The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-18

of free passes in the East is about ended.
The West is young yet and the roads are
not bound together as strongly as they are
In the East"
Samuel Z. Rauh. president of the Union
Stockyards and Belt Railroad Company,
went to Terre Haute 10 attend the flu
neral of ID. w. Minshall. which occurred
in that city yesterday at 100 p. m. The
deceased was one of the largest holders
of stock in that company and had much TO
do with its formation.
The passenger department of the Chicago
& Northwestern has prepared a new rail-
way map of the United States. 1t embraces
not only United States territory on this
continent, but also the new ACQUISITIONS,
including Porto Rico, Hawaii and the Phil
ippine Islands. IL is said 10 be the most
complete railroad map yet issued.
Changes i'm the official freight classical
ton affecting several hundred articles be-
come effective Jan. 1. Most OF the changes
specifications as 10 how the merchandise
shall be packed. etc. of changes in the
minimum carload weights and OF the ap-
piicatiOn OF new rules. the aim being to
secure a larger revenue on such ship
ments.
The board of managers of the Union Rail-
way Company held its regular monthly
perintendent of the indianapolis d Vim
I cennes. acting as chairman. But little i'm
pOrtant business was transacted. An order
was given Superintendent Zion TO purchase
two hundred tons of new steel rails eighty
five pounds to the yard. The question of
aiding in the establishing of a new Young
Mems Christian Association railroad
branch was, after some discussion, laid
over until the next meeting.
A. /. Bonnell, car distributor of the Big
Four and assistant car service superln-
tendent of that line, said yesterday that
he had never known such a demand for
cars as now. Usually the glass works III
the gas belt territory do not call for cars
TO any great extent until February or
March, but this year they are calling for
hundreds of cars in which to ship fruit
jars and glassware, some of ii going long
distances, and the manufacturers of agr1-
cultural implements in Ohio at different
points are already calling loudly for cars.
and IL seems impossible to meet the de-
mand from day to day for general business.
If the company had plenty of cars 1t could
for the next three months load 1000 cars
per day. 1t is now loading $500 to $50 a
day.
An Eastern financial paper says, while
1t has no hostile spirit toward the Penn
Sylvania Company, the candid critic must
point out that the company seems to be
taking a great many burdens on it's Shout
ders. 1t cites the fact that within the last
two years 1T has purchased at high prices
~SSo,VOO,OOO OF the common and preferred
stock of the Baltimore q Ohio. 81. 500, 900
of the Chesapeake & Ohio, $36,OOO,GO OF
the Norfolk q Western, SO, 600 of the
Long Island. $4,000 o of the Western New
York * Pennsylvania and $3,OOO,OOO OF the
Erie & Western Transportation Company,
ana III ADDITION mas spent pfOulSlOuS SUMS
in obtaining control of the great steel COM
panies in Pennsylvania, has purchased the
Pocahontas mines through the Norfolk *
Western Railroad for some numbered
millions, and made contracts for new loco
motives, cars and bridges costing over $780,
OOO. 900.
Details Of the organization Of the new
Omaha-Emporia road were made public
yesterday. P. NJ. Nevins, representing the
packing house interests of st. Louis, is
negotiating the deal. Edward A. Cudahy,
of the Cudahy Packing Company, j. l..
Woodwork, a capitalist, and William A.
Paxton. for the Omaha Union Stockyards
Company. have signed for blocks of stock
in the projected road and will probably be
OIficers in the new company. Mr.. Paxton
has gone to Chicago to confer with the
Armour interests. which are also identified
with the line. Mr.. Nevins says the object
of the new road is to furnish a southern
outlet for the packing house products of
the Missouri valley. With the Missouri.
Kansas & Texas it will form an indie
pendent line to the South. thus relieving
the packing interests from the combina-
ton rates on their products destined for
export by way of the Eastern seaboard.
1t will also cut the mileage from 1900 TO 800
miles.