The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-03

similar jurisdiction over the group OF roads
In the Chicago. Burlington x Quincy deal.
General Manager Bacon. of the Indiana
car service bureau. on Aug. i established
agents AT NOicottNille, the crossing OF the
wabash and the Grand Rapids * indiana,
and at kcndallVille, the crossing OF the
Lake Shore and Grand Rapids * Indiana.
Samuel b. Sweet, general freight agent or
the Lake Erie * Western, says wheat Is
beginning 10 move briskly. Along the me
100 20 l5 cars per day have been loaded,
some OF II going 70 Toledo. some 70 tos-
toria and some for export via Baltimore.
The Chicago. Milwaukee & 81. Paul has
purchased two parlor cars s~eNenty-lte Ieel
lohS OF q new model, the cnlcI tAlAs o.
which Is. in addition 70 the usuaI paIiot
seating thirty people. each ear has a large
observation room. a stateroom and a buffet.
l.. Il. Freeman. city passenger agent OF
the Pennsylvania lines. viii leave on Iues-
day for Yellowstone Park with a party OF
thlrty-three pleasure seekers III. fIeS-
man will take his wife with him. make IL
his vacation trip and be absent two weeks.
The Chicago x Northwestern Is making
a test Of sprinkling its tracks Tor ten mlles
with crude petroleum. should the expert
ment be satisfactory il IS the Intention OF
the company 10 sprinkle roadbeds OF that
system from Chicago TO ST PAU ana
Omaha.
George Rockwell. assistant general pas
senger agent OF the Pennsylvania lines at
Cincinnati. was in the city last evening en-
route TO Terre Haute 10 visit his mother.
his connection with the Pennsylvania lines
on Sept. l.
The gross earnings of the Chicago. Mil
waukee q 81. Paul for the year ending June
30 showed ar increase Of S4Si, 800, and de-
creased operating expenses of SAP, 3S3. The
net earnings show a greater Increase than
-or many years. and We're 1871 5i larger
than for 1870.
On Aug. l the new Western freight
classification went into effect. resulting In
nearly six hundred new ratings or changes
,.I a. The D aufn1Q~ Cnhadrfa hU tho ANaEf-
ern classification committee. The changes
had the effect Of advancing rates on GER
tain products.
A movement is or foot at many of the
cities and towns along the lines of railway
in northern Indiana to have postal sta
lions established at the railway stations.
Wabash and Goshen have such stations.
and they are becoming an indispensable
adjunct for local postofices.
Representatives Of the railway interests
met at Buffalo yesterday and took steps
United States, Canada and other countries
participating In the Pan-American Expo
sition for making the Railway day. Sept.
10, one OF the great days of the exposition.
Assistant Chief Engineer Cleveland, of
the Lake Erie * Western. said yesterday
that unless something comes up like labor
troubles. by Sept. l the companys trains
would be running over $50 miles of new
heavy steel rail and well-ballasted track
as a result of improvements 10 the main
line in the last few months.
At the weekly meeting of the executive
committee of the Southern Pacific Railway,
held on Thursday, the result of operations
for the complete fiscal year were cOnsid-
cred. and il was resolved that the needs
OF the property for repairs and mainte-
nance were such as to make a division of
surplus earnings inadvisable.
Frank Harriott. chairman of the New
York Grain Commission, has announced a
new schedule of railroad rates on grain
between Buffalo and New York. which will
he in effect until Sent and which shows
an advance of "a cent per buShel. The new
rates follow: Wheat, 3% cents; corn, 3a
cents; oats, pa cents, and barley, 81 cents.
The coming annual report of the Peoria
q Eastern, which will, With the Big Four's
annual report. be issued in September. will
show that the Peoria & Eastern on June
60, 1900. owed the c., c., G. & ST. l.. $685.
228.0l, and that during its last fiscal year
every dollar was paid and quite a little
surplus left after paying all fixed charges.
On Thursday afternoon Train is on the
Peoria q Eastern was hauled from Craw-
louisville TO indianapolis (forty-four miles,
in hfty-six minutes. making one stop for
water and slowing down In the city limits.
The train consisted of four cars, one a
sleeper. The conductors report showed
that in addition TO the local travel the train
on arriving at indianapolis had two pas
sengers for Cleveland, eight for Buffalo.
six for New York. two for Cincinnati and
one for Louisville.
The Union Pacific management has dis
covered a gold mine I'm a new road ballast
known as diSlntegrated granite. 1t comes
from the mountainside already prepared
and makes a dustless ballast. 1t settles
into a perfect roadbed within four weeks
and will Outlast more than three ines, il
is stated. any other ballast. AS fast as
possible every foot Of the Union Pacific
line will be ballasted with this material.
which is now in use on nearly 500 miles of
the line. A washout is impossible, as the
granite packs so tightly as TO become i'm
pervious to water. Expert engineers be-
ieve that this new ballast will become an
exceedingly important factor in the pro-
posed reduction Of time in transcontinental
travel. The supply is inexhaustible and i'm
time will be a source of great revenue TO
the road.
Col. William Elliott Barrows. president
of the Welsbach Company, died on Wednes-
day at his home In Haverford of Bright
disease. He was well known throughout
the country, having made an excellent war
record. and after being mustered out in
1865 he entered a machine shop at Lowell.
Mass, as an apprentice, receiving ~ cents
a day. He worked himself up till he be-
came mechanical engineer TO a large Pater-
son. n. j., manufacturing concern: later
he became president of the WiIliamsport
Linen Company, still later assistant TO the
president of the Pullman Palace Car Com
pany and finally manager of the corpora-
tons works at Chicago. He resigned this
position to go TO South Africa as United
States commissioner in the interest of the
New Orleans exposition. Returning he be
came vice president and general manager
of the Hinckley locomotive works. leav-
ing that company to accept the position he
held at the time of his death.