianapolis. The new shops at
Urbana are a credit to the company potn
in convenience and modern equipments. ana
the rolling stock Is well up 10 the StdHudlu
Of the best roads.
Some of the prominent passenger off1clais
fear that the action of the Baltimore q ono
in reducing it's rates between Pittshurg
Philadelphia and New York may result IN
a general passenger rate war. 1t is a well
known fact that the Michigan Central, the
Lake Shore and the Pittsburg, Fort wayne
e, Chicago have been anxious to make theil
rates the same as those Of the competing
lines on the basis of common time and com
mon fare. This arbitrary action or the
RaItimore &. Ohio in reducing it's rates be-
tween points above named because it can
rot make as good time as the Pennsylyanlia
nav cause the standard lines named to
mite and abolish passenger differentials.