The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-12

service several elegant dining cars which
are said to excel anything in that line now
in use.
The thiry-eighth annual report Of the
directors of the Chicago. Milwaukee & St
Paul Railway Company shows the gross
earnings for the year ending June 81 10
have been si5,61S.124 The net earnings
were sl5.4l6,229.
The Book of the Royal Blue" published
by the Baltimore & Ohio passenger de-
partment contains maps of the famous
battlehelds of the civil war and much other
information. The number is in large meas
ure devoted 10 the Grand Army OF the Re-
public.
De Witt Moon. the new general superin-
tendent of the Lake Erie & Western. is rap
idly forming an acquaintance with suoor-
dinate officials and employees, and has al,
ready made many friends. He has rented
and moved into the Beck home, on North
Meridian street.
Vice President Rea. of the Pennsylvania.
denies the report that his road has bought
the Pere Marquette and the Detroit South
ern in the interest OF the Norfolk & West
ern, which. he says, already possesses all
the facilities 1t needs between Columbus,
o., and the lakes.
With the sanction OF President E. III.
Hartman. of the Southern Pacific Com
pany. General Manager julius Kruttschnitt
has appointed A. +. Roome. of New Or
leans. superintendent Of all telegraph lines
OF the company. Mr.. Roome will have MS
headquarters in San Francisco.
The first diversion of unrouted business
by the Baltimore & Ohio from Western
Maryland was on Monday, when lofty
loaded cars were transferred through
Hagerstown. Now that the change has
been made the volume of freight over the
Baltimore & Ohio will increase daily.
The Cincinnati, Hamilton e. Dayton in
Its order for new passenger engines IN
cludes two of the Atlantic type, whlcn
will be run between Indianapolis and Gin
cinnati. Ten new passenger engines Will
/ be received within the next thirty days
The road is greatly in need of this power
From Oaktown, on the Evansville &
Terre Haute one day last week, seventy
two carloads of watermelons were shipped
TO different parts of the country, there
being two full trains. most of the melons
going to Chicago The average daily snip
ments this week have been thirty carloads
The Pennsylvania lines west will with
draw their special service 10 Michigan
pleasure resorts on Sept. "a. The special
inaw City, via indianapolis. the Louisville
Mackinaw City, indianapolis route, and the
Cincinnati and Mackinaw and the Pitts
burg and Mackinaw lines.
Samuel Wallace will on Oct. be seventy
years old, and will retire from active serv-
ice on the Pennsylvania on pension He
enter ed the service of the road in 1861 as
agent at Harrisburg, and In 1866 was APP
pointed ticket agent of the Broad-street
station, Philadelphia, which position he
now holds
The distinction of being the first Japan
csc honorary member of the Travelling En-
Kaneko by unanimous vote of the dele
gates in convention at Chicago yesterday.
Mr. kaneko is assistant general freight
agent of the Nippon Tetsedo Kaisha, or
Japanese Railroad Company.
Albert Ingalls, superintendent of the In
dianapolis and Cleveland division of the
Big -Four, was in the city yesterday, COM
ing from Cleveland on the fast mail train
Wednesday night which made the run with
seven cars in fire hours and forty-two
minutes, a distance of 2S3 miles-the fast
est run ever made with regular train be-
tween the points named.
The Kansas City express on the Wabash
road yesterday made the record on that
system for fast running. The run was
made between Wea and Riverside, ILL.,, over
a distance of six miles. This was covered
in four minutes and eleven seconds, the
| first mile being made in fifty-two seconds
and the sixth In thirty-six seconds, or at
rate of 100 miles per hour.
The Wabash is becoming famous for
! fast runs. On Sunday, between Wea and
Attica, a distance of fourteen miles, the
Continental Limited was hauled by one
OF the company new engines eight miles
as follows: First mile in 80 seconds, next
in 80, So IL, 40, 3S and two miles in sc
| seconds EACH the last two miles being COW
cred at the rate of 100 miles an hour.
George I. Gunnip. general agent of the
| passenger department Of the Santa Fe
nection with the road he cited good many
| points of interest. He thinks its recent
development eclipses anything record
! Common stock of the road, which two years
| ago sold at Is cents on the dollar, now sells
| at &c. preferred which sold at $50, now
sells at $106 per share.
| The Panhandle is using the twenty-five
miles of double track west from Columbus
| and there are eleven miles additional
| graded, which, with the double track al
this end of the line, gives the Panhandle
| thirty-one miles of double track between
! Indianapolis and Columbus The abut-
ments are in for the new double-track
| bridge across White river at Richmond
| and more double track will be added