The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-19

sor on the Lake Erie & Western, De Witt
Moon, for few days to give him some
idea OF the improvements he had contem-
plated on the line.
a disagreement is reported to exist be-
tween the Goulds as TO the wisdom of the
Wabash antagonizing the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company. and IL is reported that
one of the younger Goulds has disposed OF
considerable OF his holdings of the Wheel
ing * Lake Erie, one of the WABASH lines.
Negotiations are said TO be in progress
between President Suckey, of the chicago
Great Western, and parties who are
thought TO be working in the interests OF
Hartman and Morgan for a change In con-
troll of the property, which is a thorn in the
flesh of the syndicate lines as TO rate mat
tiers.
A washout at Rising, on the Western
division of the Peoria & Eastern, recently
delayed a train twenty-three hours. The
engine and all the passenger cars, the
Pullman excepted. left the track. Fortu-
nately the engineer and fireman escaped
with few bruises, and not a passenger
was injured.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company has
closed deal with theWestinghouse Elec-
trio Company for all the electrical work
in the New York tunnels. 1t is the in
tention of the Pennsylvania to operate its
trains through the tunnels on the third
rail system, and for this purpose a number
OF large motors will be built.
John Cassen is the oldest engineer on
the Panhandle in point of service. He be-
gan IN 1893 as a peanut boy Two years
later he was q fireman the youngest In the
service. and since 1861 has run an engine.
He has run 459.640 miles up to August. He
is arranging to visit the old country in a
few weeks, his first vacation in number
of years.
Railroad men are watching with a good
| deal of interest the progress in building
the Canadian Northern road a transcon-
unental line across the continent, about
80 miles north of the Canadian Pacific.
Ihere /
of the road, and il is built well into the
Northwest by way of Port Arthur and
Winnipeg, and is now doing a good bust
ness.
Frank Bronson, son of H. NJ. Bronson,
assistant general passenger agent of the
Big -Four, has been appointed one of the
| teachers in the mechanical department OF
| the indianapolis Manual Training High
SCHOOL The young man was educated at
| Purdue University; he then went into the
| Peoria & Eastern Railroad shops at Ur-
Ddna Tor two years, and a year ago en-
| tered the employ of the Schenectady loco
| motive works.
! Engineers of the Pittsburg Fort Wayne
/ ~ Chicago and the Pennsylvania are in
| In the record run of last week, when a
! special maintained a speed of sixty miles
| an hour from Pittsburg to Crestlne and
at intervals reached a speed of seventy
! eight miles an hour. On the middle division
| of the parent line il is not uncommon FOL
the fast trains TO attain a speed of eighty
| miles an hOur. This division is the pride
of the Pennsylvania.
| Numerous orders were placed last week
| for new locomotives to be delivered neXt
year. The Philadelphia & Reading mott
| fed the Baldwin locomotive works to re-
| serve certain amount of space for them
| The New York Central ordered 40, the New
| York. New Haven & Hartford 80, the Chi
| cago, Rock Island & Pacific 100 the Santa
| Fe 10, and the Queen & Crescent 10. There
| were a number of smaller orders placed
| Everything the locomotive works can builC
this year is now sold.
Virgil L. Vogue, special engineer Of tn,
| Wabash system, accompanied by Engineer
| Vandervater. Of the Western Maryland
started yesterday an inspection trip Of
i the lines Of the Western Maryland road
| The object of the trip is said TO be to as
| certain the probable cost of reducing th'
| grades and curvature of the road to
| aser Landstreet stated yesterday that worl
on the construction OF terminals for III,
| Wabash system in Baltimore will be begun
| about the first OF the year.
The annual report OF the Ann Arbor Rail
| of the property formally passed into tn,
hands of the Gould interests. AT the an
| nual election Saturday George Gould anC
| G. w. Kreck were elected directors. Fol
| the past year the gross earnings wer,
| 81, 1893, 400, net earnings $50, 1854. The gros:
! revenue was increased about per cent
| over last year. The marine service acros.
| Lake Michigan contributed 1924 $50. IL
other words, more than 46 per cent O
| the gross freight earnings were derived
from the car ferries.