The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-07-29

ions. 1t is supposed the matter OF the pay
ment Of commissions will also be taken UP.
as the two questions are largely interde-
pendent
c. s. Mellen, president OF the Northern
Pacific Railroad, in an interview yesterday
admitted that the Union Pacific had been
offered half interest in the Northern Pa
cifc from Portland TO Tacoma and termin-
ais in Tacoma on advantageous terms.
In addition to the through sleepers on the
knickerbocker the Big Four has placed in
service a first-class day coach. running
through to Buffalo leaving Indianapolis at
6:20 D. m. and arriving at Buffalo at 6:ls
a. m. Returning leaves Buffalo at 1850
p. m, arriving at indianapolis at 1870 a. m.
The Pennsylvania officials are making ar
rangements for running through train
Pittsburg 10 connect with the Wheeling fly
ers Of the Panhandle at Steubenville. This
en- the west side Of the Ohio shorter route
10 P1ttsburg by twenty-nine miles.
j. b. Hutchinson, general manager Of the
Pennsylvania. publishes a card denying that
there Is any truth in the recent report that
| large number of cars loaded with mer-
chandise and perishable freight were side
| tracked on the Pennsylvania line between
Philadelphia and New York. He says there
is not a car sidetracked between the points
named.
There is bitter fight on between the
Michigan Central and the Detroit To-
| ledo Shore-line. Last night a gang of track
men OF the latter road was arrested near
Monroe. Mich, on the charge of trespass.
| The Shore-line was extending its track
over property claimed by the Michigan Gen.
| trail. The place is now guarded by men
from the latter road
Local railroad officials who read the an
nouncement of the formation of the st:
Louis. Springfield & Vincennes Railroad
Company with view TO paralleling the line
of the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern. are
| skeptical. They cannot see that there Is
any business in sight prospective to sup
port such line and do not think II
would be possible for the projectors to un-
| load their road upon the Baltimore & Ohio
Southwestern. the day for such schemes
having passed.
railroad line is projected beteew Ere
mont, o., and Milwaukee. The projectors
are T. w. Boynton and Frank P. McGraw.
London. ENGLAND. Mr.. Boynton says they
propose to build railroad TO be known as
the Central Michigan. to be about. $50 miles
long and to extend from Grand Haven,
Mich. to Fremont. o.. passing through
Camden. Pioneer, West Unity, Napoleon,
Bowling Green and other Michigan and
Ohio cities.
The Braintree-Cohasset branch of the
New York, New Haven & Hartford Rail-
road has begun running all Its Iegu'ar
trains by. the third rail-system. The por-
| ton Of the road from Braintree to Nam
tasket Junction has been running trains
| by this method for several years. Col. n.
| H. Heft supervisor of the electrical de-
| partment Of the road. says: I'VE regard
| the opening of this system as one of the
most Important ventures In railroad circles
In many years We int INTEND G to draw regular
branch. hauling as many as eight to ten
| cars"
| Col. Boone, of GAINESVILLE, o.. hacked by
English capitalists. is organizing a system
ton for T this the North Georgia Railroad.
So IN @ { e e RS anG
| its charter permits the operation of steam
| ers 1t is thought the new company will es-
with Augusta, Savannah and other impor-
| tant points. The Georgia Legislature has
Stock to be issued and to exend the HE
OF the charter to eighty years
General Manager Barnard, Of the Peoria
& Eastern. has purchased three first-class
parlor cars for service on the western d.
vision These cars will run on the train
leaving Peoria at 11:40 a. m. and on that
leaving Indianapolis for the west at the
| same hour. One of the three cars will be
| put into the shops and converted into a COM
bination parlor and dining car. AS soon as
| ready for service 1t will take its place on
converted. will the third in due time The
dining service at the stations on the road
Is not at all satisfactory, which is the
cars.
Several months ago George Shelley an
engineer on the Pennsylvania. was indefi-
| niteIy suspended on account of a wreck in
which he was involved Recently the man.
agement concluded to reinstate him. but
upon inquiry nothing could be learned of
his whereabouts. The brotherhood took the
matter up and endeavored to trace him but
In vain few days ago. he found in
quarantine on the farm of his father-in-
law. near Lorette. While working on the
farm a stranger put in his appearance suf-
fering with smallpox and the place was
quarantined, so that Shelley could neither
communicate with the outside world nor re-
ceive news from IL.
The improvements on the Baltimore &
Ohio Southwestern between Parkersburg and
East st. Louis being pushed rapidly.
Seventeen thousand tons of eighty-five-
pound steel rails have already been placed
In the track. and there are still 5000 tons
to be received, but delivery of which has
been delayed by reason of the inability Of
the mills 10 fill their orders. The company
has spread 125 miles of gravel ballast, and
expects to lay 200 miles more during the
season By the time winter sets in it is
hoped the roadbed will equal that of any
road in the West. Many grade reductions
and stfaightenings of line are being made
between 81. Louis and Cincinnati. the object
being to secure uniform ~ per cent grade.
At one point by these improvements the line
Will be shortened mile and a half $50 de-
grees OF curvature eliminated and seven
bridges abandoned.
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