The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-06

Samuel Kinnard. who on Dec. took the
position of master mechanic OF the Cleve-
land, Akron e. Columbus road
IL is stated the route of the Indianapolis
Northern Traction will cross the tracks OF
the Lake Erie & Western eleven times be-
tween Kokomo and Indianapolis In sew
eral places however. IL will be above or
below the grade of the L. Z. & w.
The receipts from sales of tickets at the
Union Station at Columbus. o., show
larger increase for November over last
year than they did at the Union Station,
indianapolis. The Columbus receipts were
$40, 80 in excess of November last year.
Train 81 over the Panhandle yesterday ar
rived at indianapolis two and one-half
hours late; being delayed by heavy snow
AT Columbus, o.. when the train came
through there was six inches of snow and
still showing. Further east 1t was much
deeper.
T. III. Breasted died of typhoid fever this
week in FL Paso. He was for a number of
years active representative in this territory
for the Chicago. Rock Island * Pacific and
was sent to Texas to open the company S
business when the new line was put in OPP
GRAFTON.
A late report is that the shops of the Gin
cinnati. Richmond & Muncie will be To-
Gated at Muncie, and will give employment
to three hundred men. The company will
utilize for its shops the Anchor Silverware
plant. from which the machinery has been
removed.
G.. +. Wilson. chief engineer; l.. +. Hte.
superintendent of maintenance of way, and
several division superintendent are going
over the Cincinnati, Hamilton Dayton
giving the property a careful inspection
preparatory to considering improvements
for the coming year.
II. NJ. Bronson. assistant general passen-
ger agent of the Big Four, finds that in the
past five years the receipts of that COM
pany from sales of tickets at this point
have nearly doubled. In November. at the
uptown Office and the Union Station. the
increase over November, 1901, was $780,
The Vanderbilt lines have opened hand
some Offices in Los Angeles and appointed
F. M. Byron southern California passenger
agent. The freight and passenger business
of the New York Central, the Michigan
Central, the Lake Shore, the Lake Erie &
Western and the Big Four will be repre-
sented.
The Western Maryland will next week
Degin the construction of tidewater ex-
tension, which is virtually Wabash en-
terprlse At present the Pennsylvania gets
over Sl0C,cOO year from the Western Mary
land for trackage rent This heavy pay
ment will be Topped off when this line Is
completed.
Col. William Shaw, district passenger
agent of the Chicago. Burlington & Quincy.
calls attention to an immigration folder de-
scriptive of the Big Horn Basin with val
tension runs to Cody, Wyo. From Cody
the government is building stage line into
Yellowstone Park along the Shoshone river.
The Southern Pacific reports that 1874
passengers passed over their line via Og-
den while the colonist rates were in effect
during September and October. The num-
Der via Ell Paso during the same time was
6.6S6. AS the rates were effective only
west-bound, 1t is inferred that a large num-
Der OF these passengers remained in Cali
fornia.
Surveyors have begun the work of sur
veying the new Chicago, Rock Island &
I'D. %
The surveying party will work eastward
until 1t is definitely decided just what route
TO Kansas City TO locate upon. At present
two are being considered, and the company
is at work securing the right of way for
the remaining miles of the road which will
connect Kansas City and St. Louis by Rock
Island tracks.
d. c. Moon, superintendent of the Lake
Erie & Western. states that the company
has already received several heavy freight
engines and number of passenger engines
from the Lake Shore road. and will receive
several more, bringing the number up &c
| twenty-five locomotives. These are not OLD
| engines. but of the more modern type, and
| before turned over to the Lake Erie &
Western are put in perfect order for service
| and made practically as good as new.
The Youngstown Car Manufacturing Com
pany has been purchased by new com
pany and the plant which has been closed
| Tor the past year on account of a disagree
ment among the owners, will be started al
once. giving employment TO 500 men
Thomas Anderson, who for many years has
| been connected with the construction OF
| cars. spending five years in an apprentice
ship. at Lafayette. Ind, then master cal
builder OF the Big Four, later with the Wa
| bash and for the last thirteen years with
/ the Pittsburg & Western, will have charge
| of the plant.
c. G. Waldo general manager of the Gin
cinnati. Hamilton & Dayton and its con-
| trolled lines, was in the city several hours
yesterday in conference with George
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| indianapolis & Western, and last evening
| went to Chicago. Mr.. Waldo states that
I the road is doing the best business in its
| history. Earnings of the c.. II. & ID. proper
| for November this year will exceed those
of the same month last year fully
$5,OW, and would have been even greater
could the company have furnished cars to
move the business offered.
| Notice is given in the Official Gazette OF
British Columbia of application for d
| charter for the construction of a railway
| from HazletOn, at the head of the Skeena
| to Peace River Pass. or Pine river, or both
| Columbia. This is the route over which
| the Grand Trunk officials say the projected
transcontinental line Is to cross Canada
| Application is also made for a charter fol
line from Hazleton to Tesline lake. OF
Atlin lake, or both. A charter is also
sought for line from Naiga gulf to Mas
river steamers operating on the Stikile and
Mas. Another charter Is asked for line
from the coast near Burke channel OIL
| Bentinck Arm. thence to a point on Burard
! inlet.
| The incorporation of the Niagara Trans
| fer Company, OF Buffalo, to construct a
steam road between Tonawanda and Buff.
falo, and an application filed at Ottawa by
| the Niagara Grand Island Bridge Com.
pany for an extension of time in which tC
| complete its work, taken in connection with
| the fact that Canadian engineers have beer
| making a survey of the land on the Cana
| dian side of the Niagara river, opposite
| the north end of Grand island. have giver
| rise to many rumors 1t is asserted that
| a Western road will seek entrance to Buff.
| falo through the province of Ontario; that
| a bridge will be built across the
| Niagara river at Tonawanda, and that the
! Niagara Transfer Railway will be the con-
Meeting link with Eastern road. A dis
| patch from Tcnawanda says that the Nj.
| agra Transfer Railway will connect with
| a road which the Northern Pacific con-
| templates building across Grand island tc
| Tonawanda