The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-29

which to make up time, and the 14s miles
were run in 80 minutes. Including the stop
at Rochester, this means that for two
hours and twenty minutes the train av-
eraged more than mile a minute.
While the earnings of the Cincinnati,
| Hamilton & Dayton continue on "A large
scale. there is said to be little likelihood
OF any dividend on the common stock. The
| latter, 1t is claimed, is wanted more for
| the voting power it carries than for any
prospective dividend.
The stockholders of the Western Pacific
have formally authorized the directors OF
the corporation TO issue $5O,oOO,OOo worth or
per cent. bonds redeemable in thirty
years. Fourteen surveying parties are said
| TO be at work mapping out route from
san Francisco to Salt Lake.
Harry Drew's road the Chicago, Eastern
Indiana, will be pushed on to Milton,
| Ind. Mr. Drew says it would have been
| completed before this time had they been
able to secure rails. The rails are now
| purchased and paid for, and Will be deliV-
cred within the next few weeks
Grant w. Taylor, late of the Southern
Railway system. with headquarters IN
| Washington, ID. c., has been appointed
superintendent of car service of the Chi
| cago & Alton with headquarters in Chicago.
| succeeding c. ]. Fellows, who goes to the
Chicago and Great Western in similar ca
| pacity.
| Harry Grommert. city ticket and passen-
| ger agent of the MISSOURI Pacific, was
| killed on Monday at Kansas City. He was
| hanging onto a vestibule coach as 1t passed
| freight train over sidetrack and was
4 knocked from the by protrudlnS door
! of one OF the freight cars. Mr.. GrOmmert
was well known by local passenger men.
| Officials of the Illinois Central predict
| that there will be another big year OF traf-
| fic In the territory of their line. as every
| legitimate enterprise, North and South, is
| at present in a healthful condition and
business is being carried on in the greatest
4 fhn flIftI
labor has been greatly reduced In all sec
| tons and to this perhaps to more than
| anything else the officials attribute the bet
| ter feeling.
| reticent concerning their plans for DISPOSE
| ton of their holdings at Pullman. Ill.
| The five-year allowance by the Supreme
Court of Illinois for getting rid of the
| property will expire the latter part of Octo-
| Der next. 1t is stated that there is no need
of any anxiety on the part of the STOCK,
| holders concerning the matter and II will
| be satisfactorily adjusted in due time with
| out loss or detriment to anybody.
f. A. Ford, general passenger agent OF
| the Pennsylvania lines west, was in the
city yesterday. He is on Western tour
| of the various offices controlled by the
| Pennsylvania company, calling on repre-
| sentatives of the line. He reports passen-
ger business as having been excellent espe-
| cially through July. The cool weather or
| June curtailed travel somewhat, but the
passenger earnings thus far this year have
| year.
| H. II. Roseman general passenger and
| freight agent of the Southern Indiana, was
| I'm the city yesterday. He is elated over
| the business the road is now doing. when
| he entered the roads employ it was earn
ing hardly enough to pay operating ex-
| penses and taxes; now 1t is fiourishng and
| making much money as any OF the more
| pretentious roads. Every month is show
| ing handsome increases in earnings, and
| when extensions planned are completed its
business will be very large and profitable.
| The Baltimore & Ohio, for the fiscal year
ending June 80, shows much the largest
| earnings in the history of the property. The
June statement. especially, makes a new
| mark for monthly earnings, the gross re-
ceipts being 1886. $50. an increase over June,
1902, of $747564, the net was $2,3S9,949, an in
crease of 1858, 245. For the year the total
crease of S. $50 O22, the net, s23 S7S,674 an in
| crease of 81, 1896. O47. These figures include
the earnings of the Baltimore & Ohio
Southwestern.
Freight officials of the Vanderbilt lines
are in the East this week comforting with
G. II. Stevens, superintendent OF special
freight service. ]. r: Cavanaugh, superin-
Represents that road. On Monday night
| the committee left Buffalo for a trip over
| the Boston & Albany and the Boston &
Maine to inspect several transfer stations
and the system of handling freight. All
| the roads in the group will also be visited
by the committee, who desire to familiar
| lie themselves with cOndltlOnS.
In 1881 j. A Stewart messenger for
the Great Western road at st. Thomas,
Ontario. Later he was employed on the
Union Pacific. In May, 1892. he was pro-
NOTED to travelling PASSENGER agent OF the
| Chicago, Rock Island q Pacific. In 1884 ne
was made city passenger and ticket agent
| at Des Moines, and now has reached the
position of general agent of the passenger
department of the Chicago, Rock Island a.
Pacific, his territory embracing Missouri,
Kansas, Oklahoma and Indian Territory.
The Central Association of Railroad Of
ficers, representing the operating depart
| ments of railroads in the Middle West,
| which was in session at Detroit Tuesday,
elected the following officers: President j
b. Flanders, Springfield, o; first vice presi-
dent, j.. A. Gordon, C1ncinnatl; second wee
| president c.. o. Johnson, Kansas City,
| Mo-; secretary and treasurer, o. @. Fetter
| Cincinnati. All session were executive, but
| ii was announced that the business trans
| acted was particularly routine, interspersed
with discussions and papers on general top
| les of railroad operations.
The Lake Erie & Western is doing the
largest passenger traffic in it's history. Yes
| terday il had twenty-five coaches of excur-
| sionists to Lake Maxinkuckee, and to-day
will have e large excursion to Cincinnati
| which will require some thirty coaches,
| tomorrow it will have an excursion of bust
| ness men to Lima, o., and Cedar Lake
1t is stated that had the company cars
| which exceeds all records, would be even
| heavier. General Superintendent Moon has
| notified the passenger department that he
| cannot spare so many engines for passen-
| GER business as freight business is suffering
for lack of power to move it.
The Baltimore & Ohio has let the con-
| tract for the Washington terminal i'm
provement to McMullin & McDermott and
the Huffman Engine and Construct
ing Company, of Philadelphia, al
| their bid of over 100000. Under
| the agreement, the B. & o. is to
, | construct the connections and stone viaduc1
from Montello on the Washington branch
| to the station at Massachusetts avenue. The
, | station is to be built under the direction Of
| Architect Durham, of Chicago, and the
| Capital hill tunnel and Southern connec.
ton by the Pennsylvania Railroad. The
| stone viaduct will have ten tracks from
| New York avenue to the station and the
| contract include this, well as freight
terminals roundhouse and etc, needed
hy the Il G. O. II will require two years t