The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-10
THE VANDALIA INC0NTR0L
THE EEL RIVER ROAD NOW 4 FULL
PLEDGED PENNSYLVANIA LINE.
Charles VI. Hays Treated Handsomely
by the Southern Pacifc-The
Pennsylvania Inspection.


& Terre Haute roads headquarters al
Logansport promises we'll for that city, as
superintendent Hatch and his force OF
fourteen men will be transferred from Terre
Haute to Logansport and several passen-
ger and freight conductors Will remove
their headquarters TO that point. This, OF
course, is a result Of the acquisition OF the
Eel River road by the Vandalia, and
makes Logansport one of the principal CEN
ters of operation. The principal shops Oh the
line will be at Terre Haute. Three dlVl-
sions of the Pennsylvania line center al
~Logansport. and the shops there VIII DE
enlarged; additional ground has been Sc
cured at LOgansport for increasing the
yard capacity. and it is understood thai
the passenger depot will be remodeled and
that the upper story will be utilized as
division offices. The Vandalia will begin
operating the Eel River line partially to-
day. a number of men in the train service
have already been transferred TO Logans-
port. A. S. linn will be engineer in charge
of the work of practically rebuilding the
road between Logansport and chilli. M.
Williams, formerl in charge of the yard
improvements at Terre Haute, has beer
oHPOAhNC0 ouBNl litAClNutIlL - N"N 9C6eA
pert & Toledo division and will assume
his new position to-day.
The L., Id. * w. Annual Meeting.
The annual meeting of stockholders of the
Indiana, Decatur & Western road was
held in this city yesterday. The voting was
done by proxy, 91,52O shares being repre-
scented. III. +. Shoemaker. w. a. Reed ano
G. Macdonald, whose terms expired yes
terday, were reelected. The gross earn
ings for year ended June so showed an in
crease over the preceding year of SO, 725.21
or ass per cent. Operating expenses, In
Guiding taxes. increased s1S,656.7S or 80
per cent. The increase in expenditures was
wholly in maintenance of way. this charge
to the cost of the road being increased the
last year $50, $40 6. The manner the money
was expended is then given in detail. In
closing his report President WOodford says;
1T was decided to extend the main line
OF the L., ID. * W.. Railway about forty
miles from Decatur to Springfield, ILL.,, by
the purchase of the Springfield * Decatur
Railway now under construction between
these points, and to issue additional stock
of the company i'm part payment therefor,
and it was thought best to make one issue
sufficient to cover both requirements. The
Springfield and Decatur line is now rapid
ly progressing towards completion, and il
is hoped will be ready for traffic in No
veTnber 1t passes through a very produc-
tive region. for the most part without ade-
quate railroad facilities. and it is believed
VIII contribute as much per mile to the
local earnings of the road as any pOr-
ton of its line. A favorable arrangement
has been made with the Chicago & Alton
Railway for the use of its Springfield ter
minals. and it is expected that this and
other valuable connections to be made at
Springfield will materially increase the
traffic of the l.. ID. q w. Railway, and
increase its value TO the c., II. & d. Rail
way Company. The general condition of the
property has been greatly improved during
the year. and the work now In hand will
carry it fully UP to the requirements of the
increased traffic which the Springfield ex-
tension will bring 10 it,"