The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-06

ment in 1898. q. ss2 were forwarded west and
1905 received from the West.
The Brice people expect to complete by
Dec. the links which make the Lake Erie
& Western part of an eaSt-and-West trunk
line. There are now three pieces of road in
course of construction. in all there being 1856
miles of rev road to build. and the work is
so divided that II progresses rapidly.
1t is stated that there is no friction be-
tween the officials of the Baltimore & Ohio
Southwestern lines. 1t has been understood
that this road for some years was under a
cloud owing to disagreement of heads of
departments. "One thing is certain said a
railroad man, lit is getting business on more
business-like methods than for some time
past
P. A. Bonebrake the new superintendent
of the indianapolis division of the Pennsyl-
wanna lines. arrived in the city last night
for moving his headquarters to Columbus.
He will take with him from here about
fifteen people. Bushrod Taylor, the. sue
ceSsor of Mr.. Binebrake the Louisville
division, is also in the city to-day
East-bound shipments from Chicago for
the past week (f1ve days. amounted to 39.622
tons against ga rs S5S1 for the previous week
5,slS tons. Other lines carried: Michigan
Central, 375s; Lake Shore. 4,OS2; Fort
o MfSns t rand Trnnk e.
2,507; Erie, 4,056; Big Four, 1855. Lake lines
carried 49.66S
Instead oe G.. ]. Grammar having his
L.
Newman as president of the Lake Shore
road he has been given more authority as
general traffic manager In this connection
it is stated that President ingalls, would
have been greatly pleased to have secured
Mr. Grammar as successor of the late Will
liam Walker. traffic manager Of the Chesa-
peake & Ohio.
The rumor is again current that the Illi
nois Central has secured control Of the Indi-
ana & Illinois Southern and that it is to be
brought up to a high standard. 1t is under
stood no fnon n
and the increase in equipment of the line
has been made with money furnished by the
Illinois Central The road may be of value
to the Illinois Central as feeder, but how
it could be made OF any use as part of a
through line is not readily apparent.
The loaded freight car mileage of the Lake
24,320 ,906 miles, against 23,126,075 miles in the
preceding year. While there was such an in
crease in loaded freight-car mileage there
were but 1873 freight trains run. against
3942 in the preceding year. The heavier To-
comotives and better track enabled the COM
pany to move the much larger tonnage with
fewer freight trains. In 1896 but 27.5 cars per.
train were hauled, while in 1897 29.1 cars
were hauled.
The export business of the Chesapeake &
Ohio road via Newport News for the year
ending June 30 was 40 per cent in excess
of the export shipments of the year ending
u June ,so 30, 1897 During the year ending June
at Newport News and 65S cleared loaded
with freight for foreign points. President
e Ohio lines are much elated over this
large increase. A new line of steamers, the
lchester-Virginie, has just entered the
trade.
Lafayette, 1t is stated, is considerably dis
turbed over the rumored consolidation of
the Big -Four. and Monon hines, fearing that
1t would mean the doing away with the new
shops of the. Monon at that point. Were
there any probability Of such consolidation
such shops as those of the Monon at Lafay-
cite would be of more value than any other
nnn fhn IFlnc 0V1d ynfYl6
be more likely to be enlarged than aban-
doned. The shops are new and modern in
every respect, but there is little probability
of the consolidation ever being effected in
the manner that has been rumored.
The Plant system has put on a double
daily train from Montgomery, Ala. to Tam
and the government passenger business gen
orally The time of the Flyer between
these two points is shortened FIVE hours,
and by the new service Tampa is that many
hours nearer Chicago, the 10 a. m. train
on the Pennsylvania and the 12:40 train on
the Chicago & Eastern Illinois making con-
nections via Evansville and Louisville with
the Louisville & Nashville for Nashville and
Montgomery, and reaching Tampa the sec
ond day at $50 a. m. instead of, as former
ly, at 1870 p. m.
The order of the Pennsylvania Company
to the effect that yard and trainmen must
carry standard watches is exciting unfavor-
able but unjust comment. The standard
code provides that conductors and engineers
must carry watches which will not vary
over thirty seconds per week, and with this
limit the watches of the trainmen of two
opposing trains may vary fifty-nine seconds
a week. Experience has shown that with all
the precautions taken. aside from the varia-
ton of watches, there is wider variation
than a minute. and the great trouble is that
trainmen take advantage of the variation
and use it. Numerous collisions can be
traced to this fact. and not only will the
Pennsylvania lines enforce the rule that all
train employees, but even the fiagman of the
train and yardmen shall carry only standard
watches At a recent meeting of railway
superintendent the feeling was very pro-
nounced in the direction of taking no back
ward step in the matter.