The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-09

The southern Railway Company TINS
week placed order for twenty vestibuled
coaches. fifteen baggage and express cars
and six combination passenger and baggage
cars.
w. NJ. Somers, captain of the police force
of the Logansport division of the Panhan-
die. has rendered his resignation, to take
effect Aug. 10. He has held the position
since 1898.
1t is said that Charles F. DAILY. chief as
sistant general passenger agent OF the Lake
Shore, has decided not TO accept the gen
eral passenger agency of the Chicago, Bur
lington * Quincy.
Wabash passenger earnings in the last
week OF July were sl905OO. an increase OF
Sf'zU'.So over the corresponding week OF
last year Notwithstanding the Buffalo at
traction Of that year.
The Pennsylvania seashore excursion
TINS year exceeded all records In number
OF excursionists handled. 1t required htty-
nVe Pullman cars and thirty day coacheS
to carry the travellers
The Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern S
excursion to Atlantic City was a great sue
cess. There were seven special trans
turned over to the Baltimore * Ohio, thirty
eight cars being Pullmans.
w. c. Deppe assistant general passenger
agent of the Big Four, and l.. Nj. web, as
slstant general passenger agent of the ON
cinanu, Hamilton q Dayton, have returned
from the passenger meeting held at Putin
Bay.
The people of Loramies are pleased over
the report that the Lake Erie & Western
has taken hold of the extension of the road
(Minster branch) south through Loramles
10 Houston, there to connect with the Big
Four.
Joseph Ramsey, president and ]. W. Pat
terson, chief engineer of the Wabash S
Pittsburg extension are in New York. The
company is pushing the work and hopes
TO be running trains into Pittsburg early
next spring
John NJ. Egan, president of the Central
OF Georgia road, has returned from New
York and will soon publish his annual re-
port showing the condition of the property
The directors will then vote on the divi-
dend question.
fast freight train was hauled on
Wednesday on the Wabash from Peru to
ty-five minutes actual running time, the
fastest run ever made with freight train
over the line.
Traffic has become so heavy on the Bee
line division of the Big Four that second
track between Cleveland and indianapolis
is absolutely necessary, and 1t is expected
the work will be resumed west Of Gallon IN
the near future.
The fifth annual home visitors excursion
10 points in Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky
will be run Sept. 9. Reduced rates will be
made to Columbus, Cincinnati, Springfield,
Dayton, Xenia, Louisville, Indianapolis and
all intermediate stations.
The Wall Street Journal quotes promi-
nent fnancier as saying: mo matter what
may be said to the contrary the Illinois
Central is to-day the central figure of a
railroad deal more extensive than any the
country has ever known"
For the first time in it's history the Grand
! Trunk has entered the Pittsburg field 10
get coal. this week having contracted for
its supply of coal after April L with the
Logansport Coal Company, with mines on
the Allegheny Valley road
The first passenger train run over the
Kansas CityMeXico- Orient road Will carry
a party of excursionists from Harper, Kan,
established a once, but passenger business
will be delayed a short time
The Western railroads yesterday decided
to meet the Santa FEES rates on live STOCK
from Missouri river territory and the
beyond the river by making the Chicago
figure the local rate TO the Missouri river
plus u.
The first contracts for improvements on
the Big Four on its Chicago division be-
tween Guilford and Kankakee have been
awarded. 1t is expected the improvements
to be made on the Chicago division, con-
sisting of cutting down grades, eliminating
curves, laying second track and additional
side tracks, will cost in the neighborhood
of s., 100000.
r. c. McSmith Southern passenger agent
of the Grand Trunk is in the city, He
states that passenger business exceeds in
volume expectations of the Grand Trunk
management, following so close on the
Buffalo Pan-American Exposition. BY the
middle of November the Grand Trunk will
be double tracked for 775 miles, from Chi
cago to Montreal.
The Denver & Rio Grande tracks which
were washed out at various places by the
recent floods have been repaired and trains
are now running according to schedule on
the various lines. The total damage to the
Rio Grande, the Colorado Midland, the
Colorado Southern and the Santa Fe rail-
ways by the cloudbursts and floods is esti-
mated at $4,000.
Record-breaking runs are the rule now.
and another was made Tuesday evening on
the Pennsylvania between Fort Wayne and
Crestline. The train was thirty-seven min
utes late in leaving Fort Wayne and made
wonderful spurts of speed on straight track.
From Dunkirk to Upper Sandusky, dis
| lance of 1912 miles was made in thirteen
minutes, the best previous time being four
| teen minutes. From Forest to Upper San
dusky. twelve miles. the distance was COW
cred in seven minutes or at the rate of
| 1929 miles per hour.
Heads of the brotherhoods are now MAX
| ing earnest efforts to get all employees of
| the Erie road into the union organizations.
| On this line the brotherhoods have not Sc
! cured very strong hold. The intentions
! OF the leaders, Ii is stated. are as soon as
| the men organize, to follow the work by
| demanding higher wages and fewer hours,
| and to follow the demand with a strike.
| In some cases men who have worked with
the company for many years and are salts
| fed with their positions considerably
embarrassed over the situation.
Traffic officials of the Chicago and St Paul
! lines received verbal notice on Friday that
| the Great Northern and Northern Pacific
would reduce grain rates from all North
| west territory to st. Paul, Minnea polls and
| Duluth to take effect Sept l. 1t is an
| nounced that the maximum reduction will
be cents per hundred pounds points as
| far south as Yankton, S. D.. included. The
| traffic officials concerned were given to I'M
derstand that later they would be invited
| TO a conference at which the proposed new
| grain traffic would be discussed.
1t has been given out from the office of
General Manager Wells that on account of
| the unusually heavy earnings of the Santa
| Fe Company during the past year President
| Richley's plans for improving different
parts of the system had met the approval
| of the directors. These plans include the
| rebuilding of 175 miles of track in Cali
| fornia, Arizona and New Mexico. The
/ Santa Fe coast line will be torn up and
| the fifty-fve-pound rails replaced by sixty
/ five-pound steel. This will include the main
| tracks from San Francisco to Albuquerque
| and from Los Angeles to Barstow