The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-24

the employees lest 1t should resul.-in many
men being discharged. but instead more
men are given employment, as the freight
and passenger business has been largely
increased.
The Panhandle has adopted the electro
pneumatic system of signals for Its main
line between Steubenville and DenniSon. ii
is an arrangement similar 10 thgt in use
on the main line of the Pennsylvania, and
the Panhandle people have about decided
10 adopt 1t for the entire Southwestern
system.
The west-bound transcontinental freight
situation is threatened with serious de-
moraiZation. The trouble is laid at the
door OF the Soutsern Pacific. There Is a
is to be moved from the Atlantic to the
Pacific which usually takes the highest
rate and is the kind the railroads like best
70 handle
Surveying corps have just completed a
survey for the proposed extension OF the
Illinois Southern Railway, formerly the
Centralia & Chester, from the Mississippi
river TO a connection with the Iron Noun
sin road at Bismarck, Mo. The building
OF the road will open a new market Tor
the southern Indiana and Illinois coal
fields.
The work Of laying iron on the Cincin-
natl, Richmond a Muncie Railroad has
progressed so rapidly from Cottage Grove
the southern terminal on the c., ii. d d.
that the rails are now only about eight
miles from Richmond. The work has been
delayed some, owing to a portion of the
grade not being Completed The large
trestlework near Falkhorn is about fin
iShed.
The Pere Marquette Railway Company
will make use of carrier pigeons on its
six car ferries and line steamers during
the coming winter. The plan of COMMUNE
eating with the shore by means OF pigeons
was adopted because of the dangers OF
winter navigation, boats at times being
caught in the ice with no way OF send
ing for aid. Wireless biography was ex-
no or Wi
found not to have reached sufficient stage
OF development.
One of the Lake Shores new ten-wheel
passenger engines, with eighty-inch drfv-
ing wheels, on Wednesday hauled eight
cars sixty-eight miles in fifty-two min
utes and made one stop. railroad Of
fetal who was on the train, and with his
wife was eating dinner in the dining car.
says that so perfect is the Lake Shore
track that the water in his tumbler was
hardly rippled, although the train was
moving eighty-five to ninety miles an hour.
The stockholders of the Illinois Central
have ratified the action of the directors
in purchasing the Peoria, Decatur "
Evansville road. A special meeting of the
stockholders has been called for Jan. 70
for the purpose of authorizing an increase
of 10 per cent. in the capital stock of the
company The increase in traffic with the
road requires more rolling stock and many
other improvements, one being the erect
ing of a grain elevator at New Orleans Of
loo, 900 bushels capacity.
A Pittsburg paper states that ]. j. Tur-
ner is TO be transferred TO Pittsburg to
accept a higher position with the Penn
sylvania Company. While nothing is known
of the matter locally, there may be some
grounds for such report, as current
rumor says that Harry Miller, superin-
tendent of the Vandalia main line. would
succeed his father as superintendent of the
Southwestern system OF the pennsylvania
Company This was denied by one high
in authority with an additional statement
that something better awaited Superin-
tendent Miller on the Vandalia.