The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-09-12

The Santa Fe will, it is stated. this month
place orders for fifty new locomotives
William Carr. the new travelling freight
agent of the Erie in this territory, is out on
his initial trip.
II. c. Graybill, traffic manager of the In
Gianapolis stOckyards, has gone 10 st. Louis
on official business.
The Chicago K Eastern Illinois directors
have declared a 11z per cent quarterly oiVl-
dend, payable Oct. 2.
Norman b. Ream has been elected d.
rector OF the Pullman Car Company, wee
Morris Williams. deceased.
f.. c. Cook, managing editor of the Rail-
way Journal, published at ST. Louis, is In
the city in the interests of his publication
The Chicago & Eastern Illinois now has
twelve student firemen riding on dlnerent
engines as students of firing economically
j. @. Van Wrinkle, general superintendent
OF the Big Four lines is in Columbus. o.,
to-day attending meeting of the Columbus
Union Railway Company.
The passenger situation in regard to Cal
iforna business has improved since the
red" circular of the Chicago Milwaukee
& st. Paul was Withdrawn.
The Peoria & Pekin Terminal Railway is
ten miles in length and was built largely
by Massachusetts capitalists. p. l.. Salten-
stall, of Boston, Is its president.
NJ. NJ. Rogers has resigned as purchasing
agent of the Nickel-plate Railroad. His
place will be taken by p. w. Dittoe, who
has held the position of inspector.
engineer of the D.. l.. & w. r. r.. was yes
terday succeeded by w. j. McFarlan, who
was chief engineer of the Rock Island road.
In the month of August the railways
placed orders for SCI new cars and 257 To-
comotives OF the cars ordered 1850 were
stock, 1850 Sondola, 5IS flats and 100 tank
cars.
The Santa Fe is running it's shops day and
night so pressed they for equipment,
both passenger and freight. The day force
works eleven hours, the night force ten
hours.
The order accepting the resignation of
Columbus Sandusky & Hooking was filed
in the United States Court at Toledo on
Saturday.
On the leading roads of the country APP
plicants for positions in train service are
now subjected to examinations about as
rigid when one enlistS in the United
States army or navy.
In the month of August the Indiana Car
largest number in any one month since the
bureau was established. The average de-
tentiOn of cars was LEO days.
The Cleveland Belt and Terminal Rail-
ing & Lake Erie Railway. This completes
the requirement of all the Cleveland, Can
ton q Southern property by the T., w. q
L. L.
Big Four, on Saturday inspected the ticket
Office at Terre Haute and found an increase
in receipts from sale OF tickets in August
1888.
During July and August the earnings of
the New York Central. despite the low
freight rates. were the largest in the his,
tory of the road. AS with the Big Four a
handsome increase in passenger earnings
is shown.
The Pennsylvania Is building at its shops
in Altoona number of freight locomo-
tives for fast service, which will have six
ty-two-inch driving wheels, the size OF the
driving wheels of passenger engines up to
twelve years ago.
F. c. Maegley, joint agent of the Kansas
City railway transit Inspection bureau.
has been appointed assistant general freight
agent for the Santa Fe with headquarters
at Topeka, to succeed c. r. Hudson, who
resigned to go to the Mexican Central.
The courts having upheld the reorganiza-
ton plan of the Baltimore & Ohio South
western it Is thought safe now TO carry out
the plan of reorganization of the Toledo,
ST. Louis Il Kansas City, which has been
in the hands of receivers since May TO- 1898.
The fifty miles of new road necessary to
connect the Chicago & Eastern Illinois with
line extending from Marion to Gray's Point,
will be completed in sixty days, and when
in operation 1t will greatly benefit both
lines.
Chicago is shipping and receiving thou
sands of tons of freight through Gale, ILL.,,
which is 80 miles south of ST. Louis, and
it is already evident that a large per cent.
diverted from The st. Louis route to the
new route.
The citizens of Fargo. N. D.. have APP
pointed committee to investigate the
claims and standing of the projected road
from Port Royal. S. c., to Fargo, known
as the Black Diamond line. which some of
the Indiana and Ohio papers have been
building for two years past.
Important changes i'm the personnel of the
Chicago a. Alton, when S. NJ. FELTON,, the
newly elected president. gets we'll seated and
circles an opinion prevails that as was the
case on the Lackawana some changes
could be made to an advantage
III. Walter Webb, president of the Wa yner
Palace Car Company and holding Official po-
sitions with Vanderbilt roads who has been
at st. Regis lake for some weeks, has been
brought bach TO his home at Scarboro. N.
Y. although extremely i'll with consump-
ton. The trip was made at his wish.
The Union Pacific recently ordered 1000
steel cars. which a Pittsburg company is
now delivering at the rate of fifty per day.
to Omaha have been granted the privilege
TO load them, and 1t is much appreciated
so pressed are the lines for cars of any
The business men of Huntsville, Ala, have
determined to build direct road from
Huntsville to Birmingham by way of On
e0nta II the Louisville & Nashville does not
take steps in that direction Col. j. NJ.
F'alkner, chief counsel of the Louisville &
Nashville. thinks II would be a wise move to
Duliu the ROAD. III Is tnOuBnt uDeFdl SUD-
sides could be secured.
Indications are that the Central Passen-
ger Association and the Northern Ohio Pas
senger Association are about to get together
again and work in harmony An effort is
making TO introduce the Sebastian ticket in
the territory of the two associat tons. Trav-
cling statesmen say the passenger officials
had better let well enough alone. They have
come to like the interchangeable mileage
book.
The threatened stoppage of Detroit. Lima
q Northern traffic over the Ohio Southern
tracks between Lima, o.. and st. Johns
ern had been ordered to vacate the South
ern tracks, but ignored the notice and yes
terday the latter company blocked the Lima
II Northern trains at. Lima by placing an
engine on the track. The trouble arose
from dispute over the lease of the South
ern tracks.
The Great Northern is engaged on ex-
The entire Montana division is being re-
ballasted. thirty new steel bridges be-
ing constructed and two hundred others are
being filled and fitted with stone culverts.
Already this year nearly four hundred
miles have been reballasted, the roads have
been Strengthened, grades reduced and wild
ened, etc. Two of the largest railroad
bridges in tao country are TO be built on this
line
the Menominee & ST. Paul Railroad and
the contractors have agreed to push the
work rapidly possible. The road up TO
the Michigan state line is TO be completed
by the close of the building season. All of
the materials for this part OF the line have
been contracted and no delays are antici-
pated. Next year the line will be pushed
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