The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-28

ton TO the State Railroad Commission OF
Texas for the establishment of freight
rates its new lines between Fort Worth
and Dallas. which will be opened for reg
ular traffic Dec. /.
The new engines of the Belt road are
proving entirely satisfactory. They will
handle fifty TO sixty carloads or merchan-
disc with ease over any ~, portion OF the
loaded with COAL which is considered the
heaviest traffic handled.
The general passenger agent of one of the
trunk lines says the Chicago story about
ment are untrue. and that he has the best
reasons for concluding that no requests
will be made for a meeting and investiga-
ton by the joint passenger COMMITTEES.
l.. E. Wood. who has been chief dis
patcher Of the Baltimore & Ohio South
western, with headquarters at Flora, Ill,
was on Sunday transferred to the Spring
field. ILL.,. district. and F.. z. Goldsey. who
has been dispatcher. has been made chief
train dispatcher, succeeding Mr.. Wood
The new rates on steel rails have been
fixed and become known, although the OFF,
Gals connected with the Trunk Line Asso-
made public; The reduction of rates coin
cides with the cut of 80 1-3 per cent in the
special list covering iron and steel products.
The Michigan Central has filed petition
to the effect that all the track elevation
cases brought against ii by the city of
Joliet, ILL.,, be transferred to the United
States Circuit Court at Chicago, taking the
ground that the Michigan Central is not an
Illinois corporation and the local courts
have no jurisdiction.
c. II. Alexander, president of the Velasko,
BraZos & Northern Railway of Texas, has
been in st Louis for some days making ar
rangements to extend the road to Dallas,
Tex. He says the times are not propitious
for railroad building, but II he lives he in
tends seeing the road built. This extension
is 500 miles long and will cost s., 100000
bull p,{rh cd
for the railroad branch of the Young Mems
Christian Association at a cost of $4,000,
is completed, and was to have been dedi-
Gated Dec. 1, but owing to the furniture not
being ready, the ceremony will be postponed
for a few days. President ingalls, will be
present at the dedication and make an adj
dress.
The members of the new Omaha Grain
Exchange are said TO be wrought up over
the action of the Chicago, Rock Island &
Pacific In lowering the rates on grain into
Omaha, which is required to secure the
from Minneapolis and st. Paul. They see in
1t a move on the part of the railroad to
kill in its Infancy the movement to make
grain market at Omaha.
The Pennsylvania set aside s21 0OO, 600 for
improvements to its lines for 1903, the money
to be used in improving roadbed for track
ing portions of the system and doubletrack-
ing other portions. and for the coming year
aside to carry on the work, which will in
clude new equipments. new branch lines.
double tracking portions or the system
West. and four-tracking the lines East.
William Best, of Atlanthus, Ca, claims
to have handled the first railroad locomo-
tive In the United States, and he applied
last week to the department of the world S
fair at St Louis for permission to run the
first locomotive which will be in the big his
torical exhibit installed by the Baltimore &
Ohio. Mr.. Best is ninety-two years old
and says he was the engineer who handled
the engine which hauled the train from
Philadelphia to Trenton in 1898, the name of
the engine being 'Rhinoceros."
The report of the Voluntary Relief de-
partment of the Pennsylvania lines west
Of Pittsburg for October has just been is
sued. 1t shows that under the head of
death benefits there were nine cases Of ac-
cident with an attendant outlay of 900
and nineteen cases arising from natural
causes with an outlay OF 3d. $50. Under the
head of disablement benefits there were
LOIS cases of accident with an attendant
outlay Of sl3,9oS.7 10, and S61 cases of sickness.
with an outlay of 0.9S2. The total number
of casese cared for was 1,SOS and the total
outlay was s44.14070