The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-11

be expended i'm Improvements 10 the prop
erty. second track, etc.
The Chicago. Burlington & Quincy has
placed an order for 10000 japanese fans.
The advertising matter TO be used on the
fans shipped 70 Japan on Monday
The fans, delivered in this country, cost
the company III cents each.
Within a few days the new steel bridge
over Deer creek on the indianapolis divis-
ion OF the Monon, will be completed. when
every stream on the indianapolis division
structure and every small waterway with
stone arches.
SUPERINTENDENT Kohl. of the Big Four
dining service, in the city yes
terday. He mentioned as an evidence Of
the prosperous times that the dining cars
in service on the Big Four system in
August supplied 5,203 more passengers than
in August. 1900. and September promises
an even larger increase.
At Spencer, on the Indianapolis & Vim
cennes road, twenty cars of broken stone
are loaded daily for distribution on the
line where the public highways are being
improved. \ larger mileage will be so i'm
proved than in any former year. The In
dianapOlis q Vincennes company hauls the
material at actual cost of transportation.
The Big Four has had a force of sixty
section men engaged at Wabash the past
few days tearing up the tracks In the yards
there, and changing them preparatory to
building the new depot. Cars from the
south are now forced to back into the yard
The cost of changing the tracks and yards
will be about $4,000
]. b. Hill, general freight agent of the
Pennsylvania lines west. is making a trip
over the system. He spent Monday with
;. f. Gray, general Western freight agent,
going yesterday to Chicago. Mr.. Hill says
the 'companys business is Suaged by cars
and power 10 move ii and he sees no IN
dications of an early falling off in trafhc.
The Nandalia is enjoying a good business
at indianapolis In no former year has the
Illinois Central and the Evansville x Ierre
Haute turned over more fruits and Nege-
tables, the products being shipped from
longer distances than in former years. Al
local freight stations, in August, go more
loaded cars were handled than in August,
1900
Among others. the Lake Shore is at pres
ent heavy holder of stocks of the follow
ing companies: The Nickel-plate, the Big
Four and the Lake Erie * Western, and
its increase in "other incomes" than the
Lake Shore proper for tine year ended June
30 was Sl'4!6'SS5 This is the largest increase
road in many years
The New York Central will soon have
for considerable distance six track
road. At points on the line the company is
putting In long sidingS TO take care OF
slow freight trains. keeping them out of
the way of the fast freights. The business
or the road has so increased that frequent
~ freight trains have been given the priv
1lege of using one of the passenger tracks,
and this will be stopped
A member of the engineering corps of the
Panhandle says the Indianapolis division is
now in such good condition that more
money can be expended in improving other
divisions. 1t is stated that $,000,OOO will be
expended the coming year on the lines
west of Columbus. including the Vandalia.
The Eel River road will be another place
for large expenditures, which will be neces-
sary before the road is brought up to the
standard of Pennsylvania lines.
The board of directors of the Toledo &,
Ohio Central and the Kanawha & Michigan
railroads reorganiZed yesterday by elect
ing the following officers: Decatur AXtell,
chairman of the board n. Monserrat, pres
ident; Charles G.. Hickox, first vice presi-
dent; j. Nj. Ferris. second vice president
to the president; L. D. Kelley treasurer
and assistant secretary; j. Landgraf jr.,
auditor; Doyle az Lewis. general counsel.
The operating department will be CONSOLE
dated with the same department of the
Hooking Valley under NJ. S. Connors.