The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-20


III. j. Rhein. general passenger agent {
the Lake Erie & Western. was in the cit
- Few hours yesterday, returning last nigh
: To Buffalo. His wife is better, and as 500
i as able Mr.. Rhein will take her north
recuperate.
4 The Pennsylvania on Thursday ran it's Al
; iantic City excursions from Pittsburg an
5 carried 1900 passengers, this being its sec
: ond excursion TO the seashore from tina
0 point Several trains were required to carr
' the excursionists.
0 The Weiffenbach excursion party of q
. | persons from Dayton, O.. was given a fas
{ ride last week, over the Philadelphia 4
Reading. making the run from Philadelphia
10 Atlapuc City on the schedule of tn
Reading sixty minute flyer.
The new time card of the New York Cen
trail, issued last week, shows TWENTY-FIVE,
trains coming west and twenty-five train.
going east every day. The card shows tina
! all are fast passenger trains. majority Of
tnem making very few stops.
f. w Watkins. recently appointed super
lntendent of the Lake Erie, Alliance &
western, was on Saturday presented by his
former associates on the Dunkirk, Allie
gheny Valley & Pittsburg with an oak chest
containing an elegant silver set.
Despite George j. Gould's statement that
Baltimore Will be the terminus of the Gould
transcontinental system. well-informed men
are of OPINION, based on strong circumstan-
tial evidence. that he is planning to enter
New York eventually over some one of the
| existing trunk lines.
The New York Central gave the Shriners
from Texas fast run. The train consisted
or hve cars, including three Pullmans. and
1t covered the eighty-One miles from Roch-
ester to Syracuse in seventy-three minutes.
and the 141 miles from Buffalo to Rochester
was run in 143 minutes.
| Panhandle employees are preparing for the
| annual picnic of the Pittsburg division of
| the southwestern system. which will be
held this year at Rock Springs Park. Fri
day, July 81 1t is estimated that fully 1000
/ will attend the outing. Special trains will be
run from as far west Columbus and
| Wheeling.
The new union ticket office of the Van
derbilt lines at Buffalo is nearing compile
| ton. The office furnishings are all mahog-
any. Mr.. Parry and his assistants will
nave private offices apart from the ticket
| 0iflce. In the office with Mr.. Parry are H.
A; Thomas. district passenger agent. and
waiter Randolph, excursion manager.
w. G. Lee first vice grand master of the
brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, has
stated that his business is to settle up some
insurance claims due members of the BROTH
erhood; There is no trouble brewing with
the railroads as all agreements have been
signed and are being lived up to.
The Baltimore & Ohio is perfecting plans
Tor an entrance to Toledo, something it
has long sought. The Detroit Southern will
be in the deal and separate corporation
VIII Dulld what is known the Toledo
Hammerly extension, which will let the
Baltimore & Ohio into Toledo via Hammer
~, ", winch Is a Junction point of the Bal
timore q Ohio and Detroit Southern.
Under a Encouragement of the Chicago
Great Western department at st. Paul, j.
n. Storrs, city passenger and ticket agent,
is promoted to general agent and will have
ice. and Charles Fisher will succeed Mr..
Storrs as city ticket and passenger agent.
Z, 1. Banks has been appointed freight
claim agent OF the road at St. Paul.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish are making
a nght In the Supreme Court of New York
to prevent the New York Central condemn
ing land they own on the Hudson just be-
1898. The road seeks to acquire a steep
Dank l,l5O feet long and seventeen feet
wide along side of its track and it wants
10 cut 1t down so that the roadbed may be
laid further away from the river
There is a spirited rivalry between the |
Great Northern and the Minneapolis, ST. |
Paul & Sault Ste. Marie in the building of |
extensions through the White Elk reserva- |
ton in Minnesota. The United States gov |
eminent has given each road equal rights |
TO build through this reservation. with per- |
propose to have extensions in operation |
within the next eighteen months.
A special train left Friday morning over
the Lackawanna consigned to the National |
Starch Company at Chicago. The train had
been loaded at the starch company's factory
in Oswego, and was one of the largest ship
ments of the kind ever sent out. Twenty
five brand-new Lackawanna box cars Of
standard build, each capable of loading
$4,000 pounds, were secured for the move
ment, and special schedule was prepared
in order that the train might stop at regu-
lar passenger stations. The cars were dec
grated with banners.
Upon excellent authority il is learned that |
the st. Louis & San Francisco the Rock |
Islands New Orlenas line from Memphis,
VIII run down the west side of the river
crossing at point fifteen miles above
Baton Rouge. and then use the Yazoo &,
Mississippi Valley road from that point to
9 thar se
the St. Louis & San Francisco will eventu-
ally build and operate its own line from St
Louis and Chicago to New Orleans. until
such an arrangement is made the company
will use the Yazoo & Mississippi VALLEY
road.
OF all the changes that have taken place
'r are likely to take place a result of
| merging of financial interests Of the Chi |
ago. Rock Island & Pacific and the ST .
louis q San Francisco none is fraught with | ,
greater interest than the large powers to
De conferred upon B. F. Yoakum Since the | ]
financial union of these powerful factions |
peculation in the West and Southwest has ,
'een rife as to the ultimate assignment of
dr. Yoakum. Now il is said that certain
interests are operating in New York and | I
london to place him in the presidency of
n entire system, covering all the Frisco
ystem. will be made vice president Con-
idering the executive ability of Mr.. Yoa-
,um and his thorough knowledge of traffic
mars. the railroad fraternity has been pre- '
ortant position named above.
A railroad MAXWELL informed in relation | ,
@ speed of trains in this country and Eng :
and denies that the. Great Western Rail :
Tay Company of England broke the worlds =
ecord when one of it's trains recently ran | :
10 miles in 233 minutes. AS a matter of
act the Empire State express of the New .
ork Central is scheduled to make almost
his time, 63.3 miles per hour, every dov ,
J the week. and for more than 216 miles of | z
ne $40 between New York and Buffalo the ,
.mpire State express makes the rim on }.
very trip at an average speed of more than !,
xty miles per hour. From Fairport TO "A
rochester. nine miles, the speed averages
'3S miles per hour from Fishkill to Poueh. a
epsie, fourteen miles, 62.14 per hour and I |.
rom Fonda to Palestine Bridge. 625I ner .
our On Sept. IL, 1895, the New York Cen
al made an experimental run from New
ork to Buffalo. distance of 1861 miles
t an average speed of 64.26 miles per hour ie
nd the train was twice the length and
vice the weight of the English train which r
ade the recent fast run. The Twentieth n
entury Limited of the Lake Shore WAS "
auled from Rochester to Syracuse at n q
)eed of 65.16 miles hour. and a numner | g
runs are recorded where few miles X
ave been covered at a speed of sixtvt;ye | IL
sixty-siX miles an hour. "
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