The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-09-27

built at these shops over 1000 new freight
cars. and at present the shops are working
| out order for 500 cars and are turning
them out at the rate OF six cars day.
The annual report of the Illinois Central
shows that in the year ending June 80 the
company purchased thirty-three new loco
motives, several of them the heaviest in
use on Western lines, and increased its
| freight equipment SOL cars, or 10 per cent.
The increase in the companys freight
| equipment last year exceeded the capacity
| OF all the cars owned by the company in
1856
The lake and rail season is expected to
close about Dec. 10 this year 1t has been
| an unsatisfactory one in some respects
West-bound business has not been what the
| carriers anticipated, the presidential
| year made jobbers wary OF buying many
| goods until assured that existing condi-
| tons were not to be disturbed. There has
| also been considerable Generalization in
| rates
In the last few months the New York
| Central lines have put SIS, 10000 into new
| rolling stock, having purchased ninety
eight mogul freight locomotives, twenty
nVe passenger locomotives, twenty-five
switching engines, eighty-one passenger
| cars, 1900 freight cars, 256 ballast cars,
one passenger ferryboat, two steel tug
boats, seventeen barges, floats and other
| freight boats
report is current in Western railroad
| circles that the Burlington is planning for
road to skirt the southern boundary of
Yellowstone Park and then strike north.
with Seattle as the objective point. with a
| line connecting this line with that into Salt
Lake from Guernsey and Denver. This
would give the Burlington direct lines from
| the East, the Black Hills, Colorado and
| Utah to the coast.
| Frank Reynolds, general live stock agent
| Of the Pennsylvania lines at this point, is
| temporarily disabled, the result of fall
some weeks ago. Mr.. Reynolds began rail-
| road service yardmaster of the Bee
line at indianapolis in 1866; few years
| later he was appointed live stock agent or
| the company under John Brough, then
president. later going to the Pennsylvania
| lines In the position he now holds.
| a. ID. Perry, district passenger agent Of
| the Chicago Alton, judging from In
| quiries, thinks the cheap excursions to Ne
braska Kansas. Oklohoma and Indian Ter
ritories to be run Oct. and 16, from
| Peoria, Bloomington or st. Louis, will be
well patronized. The round trip rate to any
point In Kansas or Nebraska is $l2, in OK
| lohoma or Indian Territory $14 with ticket
limits and privileges the same as apply TO
the regular home-seekers excursions
| Col. Charles s. Tappen died at the home
i OF his daughter on Tuesday at the age OF
| seventy-nine years. He was we'll known in
| indianapolis railroad circles having for
| hfty-five years been identified with rail-
| road works. He at one time general
| freight agent of the Chicago Northwest
| ern, later general manager of the Hoosac
| tunnel and Nickel-plate fast freight lines.
AT the time of his death he was acting as
| general agent of the West Shore and
| Nickel-plate lines, with headquarters at
Rochester, n. Y
| When the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
| pany made arrangements with the Mer-
/ chants Exchange to run an excursion to
/ Atlantic City Ii did not anticipate any
trouble In securing permission from the
| Trunk-line Association, of which 1t was a
| member. Contrary to expectations, opposi-
| ton has arisen from unexpected quarters.
| Two railroads that are members OF the
| association have positively refused to grant
| permission to the Pennsylvania. Until
/ these roads can be won over arrangements
for the excursion must be discontinued.
| The annual meeting of the stockholders
| of the Illinois Central was held in Chi
| cago yesterday. The directors report was
| approved. was the proposition TO buy
/ The st. Louis. Peoria e Northern road $
| lines from Springfield to East st. Louis,
4 now operated by the Illinois Central under
| leases. For the purchase of these lines and
4 for improvements issue of 100000 8
| per cent. gold bonds, payable In 1915 and
| secured by a mortgage the new lines,
/ was authorized. Charles A. Peabody, jr.,
| John c. Willen and w. Morton Grinnell
| whose terms as directors have expired. were
reelected.
| The annual report of the Great Northern
| shows gross earnings of S2S910, 7S9 Is, as
| compared with SEE, OF 900. Sc last year. The
| operating expenses were $1487, 577.25, as
/ compared with $12 164. oil. 70 in 1892 The net
/ and the income from operation was 81. 042,
| Alb. Gross traffic earnings per mile of road
/ were $5,695.74, and operating expenses per
| mile of road s2,931.l. compared with
\ $2,541.39 last year. Net earnings per mile of
/ road were $2,764.70. The tonnage of freight
cent. Earnings from passenger trains in
| creased % per cent