The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-14


died at indianapolis last week LIS cars, 1913
being loaded. an increase over the corre-
spending eek OF 1897 of 1913.
r. Il. r. Peirce, receiver of the Toledo,
ST. Louis & Kansas City, is rapidly recov-
eTing from his recent illness and will soon
be attending to his usual duties.
The Illinois Central has been operated
thus far this year on 7O1. per cent of its
gross earnings, against 7Ozs per cent. in the
corresponding ten months of 1897.
The approximate gross earnings of the
Baltimore q Ohio Railroad for the month
of October, 1888, were 81. 1882, an increase
of 81, 736. 43 over the corresponding month or
1887.
Warren Lynch. assistant general passen-
ger agent of the Big Four. returned on Sat
urday from his California trip much I'M
proved in health and will be at his desk TO-
day.
1t is stated that more orders were placed
for new cars last week with the various oi3
car builders than in any week since 1917,
which was the best year the car works ever
enjoyed.
A train of twenty-five cars of 100000
pounds capacity passed over the FaHlall~
dies Chicago division last Thursday and at
tracted a good deal of attention Iney were
steel cars.
The Wabash earned in the first week of
November $27S, no against so 40 in the
corresponding week of 1897, and $l91 ,66l in
1896. The earnings OF the Buildlo DIVISION
are now included.
John Moore, engineer, who was injured in
Baltimore & Ohio. was buried at Bellalre,
o. Both OF his legs were broken and he re-
ceived internal injuries.
George Ingalls,. assistant to President In
gals of the Chesapea x Ohio, on Satur-
day married to Miss Hinkle, of C1ncin-
natl. The bride and groom We're recipients
of some elegant and valuable presents.
The first three months of the fiscal year
of the New York, New Haven & Hartford
road, beginning July l, il earned gross
nearly two ana one-quarter million oo more
than in the corresponding period or 1891
The Vandalia handled at Indianapolis last
week 2251 loaded cars, bringing in 1858 and
forwarding west 500. This is forty-five few
er loaded cars than the road handled at
Indianapolis in the corresponding week of
1897.
Frank Thomson, president of the Pennsyl-
vania lines. who is now hunting in the
southern part of the State, has number
of guns and dogs which he takes with him.
He is abroad at day break and is usually
very successful.
Henry B. Plant president of the Plant
system Of roads, who went East last week,
has been confined in his private car at Jer-
sey City for some days. He is eighty years
old and his son attributes his illness to the
fatigue of the trip North.
The Big Four lines proper handled at In
dianapons last week 10,54O loaded cars, 1,3IS
more than in the corresponding week OF
1897. The increase was wholly on the chi
cago and Cincinnati divisions, the 81 Louis
and Bee-line divisions showing raining OIL.
Paymaster Snee, of the Panhandle lines,
was in the city Saturday, paying for
October, and mis- disbursements to trainmen
were the largest of any month in the history
Of the Panhandle lines. More men We're en-
ployed and many of the regular men made
extra time.
The four Pennsylvania lines handled at
Indianapolis in the week ending Nov. u
SOS loaded cars, PA fewer than in the
corresponding week of 1897, being the first
time in four months that decrease mas
been shown, which is attributable to
scarcity of cars.
"Since the Lehigh Valley assumed it's
present aggressive attitude" says George
Chesborough, who is connected with the
| road and now visiting friends in the West,
lit has enjoyed an immense passenger
traffic and It's freight business has increased
handsomely the last two years
In retaliation for the Iowa Central build
ing into Des Moines the Chicago & Rock
Island will build a line from Rose Hill to
Marshalltown, in territory now monopolzed
BY the Iowa rail- he on ne Of fh the 6es
business territory of the Chicago q ROCK
Island.
At the annual meeting of the directors of
the Peoria Decatur & Evansville, held in
New York, the following officers were
elected to serve for the ensuing year: Pres
ident, Mr.. Robert 5. Anderson, New York
York city; secretary, Mr.. w. j. Lewis,
Evansville, Ind.
The New York, New Haven & Hartford
will put on four-and- half-hour express
trains between New York and Boston, the
fastest now being five hours. The speed of
the new trains will not be as fast as the
Empire State express on the New York
Central, but it will be high speed for
New England road
The Union PacIhc has adjusted it's differ
ences with its trainmen. Three cents per
mile will be paid to freight conductors and
2 cents per mile to freight brakemen. The
passenger conductors and brakemen will be
paid by the month and not by the mile run.
Some of the passenger runs were uneven
he I'm mol haC l.
lied.
The Pennsylvania Railroad, on Tuesday
next, If scheduled plans work out will put
on new fast train between Pittsburg and
limited. This train will make the trip be-
tween the two cities in ten hours, reduc-
ton of two hours on the present schedule.
The train will consis of five Pullmans, mod
ern in every respect.
On Thursday one of the Class L Pennsyl-
vania engines, with eight-inch driving
wheels, was used to haul a four-car- ac-
commodation train, taking the train at AL
toona considerably late, and in making up
the time favorable stretch of track
an average speed OF elghty-seVen miles an
hour was made over several miles. On a
short squirt a speed of ninety-seven miles
an hour was attained.
J. Francis Lee. general agent of the
Canadian Pacific G. A. Clifford. travelling
passenger agent, and w S. Thorn, assist
ant general passenger agent of the 500 line,
were in the city on Saturday calling on
pdSStIlStI men iOCdlSu SAplcillllAlS TIC
attractions of their respective lines. Mr..
Lee states that rapid progress is being made
with the Canadian Pacific extension h ough
Crows Nest pass. The Canadian Pacific is
expanding $l1, 0000O0 in the building of this
extension.
The thirty new freight locomotives Or
dered by the receivers of the Baltimore &
Ohio about three months ago, twenty of
which are from the Baldwin locomotive
works, have been delivered and are now in
service. These engines are the same type
hot hax
second division between Cumberland and
Baltimore and over one hundred of them
are now in service. They are the CONSOLE
dated type with twenty-one by twenty
seven-inch cylinders. and were constructed
from designs furnished by the motive power
department of the Baltimore d Ohio.
One of RiIey'S Stories.