The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-31

passenger department. has, through clever
deals IN the stock market. cleared 10000.
ana is said to have other financial invest
ments which may yield good results.
Saxby's Travellers Magazine for August
Is received, and is an Interesting n1moeI'
containing photographs OF D b Martin
passenger traffic manager of the b. * o..
Warren j. Lynch. general passenger agent
OF the Big -Four, and other notable railroad
men.
II is stated that the Pennsylvania line
between Louisville and Chicago mas IN
creased its business the last few months 10
nearer an earning paying basis than ever
before, and should there be a dehcit TINS
and 1900.
The Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton's
handsome, complete passenger train leaves
Cincinnati every Friday at p. m, arrlv-
Ing at Mackinac at the next morning.
y. G.. Edwards, passenger traffic manager,
is much gratiied with the results OF TINS
experiment.
While the placing of Edgar Yam Etten
In charge of the Boston q Albany was
quite a surprise, IL is believed that the
Nanderbilts have put him there for a spe-
cine purpose. He Is expected 10 complete
~ reorganize the property ana increase us
earning power.
The Wabash Bridge and Iron Company
has secured a big bridge contract. the order
coming from the Big Four Railroad. The
company will remove the old trestle across
White river, at Anderson, erected twenty
fye years ago. and will replace II WITH a
HoDfHfN SltCl structure. Tic lOtaA 0AA1o
works getting the order.
With only one man. f. F. Mckay, city
editor of the Colorado Springs Gazette. on
board, a train on the Pixies Peak cog road
was turned loose yesterday near the top
OF the Peak 10 test the automatic brake.
A speed OF twenty-five miles an hour was
quickly reached, at which the brake worked
automatically and stopped the train. "A
large number of people witnessed the test.
The August number of Saxby's Travel.
eTs Magazine says il is said by personal
friends of President Cassatt, OF the Penn-
SylYanla, that he Is anxious 10 retfe from
active business. now that ne mas per-
fected his community of interest plan by
securing for his company the control OF the
Baltimore q Ohio, the Chesapeake q Ohio
and the Norfolk d Western. the soft coal
carriers To the seaboard. The impression
prevails that whenever Mr. Cass3tt re-
tires his successor will be selected from
the Western system.
A railway official who has recently made
a trip over the Lake Erie * Western says
he was impressed with the extensive I'M
proVements IN progress. even between Peru
and Michigan City. which has been the
most neglected portion of the Lake Erie
q Western system. The line is being re-
laid with heavier steel rails, and within
the next twelve months the main line will
compare favorably with that of the Lake
Shore. Everything is being done i'm such
a substantial manner as to indicate that 1t
is expected to run heavy v~estibuled trains
over the road at high speed.
The New York Mail and Express said
AoSb tNtillk. mere nave DfcU StNtid oil
conferences during the last three weeks be-
tween representatives of the Pennsylvania
and Gould interests which may result in
some disposition Of the new Wabash line
into Pittsburg and possibly the establish
ment OF a close working agreement be-
tween the several systems involved. In this
event, probably the rival road will not be
built. 1t is assumed that under the ar
rangement the Missouri Pacific would have
a suitable traffic arrangement for using
the Pennsylvania system as an Eastern
outlet"
From the first day that President Trues-
dale and his associates took control of the
Lackawanna there was a determined effort
on the part of those who were connected
the employees as well. If reports are true,
TO make II unpleasant for the new man.
agement and many undetermined schemes
were resOrted to TO injure the business of
the road; but despite all this. traffic has
increased on that line and Unprecedented
earnings are shown, especially i'm he pas
senser department. OF which Wilbur Lee,
formerly general passenger agent of the
Lake Erie x Western. is the manager. and
the stock Of the Lackawanna is selling at
from sos 10 SOS per share.
If the horizontal cut which will be made
In passenger rates on Aug. l between Chi
caso. Wisconsin and upper Michigan re-
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul and the
Wisconsin Central does not lead to a pas
senger rate war il will be a surprise. The
action is taken. it is stated by these lines.
to counterfeit so far as possible the flow
of travel TO the Rocky mountain districts
and the East by reason of the low fares
which prevail in those territories. The cut
in many instances will be as deep as 80 per
cent. 1t is thought now TO be too late to
turn the present tide of travel from the
points it is seeking, as on such routes re-
markably low rates prevail. especially TO
Colorado, Utah and Pacific coast points.
The Pan-American exposition also has
something to do with the matter. a gen.
eral passenger agent says the Atlantic City
excursions this year have been poorly
patroniZed.