The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-21

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be the greatest sufferers.
James Dunn, chief engineer of the Santa
Fe, has been selected to represent all the
roads interested in the elevation of tracks
Of Chicago roads on Sixteenth street.
The Pennsylvania lines handled at In
danapClis last week ), 745 cars, 4,056 being
loaded, go fewer loaded cars than the lines
handled at Indianapolis in the week ending
Feb u.
The heads of departments on the Big
Four lines viii be at indianapolis to-mor-
row for conference, resuming holdlng
their monthly meetings to discuss important
questions.
The Big Four lines handled at Indianapo-
lis last week a total of Il, 462 cars, 11,i6l be-
ing loaded. The Chicago division eclipSed
all former records, handling at indianapolis
1923 loaded cars.
To-day Engine $50 on the Peoria & East
ern, will come out of the shops rebuilt. Elk
pert mechanics state that in rebuilding en-
gines the shops of the Peoria & Eastern
at Urbana, ILL.,, have an excellent reputa-
ton.
The report that Frank James, general
freight and passenger agent of the Findlay,
Fort Wayne & Western, has resigned and
will become general manager of the new
Central Coal and Coke Company is con-
firmed.
The roads in the South which had their
revenue seriously cut into during the yellow
fever epidemic are fast recovering their
losses and viii close the fiscal year ending
June 30 with a handsome increase in earn
ings over the year ending June 80, 1897.
The Brice people will to-day begin con-
struction on some of the proposed extern
sions of their present lines. Two construc-
ton trains were on Saturday ordered to
Akron, o., for service on the Northern
Ohio, one of the recently acquired lines.
On Friday last the Nickel Plate dropped
fourteen employees for violating the order
concerning visiting saloons, making twenty
seven that have been dismissed for such
cause since Feb. l. So far the dismissals
have all been on the middle and eastern d.
visions.
Several of the car-service associations
will introduce new plan the representa-
tives Of the associations to make all car
service collections and relieve the local
agents of this unpleasant duty. Agents are
often subjected to abuse fer not being more
lenlent, and such change will obviate such
unjust abuse
The Kanawha Dispatch has been debarred
from representation on the floor of the
company declined to pay an award given in
favor of S. G. Gouten of Milwaukee, who
question of damages was arbitrated, but
the line declined to comply with the de-
cision.
But few shipments are advertising In
diana to a greater extent than those of
Bedford stone to the Eastern States. AL
ready the shipments are becoming quite
heavy, and the stones are SO large and
the labelling of them with large letters as
Bedford stone attracts attention as the
cars pass through Ohio, Pennsylvania, New
Jersey and New York, and also to the
Northwestern States.
Commissioner Farmer, of the Trunk-line
Passenger Committee, has appointed Cen
and Daniels, New York Central and Pas
senger and Traffic Manager Mccormick,
Big Four, committee to go to Montreal
and confer with the Canadian Pacific Off
Gals regarding the present Generalization
in fares to the Klondike and Alaska points.
Mr.. McNicoll has notified the committee
that he will be pleased to confer.
The opening of the Indiana Southern
Railway and properly equipping it will do
much to develop portion of Indiana which
has, been placed at disadvantage through
inadequate railroad facilities. The COM
pany starts off as if intending to give
ample service and already the shipments of
pectations The track has been put in con-
ditiOn TO make it safe to move trains over
it on a very fair schedule, and further
improvements will be made to bring it up
to the standard of that class of roads.
The Railroad Gazette in commenting on
the present methods of the railways in
making their maps. says each railroad tries
to make its own line straighter than the
other, and in order to do so does not ScrupIe
to move large cities out of their proper
places. Washington and Baltimore are uni
formly represented on railroad maps many
miles north of their actual position, and
the real Philadelphia has no railroads, the
fictitious Philadelphia being far to the
northwest, and Cleveland is placed in the
center of Lake Erie. Every considerable
town has three or four different positions
according to the interests of the road pub
lshing the map. The Gazette says there is
no advantage in distorting the geography
of the country by shifting cities around. 1t
is the cost of the ticket, not the looks of
the map that decides the average traveller.
The Baltimore & Ohio has improved its
freight facilities in Philadelphia very ma
terially during the past year. new pier,
which was completed in December, is 557
feet long and 140 feet wide Vessels of the
deepest draught can tie up on both sides
Of the pier, thereby affording every facility
for the prompt handling of freight The
pier and sheds are lighted with improved
incandescent lights. and well paved drive
ways have been provided. This improve
ment enables the Baltimore & Ohio to
handle about three times as much business
as formerly. The different freight wards
throughout the city have been improved bv
the laying of additional tracks. and ar
engagements have been made with the Penn
sylvania Warehousing and Safe Deposit
Company by which the Baltimore & Ohio
handles grain. flour, hay, straw, canned
goods and other merchandise through its