The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-24

from the operation Of the property. no car
trust obligations nor debts OF any character
being incurred.
1t is evident from the recent large pur-
chase of land by the Chicago & Eastern
Illinois at Dolton that the company Is pre-
pairing for considerable change N the
method of handling its passenger frame
providing for more frequent trains SuouE-
ban traffic is a growing feature with TINS
company.
A. Galloway, superintendent of the Gin.
cinnati. Hamilton * Dayton. Clncinnau
and Indianapolis division, was in the city
stations on the c., III. * D.. lines a marked
increase in business is noticeable the last
few days, and passenger business is sur
passing all records.
Advices received yesterday were to the
effect that the new coast line Of the South
ern Pacific from San Francisco TO Los
Angeles via Monterey cannot be opened
Sept. l. as had been hoped, and possibly
not before Nov. /. When opened for ousi-
ness, this. being a much shorter route pc
tween the two cities. Will undoubtedly De
used as main line for passenger tramc-
In commenting on the talk that the To-
ledo, ST. Louis & Western will become a
sharp competitor of the Wabash. President
Ashley says: They have been competitors
of ours before, and / think whatever devei-
opments may arise the Wabash will be able
TO meet them. / have not heard OF the
Glover Leaf cutting rates of late. though In
the past the road was sometimes guilty.
Gerrit Fort, who has been secretary OF
the Central Passenger Association (east-
bound lines), with Headquarters at chicago
for the past four years, has resigned That
Office to accept the position OF assistant
general passenger agent OF the Union IA
Cific. He will enter upon his new duties
Sept. l. His headquarters will be at the
general office Of the company In Omaha
The Chicago & Eastern Illinois now has
$3.50 cars. with a capacity to carry 2D,O94
tons, and 129 locomotives, OF which eighty
are freight engines. The company has just
contracted for 500 cars of forty tons ca
pacity and fourteen new heavy freight To-
comotives. , Within the last eight months
seventy-ive miles of new steel weighing
eighty pounds to the yard have been laid
One of the best earning features of the
hollow ware, enameled ware and sewer
pipe traffic of the Ohio valley between
Beaver and Steubenvilie- The Pennsylva-
mia Company has entire control of this
business now on both SIDES of the river.
Managers of other lines are said TO have
their eyes on this traffic and are ~endeavor-
ing to secure an entrance to that territory,
which will continue to furnish business for
railroads for all time to come.
Judge Allen, i'm the United States Circuit
Court at Springfield. ILL.,, yesterday entered
an order directing G. G. Brown, special
master in chancery in the case of the Cen
trail Trust Company, New York, against the
Peoria, Decatur & Evansville road. TO
] make a deed to the Peoria, Decatur < Mat
I toon Railroad of that portion of the road
| between Peoria and Mattoon. The Peoria,
| Decatur x Nation Railroad Company is
assignee of the purchaser, Adrian JOHN,
New York. The Illinois Central controls
| the road.
On Wednesday a committee of the en-
gineers of the Toledo. st. Louis & Western
called on General Superintendent Franklin
and Master Mechanic Tremp and requested
an adjustment of the present schedule.
They ask that their runs be so arranged
that they can have their idle time at home.
and that they be not subjected to over
work as for some months past. The new
officials said they would do what is right
in the matter as soon as they understood
the situation. and any reasonable request
would be granted. Fifty or more engineers
will be benefited by the change asked.