The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-12

devised new method of catching and de-
livering mail sa sks to moving trains. 1t
consists OF a cylinder into which mail sacks
are thrust. doing away entirely with the
crane and catcher now used
The heavy work of covering Pogue's run
with iron girders between Meridian and
Pennsylvania streets is nearing completion.
When the work is finished the Union Rail-
from the train sheds east, making it much
more convenient to handle trains.
+. +. Claypool owner of the block at
the northeastern corner of Washington and
Illinois streets, has under consideration the
remodeling of the building and the Penn
syiyania and Vandalia railroad companies
VIII then fit up their offices, including the
ticket office. in manner not excelled in
any of the Western cities
70. o. Hopkins, receiver of the Peoria, De-
catur q Evansville, was in the city yester-
Gay. he states that business on that road
the last few months has been highly salts
Factory ana Kept their equipment fully en-
ployed, He speaks in complimentary terms
or the manner General Superintendent Star
buck, an old Bee-line man, operates the
road
Cleveland, o., has a very prosperous rail-
tcity. membership being limited to twenty
hve. Last Saturday night the club gave a
banquet, taking in four members, filing
it's quota, and some of the railroad officials
who had applied for membership are not
ship.
While the White Special on the Big Four,
70 keep pace with competing lines. is sclIed-
uled TO make the run between Cincinnati
and indianapolis in three hours, it daily
makes the run in its old time, two hours
and forty-hve minutes, which really it must
do to leave here for Chicago on time. as
1t Is scheduled to- leave at the time 1t is
scheduled to arrive under the new time
table
There were quite a number of railroad
men in the city yesterday among them
n 9slng "A, L: GILMORE, general agent Of The
traders Dispatch at Columbus, o.; J. w.
haester, agent of the same line at Dayton,
O.; Fl. s. Earl, car service superintendent
Of the Wisconsin Central d. b. Frederic,
holding the same position with the Chicago,
Peoria & st. Louis, and w. S. Antes. traffic
manager OF the 5. b. Company.
Under new rules on the Canadian Pacific
engineers are required, on arriving at the
end Of their runs, to register the date and
hour they came on duty number of hours
or rest before they came on duty, date and
hour or arrival, number of hours on duty
Wltnout rest II ready for twelve hours of
duty again, with signature, and no train
men must start out from division point
TO which he belongs unless the men are
perfectly fresh and fit to make the round
trip If necessary.
The Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago
mad the largest freight-car movement on
Fort Wayne 91S loaded cars were sent east.
42S sent west fifty north and forty-fve
south, making a total of 1.436. These fig
ureS include only trains made up at that
point. In addition to this nineteen through
trains passed Fort Wayne west bound and
eighteen east bound. AT one time there
road between Fort Wayne and Crestline
At the annual meeting of the Philadel-
PIMA, Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad
company at wilmington. Del, on Monday,
the Ola BOARD OF directors was reelected.
ana 1t at once met and organized by re-
eiecting Frank Thomson president John p
Green vice president, Charles E. Pugh sec
onu wee president and S. M. Provost third
vice president President Thomson in his
annual report, showed that the net earn
fngs for the year were 80 3s7 23I There wa :
a decrease in gross earnings over the pre-
Vlous year or S255,694 a decrease in the ex-
penses OF $3.50 SOP. and an increase in the net
earnings of $34, 10S.
Train ,. coming west. and Train 20, going
east over the Panhandle, yesterday was
nauled by one of the Glass L engines of
lne pennsylvania, which has eighty inch in
a ottrar driving wheels, and the monster
dlTdcteu good deal of attention On a
PAD rail Yesterday morning the engine be-
tween Columbus and indianapolis made
up several minutes. hauling Train 8 one
OF the heaviest on the Panhandle The en-
glne is numbered 1 504 and is very nicely
Proportloned. he company has passen-
ing wheels eiGhty-two inches in diameter.
ms IS the irst time one of these big en-
slnes mas come west of Columbus
:. Inc decision of the board of arbitrators
III connection with the adjustment Of rates
on trafiic from points in the United States
TO points in the republic of Mexico via all
81 W SuS i1ll anu water routes has been
promulgated, the effective date of the new
rates being Jan. "a, 1898. The adjustment
reached provides that the rates via all-rail
routes snail remain unchanged, the rates
VIA rail- and water routes being the estab-
llshed differentials less as already an
through New Orleans, La, Pensacola Fla
and Mobile, Ala. the rail and water rates
VIII apply from Galveston, between which
port and Mexican ports it is understood
that the Atlantic and Gulf Steamship Com
pany will shortly establish regular service.