The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-20

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read One day last week the fast mail.
In order to make up time. ran from Elk
hart to South Bend, sixteen miles, in fif-
teen minutes
1t is understood that David s. Hill. for
many years with the Lake Erie & West
ern, and nineteen years as general super
intendent, has resigned. to take effect Jan.
1 Since the Lake Shore acquired the prop
erty Mr.. Hill has been assistant chief en-
gineer
The Chicago & Northwestern will expend
a quarter of a million dollars in freight
and warehouses at Cedar Rapids. The
Illinois Central has closed a deal for
ground there in the heart of the business
district on which to erect a passenger
station to cost 100000.
President Ossian d. Ashley. of the Wa
bash Railroad Company. when asked yes
terday about the report that the absorption
of the road is contemplated by interes Is
identified with the New York Central and
Pennsylvania roads declared that so far
as he was aware, the rumor was without
foundation
The Barney &c Smith Car Company is
now enjoying the most satisfactory earn
ings in it's history. The earnings the pres
cnt year will reach S5,O00O00. One of it's
latest contracts is the building OF twenty
five dining cars for the Santa Fe line, Of
the same pattern as they recently built for
the Big Four.
The Erie is in the market for twenty-five
new passenger coaches with the usual ex-
terror finish copper sheathing This COM
pany, three years ago, had four cars so
constructed. and they have been in service
three years without being sent to the
shops. which is regarded as strong evil
deHce in favor of this method as against
PAINT and varnish.
The Peoria 81 Eastern is making quite
record on its eastern division in the speed
oils and Columbus, o. The track Is now
in such excellent condition that. when nee
essary TO make time. speed of sixty miles
an hour is attained. One day last week.
for several consecutive miles, a speed of
s.xty-seven miles an hour was reached
The baggagemen at the Union Station
and on the trains are disposed to grumble
little over the great increase in baggage
of commercial travellers, especially in the
early part of the week and toward its
close, times when they go out and return
IL IS said that ii is now the heaviest ever
known. and that excess baggage statements
Will bear out this statement.
With the Inauguration of it's fall schedule,
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company will
add a new fast train between Chicago and
Pittsburg. The train will be No. "a, over
the Fort Wayne route. and will make the
run in twelve and one-half hours, half an
hour quicker than any other train now on
the schedule. 1t will leave Chicago at 8
p. m. and arrive in Pittsburg at $50 next
morning.
E. F. Cost, freight traffic manager of
the Big Four, was in the city yesterday
While pleased with the large earnings the
Big Four lines are showing he says had
the company the cars they would be much
larger. Especially is their local business
good and the most gratifying feature, says
Mr.. Cost. is that everybody in Central
Traffic Association territory is carrying
business at tariff rates.
The Joint passenger committee will hold
a I'M I'm VOr1r on Tox ntrr--
ing the past two weeks there have been
certain Developments in joint passenger
territory which have disturbed the gen.
eral situation somewhat, and the commit
tee will find the meeting will be valuable
If 1t does nothing else than serve an
occasion for the renewal of pledges Of sin
certify and proper conduct.
A surprise awaits the telegraphers in
the general Offices of the Big Four at In
dianapolis and Cincinnati On next pay day
the telegraphers in these offices who have
beel receiving $50 per month, from this
time on, including November, will be paid
$50; those now paid $54 will receive $780, and
those now receiving $63 will get $40. The
pay rolls bearing out the above statement
were made out yesterday at the general Of
fees in Indianapolis.
Thirty-two Western roads have signed
agreement to make a minimum charge
on all bicycles, tricycles and baby car
riages, regardless of their weight, instead
of CHASING them as baggage, as many
lines have been in the practice of doing.
Hereafter these articles will be charged
for the same as excess baggage. nothing
less than % cents per piece being collect
ed If the weight is over fifty pounds actual
weight will be charged for.
Edmund Keane. assistant general freight
agent of the Baltimore & Ohio Southwest
ern Railroad at ST. Louis, has resigned to
accept the position of division freight and
passenger agent of the Toledo, ST. Louis &
Western, with headquarters in st. Louis.
w. j. Scott, division freight and passenger
agent of the Toledo, st. Louis & Western,
has resigned and will be succeeded by Ed
mund Keane. 1t is said Mr. Scott has ac-
cepted a position with a Chicago line.
Since Samuel FELTON, became president of
the Chicago 81 Alton forty miles of grades
have been cut down, 11,400 feet of old
bridges have been replaced with steel
structures, 413 miles of new steel rails
laid, eighty pounds per yard, eighty miles
OF track have been reballasted, thirty
seven miles of new sidings constructed.
strung and considerable progress has been
made on the second main track from Chi
cago to Springfield, Ill.
c. W. Mordoff, assistant general passen-
ger agent of the Toledo. st. Louis & West
ern, was in the city yesterday. He says
that on Dec. new fast trains will be
put on between Toledo and st. Louis.
These will be full-vestibuled and the fast
est running into the city of st. Louis He
predicts IL will become the popular line be-
tween those cities, and in due time will
result in a through line, standard in every
respect. The Monon will have a connec-
ton with the new trains.
r. o. Mccormick, passenger traffic man.
ager of the Southern Pacific, was in the
city yesterday. He expressed himself graf
fled over the increase in passenger earn
ings Of the Southern Pacific since he has
introduced new features in the way of train
service and working tremendously with
Eastern connections. The most remarkable
increase has been, he states, in tourist
business. which, with the prosperous times,
has already increased. 1t is not at all I'M
usual to haul three wel-filled tourist cars
on their through trains. The Chicago &
Northwestern has just completed arrange
ments with the Southern Pacific for a
through tourist car TO Los Angeles.