The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-07-19

uNe miles OF new 06dAN SIGel VIII De l1lO OH
that division
General Freight Agent Taylor. Of the
Vandalia lines. was in the city yesterday.
He states that there has been a marked in
crease in the demand for cars TO ship grain
IN the last few days, and wheat Will be
hauled from greater distances than usual
for mills in Indiana and Ohio.
One of the monster freight engines. haul
ing ffty-six cars over the Wabash, left
the track at Lafayette on Tuesday at CO.
lumbia-street crossing and blockaded the
street for several hours. Fortunately. at
that point the Wabash is double track, and
trains were but little delayed by the acct
dent.
Travelling Passenger Agent Jones, of the
Chicago. Milwaukee & St. Paul. Cleveland,
of the Chicago * Northwestern. and FL
lott, OF the Chesapeake & Ohio, are in the
city: also Travelling Freight Agent
Thomas, of the Georgia Central. Mr..
Thomas reports an Improvement in busi-
ness with Southern lines since July 1.
Lieut.. Edward b. Cassatt, of Philadel-
phia. who has been assigned TO the embas-
sy at London as military attache. is the
son of A. j. Cassatt, president of the Penn
s~ylvania Railroad. While backed by pow
erful influence. he has, at the same time.
made excellent service records, both with
the volunteers and regulars.
The will of the late Timothy B. Black
stone, former president of the Chicago &
Alton. was admitted to probate on Tues
day, and letters testamentary issued on
the petition of his widow, Isabella +.
Blackstone. the executrix. The estate
amounts 10 So. go. 900, consisting of $500, 600
In personal property and $500 in real es-
tate.
The Railroad Trainmen's Journal. the
official organ of the Brotherhood of Train
men. has opened a fight against the So
called system of voluntary relief main
tanned by several railway systems for their
employees. The Journal is very severe in
its comments. refers to 1t as a corporation
CQndhQQF and as an existing Vinlafi0n or
Section 10 of the arbitration law.
Offcials of the Chicago & Rock Island
deny that an extension from Fort Worth to
Dallas is contemplated, The company has
good terminals at the former point, and is
able. they say. to reach all points in Texas
they wish TO. They also say that they
have considered an extension of the Choc-
taw branch from Mountain View TO FL
Paso. The company does not intend TO
build further southwest than Granite and
the work is nearly completed TO that point.
In deciding to discontinue the payment
of commissions to tourist agencies after
this year the Western presidents have
struck a vital blow TO these agencies,
which have grown up under the fostering
care of railroads. Their average commits
sion has been 5 per cent, and If ii is true.
as has been stated, that Cooks agency
alone sold 1000. 600 tickets last year it can
be readily understood what a profitable
thing these institutions have had.
The Grand Trunks new train. the I'm
perial Limited, cannot monopolize the cred
it for fast time on that line. as the East
ern Flyer made a record for speed last
week that divides the honor. 1t was run
i'm two sections from Toronto to Montreal.
and covered the distance in six hours and
forty minutes, including eleven stops. but,
deducting these. the 333 miles were made
in 35 minutes, or nearly a mile q minute.
This is fifty minutes faster than the I'M
perial Limited Considering the character
of the country traversed, this compares
favorably with the best speed records Of
American railroads.
The July number of the Book of the
Royal Blue" which is published regularly
every month by the Baltimore & Ohio. is
especially interesting. 1t has been the GUS
tom to devote the July number every year
to stories Of the civil war. and the present
number contains a graphic description of
the battle of Antietam. illustrated by pho
tographs taken shortly after the battle. as
we'll as photographs of more recent date.
Particularly remarkable is the photograph.
used as a frontispiece. of President Lin
coin interviewing General Mcclellan at An
tietam in October. 1862. and the Burnside
bridge, showing an army train crossing
over il. These photographs were loaned
and published by permission of the War
Department.