The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-05-22

the Big Four. Since putting chair cars on
these trains the increase in business has
been very marked.
The report of the Board of Trade of Lon
don states that not a single passenger was
killed in 1901 on English railroads, being
the first time on record that such a state
ment could be made Eleven railroad EN-
ployes were killed and 16l injured. and 5le
passengers were injured during the year.
The new train. Chicago to Omaha. which
the Chicago & Northwestern put on Sun
day. makes the run in eleven hours. stops
deducted an average speed of nearly mile
a minute must be maintained. The roads
double-track and block-signal service the
entire distance 492 miles. make Such nigh
speed safe.
The Pennsylvania line into Buffalo is
making an earnest effort to make that ar
important division Of the system. IT hauls
through vestibuled trains between Buffalo
and Pittsburg. through vestibuled trains be
tween Buffalo. Philadelphia. Baltimore and
Washington daily. and is constantly i'm
proving the service.
The John McKenna whose remains were
buried at Peru last week was not. as
stated in the Journal, formerly master
mechanic of the Indianapolis, Peru &
chicago road; the latter is still living at
14l5 North New Jersey street. He is sew
enty years of age. The item grew out of
a mistake in identity.
President E. H. Hartman. of the South
ern PACING. has announced that passenger
L
gon will be reduced from four cents to
three cents per mile Immediately. The rate
on the oregon Railway and Navigation
Company. the other Hartman road IN
oregon, has been three cents per mile Tor
about two years.
j. L. McCreary. assistant general man
ager of the electric lines in Mexico, is in
the city. He stated yesterday that the idea
that trainmen on Mexican steam roads
must be Mexicans is mistake: All en-
gineers of regular trains are Americans
and came from the United States There
may be a few native engineers on yard en-
glnes, but none on the road.
1t seems almost beyond comprehension
that $4,000 home seekers have been trans
planted from the Middle and Southern
states TO the Northwest in sixty days, yet
such is the record shown by the railroad
companies, and the immigration continues
and will, Ii is thought for some weeks tc
come. The volume of business has ex-
ceeded that of any former year.
William Laird, representing the Chicago
Great Western. is in the city: He says
the company is laying a good deal of sec
ond track this season. fully hfty-hve miles
in all. and its yards which. when built at
Olewein, were thought to be large enough
for the company's requirements for the
next twenty years, are already too limited
and their capacity will be doubled.
Assistant Engineer Moore, of the Bee
line division of the Big Four, is in the city.
He says the company is laying ten miles of
new steel rail between Wellington and Ma
rion, and will this year commence ballast
ing with broken stone the road between
those points. 1t is the intention to sooner
or later ballast with broken stone the line
between Indianapolis and Cleveland.
Engineers of maintenance of way are
watching with good deal of interest the
experiment the Michigan Central is making
with a continuous rail for 500-feet sections
To provide for expansion and contraction al
the ends of these sections specially de-
signed slip joints are used, which carry the
wheels over the opening, If any, without a
drop. The rails are anchored at the middle
of the 5O0-foot section by Embedding several
ties in a foundation of concrete and slot
spiking the joint spices.
The annual meeting Of the stockholders of
the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago Rail-
way Company was held in Pittsburg yester-
day and the following directors were re-
elected: Henry c. Urner of Cincinnati, l..
Il. Letter of Chicago, and John P Green
of Philadelphia. The report of the consult
ing engineer, j. G. Spencer, showed that
the companys properties are in first-class
condition. President Lanier reported the
gross receipts during the year to be $16,-
051 OSLO; operating expenses, $11, III, 760.35
The amount paid by the Pennsylvania Rail-
road as lessee was $3.4l4.262, leaving the net
profits TO the lessee at $S17, O65.77.