The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-20

to Rochester Junction. sixty-nine miles. in
slXty-eight minutes, and came TO stand
stiil at Rochester, eighty-six miles, in nine
ty-one minutes.
Jerry Jackson, who ran the record-break-
ing train of the Chicago K Northwestern
recently at an average speed Of two miles
a minute, IS known on the road as Mld-
get" He is less than five feet tall and
weighs but Us pounds
The large orders the Erie has just placed
for new ma ssenger coaches and for engines
especially designed for high speed are excit-
ing much speculation by officials of compel
ing lines. 1t indicating that the Erie will
become more aggressive
The new fast limited train over the Penn
sylvania and Southern Railway covers the
distance of over 1000 miles, between New
York and St Augustine, Fla in twenty
four hours the fastest schedule ever made
OH the Southern routes
A grievance committee of the telegraphers
on the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton lines
last evening had conference with General
Superintendent Turner and other officials at
Hamilton, o. 1t is stated that the griev-
ances are not of serious character.
Daniel Janowitz. who for some years rep
resented the Northern Pacific at Indian
apOlis as district passenger agent, on Tues
day celebrated his fiftieth birthday and
was given banquet by friends. Mr.. Jano-
WITT now represents the Wisconsin Central
at Baltimore.
c. E. Schaf, general manager; J. @. Van
Wrinkle, general superintendent; William
Garstang, superintendent of motive power,
and George w. Kittredge, chief engineer of
the Big Four, were in Louisville Yesterday
looking after some improvements that have
just been completed at that point.
Rumor has it that A. H. Jones, chief train
dispatcher of the Toledo, st. Louis & Kan
sas City, is to be appointed superintendent of
the eastern division of the road. He was
called to Toledo yesterday by General super
intendent Sherwood to confer with Receiver
HUNT in relation to the matter.
On Wednesday a special train on the
Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago made the
run from Fort WaVne to Chicago. 14S miles,
IN 14S minutes. Several continuous miles the
train sheet shows We're covered at speed
of seventy miles an hour 1t is claimed
this is record-breaker between the two
points.
The Panhandle last week came to the
front again in tonnage east from Chicago
and when the Chicago business is combined
with that from the Indianapolis st. Louis
and Cincinnati divisions, 1t is no wonder
that traffic is so heavy between Columbus
and Pittsburg to require the closest at
tention to prevent congestion.
Nearly every curve on the Pennsylvania
road between Altoona and Harrisburg has
now been eliminated and the grades re-
duced, so that there is. practically speaking
no limit to the speed of trains between
those points The big Glass l. engines often
| for many continuous miles run at speed Of
seventy miles an hour if the train is behind
| time.
1t begins to look as if the predictions that
the preferred stock of the Big Four would
go to par would prove true. 1t is now SELL
| ing at "a. Considerable of the preferred
| STOCK Is 0elu by eIHplOyeS VI thC ACoN'
who bought it at So when first issued since
| which time except one year, when IL pald
| 21h per cent. it has paid per cent. diVl-
| bends annually.
c. c. Divine, travelling freight agent of the
! Kanawha Despatch, with headquarters at
| Memphis, Tenn, has been appointed agent
| of the line at Toledo, succeeding j. T. Odell,
resigned to become general agent of the
| Chesapeake & Ohio at Louisville and f. T..
| Walker. who held the position at Louisville,
| is to have charge of the business of the De-
spatch in Carolina territory with headquar-
| tiers at Richmond, Va.