The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-23

ern. are in Peoria arranging for fitting up
new Offices In that city. Peoria is one OF
the best points for business on the system,
and the company proposes TO ft up ofnces
which will be credit TO the road and 10
the city.
The announcement is made that the in
surance department of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers has been awarded
the first prize at the Paris exposition in
competition with insurance departments
of many other United States orders and
societies This organization has paid out
In the twenty-six years of its existence in
death claims over 100000
Freight officials of Western lines who
nave been in the city the last few days
state that the Western roads are not so
seriously affected by traffic congestion as
are the roads running east from Chicago
motive power would be in pretty good
shape. These men say there is enough
freight in sight to keep all the roads busy
during the entire year.
The first spike in the Port Angeles &
racine road was driven on Monday The
line runs directly west from Port Angeles
about midway between Fit. Townsend and
Cape Flattery: and to the west coast. where
IL connects with the Grays Harbor branch
OF the Northern Pacific. TX will tap one
of the richest belts of standing timber on
the continent, many of the trees being from
800 TO 100 feet high and Is to % feet in
diameter
The colonist rates to the Pacific coast
which go into effect Feb. Is and continue
until April 80. promise to be very popular
The rate one way is but $50 to any point in
California from indianapolis. Already
space In the tourist cars is being reserved
by persons contemplating going to the
coast and the business this year bids fair
TO largely exceed that of any former year.
as the tickets permit of stop-on at impor-
tant points en- route to San Francisco.
Z. III. Hartman has been elected presi-
dent of Morgan's Louisiana Texas Rail-
road and Steamship Company, the Louis
lana division of the Southern Pacific, to
died in New Orleans Dec. Z. Thorn
well Fay was elected vice president. John
New Orleans, Alexander Miller assistant
treasurer in New York and A K. Vande-
venter assistant treasurer in New York.
The Union Pacific has another strike on
department walked out when asked to do
piecework. 1t is stated that the employees
of the Union Pacific are in no friendly
mood toward the company. For seven
deavoring to reach a settlement and the
strike leaders are said TO be becoming des-
perate. They threaten that unless some
thing is done within short time there will
be tying up of the whole system.
An official of the Southern Pacific writes
that the company has placed contracts for
new equipment for 1903 which include nine
ty-two modern locomotives of the best
type consolidated freight engines for
use on the mountain grades. some
of which are now on the way to
delivery. The remainder of the locomo-
tives are to be delivered commencing In
April and comprise thirteen high-speed pas
senger engines. Atlantic type, drivers 81
inches in diameter; ten ten-wheeled passen-
ger engines, eighteen mogul freight locomo-
tives and twenty-five large switch engines.
all to be built by the Baldwin locomotive
works. The company has also contracted
for 125 first-class passenger coaches, sew
enty-eght to be built by the Pullman COM
pany and the remaining twenty-five by
Barney, Smith & Co. The delivery of these
coaches will commence in June. Other
contracts are for seventy-five refrigerator
cars, 100 forty-ton box cars, 1000 forty-ton
fiat cars, 500 stock cars and Go large-ca-
pacity oil-tank cars.