The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-28
ARGEEQUIPMENT ORDERS
IMPROVEMENTS UNDER WAY WITH
THE BALTIMORE & OHIO.
An Increase in Grain Shipments to the
East and for ExpOrt-Western
Travel VIII Continue Heavy.

G. L. Potter, general manager Of the
Baltimore & Ohio. is on a trip over the
system, accompanied by j. II. Maddy. his
private secretary, who is ready to give IN
formation that makes good reading. The
Pittsburg Post devotes considerable space
TO an interview with Mr.. Maddy, who said,
among other things, that it was true that
the company last week placed orders for
100 new locomotives; this in addition to
l50 previously ordered On June an order
was placed for seventy-fve consolidated
freight engines, fifteen six-wheel connected
machines, and ten Atlantic passenger To-
comotives. The last order. placed Satur-
day, announcement of which was made yes
terday. duplicates the order of June .. Pre-
vious to the order of June was placed
an order for fifty engines. This order was
for forty-eight consolidated freight ma
chimes and two small switching engines for
use in the Philadelphia yards. The COM
pany last week also purchased four con-
soidated freight locomotives. weighing
10000 each. that had been built for the
Rutland Railroad, but which were sold be-
cause they were too heavy for the Rut-
lands bridges. The order for fifty ma
chimes is being filled at the rate of four
per week, and will be completed Oct. /.
The locomotives included in the recent or
der will be built at the Baldwin, Rich
mond and Pittsburg plants. Naturally the
American Locomotive Company gets a big
share of the trade All of the engines, ex-
cept in the instances noted, are of the con-
solidated type, weighing approximately 1884,
600 pounds, and are single expansion sim
pie machines. Talking of the order for new
car equipment, Mr.. Maddy said that 1,SOt
of the 1900 drop-bottom steel hoppers, or
| dered from the Pressed Steel Car Company
| some time ago, had been delivered, leaving
! zoo yet to come The company is also await
/ ing delivery of 1900 steel gondolaS, of 1,3O.
| box cars, and 200 fiat cars All cars EN-
| bodied in the foregoing are each of 10000
pounds capacity. To accommodate the
| rapidly increasing passenger travel the
| company mas ordered two combination din
| ing and parlor cars, three dining cars
| passenger coaches. By the first of mex
January it is anticipated that the Baltt
/ more * Ohio Will be double track all tho
way from Philadelphia TO within short
| distance of Garrett, Ind. On Sept 1 con
| tracts will be let for the double tracking
| of ia miles Of the 27S miles of road between
| Chicago Junction and Chicago This will
| be comparatively an easy task because OF
! the topography of the country. The com
! pletion of the double track indicated mean!
| that complete adjustment of the Ions
! gauntlet east of COnnellsville, and tn,
! complete double tracking of the Pittsburl
! q Western right through to Akron, O. Ii
| the scheme of Improvement is included
| fOur-track line TO Versailles with Con
| nelsville the ultimate objective point
The work between New Castle junction
and Akron alone embodieS an eXpenditur,
| of about 100000.