The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-06

mated earnings OF the Terre Haute & Lo-
gansport were $50 1859. an increase of
S9,39S10
1t is stated that the Baltimore & Ohio
VIII expend 100000 more in Strengthening
curves and making a double-track road
between Cincinnati and st. Louis, and TO
raise this money the company proposes to
offer S6,i00.0O0 of common stock now held
in its treasury.
w. c. Waterous has been appointed SUI
perintendent of transportation of the Mis-
souri, Pacific & Iron Mountain. with head
quarters in st. Louis. Mr.. WaterOus goes
10 his new position from the Cotton Belt
road. He was formerly connected with the
Great Northern system.
The board of directors of the Baltimore
& Ohio Railroad Company has approved
the recommendation of the executive COM
rnittee for the issue OF $4,000 treasury
common stock to be offered 10 the common
stockholders at So No action was taken
on the dividend for the common stock.
c. T.. Schaff general manager; J. q. Van
Wrinkle general superintendent; George
kittredge, chief engineer, and William
Garstang, superintendent of motive power,
yesterday completed their trip over the
Big Four system, coming from Cleveland
TO Indianapolis. Mr.. Schaff went to Cincin-
natl last night.
The railway automatic coupling bill has
passed its second reading in the British
House of Commons. Speaking on the meas
ure, James Bryce Liberal, declared Amer
lea was far ahead of Great Britain in the
matter of automatic couplings. In fact. he
added, American railroads had shown
Great Britain the way in many things.
District Passenger Agent Algeo. of the
Cincinnati, Hamilton q Dayton and the
Monon, was i'm Cincinnati yesterday 10 con-
fer with ID. G.. Edw;srds. passenger traffic
manager. as to summer time schedules,
especially the betterment of the service
from Indianapolis to Michigan points the
coming season. This business is increasing
with each year.
An idea of the immense freight traffic
now moving over the Pennsylvania is
shown i'm the fact that. the morning express
trains on the division between Pittsburg
and Altoona pass in the three hours run
thirty-five westbOund and thirty east
bound trains composed of thirty-five to
forty-five cars, usually hauled by two
locomotives.
In the twenty-four hours ending Sunday.
at midnight, there passed through Lewis
ton yards, on the middle division of the
Pennsylvania, 6S11 cars. There were 3.3lS
loaded and four empty cars east-bound
and S02 loaded and 1851 empty cars west
bound. The greatest previous record in
twenty-four hours was March %, when
6,I46 cars passed through.
There are i'm Cleveland over $500 railroad
employees. and a movement has been in
augurated to form bank, where railroad
men who are thrifty and disposed to save
money, can safely place it in sums of 81 or
over. George +. Kurtz, city treasurer of
Cleveland, is agitating the movement. He
was, in past years, "A railroad man OF in
fluence with his associates, who are now
encouraging him in the undertaking.
A. G.. Yates, of Rochester. very emphati-
cally denied a report that the Buffalo.
Rochester * Pittsburg Railroad. of which
he is president, has been bought by the
New York Central Railroad Company. Mr..
Yates added that there likelihood
of the sale taking place. 1t was admitted
by high official of the New York Central
that the Buffalo, Rochester * Pittsburg
had been offered to the New York Central,
but at price too high for that company
to accept. The negotiations, he said, had
proceeded no further.
A strong syndicate has been formed for
the purpose of constructing a railroad ex-
tending the length of Cuba, distance of
about 500 miles, the necessary
authorization can be obtained The full
amount of capital required for this under
taking. il is understood has already
been subscribed by the syndicate,
which is headed by Sir William G.
Van Horne. whose associates in the en-
terprise include William c. Whitney. G.
Nj. Dodge. Edward j. Berwind, General
Samuel Tomas and ex-Vice President
Levi z. Morton, of New York; Henry NJ.
Whitney, of Boston; i. A. Il. Widener,
Thomas Dolan and r. III. Elkins, of Phil
adelphia; I'll. Walters. of Baltimore; James
j. Hill. president of the Great Northern
Railway, and G.. Il. Hopkins.