The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-01-25

these passes being marked compliment
ary." Ii has been assumed all along that
the Eastern lines were indisposed to with
hold the privilege of riding free from their
Western associates high i'm authority
Division freight agents and local agents
viii meet Monday at the rooms
IN the Board of Trade TO further consider
the question of doing away with free stOr-
age after forty-eight hours. Some of the
agents take the position that 1t is hardly
fair 10 enforce such a rule when many of
the cOnslgnees are often obliged to wait
days for goods that are shipped on account
of the heavy traffic the roads are doing.
S. NJ. FELTON,, president of the Chicago *
Alton, has instructed Dr. Howard Crutch-
er. consulting surgeon of the road. TO pre-
pare medicine cases to be placed on All
passenger trains, for the use OF any phySl-
clan VINO is called TO attend any of the
passengers who may become i'll while tray
cling. Emergency packages are also TO De
placed in each freight yard belonging 10
the company. surgical association mas
been organized on the c. & y.
William Sullivan, formerly with the Big
-Four at Indianapolis. now commerclal
agent OF the Chesapeake * Ohio at WASH
lngton. who has been in the city for several
days, returned to his headquarters yester-
day. Mr.. Sullivan states that the Chesa-
peake X Ohio in connection with the
Southern Railway, is making extensive i'm
provements this year in eliminating curves
and cutting down grades, especially be-
tween Alexandria and Fairfax Courthouse.
The Hooking Valley road has in three
years purchased 5000 coal cars of forty
tons capacity and is in the market for ad-
dltlonal equipment. The development OF
the coal interests on that line has been re-
markable having doubled within the three
years mentioned. One of the independent
mining companies in the Hooking valley
has been notified by its Northwestern
agents in Minneapolis that they must have
at least 100000 more tons of coal this year
than in 1901.
The new bridge of the Toledo, St Louis
a Western BaXlP. COMPLETED
Thursday, in place of the one burned at
that point few nights ago, is ,l56 feet
long, and quite a record was made in its
reconstruction by the superintendent OF
roadway and bridges. Within twenty-four
hours after the bridge was burned there
were thirty-eight carloads of heavy ma
terial the road for the bridge and
force of about three hundred men gathered.
Work was continued day and night and the
result was surprising.
1t is stated that the directors of the Chi
cago & Eastern Illinois were this week
offered Sl60 per share by the Louisville &
Nashville for control of the property. Con-
troll is vested with President Porter and his
friends. The close traffic arrangements eX-
listing with the St. Louis & Southwestern
have led TO the belief that the Chicago &
Eastern Illinois would be sought in the in
| tereSt of the Gould system. The Southern
| Railway is another road which could use
the Chicago * Eastern Illinois to great ad
vantage. 1t is believed that the Louisville
x Nashville may get the property, although
the owners are Indifferent about disposing
of it, saying they can afford to wait.
George X. Lowell general superintendent
of the MOnon, states that the road was
never making better earnings or being op-
Grated more economically. Their batteship
freight engines and Chautauqua type pas
senger engines are doing good work, being
on the road most of the time. The company
will next week receive four more of the
large freight engines, and next month
four switching engines, which will
make the road the best provided with pow
/ or Of of lie in fer
ritory One of the Chautauqua type of en-
gines on Tuesday hauled the fast express
from Indianapolis to Chicago in four hours
and ten minutes, making the required
stops. The average speed of the train was
siXty-two miles an hour.
The Alaska, Copper River & Yukon Rail-
way Company has been incorporated under
the laws Of the State Of Washington to
build a railroad from Prince William
sound, in Alaska, through the Copper and
Tanama river country TO point on the
/ Yukon river near Maggie. The company pro-
poses, In addition, TO operate a steamship
! line from Seattle to Prince William sound
TO build and maintain smelter and re-
finery in Alaska and to carry on general
mining transactions. The corporation is
/ capitalized at $25, 0C0 600, the entire amount
/ of which, ii is claimed. has been subscribed
| by Western and foreign capital. The esti-
mated cost of the railway is placed at sl0,-
/ 0OO, 600 The incorporators are E. ID. Ban
mister, Alfred B. lies and T. L. Parker.
! The Western lines including the trans
! continental ROADS, nave outlined tnelr pol
| icy on the pass question for the first time
since the controversy came up. All OF the
/ lines west of the Mississippi have joined
| in a circular saying that hereafter they
/ will not issue or request passes In favor of
! employees or their families except upon ap-
/ picatiOn duly made by proper official. The
| announcement further is that all requests
should give the name of each person for
/ whom passes are requested. This does
! away with the possibility of a ticket agent
/ from one line writing to the general pas
/ senger agent of another for a pass and
embarrassing the official by so doing. Ii
/ also puts an end to the practice of issuing
| passes to John Smith and family which
often becomes a very extensive term.