The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-02-10

and the route viewed with favor is direct
line from La Crosse, Ind, the southern
terminus of the road. to the Illinois State
line.
The placing of President Ramsey in en-
tire charge of the Gould lines east OF the
Mississippi, and his own statement tnat IL
Is Tor the purpose of sondfying under one
management the allied roads having a COM
mon interest, indicates clearly that IL Is
the purpose of Mr.. Gould TO prosecute MS
plans for recognition in trunk line territory
TO finish.
AT the meeting Of the board Of directors
of the Canadian Pacific Railway on Mon
day dividend of per cent. on the pre-
ferred and 21z on the common stock was
declared for the half year ended December
last. The report says that after the pay
ment OF working expenses, fixed charges
and dividends there is a surplus for the
half year of So. 202. 9O7.
The Lake Erie & Western has transferred
a clock that was purchased some years
intendent of the Fort Wayne, Cincinnati
* Louisville division, which is said 70 be
one of the finest railroad clocks on West
ern lines, II originally costing over SSO0 IL
has been placed in the office of d. w. Moon.
general superintendent at Indianapolis.
The directors of the Philadelphia Erie
Will hold their annual meeting to-day. ana
1t is intimated that a warm time is ex-
Ing minority stockholders, will agitate
movement for distribution in some form
among the stockholders of the equivalent
or the surplus earnings that have peeh
used for improvements for several years
past
o. +. Bronkmeyer, chief clerk of J. y.
Van Wrinkle. general superintendent OF the
Big Four. has been promoted TO chief dls-
tributer of passenger equipment. and Is
succeeded in Mr.. Van Wrinkles office by II.
A. Prentice. w. p. Lamb succeeds Mr..
Prentice as chief clerk for III. F. Houghton,
assistant general superintendent OF the Big
Four.
Plans have been finally approved by the
management of the Baltimore & Ohio for
extensive yards at Keyser. Large classif-
cation yards are to be constructed provio-
ed with two east-bound and twelve west
bound classification tracks. Double main
tracks will extend along each side OF the
yard which will be five miles in length
The company expectes to open the cutoff
west of Cumberland by which ten miles
will be saved on May l.
In speaking of the large earnings of the
New York Central in January and Febru-
airy Vice President Christensen said: The
weather was favorable, and we were not
hampered as some of the roads were py
congestion. 1t will be remembered that the
Lake Shore, with which the New York Cen
trail connects at Buffalo. was at no time
compelled to refuse business on account
of the New York Central not being ape
to receive it, as the New York Central s
four tracks east of Buffalo have not Deen
cor gested for one day"
The Missouri Pacific has awarded 10
Kansas City firm the contract for con-
struction of seventy-six miles of the White
River extension, from Aurora, Mo- to the
second crossing of the White river. rms
new line will be built through southern
| Missouri and northern Arkansas to a con.
nection with the Iron Mountain system al
| Newport, Ark This piece OF railroad WORK
/ has been under consideration Tor over
twenty years, but. owing to the mountain
| Gus nature of the country, 1t has not Deer
| carried through as the expense or con-
struction will be enormous.
The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy has
| announced that it will spend s5OOOOO I'M
| proving the northern division known a.
the Neck of the Merger" which is neces'
STATED by the increase of business result
| ing from the merger. The improvements
will consist of new bridges over the 81
| Croix and Black rivers and new vladucl
| at La Crosse. a double track will be laio
| from La Crosse to Onalaka, and the ca.
| pacity of the Burlington shops at Crane
! Crossing will be doubled. The freight yards
| at La Crosse will also have double the
trackage when the improvements are com
pleted.
President Joseph Ramsey, 1r.. of the Wa
| bash system, arrived at Baltimore on Mon
! day to take up his duties as president OF
| the Western Maryland Railroad. President
| Ramsey said he expected TO see tnrougl
freight train running into BaItimore iron
| the West within two years. In that time
| according TO his calculations, freight vii
| be coming both by way or Parkerspurs
and Pittsburg. The first construction wort
|
Little Kanawha and Cherry run division
and then the building of the road from
Pittsburg south. President Ramsey saiC
he would spend a small part OF his time II
| Baltimore but would continue to keep hi:
| home in st. Louis, the headquarters OF the
| Wabash
Col Myron T Herrick, chairman of thu
! board of directors of the Wheeling & LAX,
Erie. referreing to the recent Wabash
| meeting in New York, which he attended
said yesterday: Among the big improve
ments decided upon was the double track
| ing of the Wheeling road east of Toledo
| and south from Cleveland, all the wa!
| through The business of the road has in
| creased at such an enormous pace that
| double track line has become a pressing
| necessity and the work will doubtless b.
| started in the near future. CONSTRUCTION
work on the Pitsburg extension and on tn
line to connect the Wheeling with tn
J Western Maryland is being pushed forward
/ rapidly and it is expected that much will
be accomplished within the next few
months"