The Indianapolis journal., 1899-07-28
General Notes.


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General Notes.
President Robinson. of the St. Louis &
San Francisco. is enjoying vacation in
Wisconsin.
The latest Chicago rumor credits the IL
linois Central with a purpose TO absorb the
Peoria. Decatur e. Evansville
The Illinois Centrai's yards at New Or
leans will be three miles long and half
mile wide They are located at a right angle
TO instead of parallel with the main track
IL is reported that George T. Bell, assist
ant general passenger agent OF the Grand
Trunk al Montreal. is to take charge OF the
east-bound passenger business of the road
from Chicago
The Wagner Palace Car Company is car
falo. working full time to get out large
number of orders. A year ago the shops
employed less than 800 men.
The connection between the st. Louis
Eastern Illinois will be established in about
thirty days This will give the former an
outlet via Chicago and the latter direct
outlet to Texas.
the railroad orders. including the engineers.
hremen, trainmen. conductors and teleg-
and sb at of meDh he ay viii
be devoted TO pleasure-the second TO busi-
ness.
The June statement of the ST. Louis &
1876: net, s2i2. sO76s Compared with the
previous years business this shows a gain
OF ss0.005.66 gross and s69. $50 net. There
were 1.2s2.13 miles operated last year and
1853 this.
The officials of the Fort Worth & Denver
City Railway are considering a project to
ne Tnd % To Forh where
Il would again take the tracks of the Santa
Fe The present haul Of such freight. via
Newton, Kan. is 300 miles longer.
h. n al DIT fo~
ty-three miles long. the Talladega blast fur
mace, 5000 acres of ore land, 5000 acres of
coal land. with equipment for turning out
], 400 tons per day, have been sold to Eugene
natl, Hamiiton & Dayton Railway.
William H. 8. Wright. who has been pur-
chasing ehg agent Of the Omaha gI since the road
become Northwestern sales agent of the
Illinois Steel Company. He will be sue
dom Who WAS hs chief cerk 1 from fSe ee
ginning.
passenger train of the Erie, running be-
tween Akron and Youngstown, o., a few
days ago. met freight train. moving in the
opposite direction. and as they passed the
door of a box car swung loose raking the
coaches of the passenger train and breaking
Gus hurt TO passengers or property.
The Chicago & Northwestern has opened
a branch from Denison. Ia. up Boyer river
structing other branch lines, as follows:
From Mondamin. Ia. up Soldier river val
Eoy,,ts Ley to Wall lake; from sanborn: Minn.
from Mankato up the Minnesota river val
ley to New Ulm.
The Illinois Central has contracted with
the American Car and Foundry Company
pacity. The Delaware & Hudson has just
closed contract with the same company
for go cars of ninety-thousand pounds ca
pacfty. The sight of a train OF cars of this
capacity would cause an old-time trainman
TO think he was dreaming.
The question OF how to deal with clergy
mems permits in a way TO prevent abuse
of the privilege accorded to travellers of this
class has not yet been settled 1t is possible
that at some time, not very distant, the
managers OF passenger traffic may arrive
at the conclusion that the whole matter is
an abuse and that the reason no longer ex-
lists for granting reduced rates to any class
of people.
The Santa Fe tried an oil sprinkler on its
sandy roadbed from Los Angeles to Re-
dondo Beach, Cal, seventeen miles, and
Before the cost of keeping up the good work
could be determined, however, the Dustless
Roadbed Company. which owns the patent
road that the machine was an infringement.
and the Santa Fe stopped work.
George w. Boyd, for years assistant pas
senger agent of the Pennsylvania Railroad,
has joined the forces of the Southern Rail-
transpoTtaton Mr. ds Boyds. Whose @ Rome Mas
toi AHel y III tiiiS CITY, tOOk service with the
pennsylvania nearly twenty-five years ago,
when his brother was general passenger
agent OF the company. No person connect
ed with the Pennsylvania was more widely
known than he and none more popular.
A movement is on foot to form an asso-
ciaton OF general managers of roads enter
ing St. Louis The objects of the associa-
tlon Will be TO discuss all affairs In which
the roads are Jointly interested, so that a
uniformity of action can be reached. Such
matters as subscriptions, settlement of con-
troversies with corporations or individuals
ana mutual arrangements to facilitate busi-
ness could also be discussed A committee
mas been appointed to prepare a plan and
draft bylaws for the st. Louis association.
A notice has been posted in the Baltimore
q Ohio shops at Garrett. Ind, forbidding
date for or to hold any public office of any
character. Candidacy for or acceptance of
any Office will work the discharge of the
offender; To some patriots this would seem
worse tnan a war upon organized labor.
There are several employees of the company
now holding office, including three seats i'm
tne City Council the city clerkship and one
Will have to resign or leave the employ of
the company.
There are no less than seven projects
mooted for tunnelng the North river TO IA
ciiitate railroad connections with New York
city. They are the Hudson River Tunnel
company (Morton street and Jersey City,:
Manhattan Tunnel Railway (Chambers
street and West Broadway to Jersey City,:
pany lno termini selected); New York and
Long Island Terminal Company (F'iatbush-
avenue station, BROOKLYN. to Cortlandt
street,; New York and Brooklyn Railway
Company (no terminals designated): and q
seventh represented by Edward I-auter-
bach. and about which little is known With
the exception of the project of the New
YORK and Long Island Company none of
these enterprises promise to show early re-
suits.