The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-07

General Superintendent George W. .Creigh-
ton. II is expected that IL will be the most
complete private car in service on the
Pennsylvania lines.
The September and October earnings of
the Erie the Philadelphia & Reading the
Central CT New Jersey and the Lehigh
Valley show the results OF the coal strike
in their reports of earnings, decreases in
both gross and net being shown.
Patterson & Sterrett, lawyers of prom
inence In Pittsburg. have succeeded scott
& Gordon as solicitors for the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Company. Their district
embraces Allegheny county, the most I'M
portant district on the Pennsylvania lines
outside of Philadelphia
President Norton and other officials of the
Toledo, st. Louis & Western, on their re-
turn West, stopped at Frankfort. One of
the officials stated that the new passenger
station at that point would be two stories
high and a modern building in every re-
spect The second story will be used for
offices.
In order that the Chicago & Northwest
ern Railroad may enter Peoria from Ster-
ling, ILL.,. the railroad has purchased the
entire village of Pottstown, a mining COM
munity near PEORIA and will move every
house in II. with the exception of five. The
site occupied by the town will be used by
the railroad for yards.
Master Mechanic LAWYER, OF the Big
Four's Brightwood shops thinks that en-
CINE 110 has made record IL would be diff
cult to excel. Between May %, 1855, and
Oct: %. 1900, the engine ran l2,Sl2 miles;
during the time 1t was in the shop six
days to be reprinted and Vanished, and
four days for light repairs.
The Hooking Valley road will this year
deliver at its docks at Toledo, o., for lake
has already delivered nearly that tonnage,
being double that Of any former year. This
Is another road that benefited by the miners
strike in the Pennsylvania anthracite coal
nI III Horn ton
Dayton.
John Hodge, Topeka. Kan, aged sixty
seven years, is dead of heart disease at
the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Mary
Roberts Hodge. in Chicago. Since 1887 he
was master car builder of the Santa Fe
Railroad at Topeka, Kan He held the
same position with the Missouri Pacific
Railroad previously at st. Louis for six
teen years.
w. II. Fisher. general passenger agent of
the Hooking Valley road, who formerly
represented the Cincinnati. Hamilton &
Dayton In this city, accompanied by II. A.
Fisher, general manager of the Columbus
& London electric lines. with their respec-
tive families, passed through the city yes
.terday, en- route to st. Louis TO attend the
wedding of a brother.
Under the management of President Eel
ton, Of the Chicago & Alton, the property
is being rapidly brought to greater eff
cheney, and is now in condition TO do a
large traffic, in fact, is now doing the
largest business in it's history. The COM
pany now operates 900 miles of road and
is steadily Increasing its equipment pre-
paratory TO Its increase in traffic.
IL Is understood that on Jan. / the news
boy and peanut vendors will be barred from
doing business on the Pennsylvania lines.
patrons will be obliged TO purchase their
reading matter and eatables before board
ing the train or patronize the dining cars
Tor their food. A number of leading roads
cd M Ct,esrrc f1asa 1lrr~
hngton & Quincy and the Lehigh Valley
are or the number.
Table d'hote has triumphed decisively
over la carte on Eastern railroads. Pas
senger managers of the Eastern lines have
been awaiting the result of Mr.. Ford 9
investigation and the Pennsylvania mans
decision is concurred In by them. Ever
since la carte attained such a high degree
of popularity on the big Western systems
the passenger managers of the Eastern
lines have been considering the advisability
OF disseminating the table d'hote.
The Importance which Newport News is
likely TO attain as a shipping terminal
can be understood from the announcement
that the roads interested have decided that
all freight for export, excepting coal, be
handled at that place. The Chesapeake &
Ohio has constructed two new piers and a
grain elevator there. The company already
owns three coal piers. four merchandise
piers and one passenger pier, and has at
that point sixty-five mnes OF yard track.
A fast schedule has been arranged for
the new mail train on the Burlington road
between Chicago and Lincoln Neb. The
train has been In service for several days,
but the regular ,4nie card under which
the train will be operated was put in effect
Sunday, Nov. A. The schedule calls for
forty miles an hour between Chicago and
the Mississippi river, including stops. Con-
nections will be made with the Burlington s
Northern Pacific express from ST Louis.
The distance between Chicago and Lin
coin Is $50 miles, and the run, including
stops Of all kinds. will be covered I'm twelve
hours. The train will carry sleeping cars
and day coaches in addition to the mai
cars.
The annual report OF the Baltimore &,
Ohio makes 1t evident that this important
property is now in strong condition physf-
cally, financially and in every way The
annual report shows great improvement in
revenue during the last twelve months.
In gross the Increase was S. ass. 305 or al
most % per cent; in the net, S, 737. Si5 or
over SO per cent. A prodigious amount of
money has been spent in rehabilitating the
property since John X. Cowan was its
president, ana oscar Murray dictated the
policy OF the company. These OUTLAWS had
Tor their purpose me enlargement OF the
capacity of the road for handling the traf-
nc, and for rendering the service at a cost
that should enable 1t to compete with its
powerful neignbor on the North and its
aggressive rivals on the South, and the
most convincing proof of it's success is
furnished In the results for the last twelve