The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-06

be extended to point that will make it
good property.
The schedule of the Chicago, Burlington
& Quincy's new mail train from Chicago
to the Mississippi river is forty miles an
hour from Chicago. A peculiar thing about
the establishment of this new train is that
the management of the road decided TO
call Ii No. Is.
The work of strengthening the bridges
on the Panhandle between Indianapolis
OF the heavy Class L locomotives will soon
be transferred from the Pittsburg division
TO haul Trains 20 and q between Indian
apolis and Columbus.
President Norton, of the Toledo, S..
Louis * Western, is said to intimate that
the policy of the new owners is to be ex-
pansion. Several projects for extension
and trackage arrangements are now under
consideration, including the building OF
branch To indianapolis.
The estimated earnings of the vandalla
line for the month of October were $685.
2s0.27, an increase of S215s9.l6 over the cor
responding month of last year. The esti-
mated earnings of the Terre Haute X
Logansport for the same month were
81. 059, an Increase of s10.6345l.
In speaking of the prosperity OF the
South, General Manager E. st. John. of the
Seaboard Airline, said that In his forth
that during the last year they have placed
along their railroads 900 new industries AMI
located there some 1900 additional resi-
dents.
is preparing estimates for next years I'M
provements and the amount of new equip
ment needed The company Will build zOO
locomotives this year. Seventy-five of them
will be built at locomotives works; the
others at the company's shops at Altoona
and Juniata.
A. s. Crane. foreign traffic manager of
the Boston & Maine, who went ABROAD,
10 oh I<fx. ,ranr cd
tonnage. has succeeded in effecting an ar
rangement under which scandinavian
American lines, beginning on the 10Th inst,
will make regular sailings between Copen-
hagen and Boston.
Charles A. Parker commissioner of the
St. Louis Traffic Bureau. has accepted the
position rendered to him by the Colorado
Lines Traffic Association. Mr.. Parker
An impression prevails in traffic circles
that E. S. Tompkins, now secretary OF the
ST. Louis traffic bureau. will be MADE
commissioner of that bureau, succeeding
G. A. Parker.
The low rate excursions for this season
which the Big Four and the Cincinnati,
Hamilton a. Dayton have been running
ended with Sunday. This year the round
city and Cincinnati Not so many pas
sengers were carried on that rate as OH
the 81 round-trip rate of former years, yet
the roads derived more revenue than in
Freight officials say that November
seems to have ushered in firmer rate
situation than has prevailed for many
years. An unprecedented movement ot
all lines of freight, not of any particular
class of traffic, causes continued short
age of cars. Should the present general
heavy traffic continue up to the time of
the movement of the corn and hog crops
Western roads will experience, without
question, one of the most serious car fam
ines in the history of American railroad
ing.
Some of the lines of the Trunk-line As
ISOLATION are rot feeling very confident
over the fact that the Nickel-plate has
opened an Independent agency in New
York city, and, in criticising the fact, gave
evidence of their apprehension of this
leading TO embarrassment later. At the
last regular meeting of the trunk-line
passenger committee a member took oc'
casion to say that the trunk lines were
drifting away from the conservative po-
sition in allowing their immediate con-
nections to open offices in New Nork Ind
appoint their own agents.