The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-09
handling OF the prospective heavy traffic
in sight for next fall and winter.


in sight for next fall and winter.
George Mercle has just completed his
forty-third year of service on the Big Four.
The hrst seven years he was fireman
and has since been engineer on fast trains
He has made an excellent record In max
ing schedule time and in exemption from
accidents.
The officials of the Pennsylvania, after
investigating various methods for ventilat-
ing the tunnel of the Philadelphia. Balti-
more & Washington at Baltimore have de-
termined upon plans that are most reliable
and will erect large farmhouse to furnish
the ventilation.
The stockholders of the Canada Southern
Will meet June to sanction, If desirable,
new agreement with the Michigan Central.
The old one will expire Dec. 81. 1903. Ac-
ton will be taken, also, to empower the d.
rectors to issue new bonds to retire exist
ing bonds and to provide for betterments
and additions.
A Pittsburg firm has been awarded the
largest contract given in many years by the
Michigan Central Railroad. The value of
the contract is $2500,000. The work to be
done is the masonry and grading of fifteen
miles Of new double track between kalama-
zoo and Lawton, Mich. The work includes
several stone arch bridges and some deep
cuts.
The Pennsylvania Company has rendered
two special trains to the Order of Railroad
Conductors to attend the convention of the
order in Pittsburg next week. One train
will leave Philadelphia, the other will run
from Chicago. The latter train will leave
Chicago on Monday evening as the second
section of Train "a. The conductors will
be given the use of the Pullman cars by
the company.
Judging from the sales of tickets to the
Pacific coast May will break all records for
California travel. During the next thirty
days, at either Los Angeles or San Fran
cisco. half a dozen conventions will be held
which will attract many thousand people.
Passenger officials estimate the number
| that will travel upon cheap excursion rates
| within the next thirty days at 5000, and
are planning to handle them on schedule
time.
The wreck Of the limited express from
| New Orleans, near Lynchburg. Va, last
week, has revived suggestions for improve
| ments in the equipment of railroads for
| the careful attention of the Postoffice De-
| partment and later of Congress. In this
| case two mail cars were burned The Pull
man sleeping cars became detached and
were drawn away from the burning train
| before they were injured.
| There is the very best authority for stat
| ing that the. terms of the Rock Island
Frisco deal are substantially as follows
| For every share of common stock of Frisco
| the Rock Island Company will pay $50 In
| collateral trust per cent bonds to be Sc
| cured on Frisco common stock as bought,
and $50 in Rock Island common stock. II
| Is understood that these terms will be Of
| fered to all holders of Frisco stock. not
| merely to the so-called st. Louis pool.
The Lake Shore has made complete
| change in handling it's accounts which &c
| through the hands of the local treasurer
| The receipts are now all turned into the
Bank of Commerce at CLEVELAND instead
of going to the local treasures, and this
has made so much more work for the
bank at Cleveland that IL has been neces-
/ sary to install new department The Local
| treasurer of the Lake Shore has all the
| accounts of the entire system, with the ex-
| ception of the stocks and bonds. which are
handled through the treasurer's office al
| New York. and the daily balance on the
| account is enormous
| In the action brought I'm the United
States Circuit Court at New York by
| Walter Morshead and G. Emily Reynolds
| stockholders in the Central Pacific Rail
road Company of California, against the
| Southern Pacific Company, the Central
Pacific Company, the Central Trust Com
pany, the United States Trust Company
| the Union Trust Company. Speyer & Co.
| and the Central Pacific Railway Company
Judge Lacombe. on Friday, denied the ap-
| plication of the plaintiffs for temporary
1 Injunction to restrain the defendants from
! issuing certain securities against the prop.
| erty of the Central Pacific Railway Com
| pany.