The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-29

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Island x Pacific road.
The peach and grape crop of Michigan are
very large and the roads which run INTO
that territory have issued bulletins TO the
effect that class of freight are more
perisha bic than these, and delays in hand
ling cars will not be tolerated. Within
two weeks the movement of grapes from
the Ohio vineyards will also set in.
The general superintendent of the Pitts
burg & Lake Erie announces the opening
of twenty-one miles more of double track.
leaving only twenty-five miles Of single
track now operated by the Pittsburg d
Lake Erie. and on this there are long sid
ings which go far to making 1T double
track a large proportion of the distance.
w. c. Shoemaker. superintendent of the
Cincinnati. Hamilton a Daytons indian
apolis division, and w. c. Schich re-
Gently appointed travelling passenger agent
of the c., III. & D.. were in the city yes
terday. Mr.. Shoemaker states that on
Thursday their trains carried 9: iss passen-
gers between Rushville and the fair grounds
at 10 cents the round trip.
The Concatenated Order of Hoo Hoo, to
which only general freight and passenger
agents of railroads and steamboat lines
belong; will open its convention IN Bunalo'
Sept. 9. The order always opens its con-
Vention at 900 a. m. on the 9Th day OF the
ninth month. and the membership is Inn,
tied to 1893 the initiating fees is $999 and
the yearly dues are 80 cents.
Extensive improvements on the block sys-
tenn on the New York Central are pro-
crossing rapidly Under the new system
it will be impossible for any train crew de-
string to cross over one track to another to
throw switch and Ii will be impossible
for a tower man TO throw a switch until
the danger signal on the next block on each
of the tracks affected has been set.
On Thursday the trunk line executive
committee had a meeting for further con-
Sideration of matters relating TO reductlon
in the expenses Of the Trunkline Assocla-
ton. 1t is understood that report relative
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clerical forces was submitted for carrying
out plan adopted for making the main
tenance less extensive and more compact.
Passenger men are beginning to feel the
effects of the opening of the theatrical sea-
son. The heavy traffic all summer has
taxed the equipment of all roads, and now
it is being put in order to look after the
theatrical transportation. From now until
the excursion season is over with the addl-
ton of the theatrical business, the passen-
ger men will have trouble to provide equip
ment for theatrical parties.
On Sept. 1 Nicholas Monsarrat. president
of the Hooking Valley road, Will remove
his headquarters from Columbus TO New
York city. and will probably make that city
his residence hereafter. He Will have fuii
charge of the financial interests of the COM
pany. 1t is limited that +. b. Sheldon, as
sistant to the president, will be elected
vice president in charge of operation The
annual meeting of the company will be
held the first Tuesday in October.
The great Cantilever bridge of the Wabash
over the Monongahela river. which has be-
come an object of interest TO mechanical
engineers, will be completed within sixty
days. The structure will be one of the
largest of its kind in the country. and one
engineer remarked that one fact alone
makes ii a woDder-the truss span OF 81
feet the largest in America of double
track, and the carrying capacity of which
will make 1t possible for both tracks to be
used at the same time.
The Union Pacific announces low rates
o.
date points east of the Missouri river to
all points in oregon and Washington and
principal points in Montana and Idaho,
beginning on Sept 10 and continuing until
Nov. 80. The rates are as follows: To Ore
gon and Washington from Chicago. S33 fiat;
from ST. Louis. $50. and from Missouri river
points, Kansas City to Omaha, inclusive,
$50. The rates to Montana and Idaho points
are proportionately reduced.
Local lines have been notified by the
Northern Pacific that. on Sept 1 it viii
The new system is said to be an improve
ment on the system now used by the car
service department. The system was ori2i-
mated by Charles W. Cushman, of the car
service association at ST. Paul. and was in
charge of MIR. Cushman until he died quite
recently. Although, i'm announcing the new
plan the Northern Pacific gives no credit
TO Mr.. Cushman, all railroad men who read
or heard OF the adoption of the plan know
that Mr.. Cushman was the father of it.
Employees of the Chicago & Eastern Illi-
nois will to-day enjoy the last picnic at the
expense of the company 1t has been the
custom this road for years past to give
q series of picnics every summer for en-
ployes and their families. These occasions
have been made more enjoyable by the dis
tribution of 81 900 to employees in poor cir
cumstances. especially for sickness, but
the announcement is made that there will
be no more distributions of money and
probably more picnics, in consequence
of the road having become part of the
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific.
There are now about a dozen railroads in
Chicago that have begun new track eleva-
ton this year. and between them they will
spend approximately S4,000,O 600 before cold
weather interferes with progress The
most important piece of work that is be-
ing done at present is that on the Western
Indiana tracks through Englewod. and be-
fore winter sets in it is expected that the
stretch from Seventy-third street to Gar
field boulevard will have been completed.
The Chicago Burlington & Quincy, the
Chicago & Northwestern and Terminal
Transfer road. without allowing a single
days delay after approval of the plans, will
begin track elevation, and it is stated that
the present will be the red letter year for
track elevation far, but the next three
four years will see even more repid con-
struction. Out of the total of s42. 100000
which the city plans must be expended by
the companies. 2S.0OO,Oo0o has already been
invested.