The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-12

nected with railroad service, but on gen.
eral topics which are of interest TO rail-
way employees. combining with these
courses reading rooms and libraries.
The Pittsburg & Lake Erie. a division of
the Lake Shore system, is being brought
TO the highest standard. 1t has many
miles of third and fourth tracks, and its
business has become so heavy that the
overhead bridge system of signaling trains
with the electric pneumatic devices is to
be adopted.
c. c. Clarke, first vice president of the
New York Central, rendered his resignation
IN the board of directors on account OF his
advanced age. and IL has been accepted
Edward v w. Rossiter. treasurer Of the
Central, has been elected his successor, ana
q. w Prince first assistant treasurer. sue
ceeds Mr.. Rossiter as treasurer.
r. A. Moliter, chief engineer of the Choc-
taw. Oklahoma & Gulf road. states that as
result OF the recent election work Will
begin within sixty days or as soon as the
surveys are completed on the extension or
the road from Hartshoren 10 Ardmore.
I. T., 120 miles. and later an extension OF
nifty miles to Weatherford.
c. G. Waldo. general manager of the
Cincinnati, Hamilton e. Dayton lines, on
Saturday closed a contract with the Bar
ney q Smith Company: of Dayton. o.
to build 400 box cars, 400 coal cars and a
new modern mail car and baggage car,
each to be sixty feet long. The coal cars
are TO be $4,000 pounds capacity, the box
cars $1,000 pounds.
The first of the big ten-wheel passenger
engines of the Big Four arrived yesterday.
AS soon as the complement is filled the
heavy fast trains of the Big Four between
Cleveland. indianapolis and St Louis Will
be hauled by these ten-wheel engines, and
the heavy eight-wheeled engines will be
transferred to the Chicago division, taking
the place OF the ten-wheeled engines the
Brooks works built for the Big Four some
years ago. which will then be placed in
freight service.
c. G. Riley. superintendent of car serv-
ice on the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern.
who, through the transfer of the depart
ment from Cincinnati TO Baltimore, is out
of that position, has been offered a posi-
ton with the Baltimore & Ohio and also
on Southern road. He also has a po-
sition outside of railroad service open TO
him at Indianapolis, and as his family is
DESTROYS of returning to indianapolis to
reside he hesitates about accepting the
position offered him on the B. e. O.
Train IL. over the Panhandle and Van
0alia, has several times recently left
Pittsburg late, and, although the fastest
scheduled train on the lines, has arrived
at st. Louis on time. On Thursday the
train left Pittsburg one hour and fifty min
utes late and reached ST. Louis on time
and on the Vandalia the train of nine cars
was hauled 100 miles in 100 minutes. With
the interlocktng plants at crossings oil
other roads , and the big engine , tanks ,S the
two miles, is made without a stop by the
Vandalia fast trains.
Officials of the Lake Shore are much
pleased over the increase In business or
the Lake Erie & Western road since com
ing under Lake Shore control On the
main line there has been very handsome
increase i'm both freight and passenger
earnings but is not as marked as on the
indianapolis division, its freight business
at Indianapolis having increased fully 81
per cent Prior to the Lake Shore takine
control the west-bOund business OF the
Lake Erie q Western was very light; now
cars of the Lake Erie & Western are quite
equally loaded iE both directions.