The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-03-01

practical railroading in the employ Of the
company and Is frequently called 10 deliver
lectures before railroad branches OF the
\. NJ. G. a.
The Lake Shore has placed an order with
the Brooks locomotive works for ffty-one
big locomotives. eleven OF which VIII be
the largest passenger engines In service.
They will each weigh 10000 pounds and
have driving wheels eighty inches In diane
ter and cylinders 20i5x2S inches. The
freight engines will be OF similar type. save
that the drivers Will be but ~sixty-three
Inches In diameter.
Chief Engineer Brown has made public
his report on the mileage OF the Pennsyi-
vania Railroad Company for the year end
ing Dec. 81. The total mileage OF the COM
pany Is 10. ti3. 5.7SS.7S miles east of P%ittsburg
and Erie and 4.654.M west OF Pittsburg. The
Pennsylvania system comprises a total
tEackage Of Is. e02.7 - miles. During the year
there was an increase OF S2 miles OF new
track on lines east of Pittsburg.
Engineer Duane. of the st. Louis division
OF the Big Four. IS credited with making
the fastest run on Monday ever made on
the west end OF the road with n heavy ex-
press train. The train left Nation forty
three minutes late and reached st. Loui
on its schedule time. the 1856 miles being
covered I'm two hours and forty-siX min
utes, the time used I'm making Ave stops TO
be deducted. which would cut the actual
time down 20 two hours and thirty min
utes.
w. j. Lynch. passenger traffic manager
OF the Big Four lines, has made a sugges-
ton as 20 selling dates OF excursion tickets
10 the Pan-American exposition. at Buffalo.
which Is likely TO be ratified by the MEM
bers OF the Central Passenger Association.
be good on each Tuesday in May, good TO
return on Friday. He also suggests that
for coach excursions a rate Of l cent a
mile be named on each Thursday I'm May,
good returning on Saturday. The roads are
now voting on such a proposition by mail.
The directors of the Chicago, Milwaukee
d ST. Paul Railroad yesterday recon-
mended an increase OF 10 per cent. In the
capital stock Of the company, to provide
100000 10 pay for the Kansas City "cut
on and reimburse the company's treasury
for $,522,5 $50 capital expenditures. The pro-
posed issue will be entirely in common
stock. amounting to SS.153 shares. Both
common and preferred stockholders Of rec
ord of March II. can subscribe to the new
stock at par, but holders OF the various
bond issues which are convertible into pre-
ferred stock, are debarred from the priv
ilege.
George Stevens. president OF the Chesa-
peake a Ohio, who for years was on the
Wabash lines. says regarding the Chesa-
peake Il Ohio that its gross earnings the
nrst SIX months of Its present fiscal year
were 100000 I'm excess OF those of the
same period last year, and for the year
the Increase VIII reach, gross, $2,Oo0,OOO
and the net earnings will increase $l,aO,0VO
Between Crews, w. Va, and Norfolk llO
of the 100 miles Is double track. and I'm time
the entire road will be so improved except
the Louisville and Ashland division, which
IL would hardly pay to double track.
The Norfolk a. Western Railway Com
pany has executed 20 the Mercantile Trust
Company, of New York, trustee OF It's first
consolidated mortgage, "A supplemental
deed under which the railway company
forever valves It's right TO Issue $500, on
of prior lien mortgage bonds which were
reserved I'm the original mortgage. The
management also has I'm contemplation the
extension Of the lien OF It's first CONSOLE
dated mortgage over the Cincinnati, Ports
mouth a Virginia Railroad. belt line aud
branches. a~ggrcgnting about $50 miles. re-
Gently acquired by the purchase OF the en-
tire capital stock OF the Cincinnati, Ports
mouth 4 Virginia Railroad Company. No
tice for the redemption OF the 5 per cent.
first mortgage bonds OF the latter company
has been givcn.