The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-21

pany. and is in no manner connected with
| the Pennsylvania Company, which is the
lessee of the property and in full control
! of it.
The Big Four has begun extensive i'm
provements to its track between Cincinnati
and Indianapolis At different stations on
the line twelve miles of side track is 10 be
| put in, so laid that when the company gets
ready to complete its double track between
Cincinnati and indianapolis ii can be util-
| lzcd Tor such purpose.
| Citizens of Andrews are much elated that
the Wabash Company has begun to put its
yards in good condition and increase the
| crews from Andrews to Peru had caused
good deal of i'll feeling on the part of citi-
zens who had invested money there. ex-
pecting that Andrews would always be an
| important division point.
Frederick II. Stevens. president of the
Brooks locomotive works, and Albert J. Pit
KIN, vice president and general manager of
the Schenectady locomotive works. were i'm
the city yesterday visiting the office of Will
nam Garstang: superintendent of motive
power of the Big Four. TO examine the plans
and specifications for the new large pas
built.
1t is now three years since the Big Four
put on its Knickerbocker express leaving
st. Louis at noon, and passenger men say
there was never a train put on that has
gained the popularity 1t has. To secure
berth in either the New York or Boston
sleeping car one must apply several hours
before the train leaves. In the Two cars In
there night that they are not all taken,
if not by indianapolis people, then by An
derson ana Muncle passengers.
AT the annual meeting of the New York
Central q Hudson River Railroad Company,
held in Albany yesterday Samuel r. Calla-
way and General Bowdoin were elected
members of the board of directors to sue
coed the late Erastus Corning, of Albany,
and George S. Buell., of Rochester. Resolu-
tons We're adopted approving the purchase
of Lake Shore stock and also fine Michigan
Central stock. The stockholders of the
West Shore also elected Mr.. Galloway a di-
rector to succeed H. j. Hayden.
The Missouri Pacific has filed notice with
the Interstate-commerce Commission that,
effective April %, it will make a rate of
) per cent. per 100 pounds on fresh meats
and packing house products, straight and
mixed carload lots to ST. Louis from Mis-
souri, river points. This rate will apply from
Atchison, Leavenworth, Kansas City,
Plattsmouth, Nebraska City and other
points. This is the lowest cut yet made since
products and is not a very favorable sign
for the settlement of the row at the meet
ing which is to be held in st. Louis to-day,
the purpose of which is to adjust the
trouble.
There is one thing" said a superintend-
dlana's most important systems, that the
Union Railway is unexplainably behind in;
that is the operating it's switches by an in
teriocking plant. There are nearly three
hundred switches on the Union tracks and
its immediate approaches, and so located
that an interlocking plant could handle them
as Safely and exped1tiouSly, in fact, more
So than by employing a large number of
switchmen. Railroad men who visit In
dianapolis express surprise over the short
sightedness of the Union Railway Company
as TO this Improvement, which is now COM
ing into so general use."