The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-06

so that Western people can go East as
cheaply as Eastern people can come West.
A Stevens. traffic manager OF the
Chicago & Southeastern, was in the city
yesterday. He says fifty TO sixty cars OF
oats and wheat are being loaded daily on
its line. Coal traffic, however, is very
light
Travelling Freight Agents L. Liston, of
the Union Pacific, W. c. Laird of the Chi
cago Great Western. and II. Miles, Of the
the railroad men who arrived in the city
last night.
The Pressed Steel Car Company is build
ing cars OF 10000 pounds capacity for the
Monongahela connecting road. The cars
will not be allowed 70 go of the road,
which has been constructed TO bear such
car safely.
W. c. Arp. superintendent Of motive
power OF the Vandalia has received WORD
that the Schenectady Locomotive Works
had shipped two of the large new Atlantic
type of passenger engines and will ship two
others next week.
The Four Track News for August, pub
lished by the passenger department Of the
New York Central, is one of the most at
tractfve numbers yet issued. Its illustra-
tions are largely home scenes to be found
on the line OF road.
The average increase in gross earnings
of all the roads in the United States for
the year ending June 80 is estimated TO
have been S per cent. The total for the
year is s1,7OO.00O.OOO. which is $6cO,Oo,OoO
more than the same roads earned in 1884
B. P. Humphrey, recently appointed
passenger agent of the Lake Shore at
Kansas City, who for some weeks has been
under the care of a physician at Granville,
o., is greatly improved in health and eX-
poets 10 return to Kansas City next week.
An official of the Pullman Company states
that IT required thirtyfive Pullman cars
TO carry the people who went from Indiana
70 California on the Knights Of Pythias
q e a N 11nnrppG6PnTP6 move
ment and regular business is also very
heavy.
V. NJ. Cluis has been appointed to repre-
sent the passenger and freight department
of the Chicago & Rock Island at New Or
leans. Mr.. Cluis was formerly with the Chi
cago, Milwaukee & St. Paul and was sue
ceeded by w. H. Rogers in the latter posi-
ton.
Freight traffic over the middle division of
the Pennsylvania for July aggregated 1S4, 64l
cars, an increase over July, 1901, of 45,025
cars. The record for the seven months of
the present year is ], 134. 723 cars. an increase
over the corresponding period last year OF
$40 cars.
The Lehigh Valley road now has four
of its large prairie type of passenger loco
motives in service and they are handling
the heavy express trains of twelve to four
teen cars and giving excellent results.
They are the largest passenger engines
yet constructed.
In the seven days from July q TO July
road accidents in the United States, an
average of four a day. In these twenty
three lives were lost and sixty persons in
jured. Eighteen of the accidents involved
passenger trains.
The Boston & Albany is considering a
plan TO run its new large passenger engines
through from Boston to Albany, instead
of changing at Springfield. In this case the
engineers will be required to work but
three days instead Of four week, and will
make more money.
On Thursday of last week the New York.
New Haven & Hartford received the last
thirty locomotives, and on the same day
placed an order with the same works at
Providence, r. l., for thirty more to be
delivered next February.
The Wabash and the Panhandle have
decided to make joint improvements at
Logansport The Panhandle will construct
| its own tracks under the tracks of the
Wabash and build new yards, with view
| of abandoning its old yards on the north
side of the river TO all but passenger trains.
w. II. McDoel, presiren of the Monon,
will go to New York to-day. While East
! he expectes 10 complete arrangements for
| building the coal branch of the line which is
| 10 connect with the Indianapolis and Vim
| Genes at Mooresville. Arrangements have
| already been made for the placing of the
| bonds.
Representatives OF two separate inter-
ests. one of whom is ]. P. Morgan & Co.,
deny the report that the absorption of the
| Georgia Central system by the ST. Louis
81 San Francisco is contemplated. 1t is even
denied that anything like a traffic agree
ment" is under way. Morgan & Co, &C
| cording TO report, control about s4,000OO0 of
the 100000 stock issued by the Georgia
Central
The work of taking a census of the en-
| ployes on the Southern Pacific sixty-five
| years of age and over has been commenced.
| and it is found that there are no engineers
| or conductors over sixty-f1ve, while in the
nd iS
| quite a number of men above that age.
| The impression strengthens that ii is the
| intention to introduce the pension plan on
/ that system.
| Representatives Of the Lake Shore, the
| Toledo st. Louis & Western, the Wheeling
| & Lake Erie, the Hooking Valley and the
| Pere Marquette transportation departments
| have been appointed committee to investi-
| gate the per diem car service rule and de-
| termine whether there is any necessity for
| an extension of the time limit. Some lines
| that end in Detroit have refused to enforce
the shippers car service charges, especially
/ on coal.