The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-03


the United States 1so. 1t is thought the
are buying the stock Of the United States
Company.
The vandalia has already put in service
some of its new large Atlantic type pas
they are run around the ''Y'' of the Louis
Vile division of the Pennsylvania lines,
the turntable of the Vandalia not being
long enough.
of trains an extra coach is run. Train
1G, on the Big Four. came in yesterday
from Chicago, hauling an extra coach,
and every seat in the dining car was &C.
cupied. the other day coaches and parlor
car being full.
In the three years that w. II. Truesdale
has been president of the Lackawanna
road he has been steadily increasing its
equipment until there are two locomotives
for every three miles of road and thirty
cars for every one mile of track operated.
In this respect the Lackawanna leads East
ern roads.
Traffic continues so heavy that many
of the trainmen, more especially engi-
neers and firemen, are complaining of be-
ing overworked. The numerous excursions
have increased the work of engineers and
firemen TO such an extent that they will
welcome the time when the excursion sea-
son is over.
S. A. Stack, general yard master of the
Big Four at Columbus, o., has been ap
Sandusky divisions of the Big Four. sue
ceeding NJ. d. Schaff, who takes the su-
perintendency of the Peoria & Eastern.
Mr.. Schaff is expected in the city to-mor-
row to assume the duties of his new posi-
ton.
Warren ]. Lynch, general passenger
agent of the Big Four, who has just re-
turned from an extended Western and
terday. He is gratified over the heavy
business of the Big Four, its passenger
earnings being handsomely in excess Of
any former year, and he looks for heavy
fall travel
1t is stated officially that the service Of
the Illinois Central is four fold what it
was thirteen years ago, and that for each
mile operated the service to the public is
now on an average more than two and one
half times as great as 1t was then. The
gross receipts of the company increased
from sl4,605.6l7. or $500 per mile operated
in 1889, TO so, $4,000 in the year ended June
80, or 9,5O6 per mile.
The passenger department of the Erie
has been compiling statistics regarding ex-
cursion business, which show that this class
OF traffic is growing rapidly. The Erie now
has two hundred coaches set aside for ex-
cursion business, and this year they have
been kept busy. These statistics show that
during June, July and August an average
of 5000 excursionists were carried each
week by the Erie in territory east of Buff
faIo.
According to the report of the commit
tee on safety appliances of the American
Railway Association but 5000 miles of main
line are protected by block signals out of a
total of 10000 miles. The most extensive
example is the New York Central, which
has 1,492 miles, controlled by manual
equipment. The largest users of the auto
matte system are the Lehigh Valley. COZ
miles. the Philadelphia & Reading, 731 miles,
and the Pennsylvania, 665 miles
The phenomenal speed recently made by
the Twentieth Century Limited when on
Shore
cred in Ills minutes, has aroused Specula-
ton as to what would happen If quick
stop was required at such speed. Experts
declare that a train of the character OF
the Twentieth Century Limited when going
at the rate of ninety-seven miles an hour.
could not be stopped inside of three-fourths
of mile, and that it would take one min
ute to bring the train to a dead stop. 1t is
stated that the engineers, when running
at that rate, begin reducing speed at least
two miles away from where the train Is
expected to stop.
The New York Financier devotes several
columns to setting out the financial stand
ing and the prospective future of the
Wabash road. 1t says the Wabash has
been brought from hopeless position to a
road of vital Importance. 1t has not failed
TO report an increase in gross earnings
for either of the last sixty months. The
present company was formed in 1889, and all
OF it's branch lines were practically cut of
in the reorganization. Since that time the
management has been active in improving
the cOnoltlOn OF the property, anu diSo III
securing and improving its local lines, and
as result of the aggressive attitude the
management has taken the future of the
road is full of promise.
The efficiency of the United States postal
service has been demonstrated in a peculiar
way. At Rock Island ILL.,, a few days ago
there was deposited in a United States
mail box, a letter upon the envelope OF
which was pasted a picture evidently repre-
senting some railway passenger agent This
was all there was upon the envelope. That
| the picture some railway passenger
| agent the postoffice authorities determined
from the uniform, and, under microscopic
inspection, discovered that the cap bore the
| inscription-Chicago e. Alton Railway pass
enger agent. Upon reference to a Chicago
| e. Alton Railway folder Gn which appears
| the pictures of depot passenger agents al
| terminals to enable passengers to readily
| recognize passenger agents who meet in
| coming trains and assist passengers IN
! boarding outgoing trains the postoffice au
| thorities discovered similar likeness anC
found that the individual to whom the let
ter was addressed was Price M. Taylor
| depot passenger agent, Chicago & Altor
Railway ST. Louis, Mo. The letter was
then forwarded, reaching Mr.. Taylor three
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