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

present year as his position will call him
at Buffalo frequently.
People are returning from Eastern pleas
ure resorts In so large numbers that the
railways are troubled for room TO carry
their baggage. and often the Pennsylvania
and the Big Four arc Obliged to put on an
other baggage. car, which they dislike 10
10, as most OF the trains are hauling one
business.
with its more prosperous conditions the
Philadelphia & Reading is demolishing a
number Of It's old depots and erecting mod
ern ones. An artistic station costing Sloo'-
VO mas just been completed al wayne
Junction Junction. and at nine other points n new y
credit TO the company, Harrisburg being
included.
Traffic over the ST. Louis division of the
Big Four Is becoming so heavy that a
double track. indianapolis TO St. Louis,
would be of great advantage. Chief Engl,
neer kittredge says II not double tracked
in as passing points. Big freight engine
are hauling forty TO forty-five loaced cars
over the line.
James j. Hill. president of the Great
Northern, who has been in the East Tor d
month or more on Saturday returned TO his
headquarters at ST Paul. For years the
personal characteristic Of Mr.. Hill was his
long hair, his black locks reaching well
down to his shoulders. He can no longer
be identified that way. as he now wears
his hair closely cropped
Since Sept. l the Pennsylvania has con-
tracted with the Baldwin locomotive works
for forty new heavy freight engines
! designed for fast freight service. The com
pany now has under course Of construction
Several fast express engines are building
at Altoona for the Panhandle and the
Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago lines.
Most of the steel rails required TO build
Indiana, Decatur & Western are on the
ground, and most Of the grading is com
pleted. The new road runs through a rich
farming country that has been ten 10
twenty miles from a railroad, and IL Is
stated that as a result of its construction
seven new towns will be located. 1t will
given new life TO three towns already
built but without railroad facilities.
On Tuesday it will be better known what
there Is in the talk of a consolidation OF the
| Hooking Valley and the Toledo az Ohio
Central lines. That they TO be operated
more closely is generally understood. y
5. Corners, formerly with the Cincinnati.
Hamilton q indianapolis. will be made gen
thought that Hudson Fitch. general freight
agent of the Toledo & Ohio Central will
act in that capacity for the more closely
allied lines.
President Jeffreys, of the Denver & Rio
Grande. has issued his annual statement.
Receipts from traffic were again gratifying
and yielded a marked increase compared
with the previous year. Freight revenues
were sS.4SS, "a, against 1851, 643-23. and
passenger. s2,O66, 22SS9 against H,H6, 1881.
Inc CROWN OF business neceSS1tdteu the
purchase Of fifteen powerful standard
gauge freight locomotives, eight passenger
cars. six mail and baggage cars and one
dining car, the aggregate cost of which
was 1851. 076.9S, of which $685., 1858 was
charged direct to profit and loss The mo-
tive power was taxed to its capacity
throughout the year and farther additions
to it will be necessary If the present ac-
tivity in business continues.
The Pennsylvania Company securing
control of the Eel River road in the in
terest of the Vandalia one of the
shrewd strokes of the powers that control
the Pennsylvania. Some weeks ago an
article appeared in the Journal predicting
that would be the outcome for the Eel
River road. but at that time IL was spoken
of as being improbable by one of the at
torneys of the Pennsylvania interests Sc
curing the Eel River road greatly enhances
the value of the Terre Haute & Logans-
port division of the Vandalia. which of late
has been developed in a manner which
makes that division more than self-sus-
tanning. The new acquisition gives the
Nandalia a direct line from st. Louis to
Detroit, and quite direct to Toledo