The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-30


lines will be inspected. as now planned.
the last week of October.
The railroad branch of the Young Mems
Christian Association OF Kansas City on
Thursday celebrated the twenty-hfth ami
versary of its establishment with appro-
pirate exercises. CT. H. WinslOw was re-
elected general secretary.
The Lake Shore people. who will to-mor-
row take control OF the Dunkirk Allegheny
& P%ittsburg. announce that superintendent
Bartlett, OF that road, will be retained in
office, as his service has been characterized
by faithfulness and efficiency.
r. w. Stimson. city freight agent of the
Big Four. has resigned, and with his wife
has arranged to join the Claypool party in
a trip around the world. G. r. Cost sue
ceeds Mr.. Stimson as city freight agent,
and r. NJ. jerks takes his place as rate
clerk.
Work is being pushed on the Kansas
City cutoff of the Chicago. Milwaukee q
St. Paul between Muscatine and Ottumwa,
and il is expected the line will be in oper-
alton by Jan. L. This will give the COM
pany a short line between Chicago and
Kansas City.
The Pennsylvania Company for two
years past has been purchasing floating
stock OF the Terre Haute & indianapolis
Vandalia), until IL now owns. II is stated,
at least 40 per cent. The other 30 per cent.
Is held largely by friends of the Pennsyl-
Vania interests.
The weather since March ! has been high
ly favorable for grading and ~track-laying.
and the railroad companies have taken adj
vantage of IT. Numerous extensions have
been constructed. a considerable mileage
or second track laid and many new long
passing sidings put in.
f. ". Everett. trainmaster on the west
ern division of the West Shore road. has
been appointed chief trainmaster of the
New York Central. Mr. Everett entered
the service of the West Shore in 1884. was
appointed chief train dispatcher in 1889 and
became in 1880.
The summer excursion business is prac-
ticaIly ended. 1t has been one OF the most
profitable seasons In the history of Indian
apolis lines. Passenger officials now an
tlcipate a large regular travel until after
the holidays. People, they say, are making
inquiries as to rates and routes.
The new passenger engines OF the At
lantic type which the Vandalia has pur-
chased will have eighty-inch driving
wheels, carry 220 pounds steam pressure
and embrace some new ideas of w. c. Arp,
superintendent of motive power of the Van
dalia. which it is thought will prove of
value.
One of the Lake Shores Atlantic type of
engines a week ago yesterday, on a test
or the New York Central from Albany 10
Syracuse. ran 149 miles i'm two hours and
forty-four minutes, and made the run from
Utica, hfty-three miles, in f1fty-four min
utes. The train consisted of seven Pull
man cars.
The Wabash is putting in use at the large
towns along its line at street crossings
what is known as the kansas City alarm
00AA" Lht III aACO 0o1S II 4oANC SotNA
sively. The bells are located at crossings
with attachments running along the track
in both directions, and as a train APP
proaches quite a distance out the engine
wheels strike a button which sets the bells
ringing until the entire train passes.
1t is said to be no longer a secret that
the Wabash and the Missouri, Kansas &
Texas have deals in operation with outside
immigrant agents, and IL has been decided
by competitors to meet the rates of COM
mission, inaugurating a commission rate
| war The OnIniOn DrPVaiS in Messenger
circles that it will not he long before COM
missions are paid on other classes of bust
ing itself.
The first of the new Glass E-2 type OF
passenger engine the Pennsylvania Com
pany is having built for its lines west OF
Pittsburg arrived in Fort Wayne on Sat
urday. Its driving wheels are eighty
inches in diameter, it's steam pressure pc
pounds. cylinders 1s12x26 inches, and 1T is
expected TO haul eight and ten-car trains
over the lines west at a speed Of sixty
miles an hour without reaching its limit
OF power or speed.
III. G. Townsend, general passenger agent
Of the Missouri Pacific. has created sur
prise in passenger circles by advocating
the indiscriminate use of party rate tickets
and he announces that party rates will be
applicable all over the Missouri Pacific and
Iron Mountain lines for any party of ten
travelling on a block ticket. With Western
Passenger Association lines this rate is
supposed to apply only TO theatrical parties
1t is feared the announcement will demon
alize rates TO a certain extent.
James McCrea first vice president OF the
Pennsylvania Company, has issued a spe
cial report of the operations of the Cleve
land. Akron & Columbus road up to June
30. Hereafter the year will end Dec. 81
as with all Pennsylvania lines. Operation:
for the year ended June so show a surplus
net. of 1891, after paying interest or
bonds and other charges, including S+0,5S
for permanent improvements. A 2 pc
cent. annual dividend has been declared
When the Pennsylvania Company tool
control of the property. fourteen month,
ago. electing John r. Miller vice presiden'
and general manager. it had not paid
dividend for years and was barely earning
operating expenses.
OF all the manifold details that entered
into the ceremonies incident to the obse
quies of the late President Mckinley non,
was more successfully carried out than tn,
transportation arrangements made by TIL
Pennsylvania Company. Assembling an'
equipping four trains with appropriate car,
of the highest grade, and on short notice
was no easy task. and running the trains
through to destination on special schedul,
time was no small undertaking. Elmer
gencies like this are met by this grea
corporation with so much ease that on,
naturally oterlooks the vast amount o
detail work. care and forethought neces
sary. Ii was a great tribute TO the Penn
sylvania Railroad that 1t could make 81
ready and so complete a response TO a cal
of so much Importance.