The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-01-23


the Illinois Central Railroad at Chicago
The Terre Haute car works yesterday
completed the contract TO furnish 500 new
box cars for the Illinois Central, and viii
now commence building 500 stock cars for
the Santa Fe. The company has contracts
on hand 10 keep il busy for several months
a commission of five 10 pass on the &c
signs and plans for the tunnel under the
Hudson river. the East river and New
York City has been appointed by the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company. and chief
gineers have also been selected 10 have
charge Of the work.
g. f. Bum, superintendent Of police of
the Baltimore & Ohio. is reorganizing the
force OF detectives on that line and adding
many new men. Mr.. Bum i an old Pink
erton man and organized the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company's force and brought 1t
up to its present high standard.
ANY decrease in earnings shown by a
Central Traffic Association line" says
railway Official is attributable solely TO
the extreme car shortage which the com
panies have had to contend with and not
to any falling OFF in general business ,si or
shortage of motive power
The lines which decided to engage for a
second year in the practice of running spe
cial trains TO Florida find that this years
business is proving more productive than
did that service in the winter or 1901 The
Big Four and the Cincinnati Hamilton a
Dayton and the MOnOn and the Queen &
Crescent are especially prospecting by this
service.
A. j. Smith general passenger agent of
the Lake Shore. has spent two or thrt
days of the present week with other pas
senger representatives on a trip of in
ley 4 PittSburg Railroad, which the Lake
Shore now operates. Mr.. Smith has made
arrangements for passenger travel that
will doubtless increase its volume the pres
ent year.
The Illinois Central Railroad. which re-
Gently purchased a controlling interest in
the Missouri river bridge and other property
OF the Omaha Bridge and Terminal Com
pany, will begin at once the work of put
ting in a second draw span go feet long in
the bridge. This has become necessary by
the change of current in the river. The bill
authorizing the work has passed the United
States Senate and is now before the House.
The Pennsylvania Company is planning
TO eXpend a large sum of money on its
Toledo division the present season. Al
ready large consignmentS of steel rails are
being distributed. a new gauntlet is being
put in the Maumee river bridge. and inter-
change tracks are being arranged at Wal
bridge preparatory to putting in in
terlocker by the Toledo Railway Terminal
Company. New yards are being located
with extensive track facilities.
Charles F.. DAILY. general passenger agent
! OF the Lake Erie q Western, states that
they would put on fast through vestibule
service between Kansas City and Buffalo
| II they had the equipment The condition
/ OF the track would justify fast service
/ but he thinks II will be some months be-
j fore 1t is put on, and that Buffalo Will be
! the Eastern terminal of the fast service
rather than Cleveland The Lake Erie &
! Western crosses the Lake Shore at Ere
| mont.
! Plans for the complete remodeling of the
| ticket sales, immigrant and baggage de-
! partments including the extension OF the
| bureau of information. have been submitted
for approval to the board of directors of
the st. Louis Terminal Railroad Associa-
/ ton. The proposed improvements will cost
! $4,000 and possibly 100000. including new
! union station branch There are row more
/ than 400 trains arriving and departing from
/ the st. Louis Union Station daily, and a
! branch station during the exposition, it is
/ believed. will be a necessity.
In speaking of how the big trains grow.
the Pittsburg Post states that when the
| limited No. was first started over the
/ Panhandle TO the Southwest, twenty years
ago, 1t was fve-car train. 1t has now
/ reached such proportions that between
! Pittsburg and Columbus it is run in two
sections, one of eleven and a second of
/ ten cars, and train No. 10 on the Pittsburg,
/ Fort Wayne d Chicago, has reached such
length that ii is run in two sections. Trains
/ 20 and Il are now regular two-sectlon
trains. Express and mail business is grow
ing in much the same proportion as the
| passenger business.
l.. r. Loree, president of the Baltimore
d Ohio, has just completed a trip OF in
spection of the lines of the Baltimore &
! Ohio interests in the West. He not only
/ examined the track, but terminals, looked
over yards and went over the recent ac-
CURED property of the Baltimore & Ohio,
! including the Cleveland. Lorraine q Wheel
I ing. Mr.. Loree expressed himself well
satisfied with the condition OF the ROAD,
but added that its condition will be vastly
| improved when the programme of better
I al 6nts has been carried out. He lays the
! lack of motive power is now the most no
| ticeable thing on their lines, and this will
| be taken care of by the ordering of new
power in large installments.
The consolidation of the Chicago & East
/ ern Illinois, the Evansville Il Terre Haute.
| the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton, and
/ the Indiana, Decatur q Western with the
Monon, alluded to in the Journal of Mon
day, has much more meaning than may
appear on the surface. Should the con-
| solida ton be perfected, which likely will be
done in due time, 1t means a good deal for
Indianapolis, as it will be an important
| division point of the Monon and the c.. II.
| q ID. line, and doubtless means that a
| direct line will be built from Indianapolis,
! crossing the MonOn and connecting with
| the Evansville x Terre Haute. Mr..
| Thomas, who is interested in the Evans
Vile & Terre Haute as its president, and
| who is said to have secured control of the
| Morgan interests of the MonOn, has ample
funds behind him to carry out any project
! he attempts. The sale to Mr.. Thomas
greatly improves matters from an invest