The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-07-14

private switches on its line ,S57 cars. In
the two last items il was a handsome In
crease over the preceding weeks business
Personal. Local and General Notes.
II is stated that Joseph Ramsey will be
elected one of the directors Of the Western
Maryland road at its next meeting.
The Brotherhood OF Commercial Telegra-
piers is working TO affiliate the railroad
telegraphers and the American Federation
OF Labor.
In 1902 the official report shows that $50.
246 pieces OF baggage were handled on the
Pennsylvania lines, against 5Ol4,5& In the
preceding year
NJ p. Frutchey travelling freight agent
of the Cincinnati, Richmond & Muncie,
has been promoted 10 commercial agent,
with headquarters at Chicago.
The Lake Shore last week placed an or
der for twenty-five locomotives and the
Hooking Valley road for five with the
American locomotive works.
How the bicycle craze has deteriorated
is shown in the fact that in 1901 the Penn
sylvania lines carried but 1887 bicycles,
against 274.796 in the preceding year.
John NJ Hood, who recently resigned as
president Of the Western Maryland, mas
been elected president of the United Elec-
trio Power and Light Company OF Balti-
more.
Charles L. Smith has been appointed New
England agent of the Seaboard Airline,
with headquarters at Boston, vice W. w.
ILL., VIM mas Nohcil a pcSANACiA WIN
company.
On Aug. trains will be run from Penn
sylvania by way of the Poughkeepsie
Bridge and Springfield branches of the
/ Central New England and into all parts OF
/ New England.
! 1t is feared that the announcement of
/ special excursion to Buffalo once week
by the Michigan Central will lead to rate
war between the roads and the Detroit
and Buffalo boat lines.
J. f. Walsh. the new superintendent Of
] the Chesapeake & Ohio, was formerly fore
man of the Decline shops at Cleveland
/ and later run an engine between Cleveland
and Columbus on the Big Four.
Ii is understood that Winslow S. Pierce,
who was last week elected president or the
/ Western Maryland, will also be elected
/ president Of the West Virginia Central at
/ the next meeting of the directors.
I James G.. Hammond has succeeded ]. d.
, Carr, transferred from Louisville to ST.
Louis as soliciting agent of the Union line
/ Mr.. Hammond has been with the freight
department of the Panhandle six years.
The more active movement of stocks of
/ the Cincinnati. Hamilton * Dayton and
/ the higher prices have started the custom
airy rumors of some sort of deal being
on with the MonOn and the Southern Rail-
way.
Local lines last week showed the effects
of the operation of the new per diem plan
| regarding empty cars. the Big Four han
/ ding at this point 5000, the Pennsylvania
! 2256, the Vandaha 1910 empty cars, nearly
/ twice the usual number.
Although there seems to be a little lull
! in freight traffic on account Of strikes, pas
senger business is of gratifying character
/ the country over, and tourist and excursion
/ business, as we'll as regular business, is IN
/ excess of all former years.
The Big -Four, the Cincinnati. Hamilton
\ & Dayton, the Baltimore & Ohio South
western and the Panhandle have bought
within the last few days it is stated. fully
p, 200 tons of coal. and other lines are max
/ ing purchases in much the same proportion
/ Chauncey NJ. Depew expresses the opin-
| ion that the. Pennsylvania will secure con-
troll of the Philadelphia Reading. lie
| says 1t Is natural and inevitable sequence
| The Pennsylvania has taken in the Norfolk
/ & Western, the Baltimore & Ohio and the
/ Chesapeake * Ohio. so the Reading must
| follow.
The Northern Pacific will sell harvest
| laborers' tickets from st. Paul and head of
the lakes TO parties of five or more on one
solid ticket to points in Minnesota and
| North Dakota up to and including Oaks,
| Edgley, Bismarck, Leeds and Pemblna,
July 26 10 Aug. 90 inclusive, at the rate of
s. per capita.
Beginning Aug. through freight destined
to Texas and California points on the main
line OF the Southern Pacific will be sent
from New York and Boston by steamship
| TO Galveston instead of New Orleans,
thereby saving $50 miles of rail transpor-
| tation The company is enabled To do this
through improving the facilities for hand
| ling freights at Galveston.
The change by which the through Sleep
ing car from Washington to st. Louis over
the Chesapeake x Ohio and the Big Four
makes the run three hours quicker than
heretofore is working nicely. The Penn
| sylvania's Washington express makes di
rect connection giving the lines named
fast service from New York TO Cincinnati,
indianapolis and st. Louis.
1t was expected that when the stock of
the Chicago & Eastern Illinois reached 800
per share 1t would stop. but ii did not. Ii
has advanced to sos, which is much more
than it is worth unless for few shares TO
| obtain control Stock of the Big Four is
worth as much as an investment as is that
of the Chicago & Eastern Illinois and many
other lines that could be named.
William 4. Lechlider, chief clerk in the
office OF the general superintendent of the
Baltimore & Ohio at Pittsburg, celebrated
his birthday by giving banquet TO his
friends. 1t was also his twentieth year
of service, he beginning messenger boy
on the b. & o. He is said to be one of the
best informed men regarding the B. & O.
lines in the employ of the company.
Mail service begins to-day over the Gin
cinnati Richmond Muncie Railroad. the
new Cincinnati-Chicago short-line. There
will be two mail trains, north in the
morning and one south in the afternoon
Twelve small towns that have heretofore
had only one mail day, furnished by the
star-route service, will hereafter have two
mails daily. and Peru, Marion, Muncie and
Richmond profit by direct service.
Northern Indiana furnishes the fastest
railroad race track in the country, be-
tween Elkhart and Goshen, and the speed
ers are the fast trains of the Lake Shore
and the Big Four. The tracks of the two
roads side by side, and every after
noon the Twentieth Century Limited and
the Big Four trains start from Elkhart
together and no stops are made until
Goshen is reached. There is a pretty dis
play of scientific running, and hOnors thus
far are about equally divided, each having
won several races. The Lake Shore hauls
the larger train, but also has larger en-
CINE. Passengers on both trains witness
the speed contests with excitement.