The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-07-13

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altogether disappointing in its volume.
The eafnings of the St Paul for the first
week in July were $192,Al-an increase OF
s203s22 over the corresponding week in 1893.
1t is stated that General Manager Norton,
of the Ohio Southern, has reduced the ex-
penses of that road about 100000 per year.
The Big Four passenger earnings are ex-
ceeded only by the Lake Shore and the
New York Central, of all the vanderbilt
lines.
Work is about to begin on the tunnel to
be constructed under Lookout mountain, at
Chattanooga. The work will cost about ~
100000.
Western passenger officials complain that
the business connected with the National
Educational Association at Los Angeles was
badly frost-bitten.
The big consolidated engines of the B. &
o. are hauling from sixty TO seventy cars
over the main line between washington
Junction and Cumberland.
Central Passenger Association roads will
make rate of fare and third for the
round trip for the New York Merchants
Association. meeting Aug. 40 and Aug.
The adjourned meeting of the Western
vision OF the rules and ratify the new
agreement. will be held at Chicago on the
18th.
The new consolidated engines I'm use on
the Pittsburg & Lake Erie find no difficulty
in hauling trains of seventy-five cars of
coal on the Pittsburs and McKeesport d.
vision.
Receiver FELTON,. of the c., N o. & T. p,
has closed a contract with the Pittsburg
locomotive works for eight new consolida-
ton freight engines. to be delivered in Sep
TENDER.
The Pittsburg Post notes that Kingan,
Cudahy, Armour. Chicago Packing Com
pany and other refrigerator cars are very
numerous on that end of the Panhandle at
present.
The City Council of Hot Springs, Ark.
has granted right of way through GER
tain streets OF that town 10 the Little Rock.
Hot Springs & Texas Railroad and work
Will begin at once.
The new Wooten-Belpaire engine of the
Pennsylvania Is to be given trial on the
Atlantic City road this week. and is ex-
gecteG to develop an average speed between
Philadelphia and Atlantic City of seventy
five miles an hour.
The Northwestern has 24S miles of new
road under construction. The new lines are
being laid with heavy steel rails. and the
roadbeds are gravel balasted. They tap
fertile fields and viii add considerably TO
the traffic of the main line.
The engineers on the Chicago & Alton are
complaining OF the severe tests TO which
they are being subjected in the examina-
tons touching the manipulation of air
brakes Ii is claimed that the examinations
are technical. rather than practical.
Passenger agents representing twenty-five
trunk lines attended the monthly meeting
of the Central Passenger Association at
Chicago yesterday. A proposition to issue
certificates came up, but was not dis
posed of.
r. Z. McCune. son OF Superintendent of
Motive Power and Machinery j. P. McCune.
of the Cincinnati Southern, who has been
general foreman of the Lexington q East
ern road, has been appointed master me-
at Lexington.
Recently Traffic Manager Vandenberg, of
the Louisville & Nashville, severed his con-
nection with that road TO attend to business
interests of his own. 1t is now stated that
John M: Culp. traffic manager of the South
ern, will return to the L. & n. as Mr.. Van
denbergs successor.
Superintendent ]. c. Moorhead. of the Erie
arranging for the Erie trains entering
Springfield, o., is the fact that they have
to back into town which he considers quite
Erie will not enter the city.
A party Of Dayton people, stockholders
in the proposed Dayton & Western traction
road. headed by DR.. j. E. Loves. has been
over the two proposed routes from Dayton
to Richmond. in this State, and have in
timated that If the D. & w. does not build
the road they will do so themselves.
The executive officers of the lines in the
Western pass agreement are making a
strong effort to abolish passes. A special
committee has been appointed to round up
all the roads in interest and see what can
| be done 10 limit the evil, which has grown
| TO such proportions that all roads feel the
necessity of reform.
| President II. G.. Burt. of the Union Pa
| cific system, whose recent incognito ride in
baggage car was noted in the papers,
| frequently uses this method of travel. He
| believes in getting down among the men,"
and not long ago appointed himself a men,
Der of wrecking crew. doing good work
| in several minor smash-ups.
1t was reported in Wall street yesterday
| that the Chicago Terminal Transfer Com
pany had passed under the control of the
Chicago & Alton syndicate. Rumors of the
requirement of the Kansas City. Pittsburg
& Gulf Railroad by the same men continue
| 1t is said the Union Pacific is very largely,
although indirectly, interested.
The Pittsburg, papers. note the heavy
shipment through that city to the East of
| the product of all Ohio. Indiana and Illinois
| tool works and machine factories. The
| Pennsylvania and B. & o. are handling
| hundreds of carloads of tools and ma
| chinery weekly to say nothing of vast
| shipments of boiler fues sewer pipe, etc.
| With the retirement of Vice President and
General Manager Barr. of the Norfolk e
with the Santa Fe. l.. Z. Johnson. who is
| now general superintendent, will succeed
Mr.. Barr. and j. c, Cassell, now superin-
| tendent of the Radford division, will be
| made general superintendent, succeeding
Mr. Johnson.
| Mr.. Koehler. special agent of the Central
| Passenger Association is in the city per-
| round-trip tickets To this city on account
of the Epworth League convention. The
extension of time limit will be at the Spen-
| Ger House: but branch offices will be estab-
lished at all the ticket offices in the city.
Rumors are current in Wall street that
| the GouldS are about 10 consolidate their
| southwestern Railway properties. The prin-
| cipal story is TO the effect that the first
| step will be the absorption of the Texas &
| Pacific stock by the Missouri Pacific 10
| be followed by similar merging of the
| Missouri Pacific with the Wabash road. The
| ST. Louis Southwestern, Ii is said is TO be
| annexed to the Missouri Pacific.
Unless the litigation against the Glover
Leaf is carried TO the United States Su-
| preme Court 1t is thought the property will
| 1t is said that both the Lake Shore
and the Erie would like to secure
| the Glover Leaf at the foreclosure sale.
| The Lake Shore Tor Wonderfully interest
was negotiating for the control of the prop
erty some years ago. but abandoned the
| project, which has now been taken up
| again.
| The Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad, from
| Martins Ferry TO Steubenville, will be dou-
| bic tracked this fall and the contract will
| doubtless be let inside of ten days. The
| object of the double track on the new
from steam 10 electric power. The distance
TO be double tracked for electricity is TWEEN
| ty-Six miles, and IL covers district which
| Is built up nearly as solid as ii il was one
| city. In some places To make double track
| possible trestles half a mile long must be
built or great nils made. The cost will ex-
coed $4,000.
The dimensions OF the new Pittsburg &
| Western fast express engines are as fol-
| lows: Weight in working order 1873 0Ot
| pounds; on drivers. S9000 pounds: tota
| weight, engine and tender. Do. 80 pounds
The driving wheels are 20 inches outside OF
| tires: cylinders. 20x26: extended wagon-tor
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