The Indianapolis journal., 1899-11-14

a meeting OF freight officials TO confer con-
corning rate matters and class sihcauon
The Lake Erie & Western earned in the
first week CT November 5000 more than in
the corresponding week of last year.
The Wabash will make its winter change
of time on the 26th. Superintendent Gould
says the changes will be very slight.
The Columbus &c Hooking Valley earned
In the first week of this month Sl ,lS6
against S65022 in the corresponding week OF
1855.
ing that within the next few weeks, the
recently advanced rates on coal Will be
further raised.
The INDIANAPOLIS division of car foremen1
and car inspectors will hold their annual
meeting tomorrow at the officers room In
the Union Station.
The Big Four is charging its station at
Fortyile and Is building a freighthouse and
platform The sidings are being heightened
quarter Of mile.
The Chicago Great Western has pur-
chased twenty acres more ground at Chi
cago and will double the size OF its freight
yard. laying six miles additional of side
tracks.
Assistant Chief Engineer Bland, of the
Pennsylvania lines west, will today make
on inspection OF bridges of the Louisville
division. Superintendent Bushrod will ac-
company rim.
The Wabash is credited with running its
cite. distance of fifty-three miles, Sunday,
in ffty-six minutes, including stops at
Logansport and Delphi. The run was made
Rhode Island locomotives.
The Harrisburg Car Manufacturing Com
panys property at harrisburg was sold on
vania Railroad Company was the purchaser,
the plant bringing 200. The railroal COM
pany Will utinze the ground by increasing
It's yard facilities at Harrisburg.
The new car shops of the Cincinnati. Ham
ilton & Dayton at Lima are fully equipped
and employing about four hundred men.
These shops, cost 1925; 900, and while there
more conveniently arranged or provided
with better machisery than are these.
The Indiana, Decatur & Western yester
day established an agency at Melchers
which has been an important shipping
point. A brick and tiling manufactory are
located there, which load from eight to
| fifteen cars per day IL cars are furnished.
George Sowders has been appointed agent.
| o. ID. Ashley, president of the Wabash.
was in Boston on Saturday and stated
| that he looked upon the railroad situation
volume of business for a long time to come,
and thought rates were now better main-
tanned than at eny time in the last five
years.
The Southern Railway gives notice that It
will not haul private cars on its Washington
and Southwestern limited, known trains
Nos. 81 and IS. neither can this class Of
| New York and Florida limited, or on trains
| Nos IL and II, the Cincinnati and Florida
| limited
| The Indiana Decatur & Western has
| nearly all of its freight cars equipped with
automatic coupers. and fully 60 per cent.
| with air-brakes, and General Superintend-
| ent Graves says this Is sufficient TO comply
| with the law, but all cars will be equipped
| with air-bra1es as soon as the work can be
accomplished without interfering with other
| repair work.
| President Galloway of the New York Cen
| trail, has just perfected arrangements with
the Railway Educational Society. of which
of discipline, is president, whereby all engi-
lseers and firemen in the employ of the
company: numbering 1900 will be the recp-
tents of the society's course of instruction,
| by correspondence or otherwise.
y. Galloway, superintendent of the Cincin-
natl and indianapolis division of the Gin
city. Mr.. Galloway states that the COM
pany is handling 800 carloads of coal a
day ON its lines, and could load another
one hundred daily II cars Were furnished.
| week, commence the building of 200 more
coal cars for this road.
c. A. Wilson, chief engineer Of the Gin
cinnati. Hamilton & Dayton lines. was in
the city yesterday looking after terminal
improvements now in progress here. Mr.
heavy traffic over the lines the last few
months the company goes into the winter
with its road bed on the main line and
Indianapolis division in better condition
than at any former period
From now on during the fall and winter
months train No. % of the Panhandle will
be run between Columbus and Pittsburs
double service will be extended to Indian.
apolis In the summer, under favorable con.
ditions. II was difficult for the traip TO make
Its schedule unless everything was in Its
favor, as, after reaching Columbus, there
are fifteen cars in the train. The same rule
will apply to Train q, west bound.
The Interstate-commerce Commission be.
gan the hearing at st. Louis yesterday OF
the complaint of the St. Louis Business
Mems League against Pacific coast rail.
st. IN Louis 5hs IN tf
liking OF freight rates. OF the commission
only four members were present, Chairman
and j. c. Clements. Ex-Governor JOSEPH
w: Fifer, of Illinois, who was recently ap
pointed member of the commission. is here
but has not been sworn In.
The Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune says
this morning: LAS the outcome of a specia
conference yesterday Of the officers of the
railways concerned new line of railway
communication, between Cincinnati anc
Pittsburg has been este olished. Beginning
at Cincinnati the line consists of the Gin
mon6 the Nopok WeTarn to 20 Keoov;
and the Ohio River Railway thence L
Pittsburg- This arrangement goes into eff
feet next Monday. One lightning passenge
train will run each way daily"
President Hill denies the story that he 1
interested In a proposition to establish
steamship and rail ALL line :, from ON London
idea Of constructing a new line Of trans
portation to the planet Mars as have i
5 arranging for steamship and rail line fror
. | London to Hong-Kong. What would b
the use of it? To-day the Atlantic is file
with ships Of all descriptions IT is, In fac
| a veritabe steam ferry. and the lines no,
, | running can for the present handle all tn
business which is offered them
The executive committees of the Wester
! | trunk lines will meet in Chicago to-morroV
TO discuss differentials and rates. The mos
| important question to he acted on is the In
creasing of the minimum weights on freigh
| shipments in connection with the new CON
| modify and class rates which have gone int
! ! effect will become operative on the 15t
| inst. The railroads generally are anxious
have the minimum rates raised. BY so doin
| shippers must needs load freight wit
q a greater quantity of freight in order I
. get the advantage of carload rates.
. The present scarcity of cars, togethe
. ! with the unprecedented tonnage movemen
/ is causing freight officials to look moi
n closely after the loading and unloading
r cars, especially unloading, and there Is
r movement on foot to increase the one do
e lar demurrage charge to s. per day an
: forry-eight hours. This increased charg
abandon the practice of utilizing cars fC
these excessive delays are heard on trun
lines East and on New England roads. i
3 central freight association territory III
n Car Service Association is accomplishing
; good deal by urging conSignees to unloa
= cars with promptness.