The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-19

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week ending Sept. 10, an increase of 1913 cars.
Belt road engines handled for private in
dustries on its line 934 cars, against S42 in
the preceding week, an increase of ninety
two cars.
Personal, Local and General Notes.
On the Panhandle line, between Pittsburg
and South Chicago, there are 4S5 bridges,
distance of 507 miles.
Trainmaster Mendenhall. of the Panhan-
die, has returned from Mount Clements.
Mich, much improved in health.
w. E. Tuttle, Western passenger agent of
the American line, is very low with typhoid
fever at his home in Niagara Falls.
Joseph Wood, vice president of the Penn
sylvania Company has returned from
Western trip to his headquarters at Pitts
burg.
c.. A. Stevenson. train dispatcher of the
Panhandle lines. accompanied by his fam
lily, has gone to Colorado for three weeks
stay.
John Colley. for several years general bag
gage agent of the Chicago Great Western,
died at his home, in Chicago, last week of
typhoid fever
The Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton is be-
ginning to feel the Improvement in business,
last week handling at Indianapolis 1895
cars, $40 being loaded.
The Lake Shore is hauling thirty to thir-
ty-five cars of live stock to train, sched-
uled at thirty-tive miles an hour most of
the distance from Chicago to Buffalo.
Ralph Capples, ticket and passenger agent
of the Lackawanna road at New York city,
will this week be married TO a young lady
of kenton, o., Mr. Capples's former home.
The Vandala continues to do an unprece-
dentedy heavy business, last week hand
ling at Indianapolis 1904 cars, 2,677 being
loaded, an increase over number last year
of 642 cars.
George Wharton an attorney of Marion,
Ind, has been offered a good position in the
legal department of the Big Four, which
he will probably accept His headquarters
will be at Cincinnati
The next annual encampment of the
Grand Army of the Republic will be held
in Philadelphia and the Baltimore & Ohio
and the Pennsylvania lines are already in
the field soliciting business.
1t is thought that the proposition to ANAL
gamate the International Association of
Ticket Agents and the American Associa-
ton of Travelling Passenger Agents will be
perfected before the annual conventions of
the two next year.
Engine 100, the Pennsylvania lines
west, which made such remarkable runs
on the Louisville division of the Pennsyl-
yania lines in 1893. has been rebuilt and is
now in service between Pittsburg and CO.
lumbus, hauling fast trains
Charles r. Davis formerly of the Pan
handles indianapolis division, with the gen
erai road foreman of engines. has gone to
indian Territory on account of poor health
and will accept a similar position on the
Oklahoma Choctaw & Gulf.
A. K. Handy has been appointed travelling
freight agent of the Baltimore & Ohio for
the State of New, York and that portion of
line of the Philadelphia & Reading, with
headquarters at 434 Broadway, New York
The Big Four recovered its ground lost in
the week ending Sept. TO- The lines last
week received and forwarded 1881 cars
1924 being loaded, an increase over the
week ending Sept. 10 of 1878 cars. and over
the corresponding week of 1897 an increase
of 921.
The Baltimore & Ohio, through the West
ern territory is becoming much more ag-
gressive for passenger business, Passenger
Traffic Manager Martin urging representa-
tives of the B. G. o. at all Western points
to assume the aggressive and see that the
road gets its full share of the travel
The election of E. B. Mcleod. assistant
general passenger agent of the Chicago &
Rock Island. as president of the Travelling
Passenger Agents Association, is a direct
compliment to him. Probably there is not
Northwestern line that is Mr. Mcleod.
The Evansville & Terre Haute Railroad
Company reports for the year ending
June 80:
Gross carr. 81, 5s7,sis $1.2Si,S5s Inc. $685.
Net -. 80. 591.O3S 515,641 Inc. 75,397
Surplus 127,472 Def 1S5.OC5 Inc. 312,477
The Pennsylvania continues, as for three
weeks past, to break all former records in
number of loaded cars handled al Indanap-
oils, in the week ending Sept. u receiving
S55 more than the four divisions handled
at Indianapolis in the corresponding week
of 1897.
The Baltimore & Ohio is about to indulge
in an experiment of using the telephone for
long distance communication. Work will
begin in a few days on the construction OF
two new copper telegraph lines between
Baltimore & Pittsburg. $40 miles, and they
will be so arranged that when the necessity
arises they will be available for telephone
communication. One Of the wires will pe
extended as far as Newark for telegraphic
USE A new line has also been constructed
between Columbus and Cincinnati. 1t will
take 500 miles of copper wire weighing 166
pounds to the mile. TO complete the work
A Chicago paper says that at Chicago,
where all the railroad companies take much
interest in the condition of their tracks
1t does not cost much to build railroads
and maintain them the Pittsburg, Fort
Wayne & Chicago is admitted to have far
the most perfect rOadbed. 1t is the only
road running into Chicago with double
tracks ballaSted with crushed limestone and
having its bitches Systematically soped and
the stone ballast lined up in perfect shape.
The Lake Shore is credited with having
as smooth track as the Fort Wayne, put
the latter is ahead of the Vanderbilts' crack
line in other features.
President s. r. Galloway. of the New
York Central, is quoted as saying: THE
decrease in New York Central freight
traffic up to this time has been owing main
ly to the unusual conditions affecting wheat
transportation. An abnormal movement in
wheat and flour was caused by the Letter
deal. but since tat time there has been
opinion that we shall have good fall busi-
ness. Shipments of merchandise appear to
be increasing, and passenger business
gives promising indications. Local passen-
ger business on our lines is picking up rap
idly, and when people begin 10 travel it is
a pretty good indication that business is
improving and that money is easier"
Railroad men all over the country are
surprised over the manner the Lake Shore
and Nickel-plate are operated. While act
i've competitors and controlled by the same
owners, the Nickel-plate and West Shore
are rate disturbers A railway official. in
speaking of this matter, said; In so far as
their interests are directly concerned. the
Lake Shore and the Nickel-Diate may be
considered as being one and the same. The
recent sharp competition between the New
York Central and West Shore for passenger
traffic has caused much surprise and some
amusement, in view of the recent CONSOLE
dation of the Vanderbilt road interests.
The West Shore is practically owned by the
New York Central. and yet for several
weeks is has been taking dollars out of the
pockets of the New York Central people.
In the bidding for contracts for transport
ing soldiers. the West Shore has on two oc-
casions underbid the New York Central,
and in one instance the West Shore cut I'M
der the New York Central figure 81 pas
senger, when cut Of 2 cents would have
secured the contract and added many dol
lars to the Vanderbilt revenues"