The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-28

Louis and Mobile and St. Louis and New
Orleans. II. J. Titus has been appointed
dining car-service superintendent.
The Eastern roads having decided TO re-
store rates on all commodities. Sept.
executive officials of Western lines pro-
pose to take some action. and will restore
grain rates from Western and Southwest
points.
An effort is being made to arrange a
Joint conference with traffic officials Of Hi
nois roads and shippers in regard TO I'M
satisfactory tariffs in that State, and TO
agree upon some recommendation to the
Interstate-commerce Commission.
No successor TO w. 3. Kniskern, general
passenger agent of the Chicago & North
western, recently promoted to be passenger
traric manager, has been appointed Dut
c. y. Cairns, assistant general passenger
agent, is held to be Mr.. Kniskern's logical
successor.
The Chicago Great Western increased its
gross earnings per mile from $5,Is4 In 1919
10 Sl22 in its last fiscal year, and ITS net
earnings per mile increased in the same
period from $l,545 in 1895 TO $22l6 its last MS
cal year, and with the opening of its eN-
tension to Omaha and Sioux city SUD
stanital increase is looked for.
President Burt of the Union Pacific, has
taken the position that the striking shop
men of the road must first return 10 work
When the company will hear their grew
confer with representatives of the strikers.
rms, ne says, applies TO striking machln-
lsts boiler makers and blacksmiths.
The Big Four officials notified the agent
OF the c. & S. E. at Brazil to send out a
! force and inspect the track at that END OF
the line and make it in safe condition for
a special train bearing the officials of the
Big -Four, on an inspection tour. This is
! considered as further evidence that the
| road has been sold TO the Big Four.
belief prevails among passenger Of
| metals that the large travel of the summer
| will be carried into the fall. For the first
| not infrONIINnn
| two years ago, they have been made eff
/ fective during the fall as well as winter,
and passenger men have no fears that this
| will conflict to any great extent with Cali
/ fOrnia travel.
The Big Four has received eight of its
| ten new Atlantic type of engines, and one
| of them was placed on the Indianapolis d.
| vision yesterday to run between Indianapo-
lis and Bellefontaine; the other on the St
! Louis division, to run between 1ndianap-
oils and st. Louis. They are somewhat
larger than those of this style heretofore
| received
| The direction of the freight movement
has so changed that the Big Four, the Pan
| handle and several other through lines are
hauling empty cars West, the franc havlns
| finally turned and is now heaviest east
| bound. For many months the weSt-bound
| tonnage was the heaviest, and probably
would be so again were work resumed In
| the anthracite coal mines
! A. j. Smith, general passenger agent OF
| the Lake Shore road, was in the city last
| night, the guest of Harry ]. Rhein. gen
eral passenger agent of the Lake Erie &
| Western. Both came over the Lake Erie
| * Western from Sandusky, and will to-day
| go the line to Peoria. At Sandusky
| on Monday night the two officials were
given a banquet by railroad men located al
| that point
E. o. Mccormick passenger traffic man
| ager of the Southern Pacific, now in the
| East, has taken up the matter of improving
the passenger service from the West anC
| 70 nrria MI
be provided, and the Sunset Limited viii
be run daily during the winter, instead oi
three times week. Its equipment is to be
have been laid with heavy steel, and in q
short time the road from New Orleans tC
San Francisco will be so improved, permit
ting higher speed and added safety.
The Railway Master Mechanic gives al
interesting account OF the Grand Trunl
Car Works Literary Associat ton at Lon
don. Ont. the object Of which is especially
is fostered by the officers of the Railway
who fitted up comfortable rooms and give
annually to their financial support A sup
ply of technical works and periodicals 1:
maintained in the reading rooms, and tn,
library contains over 5000 volumes. Tn,
management is in the hands of the mem
bers, and the expense is merely nominal
The interest Is we'll maintained and tn,
organization is very successful.
A conservative estimate places the new
cars that heve been added to the Western
lines in the last twelve months at 5000
All are modern carriers and have an aver
age carrying capacity of $1,000 pounds
which puts the roads in good condition L
handle the imense crops to be moved in tn
next few months. Some of the roads, how
ever, are already unable to furnish car
called for, SO heavy is the grain movemen
combined with other business. One genera
freight agent said yesterday that the las
few days there had been numerous calls 70
grain cars to move last years crop, am
from points where he did not know an.
great amount of corn had been retained.