The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-09-17

struction of the Hoosac tunnel on the
Fitchburg road. and OF building the ex-
tensive shops of the Pennsylvania ROAD al
Altoona. Pa.
The Baltimore & Ohio has become dis
satisfied with the results attending the
hauling OF trains through the Baltimore
tunnels by means of the overhead trolley.
and has decided TO replace IL with the thiro
rail system.
Manager Fillmore. of the Southern Pa
cifc. recently authorized the statement
that work on the bridging of Salt Lake Tor
the company's cutoff will soon be unaer
way. 1t is expected that fourteen miles
or road will be finished this fall. Inc
preliminary work for the bridge VIII De
continued through the winter.
All the principal railroad lines in the
country are making their annual reports
public, showing the result of their oper-
atoms for the fiscal year ending June 30
One gratifying feature of the various re-
ports so far is the increased receipts and
general prosperity shown by the Southern
roads as well as Northern lines.
John s. Lazarus, traffic manager of the
Indiana, Decatur * Western, returned from
chicago on Saturday. He thinks there Will
be no advance In grain rates east-bound,
as reported, on Nov. l. Traffic Manager
Grammar. of the Lake Shore, and some
other trunk-line officials say conditions
generally will not justify such advance
c. w. Boscheke. assistant engineer of the
Southern Pacific, has received orders by
wire from New York to present plans at
once for double track steel bridge across
Galveston DAY, ten feet higher than the
old wooden bridges, and to proceed. with
all the force possible to obtain, with the
construction of the companys wharves at
that place.
The latest issue in the literature pub
lished by the passenger department of the
New York Central road is Ieafiet entitled
"A Green Hands Story" Its object is to
refute the oft expressed opinion that the
afta innG
are equally blamable with other great cor
porations for the times being out of joint
10 so large number of people.
The Santa Fe announces that, beginning
wednesday, Nov {, the famous California
limited express will be started again. This
is the champion long-distance train OF the
world, and runs through without a break
over the same system of railway between
chicago and Los Angeles and San Fran
cisco. The date for the east-bound train
OF the same class will be Sunday morn
ing, Nov. II.
f. B. Pope Western passenger agent of
the Chesapeake & Ohio, has just received
patents an invention which consists
of a second electric headlight or search
light. mounted upon the roof of the cab
OF the locomotive, pointing always to
the rear of the train, which he calls a
'hindhght." The chief object of the in
vention is TO protect the end of the
train from being run into by any train
that may be following IT,
In local railroad circles the appointment
OF George L. Jarvis. as general manager of
the Wisconsin Central is looked upon as
being fully as fortunate for the company
as for Mr.. Jarvis, as the company secures
an unusually competent man. AS receiver
OF the Louisville, Evansville & ST. Louis
he made an enviable record. Judge Woods
said TO a representative of the Journal quite
recently that he had never appointed a
man as receiver of railroad whose serv-
ices had been more satisfactory than those
of MIR. Jarvis.
railroad representatives at the New York
State Federation of Labor will ask the
federation TO favor an amendment to the
ten-hour law making the same applicable
TO railroads, and to secure the passage OF
a. law for the practical inspection of en-
glnes, cars, trains and couplings. Also, a
| law providing that conductor and three
Drakemen shall constitute a crew for every
train or thirty cars or less, and an add
tional brakeman for every ten cars or less
added thereto, and that no engine be sent
out without an engineer, fireman and con-
| ductor.
On Wednesday, the 18TH the PHILADELPHIA
North American got together a special re-
lief train, consisting of four cars of pro-
visions and one sleeping car with a party
OF nurses. and started Ii to Galveston via
The pennsylvania Railroad il was desired
| to rush this train through TO Galveston as
quickly as possible. and the special left
Washington via the Southern Railway AT
O'Clock Thursday morning, Sept. 13 and
reached Atlanta. CAS- miles, at midnight the
same night. From Atlanta the train went
forward via Montgomery, and reached New
Orleans Friday night and Galveston Satur-
day morning, the 18th. This train was
handled free by the Southern Railway
and was run through on that line on sched-
ule time as fast as the New Orleans linn
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