The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-16

none of which shall have been in use more

none OF which shall have been In use more
than year.
1t is stated that one of the busiest places
in the United States at this time are ,ne
phia The road is not only doing a very
large traffic, but the clericaf Iorce 10
work also on business which grows out y.
dividend disbursements and the allotment
of new stock The dividend checks go TO
about 30.000 people.
The Belt Road Company yesterday COM
menced the construction OF sldetrach
1000 feet in length leading TO the Marietta
Glass works at Sixteenth and the Belt Road.
These works have purchased iorty acres
of ground at that point and VIII immeu,-
ately begin hauling material for the Duild-
ings The works viii give employment to
three hundred men.
The Lake Shore and the Wabash seem
to be vying with each other in fast runs.
On Wednesday the Twentieth century t,a,n
on the Lake Shore was hauled from Toledo
to Chicago limits at speed OF OLD miles
per hour, and on the same day the Con,
sinentai Limited on the Wabash was s. nau,ee
miles, In fifty-nine minutes.
A petition signed by a large number of
heavy wholesale merchants of Chicago and
other cities in the middle West mas peeh
roads In Western Passenger Association
territory. having for its object the au-
thorization of 30Oo-mile INTERCHANGEABLE
tickets, good on all trains In western Pas-
senger Association territory.
A company has been organized to be
known as the Delphos & Northern, to build
a road from Delphos through Allen, Van
and Fulton counties. Ohio. The enterprise
is doubtless backed by the CINCINNATI,
Hamilton & Dayton. Delphos being one OF
the c., H. & DIS terminals The line. II
built. will prove a valuable feeder to the
c., H. & d.
Charles SERVER. an engineer on the Lake
Erie & Western, on Tuesday made the
fastest run ever chronicled on that system
with Engine 81, remodeled Lake Snore
machine He made the run from Lima, ",
to Fort Recovery. distance or forty-nve
miles in nifty minutes, imeiuu, s sreb,,i,t bv
the Lake Shore and has been turned over
to the Lake Erie & Western.
The gravel pit of the Lake Shore Rail-
road Company at Amboy, which has been
one of the greatest gravel producers In the
country is so exhausted that II VIII soon
be abandoned. This exigency has been a
source of some worry TO the omclais, out
the emergency has been met In the pur-
chase of land recently in Swanville. which
promises a good development Tne COM
pany is now laying 5000 feet Of track to the
site preparatory for opening 1t.
Louis Jackson who was recently ap-
pointed industrial commissioner Of the Erie
Railroad Company, has already begun
sending out circulars noting the attractions
the Erie offers to manufacturers 10 locate
plants on it's lines. The Erie is fast be-
coming the great business highway between
the Atlantic ocean and the great lakes. 1t
is Erie all the way from New YORK TO chi
cago and from New York to Cleveland, and
ii is now one Of the best equipped lines In
rolling stock in the country.
After fifty years service as a railroad
man, D. w. Hitchcock, general agent OF
the passenger department of the Union Pa
cific on the Pacific coast, has retired on a
pension in pursuance Of z. III. Harrimans
pension plan for all his roads. Mr.. Hitch
| cock was notified on May 1 last that he
would be retired. 1t was in 1853 that Mr.
| Hitchcock entered the railroad business In
| the East. Before going to California for
the Union Pacific he was general passenger
| agent for the Chicago, Burlington q
Quincy.
Columbus passenger agents are having
| trouble with the scalper business and the
Passenger Association of that city has taken
| a firm stand against an ordinance now in
| Council relating to scalping. The ordinance
| increases the annual license fee from SIS to
| ject 1t also allows the scalper to operate
| on the streets and against this the agents
are making determined stand. They want
| the scalpers confined to one building and
| that they be restrained from button-holing
| people on the streets
Anderson Indiana. will need to look to
| it's laurels to prevent Muncie leading that
] Big Four has done much to improve Its
! terminals at Muncie, constructing three
miles of double track through Muncie prop
err and in connection with the Lake Erie
| e. Western, has built joint yards there on
| an extensive scale. The Belt road is prov
ing Of great benefit to Muncie and Is de-
| liyering from manufacturers located on its
| lines to the roads IS to so loaded cars per
| day The local freight of Muncie now
| reaches 80 to 35 loaded cars per day.