The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-24

The title of the Southwestern Freight
Bureau has been changed TO
Tariff Committee.
The Lake Erie & Western will place an
additional train on its division between Fort
Wayne and Connersville.
On Sunday the Vandalia had five ex-
cUrsion trains 10 Lake M~axinkuckee. each
consisting of from ten to twelve well loaded
coaches.
The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad directors
declared the usual semi-annual dividend
Of 2 per cent. on the common and preferred
stock yesterday.
partment of the Great Northern, and f. A.
Barnes, of the Lehigh Valley, are in the
city calling on shippers.
Harry Hoover. private secretary to
George Graves, superintendent of the In
diana, Decatur & Western, returned yester-
day from his two weeks vacation.
The last days shipment of grain from
points on the Indiana. Decatur a Western
have set in briskly, reaching seventy TO sew
enry-fve cars per day, chiefly corn and
oats.
The Southern Indiana is preparing to
build 30 new coal cars in its shops. utiliZ-
ing in their construction the new draught
gearing recently patented by H. Lewis, the
master car builder.
General Manager Peck, of the Pennsyl-
vania lines west, and D.. T. McCabe, freight
traffic manager, have been spending a
couple OF days on the Pittsburg, Fort
wayne * Chicago division.
Like the roadbed of the Southern Indiana.
all buildings are Of the most substantial
character. The freight and passenger sta
tons at Seymour and the roundhouse will
be constructed Of Bedford stone.
What will be an exclusively freight line
Is e be built by the Michigan Central be-
tween Niles and Buchanan. Mich. via what
is known as the st. Joseph River route,
the object being TO avoid a steep grade.
The Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton and
the pennsylvania lines north are having
the heaviest run Of travel to Michigan
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and find difficulty in furnishing sleeping
car Accommodations.
As a matter of self-protection against
inroads on business of the Lake Shore bv
the Wabash. the former will build an ex-
tension of its Fsyette branch west to But
Ter. where IT will connect with the Air line
divisions of the Lake Shore.
The law passed by the New York state
Legislature last winter forbidding traffic in
railroad tickets by others than authorized
a5e e. 81 1ai nS companies was declared
vision of the state Supreme Court.
The Toledo Blade says that, sealed. signed
and approved in the safe OF the Wabash
Railroad Company's office at ST. Louis. is a
contract for the transportation of 1000. coo
tons of iron and steel products annually as
soon as their line into Pittsburg is opened.
On Sunday the j. N. Guffey division. No.
80. OF the brotherhood of Locomotive En-
gineers, was instituted at GreensDurg. Pa.
The organization makes six divisions now
in existence on the Pittsburg division of tha
Pennsylvania Railroad. The divisiion 81 a
out with a membership OF thirty-four.
1t has leaked out that at the meeting of
the Ohio Coal Traffic Association in De-
troit a few days ago a decision was ar
rived at to advance the rate on coal to the
Michigan line 10 cents on the ton on the
basis of the movement from the mines to
Toledo. This advance does not go into eff
feet until fall.
An impression prevails hat Chief Rainier
will promote +. J. Barr travelling inspector
the Indianapolis district of the highway and
Inspection bureau. as Mr.. m SnCCaS-
sor. as on like occasions vacancies caused
by resignation or death have been filled by
organization and well-informed regarding
its necessities.
In some quarters fears are expressed that
the extension of the Wabash into Pittsburg
may lead TO a rate war with the powerful
Pennsylvania interests. and should the
Pennsylvania pursue a hostile policy and
the Wabash enter into combination with
other lines in the establishment OF "A route
to the Atlantic seaboard it might possibly
result in a rate war affecting all the trunk
lines.
American Locomotive Company. represent
ing the Brooks locomotive works, was in
the city yesterday in conference with j. y.
Barnard, general manager of the Peoria *
Eastern. concerning the construction of the
ten consolidated engines which are under
contract TO be delivered in December. They
are practically the same type as were built
for the Big Four recently.
a Toledo paper says that the Pennsyl-
vania will build a union passenger station
az that city covering the block between
Jefferson and Monroe street. and that the
station will be used by nearly every north
ern line entering the city and perhaps by
the Toledo. ST. Louis x Western. AS
planned, IL will be one OF the largest and
finest passenger stations in Ohio. and spe-
cial provision will be made 10 handle the
lake passenger traffic.
The promoters OF the Wabash Railroad
Company have purchased a site at the cor
ner or Fourth avenue and Cherry street. at
Pittsburs. and engineers are at work out
lining plans for a terminal passenger and
freight station. \ passenger station TO cost
s.Oo.G0 is contemplated. The m
on corporations IL expected 10 act favor
ably on the ordinance giving certain streets
In the city. and as soon as this is passed
the Wabash Company will announce more
definitely Its plans for terminals.
Fast freight line officials. who have ex-
perienced so much trouble In securing room
for export business, and have had TO submit
to any rates that the ocean steamship COM
panies saw mt 10 demand. will be pleased
TO learn that twenty-cight ocean steamships
are now In process or construction for the
companies operating lines between New
York and foreign SeapOrts. and these are