The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-07-04

any diminution in travel on other fast
trains.
The outside ticket offices will be open IN
til u o'clock to-day.
William Zimmonds, the oldest railway
emigrsnt passenger agent in the country,
died on Wednesday at Niagara Falls.
The Pennsylvania Limited was hauled on
Tuesday from Pittsburg TO Crestline, $50
miles. actual running time. in 22 minutes.
In June there were carried on the Big
-Four lines 601, 2O6 passengers, against 5SI.S92
in June. 1901, an increase this year of 1891.
In June there were handled at the South
street yards Of the Pennsylvania lines 1922
loaded cars, an increase of go cars over
June, 1901.
The French Lick Springs Hotel Company
has invited a number of passenger agents
20 attend a reception to be given at the
hotel July II.
The Southern Railway Company on July
1 absorbed the South Carolina & Georgia
Railway, running from Canton, S. c., TO
Marion, n. c., l15 miles.
TIL earnings of the Hooking Valley road
for June were 500, 757.6S, an increase over
last year, same week. of 49, AGO, largely
due to its immense coal traffic.
The freight bureau maintained in st.
Louis in charge Of f. o. Becker has been
abolished and Mr.. Becker given service
with one of the st. Louis lines.
The Pennsylvania fast mail now makes
the run from indianapolis to St. Louis in
five hours and eighteen minutes, the fast
est time ever made by a regular train over
the road.
The Panhandle yesterday received four
more heavy freight engines, completing the
thirty-five that the American locomotive
works at Richmond, Va, have been con-
structing for the company.
The Chicago & Northwestern has placed
Frank Sisco, for forty-two years an en-
gineer on the line, on the pension list. BY
accurate record he has kept he has run an
engine on that road /, 402, 297 miles.
General Agent Brown. of the American
Express Company, says II has been a pros
porous year with the company, and, as far
as possible. the employees will be given a
holiday to-day and the offices will be
closed.
full of Information as to where to hunt and
fish. The book contains Illustrations of
animals, birds and fish to be found at the
different points and a digest of the fish and
game laws of Northwestern States.
The extension Of the Cincinnati, Rich
mond & Muncie to Cincinnati has met diff
1culty in Butler county. Thomas Shields
absolutely refuses to permit the road to
pass through his property, and suit was
begun yesterday TO condemn the right or
way.
c. w. Bassett. recently appointed general
passenger agent Of the Baltimore & Ohio
at Baltimore. on Tuesday underwent a
painful operation at a Pittsburg hospital.
He is reported TO have stood the operation
we'll and TO be doing as well as could be
expected.
All indianapolis lines have entered into
an agreement TO m closing the city
freight depots on Aug. / at 4:30 p. m. and on
Saturdays at 4 p. m. II is believed the ar
rangement will now be permanent. being
the first time that all lines have consented
to the plan.
Samuel Anderson, ex-mayor of Fitchburg,
Mass, and for many years agent of the
New York, New Haven & Hartford at that
point. and later superintendent of the
Taunton division. has been appointed gem
eral manager of the New England Car
service Association.
Harry Miller, general manager OF the
Vandaiia, was in the city yesterday en-
route 10 Richmond, Ind, where he will
spend the Fourth with mis- father, John f.
Miller, and then take his family TO the
~Adirondacks for the summer. Mr.. Miller
Will return next week.
Norman II. Chamberlain has been ap-
pointed representative of the passenger
and freight departments of the Grand
Island road at Kansas City, vice A. G. Bur
at one time represented the Lackawanna
line in indianapolis territory.
The Kinser Construction Company. which
has a 81, 100000 contract for the building of
the Missouri ansas-Texas extensions in
Oklahoma, has subject the contract TO ten
different firms. who will begin the work
immediately. The contracts cover 265 miles
OF road, the principal extension being the
NhN " ~ l. 1B ~ II
The Hooking Valley road is testing a
device calculated to insure the proper
execution of train orders regardless of the
engineer forgetting, sleeping or his death
after having received instructions. In a
six weeks test on one of their engines not
once did 1t fail TO act properly. At the first
failure TO obey orders the train is brought
10 a full stop, which naturally leads TO an
investigation of the cause.
Announcement was made yesterday at
the office Of the Pennsylvania Railroad
in Philadelphia that orders for the steel
requirements of the lines east and west of
Pittsburg for the year 1903, amounting TO
207. 900 tons. were placed yesterday, as fol-
lows: United States Steel Corporation, no.
600 tons; Cambria Steel Company, IS, 500
tons; Pennsylvania Steel Company, 80. 500
tons; Lackawanna Iron and Steel Com
pany. 10000 tons.
The time allowance by the new per diem
system for switching cars has been placed
at four days and the maximum as close to
five days as possible. 1t is anticipated that
at the end of three months the time will
be reduced to three days. For the past
few weeks a record has been kept or time
consumed in switching cars at important
terminals. and officials were astonished at
the Indifference shown TO unnecessary de-
lay in handling cars in yards. Indianap-
oils is credited with being as prompt in
handling its switching service as any point
in the country.