The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-15

Indianapolis & Western. Lyon Liston. rep
resenting the freight department OF the
Union Pacific and its allied lines, was also
in the city.
put on five daily fruit trains in Michigan
and a daily fruit-car ferry will begin regu-
lar trips between Muskegon and milwaukee,.
A new feature, that OF running a tally
fruit train north from st. Joseph TO connect
with the Milwaukee ferry, has been inau-
gurated.
Vice President Van Etten, of the Boston
q Albany, has notified the machinists ana
helpers who struck last Saturday. that he
Will submit the differences TO arbitration,
but that the road is unwilling TO grant Ten
hours pay for nine hours work, especially
as their men are better paid than those OF
any other New England road.
1t is difficult to ascertain what express
company Will operate over the Evansville
& Terre Haute. The United States Com
pany operates over all Chicago. Rock Island
& Pacific lines, and it was thought 1t would
continue TO operate over the Evansville *
Terre Haute, but a late rumor is that the
Wells-Fargo Company has secured the con-
tract.
Attaches of the Pullman cars run to the
PACIFIC coast are indignant over the small
fees they are receiving. This is said TO be
due to the fact that the first-class Pullmans
are poorly patronized. the tourist cars car,
rying a large per cent. of the business, ana
as a result the Pullman attaches are organ
izing, and viii make a proposition to abolish
the fee system entirely.
The Erie has entered the soft-coal field
and will compete I'm the hauling of both
hard and soft coal. During the strike 1t de-
voted its attention to soft-coal traffic to
such an extent that it increased it's earnings
l 6-7 per cent. per mile. OF late the Erie
has increased it's carrying facilities largely.
and now can handle both hard and soIt
coal, In this respect copying after the Nor,
folk & Western, which has largely INCREASED
its earnings in the same way.
The Loo.I 50 Kanco Cify
has notified members by circular letters OF
the removal of shipping restrictions, and
they have been urged 10 look promptly after
all cars consigned TO them and see that cars
are unloaded and empties returned as soon
as possible, so as to do away with frelght
congestion. The grain men are said 10 be
alive to the situation and doing all IN 1nelr
power, and other shippers are handing
freight as soon as possible In order to get
empty cars to reload.
A new steel hopper car is being built by
the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Engineering
Company at Pittsburg. 1t is a departure
from any of the designs now in use. The
object is to reduce a number of parts sus-
cepuble TO corrosion, TO produce q. car that
shall be self-clearing and one which can De
repaired at low cost. The car was ex-
hibited at the meeting of the Master Car
Builders Association at Saratoga and was
Inspected by a large number of members.
1t is now in use at a point where it will be
subjected to severe service.
The Baltimore & Ohio and the Vanderbilt
interests. which already own more than
100000 shares of Philadelphia & Reading
stock. are still purchasing for further in
vestmeDts. The fact that such shrewd cap
italistS and railroad men as Mr.. Cassatt
and Mr.. Vanderbilt are willing to buy these
securities means a good deal to the inves-
tors in that property and to investors gen.
orally. Last year the Baltimore & Ohio and
the Vanderbilts so bought the largest amount n
the open market by any buyer at any time
The common stock was bought. at a time
share, and the whole purchase aggregated
more than $50, 900 900.