The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-03-17


ruary was GOO; for eight months, $S77.700-
For eight months past the Cincinnati,
Hamilton & Dayton has been carrying the
largest coal and ore tonnage in its history,
ranging from $50 TO 300 cars per day. and
with the six hundred cars put In service,
or larger capacity than their old coal equip
ment, their business is still limited by the
number of cars they can furnish.
Shops of the Vandalia are now giving en-
ployment to the largest number of men in
the roads history and are being run full
time w. c. Arp, superintendent of motive
power, is bringing the entire equipment up
to high standard. The roadbed of the
entire system is In excellent condition, espe-
cially the main line between Indianapolis
and ST. Louis.
A local passenger official says: Inter
changeable mileage has done more to kill
the ticket scalping business than any other
one thing. Viewed from the standpoint Of
the public, it is the most liberal thing the
railroads have done, as IL practically makes
common fare of cents a mile to ALL
The convenience OF having one ticket good
on nearly forty railroads is not to be over
looked.
The main line of the Baltimore &c Ohio
is again enjoying a rush of freight. and this
time exceeds all former records. Many
more engines are being put to use, and the
number of regular freight trains is larger
made on the line between Paramount and
Grafton last Sunday. In eight hours Us
carloads of coal were handled from Fair
mount to Grafton
II has been figured out that the run made
by train No on the Pennsylvania last
Sunday was record-breaker. The 2i9 miles
between Harrisburg and Pittsburg were
covered in FIVE hours and forty minutes,
and the III miles between Altoona and
Pittsburg in two hours and forty-fve min
utes. Between Harrisburg and Pittsburg,
on some favorable stretches of the track,
the train made eighty miles an hour.
According to a well-informed railroad
man. the Baltimore & Ohio will be the only
bidder at the foreclosure sale of the Pitts
burg & Western. 1t is said that the Balti-
more & Ohio officers are ready to resume
control Of the new road, and that the Pitts
burg & Western will be operated as sep
arate division of the big line. Few changes
are contemplated in the operating and traf-
fic departments as a result of the change or
ownership.
The frequency with which the Southwest
ern Limited over the Cleveland and Indian
apolis division of the Big Four arrives late
is not due to any fault of the Big Four or
the Lake Shore, but to the New York Cen
trail, which has been much troubled with
snow the last month On the Lake Shore
and on the Big Four the big passenger en-
gines are daily making remarkably fast
runs after getting hold of the southwestern
Limited.
The Southern Railway has issued a very
complete bit of advertising in the form OF a
contains schedules from various Western
gateways to the South, but also has num-
Der of maps, showing different sections OF
the country which the Southern traverses,
and gives an excellent idea of the Asheville
Land of the Sky" country, which the
Southern Railway has done great things to
develop, and with unusual success. These
folders are being sent out by William H.
Tayloe, assistant general passenger agent,
Louisville. Ky.
The date of the foreclosure sale of the st.
Louis & Kansas City Railroad has been
fixed for March q, and the sale will occur
at the freight station of the road in Toledo.
Special Masters Frank III. Shaffer and Mer-
rill Moores will conduct the sale, and the
railroad will be disposed of in one parcel.
covering distance of $50 miles, with all
first mortgage. Each bidder will be required
to deposit a certified check for $4,000. and
$4,000 must be paid down at once by the
successful bidder. The upset price for the
property is s7.50o.000.
When the improvements to be carried out
by the Pennsylvania between Jersey City
and Philadelphia are completed, II Is said
that the company will establish a fast pas
senger service between the two cities, COW
With this end in view the Pennsylvania
will in few weeks begin to elevate its
tracks through Newark and New Bruins
wick, and the work will be finished before
the end of 1900. This will take out the last
of the bad grade crossings and enable the
company to run its trains through these
cities at a high rate of speed. 1t elevated
its tracks through Elizabeth several years
ago. 1t is now building line around
Newark which will be used for freight
trains, so that there will be no more block
ing of the main line tracks.