The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-31

become effective Nov l. and the five
Gently absorbed lines in Ohio and Pennsyl-
vania will become divisions under the CEN
trail management
This week forty-three passenger and
! freight officials Of the Chicago Alton
have been going over the system acquaint-
ing themselves with the situation at d.
vision points and terminals and securing
| information as TO connections
c. A. Garcelon, who on Nov l Will be-
come general manager of the operating de-
partment of the Pullman Company, was
Tor years Pullman conductor On Nov. l
a new system OF operation of sleeping and
dining car service becomes effective.
1t was announced last night that the new
division of the Wabash Railroad, between
| Toledo and Chicago, will be open on Nov
with a schedule of three trains each way
| daily. Trains into Cleveland over the Wa
bash, 1t is expected Will be run few days
! later.
a track expert who on Monday rode over
the western division of the Peoria * East
ern expressed surprise at the excellent con-
dition of the road especially between
| which Is "A piece of track and roadbed of
| the highest standard.
The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy will
| issue an order requiring heavy freight
| trains to stop only at important stations
At present these trains stop to pick up
| stock or other freights carried on fast
/ freight trains Hereafter q special fast
/ train will do this work
| The understanding in railroad circles is
| that the Chicago Rock Island & Pacific
next season VIII announce the same eX-
! traordinary low excursion rates from East
/ ern 10 colorado and Utah points as the
| past season. The Rock Island is in a posi-
| ton TO propose and carry out low excursion
/ rates
! Beginning on Sunday. the Lake Shore
| will put on a new fast train for Cleveland
| passengers to New York and Boston. The
! train will be known the New York and
| Cleveland special, and will leave Cleveland
! AasT1x of al n
/ the next morning at o'clock and in Boston
| at % a. m.
| The Cincinnati Hamilton e Dayton has
| increased its order with the Barney-Smith
! car works at Dayton from $50 TO 500 cars.
! the last go being for service on the lndi-
| ana, Decatur * Western, which greatly
needs cars. Next month the American Car
! and FOUNDRY Company VIII also begin the
! delivery of 80 new cars to the Cincinnati,
! hamilton * Dayton.
Passenger earnings of the Lake Erie &
! Western in the year ending Dec. 81, 1900,
were $4,000 in excess of any former year
! in the roads history, and this year an IN
| crease of at least $225.0CO will be shown
| over 1900. General Passenger Agent DAILY
states that very satisfactory results have
| been realized from their Sunday excursion
| business. which will close with Sunday
| next.
The Wabash is withdrawing all of its
! best agents the Eel River now the Lo-
| gansport q ToIedo road, of which the latter
| will take full control on Nov. 10. IneSt
agents are transferred TO new SIdllOlls
| opened on the new ToledO-Chicago cut-of1
| and most of the trainmen who have been
| employed on the Eel River road will con-
tinue in the employ of the Wabash on other
| divisions
| George w. Kittredge, chief engineer oil
| the Big Four lines, was in the city yester-
day. He states that the Big -Four enters
| the winter in excellent physical CONDITION
| The past season $4,000 tons of new steel ran
| weighing eighty pounds to the yard, were
| laid, 10000 new ties placed under the track
and considerable work done in reballastlng
with gravel and broken stone. The Bee
line track between Cleveland and Belle
! fontaine is now double with the exception
| OF forty miles, and much has been done III
| strengthening bridges for the heavier loco
| motives.
| A bill was filed in the United States Cir
| cunt Court at Springfield. Ill, yesterday 10y
| the Central Trust Company, of New YORK
| and James Cheney, of indiana, against the
| Champaign & Eastern Railway Company
to foreclose a mortgage given March l, 1881
| to secure an issue of $4,000 in bonds, ano
| also covering a general bond issue OF the
| Wabash, st. Louis & Pacific Railroad OF
| June l. 1880, on which principal and interest
| has been defauted. and for the sale of the
| road and for an injunction restraining the
| owners from selling or otherwise disposins
| of the property.