The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-30

track will extend from the Dearborn-street
station TO Seventy-hfth street crossing.
There will be. within that distance. ninety
miles or track 10 elevate fourteen Ieet.
rive roads run passenger trains into the
Dearborn Station.
The American Car and Foundry Com
pany is building $50 cars for the Lake Erie
q western. and the same company Is build
ing 100 box cars for the Pennsylvania INES
west. The Pressed Steel Car Company Is
building l,250 cars for the latter company
for its Western lines.
4 preliminary statement Of the Santa Fe
earnings for the year ending June 81 SHOWS
the gross earnings for the year were the
largest in the c~Ompany's history C5i,44,-
-; an INCREASE over the preceding year OF
s1o5o.o5s: The income from operations was
S20.l1 AS, an increase OF S,Ns.14O-
The item in yesterdays Journal regard
Ing changes with the American Express
Company should have read r. T. travis,
as general agent. and ]. f. Casey takes the
position Of private secretary 10 r. {. Far
go. superintendent OF this division.
Three of the highest officials at Union
Pacific headquarters Yesterday denied the
report that The legal departments OF the
Union Pacific and the Southern Pacific
railroads are TO be consolidated, With eX-
United States Senator John NJ. Thurston
as chief counsel and Jefferson Chandler, of
Washington, as assistant.
President L. F.. Loree. General Manager
Potter and other officials of the Baltimore
~ I'LL 1dAlIOd let pQlllillOlt NtSNtt-
day for a third inspection trip over the
road. The present journey will cover the
lines in West Virginia and the Cleveland,
Lorraine & Wheeling Railroad. which was
purchased early this year.
W. Fl. Mills. land agent for the Southern
Pacihc. has rendered his resignation and
the land offices of this road and the Union
Pacific will be consolidated. with head
quarters at Omaha. Mr.. Mills's work as
press agent has already been taken from
him and assigned 10 the manager of pas
senger traffic. +. O.. Mccormick.
1t is announced with good Ithority that
work Will be commenced In December on
the Chicago. Rock Island & Pacihc's ex-
tension from FL Paso TO the Pacific coast.
This new extension will not only share in
the Southern Pacifc's California business.
but will intercept the northern shipping
from northern Sonora and Chihuahua, Mex
leo.
The official Railway Guide of July, in the
official roster of the Baltimore & Ohio,
makes G. l.. Potter. general manager; Ar
thur Hale, l.. G. Haas. J. It. Leavy and L.
j. Foley are given the title OF assistant
general managers. all to have their head
quarters at Baltimore. This is the first au-
tnoritatlVe statement OF the of1cial roster
as TO general managership of the property.
The L~ackawanna has created an indus
trial department and placed it in charge of
William ID. Hunter, who has just issued a
Soo-page book under the caption Indus
every town on the line. its railroad facili-
ties. its leading shipments. rate of taxa
ton and other items of interest which a
person would desire to know If intending
TO locate on that road.
William Garstang. superintendent OF mo-
tive power of the Big Four, yesterday re-
ceived notice that the Barney-Smith Com
pany, OF Dayton, o., would, to-day and to-
morrow, deliver five of the new vestibuled
coaches and the other thirteen on the con-
tract for eighteen will be delivered within
the first fifteen days of August. This COM
pany Is also now building two fine parlor
cars for the Big Four.
The ticket s~calpers in Buffalo. says one
OF the Buffalo papers. will have to
strengthen their rear defenses IL they hope
TO hold their ground. This rear attack is
In the form of an application for an injunc-
ton against ticket s~calping in Buffalo.
When the bill OF complaint was filed with
the clerk Of the court on Saturday ii was
accompanied by a 5000 bond. Judge Hazel
accepted the bond and stated that he would
pass on the application for a temporary
injunction In a few days.
There is excellent authority for stating
that the report that j. NJ. Gill. general
superintendent of the Chesapeake & Ohio.
Is TO leave the road is not correct. He
offered his resignation. but IL was not ac-
cepted. President Stevens gave him sew
eral months leave Of absence with the
privilege of returning whenever he de-
sired to. Meantime George W. Lewis. SUI
perintendent OF the Kentucky division. Will
look after Mr., Gills duties, while j. w.
Haines. superintendent of terminals at
Cincinnati, Will look after the kentucky
division.
The Pittsburg Post is doing a good deal
Of boasting over the new Union Station
now building by the Pennsylvania at that
city. II says st. Louis, Chicago, Cincin-
natl, Boston and Philadelphia travellers
who had occasion to stop over there admit
that Pittsburg Will have one OF the most
magnificent stations In the world. The
Broad-street station at Philadelphia and
the great Union Station at st. Louis will
not be In a position 10 be compared with
the new Pittsburg station. In this connec-
ton II Is not out Of place to state that the
nrst union station I'm the United States
was built at indianapolis. and that when
the present Union Station was built. thir-
teen years ago. IL was the finest and most
c0mmodiOus In the United States. Stations
bullt since have been enlargements on the
present Union Station IL Inadequate 10
handle the business at this point. il will
nave TO be enlarged To meet requirements.