The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-27

very careful about the rate named. lest
1t become a part of a constructive low
rate 10 Buffalo.
After some delay it is announced that the
roads doing business between Cleveland
and Columbus Will resume Sunday eXcur-
sions. The Pennsylvania will tomorrow
run the first one out of Cleveland and the
Big -Four out OF Columbus, after that, uhtl
further notice. the roads will alternate in
giving these excursions.
II. y. Miller, the veteran superintendent
Of the West Pennsylvania division Of the
pennsylvania, has been granted a furlough
OF several months 10 enable him TO obtain
a much-needed rest and recuperate his
H~utchingson, jr., one of Mr.. Miller's as
s~istants, will have charge OF his duties.
F. J. Barr yesterday assumes the duties
OF chief Inspector Of the Indianapolis local
bureau ana Other points That come unuer
the Indianapolis district. succeeding the
late j. y. Eckman. Mr.. Barr has been
with the bureau eleven years, ne was first
appointed inspector at Terre Haute. and
four years ago appointed travelling inspec-
tor.
A railroad official is so much impressed
with the heavy traffic the Pennsylvania
main line is doing that ne counted the
number of fTeights passed between Altoona
ard Philadelphia on his trip East, ana IN
the five hours and forty minutes required
to make the run between the points named
the train passed thirty-hve sections OF
freight trains.
The Central Passenger Association has
NELGu lndl lie DOdlS ~ Al6 oA tAN
lakes are paying commissions on passen-
gers, and the thing has gone so far that
the plan cannot be abandoned until the
close of the season, when there viii be a
reckoning, as IL Is contrary 10 the spirit
OF the agreement entered into between the
railway and lake lines.
One of the new engines of the Chicago,
Rock Island & Pacific road hauled the
Rocky Mountain limited. on Tuesday, log
miles In 10 minutes. one OF the notable
features Of the run was the averaging Of
W 1N0 NIIhnLF FnKFnI 80 Ih1
CINE is of the fast passenger type, with. a
single pair of drivers each side, and the
train consisted Of six cars.
Albert ingalls,. superintendent of the Big
Four's indianapolis and Cleveland divi-
siOns, is In the city comforting with Gen
eral Superintendent Van Ninkle and SUI
perintendent OF Motive Power GaTstang.
lie is short of power on both divisions.
superintendent ingalls, says mat on Aug. l
the company will open for traffic its sec
Ond track between Cleveland and Gallon,
so far as completed, giving forty miles OF
double track on the Cleveland end of the
line.
w. II. McDoel, president of the Monon.
and h. a Bancroft. general counsel; Jo-
seph Ramsey, president Of the Wabash
Colonel Blodgett, general counsel of he
Wabash; President Underwood and T.. i.
Thomas. of the Erie. President CARPENTER,
Of the Chicago * Eastern Illinois. and a
number of otner officials connected with
the Chicago * Western Indiana, who were
in Montreal on Thursday md yesterday
comforting as to the interests OF this joint
property, will return to-day.
Freight officials of the New York, New
Haven x Hartford, who have been in this
territory of late. looking after business,
say it is the intention of the company to
give more attention to through freight
traffic. Hitherto passenger traffic and local
freight have been built W and compare
lively little endeavOr made to handle
through export freight. The new traffic
management is of the opinion that consid-
cradle business of this character can be
carried to Boston. even through New York.
The Central Passenger Association has
made a sweeping rule that no railroad shall
maintain ticket Offices in its territory other
than on the line of its own road. This
shuts the Nickel-plate out of Findlay and
ranged with the street-car companies of
both places TO carry passengers. 1t also
shuts the c., I. * v. out of MaSsillOn,
where il did a large business, and under
the same rule the Baltimore & Ohio South
western will nave to abandon a unique
method of transporting passengers. name
~, In an old-fashioned omnibus, which trav-
eled over the hill to Chillicothe by way Of
ROCKVILLE.
A person riding over the Pennsylvania
main line is struck with the army of men
and costly machinery for making improve
week five new narrow-gauge engines We're
placed In service on one division of the
road, cutting down grades and utilizing the
narrow-gauge track on the side of the pres
ent main track. This month the company
has purchased four new steam ShoVelS and
six more have been ordered, and for the
rock excavation work alone more than 5000
pounds of dynamite is used every month.
The wonderful stone arch structure over
the SuSQuehanna river and the new line
of October, and at all points along the line
expensive work is being pushed.