The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-08

The rates announced yesterday are just
double those of two months ago.
9. Z. Burr. chief of detectives on the
Pennsylvania lines west, is reorganizing the
detective service on the Indianapolis diVl-
sion, making it similar to that OF the Pitts
burg, Cincinnati and Chicago districts.
order with the Michigan Peninsular car
works for 1000 cars, and the Pullman
works have secured the contract TO build
1900 cars for the Chicago & Northwestern.
The Southern Indiana Railway Company
last week contracted with Barney & Smith,
of Dayton, o., to build 80 more box cars
The business of the road is steadily increas-
ing and its traffic is by no means confined
10 that of stone and grain.
The Jackson and Sharp Company, of Will
mington, Del, is building a car float for the
feet wide and twelve feet deep. 1t will have
two tracks and a capacity TO carry sixteen
cars. 1t is to be used at Newport News.
II is stated that B. L. Winchell, general
passenger agent OF the st. Louis & San
Francisco Railroad, will resign Dec l to
return to the Union Pacific, Denver & Gulf
Railroad as general traffic manager and as
sistant to the president, with headquarters
at Denver
In the month of September there were 1s5
accidents on American railways, in which
Those killed and injured were chiefly en-
ployes. AS usual, when business is heavy,
the number of killed and injured increases
perceptbly
raising fund to employ lawyers to attack
the interchangeable mileage book, on the
ground that its use under present condi-
tiOns is Illegal Forty roads are selling
their tickets through a bureau controlled
practically by Commissioner Donald.
The connecting lines of the PENNSYLVANIA
road between Pittsburg and Cleveland are
giving the Pennsylvania some high-speed
competition, and the Pennsylvania has
under consideration cutting down the time
between Pittsburg and Cleveland another
parfx min ia
competitors.
A E. Robbins. superintendent of the
Buffalo division of the Wabash, says the
run from Detroit TO st. Louis can be made
one hour quicker than General Manager
Ramsey's special made it last week. The
fastest mile was covered in forty-two sec
onds, near Lafayette, on straight, smooth
piece Of new track
The Central Association of Railroad Off
GERS indianapolis Division) held its regular
monthly meeting yesterday, and at its close
the executive committee of the Indiana Car
Service Association held its monthly meet
ing. At neither was any business of special
interest transacted outside of the ofncials
of the two organizations.
NJ F. ingalls,, president of the Big Four
and the Chesapeake & Ohio. charges that
the fast freight line agents cut rates as soon
citation made rulings as to what they should
be- He added that 1t would be good thing
for the railroad companies were every fast
freight line thrown off the roads.
Charles A. Merritt representing the Flor
ida East Coast line and the Florida East
Coast Steamship Company, is in the city.
He has just returned from an extended stay
in Cuba Mr.. Merritt says travel over
their lines to Cuban points has already set
in quite briskly, many going out of curl
osty. The unhealthy season is over and IL
is safe to visit the places of interest.
The Peoria & Eastern makes the following
earning exhibits for September, and from
July, the beginning of its fiscal year:
September. ., 1S9S ., 1891 Increase es sc;
Net efS. ............ 42,7S SOL 5,SSs
From July l. 1888 1897. Decrease.
Gross ........$4 oo,oH $4i5,6U $lGSZo
Net ............. 1A.H5 10S,26O 1886
The monthly report Of General Manager
Bacon, of the Indiana Car-service Associa-
ton, shows that out of 3O2 days SO far this
that car service could be charged for. Octo-
Der, which is generally good month for
service on account OF potatoes and apples
coming in, has been an exceptionally bad
mouth, fourteen days, including Sundays,
having been cut out. Every Tuesday in the
month was rainy day.
The ST. Paul Globe says: EFF Underwood,
general manager of the 500 line. is believed
to have accepted the appointment of general
manager of the Baltimore & Ohio, to succeed
W. NJ Greene, who has been elected vice
president of the Baltimore & Ohio South
western. 1t is believed that If Mr.. Under
wood goes to the Baltimore e. Ohio he will
Manager Fitch of the Duluth South Shore
& Atlantic. Other changes to the BaltimorS
& Ohio from the Northwest are rumored.'
The Western Trunk-lirs Committee is
about to follow the example of the joint
Traffic Association and go out of business.
A special meeting Of the executive officers
of the roads in the committee has been
called for next Thursday, and it is gener-
ally admitted that they will decide to dis
solve the association. The fact that the
committee has failed to do any real GOOD
in the way of maintaining rates is said to
have had as much effect on the views Of
the executive officials as has the recent de-
cision of the Supreme Court in the Joint
Traffic Association case.
A. H. Hanson, general passenger agent OF
the Illinois Central. W. A. Kellond, assist
ant general passenger agent; ;. q. Hatch
district passenger agent, and X. ii. Fowler,
travelling passenger agent, spent yesterday
in the city, visiting the various railway Off,
Gals. MIR. Hanson entered the railway serV-
ice of the Illinois Central road in 1869, and
since June, 1850, has been general passenger
agent of the road The Lass three years the
passenger department has been much more
aggressive putting on new trains of the
highest standard and establishing new
sleeping-car lines. A new line mas Just been
established from Louisville through to the
Pacific coast.
AS a result of an attempt on the part OF
the Akron, Bedford & Cleveland Electric
Railway Company yesterday to lay switch
track in Bedford, a suburb OF Cleveland,
bitter clash occurred between the railway
officials and the authorities. Half dozen
of the twenty-five railway employees at WORK
on the switch were arrested, but the OH,
Gals declined to discontinue operations and
sent in to the city for an additional force
The company's officials declared they would
put other men to work as fast as arrests
were made. The town marshal thereupon
swore in thirty deputies and declared he
would arrest every man put to work. Sub
se0uently the railway company'S officials
decided to stop the work and let the courts
decide the case claiming their franchise
gave them the right to lay the switch.
In commenting on the through line
planned by the Brice syndicate, of which
the Lake Erie & Western is to be the West
ern part, the Boston Advertiser says:
Railroad interests have been looking
askance at Brice's projected line from Pitts
burg to Jersey City. They have claimed
that II could never be made to pay in the
face of the poor showing the other roads
are making. They have paused in their
condemnation of the scheme in some alarm
over it's probable successful issue, now that
the p & W., has been secured in its in
terest There should be little difficulty In
the completion of the route. The Reading
can furnish entry to Philadelphia and the
Jersey Central TO Jersey City, the latter
making connection at Tamaqua ana the Tor
mer at Williamsport. Such a route would
be only forty miles longer than the Penn
sylvania one. 1t would open the valleys and
lakes TO the eastward and should receive a
brisk coke trade from PunXataWney.
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