The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-20

September l has been fixed by the man.
agement of the Pittsburg * Lake Erie for
the opening of its Brownsville extension.
During the absence OF General Manager
Barnard at Harbor Springs, Mich, his Of
fices are being repaired, revarnished and re-
furnished.
There were handled at the Union Station
In july 4,6o9 trains, ana on THESE trains
were hauled 3S,7H coaches, against S,oz
in July, 1892
II. NJ. Bronson. assistant general passen-
ger agent of the Big Four. accompanied
Dy his wife. left last evening Tor San
dusky on weeks vacation.
} r.. F. Kelly. general agent of the passen-
ger department of the Wabash, accompan-
led by his wife, returned yesterday from
an outing al Thousand Islands.
l.. ii. Van Allen, formerly superintendent
of the Buffalo division of the I.ehigh Val
Icy. ~has affiliated himself with the Now
York Central as special agent.
r, p, Algeo. district passenger agent of the
CT III. < D., and the Monon. accompanied
the Niagara Falls excursionists on Tues
Gay. He will be absent several days.
S w. o. Woods. formerly connected with
the Illinois Central. in positions of response
Dlity, has accepted a position as manager
of the electric lines at Detroit Mich.
The report of the American Locomotive
Company will be issued in few days and
the earnings were $32. 963, 1870 as compared
with $26,S9S,393 in the preceding year.
Work is progressing rapidly on the Young
Mems Railroad Christian Association build
ready for the roof. and will be completed
ready for occupancy by the last of Octo-
ber
Two more of the Atlantic type of en-
gines ordered by the Big Four arrived yes
terday, completing the order for fifteen
which have been received in the last thirty
days. three being consigned TO the Peoria
e. Eastern.
Grain shipments from Chicago eastward
have been reduced as q result of the de-
cision of the railroads to give other bust
ness the preference and to allow the lake
transportation lines to take care of the
grain shipments.
+. p. Byrne, formerly contracting freight
agent of the Peoria, Evansville & De-
catur and later with the Illinois Central,
mas accepted position with the cum
berland Telephone Company, with head
quarters in Memphis
The through sleeper hauled by the Big
Four between Buffalo and Memphis in con-
neetion. with the Illinois Central. is prov
ing a success Eastward the Pullman car
passes through Indianapolis at 7:25 a. m.
and westward at 6:45 p. m.
The Knoxville G. Ohio. leased by the
Southern railway, has purchased the Br1s-
tol road, forty miles I'm length, and the
Tennessee Northern, twenty miles long, and
$3,000OO0 of the Knoxville d Ohio bonds are
TO be fioated to pay for them.
The shop employees of the Panhandle in
this city will hold a picnic on Saturday at
Lake Maxikuckee. The company has made
Coaches ar their and families
The train will leave Indianapolis at 6 a. m.
General Passenger Agent Anderson of the
Southern Pacific, says that when the win
| ter season for California travel begins there
Will be a sunset limited train which will
leave in the forenoon and make the run
from New Orleans to San Francisco in
seventy-twO hours.
Five years ago Joseph Ramsey, jr.. pres
ident of the Wabash, declared that the
earnings of the system would be 100000
per month in time. Mr.. Gould then as
serted that the earnings would never reach
that amount. but the earnings for July just
passed the 100000 mark.
The construction of new railroad into
the Adirondacks has been decided upon,
steam TO be the motive power. 1t will be
known as the Lowville 81 Beaver railroad
and within the next three or four years
will become competitor of the lines now
operating in that territory.
General Manager Culver, of the Della
ware d Hudson announces that hereafter
Wilkesbarre. instead of Binghamton, n
to Binghamton was formerly the main line
but hereafter Oneonta. n. Y, to Bling
hamton will be the main line.
The large Santa Fe locomotive. which the
Pennsylvania is testing is now in service
on the Pittsburg & Cleveland division. II
is much larger than the ones now used or
| the mountain reads, having two cylinders
instead of one, and is said TO draw one
| third more than any other engine in serv-
| ice on the Pennsylvania.
! According to reports received i'm Chicago
on Wednesday the John ID. Rockefeller
| syndicate has failed TO secure control of the
! Chicago Great Western. This means that
the scheme for the operating of the line by
the Chicago. Milwaukee & st Paul and the
| Missouri, Kansas & Texas has failed, AND
! that the road will continue to be operated
| independently.
| What effect the Chicago. Rock Island 6
Pacfc-Santa Fe deal will have on the rela
| tons between the Rock Island and the
! Southern Pacific is question agitatns
/ railroad circles. 1t is hardly believed thai
! the Rock Island will enter into exclusive
arrangements with the Santa he, but will
| continue to work with the Southern Pacifi,
| for transcontinental traffic via FL Paso.
The new 81 100000 stone arch bridge which
the Pennsylvania has been building acros.
! the Delaware for more than year is nov
| practically completed, and trains will begir
running over it next Sunday. The bridge
| which is said to be the only stone structure
| of the kind over the Delaware for hundreds
| of miles, eliminates the sharp curves il
| Morrisville, which have long been trouble
| some.
The Lackawanna was one of the first rail
roads i'm the country to fulfill the require
| ment of the safety appliance act, which
| Is to take effect September 1. General SUI
perintendent Clarke has issued special in
ing air brakes must comply with the Law
| and that due care must be taken to tes
| every train before leaving the yard or ter
| minal.
The telegraph department of the Penn
sylvania lines west is preparing to con
! struct forty miles of new telegraph line.
between Collinsville and Smithville, in order
to handle the increased business which will
come account of the st. Louis fair. LII
addition sixty miles of new line will b,
built on the Vandalia between Terre Haul,
and Effingham, the work to be started II
two weeks.
Presidents of one or two of the more DOW
| erful railroad systems of the Middle Yves
living in New York have called the atten
ton of traffic departments to the introduc
ton of increased business following a
| cent fiat passenger rate on several Eastern
| lines and have asked for instruction
| whether to introduce such a rate in tn
| West is practicable. stating that il is tn
intention to put in such rate if it is foun,
that passenger traffic will justify it,