The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-09-20

next year. The company wishes to concen-
trate all its business on the east shore at
Ludington. where the general offices OF the
road are, and its Milwaukee business VIII
gradually be diverted to that port.
In order TO accommodate the large and
rapidly growing class OF artists, referred
TO by some of the Adirondack School OF
Painters. the New York Central will make
exceedingly low rates TO the Adirondack
mountains from Sept. 10 to Oct. 81, tickets
being good 10 return within fifteen days
from date of sale.
NEW YORK, Sept 19.-The board OF di-
rectors of the New York Central & Hudson
River Railroad yesterday declared divi-
dend OF Ia per cent, payable Oct. Is. The
board also adopted a resolution to call a
special stockholders meeting for Nov 5,
when the modified conditions of the Boston
K Albany Railroad lease will be passed
upon.
A circular will be issued to-day from
General Superintendent T. T.. Clark and
General Traffic Manager b. d. Caldwell. or
the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
Company, announcing the appointment or
G. j. Phillips, of Des Moines, Ia, as SUI
perintendent of the Leckawanna's recently
acquired Portland & Bangor road Mr..
Phillips for ten years has been division
freight agent of the Rock Island.
Traffic Manager Stevens, of the Chicago
e. Southeastern, was in the city yesterday.
He states that business is improving on the
line. the road handling about fifty carloads
of coal per day and delivering TO Touring
mills located on it's lire fifty to sixty car
load of wheat per week, the mills being
obliged to get their wheat from distance.
The sawmills on the line and other minor
industries giving the road considerable
business, and in the Gas Belt territory the
road strikes business is increasing.
As previously said, there are signs of a
disturbance in connection with the effort TO
organize transcontinental passenger as
ISOLATION. recently made at Glenwood
Springs COL and which cannot be made
operative unless the Santa Fe can be pla-
Gated. Travel is heaviest to California dur
ing the winter, and Northern routes are
not likely 10 be able TO do anything that
would seriously affect rates The position
of the Santa Fe and its demands on 10th
military and immigrant business may
strain its relations with the Southern Pa
cific. and the ultimate result be a war that
would be long and ugly.
Railroad Commissioner Osborn has made
an order requiring all freight cars in Mich
igan TO be equipped with automatic coup
i.ngs before July l. 1901 The commissioner
derived his authority for the order from a
statute passed IN 1887, requiring all cars OPP
Grated on Michigan roads 10 be equipped
prior to 1891, but the law was a dead letter,
as there was nothing to prevent the rail-
roads from using the old-fashioned coup
lings on cars from other States passing
through Michigan. The enactment of the
federal law providing for the use of auto
matte couplings on all cars used in inter-
state traffic has enabled the Michigan COM
missioner to enforce the old statute.
Panhandle train No. 81 is now the heav-
lest train on the Pennsylvania lines west of
Pittsburg. This train, on reaching Column
bus, is diveded into three sections. At Co
lunlbus six-car train for Chicago, an
eight-car train for Cincinnati and a ten
car train for Indianapolis are made up, to
be divided again at Xenia. The Chicago
train is not cut between Columbus and Chi
oago, but the Cincinnati and st. Louis
train is cut at Xenia. On Sunday the Gin
cinnati section left Xenia at 10:45 and ar
rived at Cincinnati at 1921, making eight
stops One stretch of track. on favorable
running ground. was covered at great
rate of speed. Fifteen miles were covered
in fourteen minutes and one mile was
made in forty-eight seconds