The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-02

declares that his department can keep all
the available freight cars for months 10
come in service, as the usual shrlnkage OF
traffic has not manifested itself on either
east of west-bound business.
President Cassatt says the Pennsylvania
will resume heavy construction work re-
Gently discontinued in the spring. He thinks
the railroad construction now in progress
throughout the country will afford moderate
protection for labor during the winter
months.
The passenger department Of the Big
Four has issued a convenient little work
giving n map of the St. Louis exposition
grounds, prominent hotels and boarding
houses. rates for board as agreed to by
such establishments, and other valuable in
formation.
the office of General Passenger Agent
Weeks, of the Philadelphia & Reading, has
been given a leave of absence of several
months TO take a trip south. and c. B.
Grace has been appointed to the desk dur
ing his absence.
The Santa Fe people expect by the con-
struction of a 250-mile cutoff to bring Chi
cago twelve hours nearer the Pacific coast,
and to save at least 10000 annually In oper-
ating expenses. This cutoff will place the
Santa Fe in a position TO excel all compet-
itors in point OF quick operation of trains.
On Thursday trainmen and yard en-
plOyeS or the Big -Four paid a handsome
tribute to Yard Conductor William Label,
who has been at St. Anthony's Hospital
several weeks. by presenting him with
s12O in cash. Mr.. Label is one of the oldest
employees of the Cincinnati division OF the
Big Four.
The Vanderbilt officials. including w. K.
Vanderbilt, w. III. Newman, E. A. Handy,
General Manager w. II. Marshall and w.
G. Brown, on Saturday inspected the Lake
Shore road from Buffalo TO Cleveland, COM
ing 10 Youngstown, and yesterday they In
spected the Lake Shore road between Cleve-
land and Chicago.
The Wabash Railway was reported to
have secured entrance to youngstown, ",
by purchase of property owned by the
Andrews and Hitchcock estates. The a
is the key TO the entrance to Youngstown
said to nave been $4,000. AS a result of
the transaction the Wabash will enter that
city in the near future over its own tracks.
No official light has yet been shed upon
the ways in which the St. Louis a. san
Francisco Will supply the missing link be-
tween its southernmost extension and New
Orleans. In the annual report just issued
President Yoakum says that the st. Louis.
turned over TO the st. Louis & San Fran
cisco by the construction company, may
form a part of the through line to connect
Chicago, st. Louis, Memphis and New Or
leans. This road. when completed, Will ex-
tend from a point near st. Louis to Luxora,
Ark, a distance of 20 miles.
The work of elevating the tracks of the
Lackawanna Railroad through Newark is
idpluly HcdrluB COiupletlOH. Lie hAS pas
senger car, carrying several OF the superln-
tending engineers and other officials OF the
road will pass oyer the new track this
week. The elevated portion in Newark from
the river to a short distance west Of High
street will be finished in a few weeks. in
Guiding the new passenger station off Plaine
street. The elevation of the tracks in Har-
rison, this side of Newark, has SO far pro-
pressed that a portion of the raised prop
erty may be used for west-bound passenger
trains within a few days. This will mark
the first use of any part of the elevated
rails for regular passenger service.