The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-31


Pennsylvania lines west. will be elected as
directors Of the former company. three OF
the Norfolk & Western old board retiring
Col. Samuel Moody. assistant general
passenger agent OF the Pennsylvania lines,
has so far recovered from his illness that
he has been removed 10 his home in Bea-
yer. where he continues TO improve rap
idly.
The strike Of the section men on the Big
Four's st. Louis division has been settled.
The men asked for Sl50 per day and are
given $1.25, an advance of 10 cents per day,
and the federal injunction against them has
been dissolved.
]. r. Cavanagh. car-service superintend-
ent OF the Big Four. and III. G.. Sleight,
holding the same position with the Van
w. Va. where they attended the annual
meeting of the international Association
Of Car Accountants.
c. p. Huntington, president Of the South
ern Pacific Railway Company, accompa-
MED by a party of prominent railroad Of
fcials, President Burt and several other Of
1cers of the Union Pacific. is on his way
East. In an interview Mr.. Huntington con-
frmed the statement recently made that
his road would extend its line from SOUTH
ern California to Utah.
The so-called "cigar-shaped' train on the
Baltimore & Ohio tracks has shown that
the resistance of the air is a very serious
impeachment to rapid railroad travelling.
Inc tram Is Out lmDeTttCliy ColStI uCltu "
diminish air friction, yet has developed
great speed behind an ordinary locomotive.
With an engine built on the lines or a tor
pedo and presenting no fiat surfaces TO air
pressure much better results may be at
tanned.
Northwestern, after an inspection of that
great system. whose nearly $500 miles OF
lines reach ten States, says: The daily
earnings of the northwestern system show
- -s.~- sDroozn- Ax-or last xyaor oil
though the grain movement is practically
nothing. and there is considerable less lum-
Der traffic. The increases are due to good
passenger business and thoroughly diversi-
fed freight. Crops to date are in excellent
condition"
The Seaboard Airline will on June 2
complete its through line between Rich
mond. Va. and Tampa, Fla, and the Of
ficials of the railroad company and the
business association of Richmond intend
TO commemorate this day in a BETTING
way. This ceremony OF driving the last
spike will be made a notable one, and
prominent people have been invited to be
the guests of the railroad company. Pres
ident John Shelton Williams and the board
of directors have also invited President
Mckinley and his Cabinet and the Cover
nors of States through which the line
passes TO be present.
Just now the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany is the chief subject of reports and
speculations. II has bought control OF the
Long Island Railroad-that is admitted. 1t
Is reported to have gained control OF the
Baltimore & Ohio, Norfolk & Western and
Chesapeake & Ohio Cir connection with the
New York CENTRALLY. by heavy purchase of
stock. II Is said TO have acquired a voice
in the management of the New York. New
Haven & Hartford, and the Lehigh Valley
road is now in the list of its reported pur-
chases; also the Baltimore & Delaware Bay
road. Coming west the Pennsylvania. &C
cording to rumor, either has or will ac-
quire the Chicago, Burlington d Quincy.
the Atchison. Topeka & Santa Fe. and the
Wabash, but the rumors have as yet shown
no tangible foundation.
Speculation is rife in railroad circles as
to who will succeed James CT. Metcalf as
general ana Of the Louisville & Nash
Vile. who will retire on July /. Mr.. Met
calf has been with that road for a long
term of years. and the record he has made
with the company is one of which any op-
Grating official might be proud. Formerly
a dispatcher, he has gone steadily up 10
the highest position known to the oper-
ating department of a big railroad. He
was made general manage of the system
on Jan. /. 1889, and from Sept. l, 1883, to the
time OF the promotion to the general man.
agership was superintendent of what is
known as the south and north division of
the Louisville & Nashville, which always
carries with IL operating control over the
Birmingham Mineral and other branches
Of the system in the Birmingham district.
In railroad circles the belief strengthens
that the Lake Shore will absorb the Eel
River road. which the decision of the SUI
preme Court wrested from the Wabash
Railroad Company. The ~Logansport Pharos
says that ever since the Supreme Court
rendered a decision on the Eel River re-
ownership case. the clerks In the motive
power and car departments of the Wabash
nave been delving in garrets and piles of
musty books and papers in search of rec
ords concerning the equipment of that
branch of the system and they have nearly
finished their work. Some Of the llOcomo-
tives found on the Eel River road when
the Wabash assumed control are still in
existence, though the majority of them long
ago passed TO the scrap heap and their
places were taken by more modern ma
chimes. The object Of the inventory is not
definitely known. but IL indicates, to the
minds of many, an intention on the part of
the Wabash TO abide by the decision and
make the best of the situation until another
line can he built.