The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-09-28

out a new train schedule. increasing the
ing the running time OF its express trains.
r. F. Tufts has been made general super
intendent of the St. Louis Transfer Com
pany and c. +. irwin has been appointed
freight agent Of the company, vice A. ID.
Figuerido.
On Oct. l F.. A. Bauches, for several years
passenger agent OF the Pittsburg. Fort
Wayne & Chicago at Lima. will go to To-
general agent.
TIE Peoria & Eastern will to-day bring
in from the west thirty coach loads OF peo-
pie who go to points in this State and Ohio
on what is termed their annual home visit
ors' excursion. ~
Sixty-seven per cent. of the employees on
the ~Pittsburg. Fort Wayne & Chicago are
members of the Pennsylvania Voluntary Re-
lief Association. and an effort will be made
TO increase on this percentage.
W. F. Brrner. ormerly district passenger
agent of the Vandalia at this point, now
ticket agent of the road at st. Louis, has
the reputation of being the best ticket seller
In that city. says the St Louis Post-Dis-
patch.
Belt road Engines 1 and 4 yesterday came
out of the shops rebuilt, and to-day No. 10
goes into the shops TO be rebuilt and fur
nished with a new boiler and cylinders. The
force at the Belt road shop has been con-
siderably increased OF late.
On Tuesday night in twelve hours there
were forwarded from the yards of the Pitts
burg, Fort Wayne & Chicago at Crestline
500 cars, 535 being loaded, and as many
loaded cars were left in the yards to be
moved when power could be obtained.
The interview with O. S. Ruggles, general
passenger agent of the Michigan Central,
regarding diferentials, to the effect that
they would be abolished one way or an
e etnae: IS co peeeexiing attention Of the M in basSe Geer
trail conStrue 1t as a yelled threat.
The annual report of the Santa Fe shows
that in the year ending June 20. 1899. the
road was operated on 6S.14 per cent. of its
gross earnings. the lowest figure since the
system became SO extensive. In the year
ending June 80. 1898, the road was oper-
ated on 72.6s per cent. of its gross earn
ings.
The Buffalo & Erie Electric Railroad. a
street-surface road, with a capital stock
of s1.eoc.G ~: was Incorporated with the sec
The railroad Is to be built from Buffalo 10
Erie. Pa, n distance of about seventy
miles. The principal office is to be located
in Buffalo.
secretary. and J. e McGettigan and w.
S. Stevenson, directors of the proposed In
9 RacRppor a 5U%pf 6Went Rarpof for n Several 9fe day ys
investigating the prospects of the road. A
bridge across the Ohio either at Rockport
or Greensboro is talked of.
Henry Jones, a veteran engineer i'm time
of service on the Pennsylvania lines west. is
thought to be fatally ill. He is seventy
years old and his Illness is said 10 be a gen.
been an engineer on the Pennsylvania lines
west since the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne &
Chicago was constructed.
The time the special trains made over the
Panhandle and the Vandalia lines in carry.
ing United States troops from Camp Meade
TO st. Louis is a matter OF favorable COM
on exact schedule time. which was about
thirty-three miles an hour. For such heavy
trains this was fast time.
Of late the traffic relation between the
! Big Four and the Erie lines has been much
4 RlnSor Nearly all the lnnnfV Car tho Erie
Is Tow loading in this territory are brought
in over the Big Four and when unloaded
are returned over the Big Four. connection
being made at Durbin, o., on the eastern
division of the Peoria & Eastern.
Trainmaster Denniston, of the Lake Erie
& Western. addressed a letter to A. A. Zion
pany. thanking him for the manner their
trains were handled during the state fair
and especially on Saturday night. when the
trains leaving the Union Station for Chi.
cago.
The annual meeting of the stockholders OF
che a,!1n9 yest eensya' T Re'l annua Ta nspd held wa az
three directors. sstSuyvestant Fish. Z. H
vote resulted in their reelection. j. d
Cutting. Of New York, was elected a direc-
tor TO fill the unexpired term of Robert
Goelet, of New York, deceased.
AT no time in its history has the freight
traffic of the Louisville, Evansville & St
Louis Airline been so heavy as in the last
few weeks. Its passenger business is equally
has vastly improved the road during the
past spring. and summer, and its track:
and equipment are now in first-class condi
ton. The Improvement is general from New
Albany to East st. Louis.
So many excursions have been run OF
Sundays TO different cities at low rate:
that the good effects of Sunday half-rate:
on railroads between local points on sucf
roads has been overlooked. Many person.
take advantage of the half rates on Sun
day to visit relatives and friends at diff
ferent points on the lines and the road:
thus get a large patronage from people wht
would otherwise be compelled to remain a
home.
The item which is going the round of thu
run with a newspaper train on Sept. IL
from New York to Buffalo. In seven hours
and twenty-three minutes. was the quick
est time ever made between these tive
cities. is a mistake. as the Erie. which 4
fourteen miles longer than the Lacka
wanna, with a train nf the same numbel
of cars, made the run in six hours and for
ty-six minutes.
Captain Harry Pollitt, chief engineer o.
locomotives. and L. Parker. jr, chief en-
gineer OF carIisses OF the Great Gre Centr "a
specting the various labor-saving devices
used and made here that might be of US
on an English road. After the field i
looked over equipment orders are expected
to come here. The road represented by thes
officials has recently received a large 10
Of locomotives from the Baldwin works.
c. ]. Hepburn was buried yesterday a
Harrisburg, Pa. He was superintendent o
the Evansville & Terre Haute from 1881 Il
1888 and left that position to become gen
eral superintendent of the Cincinnati. Ham
ilton & Dayton. His service with the c.
H. & ID. was cut short by an attack o
locomotor a~taxia, from which he suffered
seventeen years, dying on Monday at Har
risburg. Frederic, his son, Is an enginee
of maintenance of way on the Pennsylvani;
lines.
The obstacles in the way of the extern
sion of the Central New England road L
Springfield are said to have been overcom
and work Is being vigorously prosecuted. /
Is expected the road will be completed abou
Dec. l. This will give direct connection wit
the Pennsylvania coal fields via POUCH
keepsie and may result in important new
alliances. Traffic from western Pennsylva
MIA and vicinity can reach northern New
England without the necessity of passini
through New York city with its lighterag
and other delays.
There is no lull in the fight being mad
by the Burlington in favor of Omaha pack
ers In the efforts of that road to reduce tn
differential between omaha and Kansas Cit
from 8 cents to 3 cents on packing-hous
products TO southeastern territory. Its sue
cess means the opening of a large territor
heretofore worked at a disadvantage I
Omaha packers. Yesterday the quoted rat
by way OF Burlington from Omaha to IN
Ohio river is but l cent. per hundred. AS a,
offset Kansas City has made a rate of
cent per hundred from that place to Mem
phis.
Frank McNeeley, of Austin. Scott county
mas filed suit against the P~ittsburg. Cir
cinnati, Chicago & st. Louis Railway Com