The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-04-27

Railway Company. is in Lebanon to-day,
attending the funeral OF his brother-in-law.
Gen. a. O. Miller.
The Pressed Steel Car directors have de-
clared the usual quarterly dividend of ia
per cent on the preferred and 1 per cent.
on the common stock
President Cassatt. of the Pennsylvania.
says the report that the semi-annual divi-
dend of that road is To be increased to )
per cent. is mere conjecture.
The indications are that next Tuesdays
excursion to California and far Western
points Will be the largest of any since the
low rates were announced
The fact that the Northern Pacific has
placed an order for $50 coal cars indicates
hat il intends TO develop its coal fields in
Montana and Washington, not only for its
own fuel supply, but for commercial pur-
poses also.
A large number OF passenger men are in
Buffalo studying the situation with respect
to the coming exposition travel. Among the
visitors are General Passenger Agents Rob
erts. of the Erie: Ford. of the Pennsyl-
vania, and Stone, Of the Louisville * Nash
vile.
The railway presidents will meet in New
York on the 9th of June, on the cal OF
President jeffrey, of the Denver * Hao
Grande, who is the chairman OF the conf
mittee. TIL meeting will discuss rates and
general conditions, the previously forinei
plans for maintaining rates having proved
a failure.
Suit has been instituted against the Chi
cage & by forty-four claim
ants, for an aggregate of $250.OJO damages,
alleged to have been sustained by the wreck
of the Saengcrfest excursion train at De
fire, Wis, on June "a. last year. All the
claimants. are residents of Oshkosh. Me-
nosha and Fond du Lac.
The Panhandle statement for March and
the first quarter shows that II the road
does no more than duplicate the perform
ance OF the first three months 1t VIII earn
3ls per cent. on its common stock. while "
in the coming nine months a proportionate
increase IN surplus is shown the earnings
will be equal 10 4A per cent.
c. II. Mitchell. city passenger agent OF
the Big Four at Chicago. is laid up with a
severe attack of rheumatism, being scarce
~ able to move a limb. MI. Bronson
returned from Chicago. reports that h
found the passenger force there badly
crippled. nearly every man being more OF
less severely i'll.
An order has been issued by the Bis
Four requiring all applicants for positions
I'm its service to undergo a thorough med.
iCal examination. Examinations are TO be
mado as to sight. hearing and condition
o. all the vital organs. Those receiving the
surgeons certificate of perfect physical con.
clifton will be placed on the waiting list
for future appointment
The of the American Railway
Association or standard boXcars recon-
trends that the standard be a car having
inside measurements as follows: Length. 5,
feet; width. 8 feet 6 inches; height, Z feel
6 inches; capacity, 2.295 cubic feet. The
committee hopes these recommendation.
hopes 10 have the report agreed TO at the
October meeting.
Speaking of the much-talked-of consoli-
dalton OF Southwestern roads into one sys-
tenn in the Gould interest. with a view 10
reaching the Pacific coast. Russell Sage
said, "A few days ago: The Missouri Pa
clfc is after connections TO the Pacific
coast, and it will get them. be assured of
that. These connections need not neces-
sarily be absorbed or purchased, but may
be made through business Affiliations"
Russell Sage says the Missouri Pacific
will have two outlets TO the Pacific coast.
One of these is via Union Pacific. in con-
nection with Denver & Rio Grande and Rio
Grande Western. and the other from FL
Paso. the western terminus of the Texas
or the Southern Pacific. Mr.. Sage says il
Is probable a line will be built from FL Paso
10 Santa Fe, connecting there with the
Denver & Rio Grande.
A St. Paul dispatch says that President
Marvin Hughitt and other officers of the
Chicago, St. Paul. Minneapolis & Omaha
were i'm consultation in that city over the
development of the Omaha system. In re-
gard to rumors of the consolidation of the
Omaha with the Chicago 81 Northwestern
President Hughitt said: You may say, au-
thoritatively, taking my word for it, that
there is nothing in the story. The subject
is not under contemplation"
Officials Of the Toledo, st. Louis & West
ern Railroad have issued a statement es-
timating gross earnings for the fiscal year
az 81. zoo. coo. which is S200,G0 i'm excess of the
original estimate. With this latest report
is n statement showing that fixed charges
on the S9.000.0 coo prior lien 3H per cent. bonds
will absorb $4,000. and on the 4 per cent.
$500. 900. a total of $4,000, leaving a balance
of S325 900 for the preferred stock. The COM
pany is reported to have under cOnsidera-
tion several important traffic contracts.
The Canadian Pacific is taking steps 70
reap what benefit ii may from the compe-
tition of the Transsiberian Railway 10
Nladivostock William Whyte. assistant to
the president, will soon start for a trip
over the Transsiberian I'm the interest of
his company. He will extend his trip to st.
Petersburg and make a thorough inSpec-
ton of the road and the trade conditions.
He will make note of the chances for sup
plying agricultural machinery and nipple
ments in the prairie country and of mining
machinery in the mountainous districts.
Northern Pacific will expend s4O0, 600 this
year in improvements of track and roadbeJ
in eastern Washington. The old fifty-six-
pound rail will be replaced with steel sew
enty-twO-pound rail, the rOadbed will be
widened. and steel truss bridges will re-
place the present wooden structures. The
road will also eXpend for equipment s.. $50
00O. This will embrace the cost of seventy
five. locomotives (already. contracted for
with the Schenectady works., sixty passen-
ger cars. 5000 freight cars. two large steam
shovels. two rapid ballast unloaders and six
complete wrecking outfits.
H. NJ. Bronson. assistant general passen-
ger agent of the Big Four. returned yester-
day from Peoria, whittier he went to attend
a meeting of passenger agents called for
the purpose Of forming a local passenger
agents association. Beyond deciding upon
the formation of such an association, an.
pointing committees to formulate bylaws,
rules. etc. and electing G.. w. Alexander,
ticket agent of the Big Four at Peoria, to
the temporary presidency. nothing of note
was done. The association to be formed
will have jurisdiction in a territory within
a distance Of about eighty miles In all d.
rections from Peoria.
The contracts for the extension of tho
Texas lines of the st. Louis e. San Fran
cisco system will be given out in a few
Yoakum The gap between Sherman and
Fort Worth. establishing direct connection
Will the r.cently-acquired Fort Worth &
Rio Grande line, will receive first attention,
The short-iine connection between the
Frisco and the Memphis line from Miami
l. T., will, likewise, be constructed at once
The Frisco system now operates over its
Indian Territory, Oklahoma and Texas in
the Southwest, and in Tennessee, MIssissip.
pi and Alabama in the Southeast, via Mem
phis. In Texas the Intention is to extend
the Frisco system in an AIRLINE from
Brownwood to the Rio Grande border
looking TO direct connections for the chief
cities in the republic of Mexico.
II is said a run from New York 10 Chi.
ago viii make n brand new train of car,
been in use for several years. The cinder,
from the smokestack cut into the paint AND
varnish like a sandblast. Two years aee
the Erie ordered two cOpper-sheathed car r.