The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-07-26

President Hartman, OF the Chicago e. AL
ton, now In Alaska, is expected home In
about two weeks.
The employees of the Chicago division of
the Big -Four will picnic at the Crawfords-
vile fair grounds to-day.
Assistant General Passenger Agent
Hughes, Of the Grand Trunk denies the
report that he had resigned his position.
1t is thought the absorption of the Texas
Pacific by the Missouri Pacific will soon
give the former misunderstanding capacity.
General PASSENGER Agent Norton Of the
route TO Europe on a sixty days leave or
absence granted him by the company on ac-
count of failing health.
II. r. Moore, general freight agent of the
Cleveland, Canton & Southern Railroad. has
resigned to accept the position OF traf-
fic manager of the Republic Iron and Steel
Company, with headquarters at Chicago.
The Rock Island has announced that 1t
would put In the same basing rate from
Missouri river points on Alaska business
as Is IN ensct from ST; Paul. and make the
souri, river, $3.50, instead of $3.50.
Oklahoma has probably the youngest loco
motive engineer, in the person of Phil D:
the superintendent and master mechanic.
He Is now only seventeen years old and
has been running locomotive for three
years.
The Illinois Central road has completed
arrangements with the Pullman Company
for the equipment Of the Chicago-New Or
leans; st. L9uis-New Orleans and Cinein;
section drawing-room cars having all mod
ern improvements.
On the 3Oth of June. 1897, as shown by the
Gently published. there were LIS railways in
the hands of receivers, with total mileage
Of 1852. During the year ending June go
1893, these figures were reduced to ninety
four and 12745, respectively.
The total number of visitors to the city
on account OF the recent Epworth League
gathering, as shown by the statistics of the
Central Passenger Association was Is 1895, of
which AIS were deposited for extension. OF
the latter 1t may be taken for granted that
took advantage of the cheap rates to visit
other points than Indianapolis.
There is more work being done in the con-
struction of new lines and the perfectfng Of
the condition of old ones than for many
years. Especially is great amount of labor
being expended In putting roadbeds in the
sssz Sond tss ~ the so
and at a profit there must be a perfect
track under the best rolliEg stock.
The new Saratoga limited of the New
York Central covers the distance between
New York city and Saratoga I'm three hours
and forty-five minutes. General Passenger
Agent Daniels Is very proud of the Sara
palace coaches, costing in the aggregate
over 100000, and furnished with every mod
ern device for the comfort of the passengers.
The Santa Fe has obtained a charter to
build three lines of road to cover all of
eastern Oklahoma. Under this privilege a
company has been chartered to build a
road from Guthrie. south of the Cimarron,
east TO the coal fields of the Creek Ma
| ton, and connecting with the Kansas, Okla
homa Central and Southwestern now under
construction southwark from Caney, Kan.
| The construction Of the other lines will be
undertaken soon.
Announcement Is made Of the death of
General Freight Agent Allen T.. Wells, of
| the Denver & Rio Grande. He was born
| at Memphis, Tenn, in 1854 and entered the
| railway service in 1876 as clerk in the audi
tors office of the Denver. & Pacific: In Oc-
| tober, 1881, he entered the general freight
| office of the Denver &c Rio Grande. In 1857
| he was made general agent of the freight
assistant general freight agent. with head.
quarters at Denver. Subsequently he was
| made general freight agent.
There appears 10 be some trouble between
| the quartermaster's department over the
| transportation of soldiers from the East
for Manila. The roads had entered into an
| agreement not to compete for the business
| by cutting rates, and the quartermaster
| general seems to be directing his efforts in
| a quiet way toward breaking that agree
ment. 1t is now stated the quartermaster
| general will send all troops to north Pa
| cific coast ports by the roads running west
| from st. Paul which are not parties to the
| agreement.
Prof. Mosso. of Italy, has been making
| experiments for clearing tunnels of smoke
| Near Genoa is a tunnel through which 3OC
| that the air is poisoned with the gases, and
| IL is difficult to keep up the fire under the
| engines boilers. Prof. Mosso tried two
| methods. First, he carried on the tender
| cylinders containing compressed air at a
/ pressure Of fifty atmospheres, which was
1 allowed to escape slowly while passing
| was with compressed pure oxygen, which
/ was allowed to escape into the fire under
the boiler. causing complete combustion and
| preventing the elimination of poisonous
/ gases. AS result of the two experiments
| the company will use the compressed air
method, as 1t Is much cheaper and almost