The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-18

Thomas Campbell in this section, yesterday
made his initial trip in this territory.
President Fish. of the Illinois Central. is
authority for stating that the extension
from Fort Dodge to Omaha, ITO miles, will
be built in 1899.
]. T. Brooks. vice president of the Penn
sylvania Company, spent Yesterday IN the
city in conference with Attorney Pickens
regarding legal matters
The officials of the Grand Trunk and the
Canadian Pacific have adjusted their differ
ences, and if no hitch occurs an early
restoration of rates is expected
At Peru, Ind. on Nov %. the Brother
hood of Locomotive Firemen will give a
banquet, the occasion being the initiation of
twenty-five new members.
The machinists in the shops of the Erie
Railway at Huntington, Ind, are now work
ing thirteen hours a day. and in the other
departments eleven hours a day.
The Big Four instruction car, which is
now on the st. Louis division, has been
closed for a few days on account of the ILL
ness of w. ]. Hartman, instructor
The New York Central has purchased the
from Bennington to Chatham, n. Y, sixty
miles.
n. b. Danenberg, formerly trainmaster
| of the Chicago & Eastern Illinois, has been
appointed general yardmaSter of the road
at Danville, the most important station on
the system.
The Guarantee Ticket Brokers' Associa-
| ton is in session this week at st. Louis, hf-
| ~ members being in attendance. There has
| been great falling off in its membership in
| the last twelve months.
On Dec. F. J. Haines. agent of the Mich
| igan divisionNof the Vandalia at South Bend,
| will take the agency at Logansport. j. Z.
| EdgeWorth, now agent at LoganSpoft, sue
ceeding Mr.. HaineS at South Bend.
The management of the Kansas roads
/ have agreed to furnish cars between now
| and Dec. l to move 1000, 900 bushels of wheat
| out or that state a large PER cert; OF IL -
| for export via gulf ports. This will require
/ about 5000 cars.
President Woodford, of the Cincinnati,
! Hamilton & Dayton, expresses himself as
! much pleased with the healthy increase in
| business on the Indianapolis division, more
| especially its passenger and freight business
at Indianapolis.
The Kentucky and Indiana bridge between
| Louisville and New Albany will be sold in
| January unless some new litigation arises.
A syndicate has been formed by the South
| ern Railway the Monon and the Baltimore
| q Ohio to purchase the bridge.
At the docks of the Columbus & Hooking
| Valley in Toledo on Tuesday there were
| loaded into the steamer Superior City 5,9S
| tons of ccal in seventeen hours and thirty
minutes. time for the employees to take din
ner and supper to be deducted, an average
| of 382 tons an hour.
| A new type of locomotive has been put in
| service the Pittsburg & Lake Erie One
| of its features is that in the exhaust from
| the smokestack no puff is heard. No mat
| ter how hard the engine is laboring, slight
| kissing sound only is heard, similar to steam
| escaping from the cylinders.
| The official report shows that there were
| handled on the Chicago division of the Big
| -Four at Indianapolis in October a tota! OF
! 60600 cars, against 45,5 cars in October,
| 1897, an increase of 1924 per cent. in loaded
| cars the business being handled at an in
creased cost over October last year of only
| 141s per cent
J. r. Cavanaugh, car service superintend
| ent of the Big Four is in st. Paul endeavor-
| ing to induce the Great Northern and the
| Northern Pacific to allow their cars to go
| through to Newport News. large number
| of these cars are now standing at Kan
| kakee loaded with flour, and the Big Four
| has not the cars to transfer the freight
| There is said to be good foundation for
| the report that the Wabash is seeking to
| purchase the Detroit-Buffalo line, which it
| now Jointly occupies with the Grand Trunk
| The Wabash has lease of the road for
| twenty years, the rental being $2750O0 per
| annum the first five years, 100000 the sec
| ond five years, 1000 the third five years
| and $350C0 the last five years. General
! Manager Ramsey is said to be confident
| that had the Wabash the exclusive use of
| this piece of road it's revenue could be con-
| siderably increased.
The Pennsylvania Railroad has a novel
| car on the road for the education of any
| and all employees who have anything to do
| with the airbrake appliance and the steam
| heating apparatus 1t is a new car, just out
! of the Altoona shops, and arrived in Pitts
| burg yesterday. 1t is equipped with the
| heating apparatus of train of twenty-eight
| cars, as well as the airbrake cylinders and
| rigging. including pipes and hose. The car
| is No. $3.50, THE Motive Power Instruction
| Car and, according to it's name is de-
| signed for the education of all connected
| with the motive power department 1t is in
! charge of Airbrake Inspector John Alexan-
| der, Steam Heat Inspector Elmer Herr,
| Travelling Fireman j. M. Eyler and Eng1-
| neer Robert McC1aren, assigned to duty in
connection with the trip of the car.