The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-06-16

and is the oldest agent on the road in time
of service. During that period he has lost
but two weeks, and this on account of sick
ness.
Coatesville on Friday. Three of the broth
ers are railroad men-One is general yard
master OF the Hooking Valley road at Co
lumbus, another an engineer on the Chi
cago & Northwestern, third prominent
railroad attorney.
The Rock Island has secured from the
government the right to construct a line
west from Enid, o. T, through the military
reservation Of Fort Supply in western Okla
homa. This extension will connect in Beav-
er country 200 miles distant with the Liberal
line Of the Rock Island to FL Paso. Tex
The Chesapeake & Ohio shows an increase
in earnings Of sll, 430 the first week of June
over the corresponding week Of 1901 and
the Norfolk * Western an increase of $32.
600 Since the Pennsylvania has dictated
the policy of these roads earnings have
shown very handsome increases from
month TO month.
w. s. Andrews, trainmaster of the central
district, ST. Louis division of the Illinois
Central, has resigned 10 take a similar posi-
ton with the Southern Railway under
Horace Baker, who resigned the superin-
tendency of the ST Louis division Of the
Illinois Central to take charge of division
Of the Southern out of Charlotte, n. c.
The Yellowstone Park excursion Aug.
IA from indianapolis bids fair to exceed
expectations. The party will number $50,
instead of 100, at first thought. The
train will leave indianapolis at IL 80 a. m.
over the Pennsylvania in charge of w.
w. Richardson, district passenger agent,
and John Turner, district passenger agent
OF the Northern Pacific.
The Vandalia will put on new train to-
day between Indianapolis and Terre Haute,
making eight trains between the two
points daily The new train will be known
as the Terre Haute express; will leave In
dianapolis at Z p. m. and stops only at
Greencastle and Brazil. This train is put
on &c take the place of train No. II, which
now hauls no passenger car.
The Goulds have given instructions to
nave the Wheeling & Lake Erie brought up
TO high standard. The main line is being
laid with eighty-pounds-to- steel
rails. Orders have been given for forty
locomotives, the company has just received
1000 new freight cars and has ordered 500
more Twenty-Five new coaches are build
ing for the road Eight of the forty loco
motives are TO be for passenger service.
Indications are that struggle is about
10 commence between George Gould and the
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific syndicate
The latter has made a survey from Fort
Worth to Galveston and Beaumont. The
construction of such line would divert
business from the Gould lines. and in order
TO check the LeedsMoore scheme Gould
has arranged 10 extend the International &
Great Northern. which is the Gould system
OF roads, from Fort Worth north. doubtless
TO Kansas City, which would place the In
The new fast mail train placed in serv-
ice yesterday between New York and ST.
Louis by the Pennsylvania and the Van
dalia covers the LOGS miles in 241z hours,
including stops, which aggregate, although
short ones, simply to change locomotives.
thrty-three minutes. The ninety miles
from Jersey City to Philadelphia is run in
l04 minutes; the run of 242 miles from In
dianapolis to st. Louis is made in $50 min
utes, being the fastest time except, in the
first mentioned, made between New York
and st. Louis.
The Big Four is in excellent condition as
10 Its train service to meet the wants of the
travelling public, and now offers the best
service in the roads history. Beginning
with to-day il has four fast through trains
between st. Louis and New York and two
fast trains hauling Boston sleeping cars.
and its Cincinnati service is equally good
with that OF Indianapolis and st. Louis. W.
j. Lynch, general passenger agent, inclines
to the belief that 1902 will be the banner
year with the Big Four as TO passenger
earnings. those made thus far justifying
him in such a belief.