The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-05-10

as superintendent Of the locomotive and
car department Of the Missouri Pacific at
its St. Louis shops.
w. L. Cunningham superintendent of the
ST. Louis, KeOkuk & Northwestern. who
died on Thursday at the Rebekah Hospital.
St. Louis, was one OF the oldest men IN
time of service on the road. He has been
III for some months.
Assistant Freight Traffic Manager Troup,
of the Chesapeake & Ohio. who has been
isolated in a dark room for a couple OF
weeks owing to serious trouble with his
eyes, is improving and expects to be on
duty again In a short time.
The contract for the new roundhouse of
the Panhandle at Columbus has been let TO
c. j. Close, a contractor OF Buffalo. 1t will
be one OF the most complete IN the country
and Will have forty-four stalls. 1t will cost
s125,O0O and must be completed by Oct l.
The Baltimore & Ohio and the Baltimore
& ONO are advertising Tor
expert machinists. proposing 10 put the
equipment of the lines in the best possible
order. Traffic has been so heavy that the
equipment is in need of much repairs, es-
PeciaIly the locomotives.
Freight rates on dressed meats and live
stock will be restored from Missouri river
points 10 Chicago on July / TO those Whlch
prevailed June 80. 1901. This means an ad-
vance or . cents per 100 pounds. Inc
change will benefit the stockyards at In
dianapolis.
Two hundred miles of the Chicago Great
Western will be laid this summer with
thirty-three-foot rails as an experiment.
Each mile of track will represent a saving
or ~ per cent. I'm rail Joints, or SS5 q mile
where the usual joints are used and $3.50
per mile where the standard forms of pat
emit joints are used.
s. b. Liggett, secretary. G. i. Peck. gen
eral manager. and A. B. Starr. superintend-
ent OF transportation. of the pennsylvania
on thursday moved into the new union sta
ton building at Pittsburg. leaving only the
law department, Chief Engineer Rodd and
Mr.. McKlm superintendent of telegraph, in
the old building.
In 1858 the Great Western agreed to give
annual passes to the directors and officers
or the company which built the bridge
across the Niagara river. The Great West
ern was afterwards merged into the Grand
trunk and the passes were withheld The
orldge company objected, appealed to the
courts and has won.
Passenger crews on the New York, New
Haven x Hartford who have been used to
snort runs do not take kindly TO the plan
OF running the passenger train crews of
me express trains through from New York
10 Boston, 252 miles. going east one day and
returning the next. At present only the
hVe-hour trains are affected.
General Superintendent CARAT is intro
ducing Western ideas on the Philadelphia
q Reading. He is hauling the big 100000
pounds-capacity coal car in one train, util-
izing the big battleship engines and using
the smaller cars to distribute coal along
the line. The big cars are hauled through
to idewate unbroken, except the change
q engines and crews.
The attorneys of the railroads are unan-
lmous In declaring and maintaining that
railroad companies have the right to route
freight that is delivered to them for trans
portation. They claim that, on account OF
the fact that the roads make and guaran-
tee the through rate. consequently they
should have the right to say over what line
the shipment must go.
The Pennsylvania will put on a new train
each way between Louisville and Chicago
with thR taking effect of the summer time
table. The new trains will haul the sleep
ing cars for northern Michigan to Logans-
port, thence over the Eel River road to a
connection with the Grand Rapids d 1ndi-
ana. instead of going via Richmond. Ind.
as in former years. The new route is TWEEN
ty-siX miles shortest.
The Missouri. Kansas & Texas has been
conducting a series of experiments in the
use Of oil mixed with coal for fuel for its
locomotives, and the plan is satisfactory in
Its results. 1t is proposed to introduce it
all over the system. No changes in boiler
or firebox are required to use the combina-
ton, and 1T greatly Increases the heat, get
ting as much heat out of one ton Of coal as
out OF three not soaked with oil.
Quite a number of Ohio roads will be
compelled to add to their force of train
men on both passenger and freight trains
to comply with the new law recently
compelling railroads to maintain full crews
on every train. On passenger trains there
must be a conductor, hagman, brakeman
anu D"dSgdSeman, ana eacn 1relgnt train
must have a conductor and three brake
men.
An agreement has been entered into by
the Southern and the Louisville & Nash
vile railroads whereby the territory in the
Clear Fork valley, Tennessee, is about
equally divided and neither will enter with
its construction crews that portion assigned
TO the other without first giving the other
road tWenty-fOur hours notice. Friday
morning the attorney acting for the Knox
vile, Lafollette 81 Jellico 0he Louisville &
Nashville) served formal notice on the at
torney for the American Association. Linn
tied, that the Lafollette road would on
Monday, June 8, institute condemnation
proceedings in the Chancery Court of
Campbell county, Tennessee, as to the
property of the American Association, Linn
tied. in Clear Fork valley, over which the
Louisville & Nashville desires a right of
way.