The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-18

John F. Miller, vice president of the
Cleveland, Akron & Columbus, was in the
city yesterday.
w. H. McDoel, president of the Monon,
spent the last three days in an inspection
OF the property.
P. R. Prince, assistant solicitor of the
| Pennsylvania. sailed on Wednesday for Eu-
rope on his vacation.
| In June the Indiana Car Service Associa-
| ton handled $3.50 cars with an average
detention of 1S7 day.
| The Peoria & Eastern will borrow a dy-
namometer from the Illinois Central to test
| its new consolidated engine.
The Northern Pacific railway directors
have declared the regular quarterly divi-
| dend OF liz per cent payable Aug. i.
| Stockholders in the Michigan Central have
ratified the contract whereby the Michigan
Central leases the Canada Southern for 999
| years.
c. ID. Penn has been appointed agent at
| the Union Stauon, Louisville, vice w. 7.
| Hutchinson, who resigned on account of i'll
health and will go to California.
The Vandalia is putting in an extended
sidetrack at Coatsville and another at Six
| FONTS, which can be utilized as second
| track when the road Is double-tracked
George Gould. when in Pittsburg. told an
| official that he expected his next trip to
| Pittsburg would be made on the first train
| entering that city over the new Wabash
| line.
The Big Four has received notice that
| five Atlantic type passenger locomotives
will be ready for delivery the last week
| OF this month. The road is badly in need of
| such power.
The Big Four has let the contract for the
long talked of freight station at Anderson.
| The building will be 500 feet in length and
| conveniently arranged for loading and un-
| loading cars.
The gross earnings Of the Chicago, Bur-
| lington & Quincy for the year ending June
| 80, 1903. are given as S62, $4,000 a gain OF
SS,94l, 3S1, or 1876 per cent, over the year end
| ing June so, 1902.
| Master Mechanic Gibson, of the Peoria
| & Eastern shops at UrbaDa, was i'm the city
yesterday in conferenoe with General Man.
| ager Barnard Mr.. Gibson has $50 men en-
| ployed at these shops.
d. j. Mcmahon, editor of the Cincinnati.
| Hamilton & Dayton Magazine. was in the
| city yesterday. Since taking charge he has
| made the magazine all interesting and valu-
| able acquisition to the c., III. & ID.
There were quite number of passenger
| officials in the city yesterday. among them
j. @. Everest, of the Chicago, Milwaukee
| & st. Paul; f. W. Harlan, of the Illinois
Central, and De Bowes, of the Chicago &
Alton.
NJ ID. Woodford, president Of the Cincin-
natl, Hamilton e. Dayton and its acquired
Mich, where he expects to remain until
Sept. l. He is rapidly recovering his usual
health.
Murphy & Co., of this city, have sold
their five elevators located on the Cincin-
natl. Indianapolis & Western-at Hildreth.
! Hume, McCown, Newman and Murdock-
| To the American Cerealine Company, of In
| dianapolis
A company has been organized at New
| ark, n. j., to build a railroad from New
| York to Buffalo. which it is proposed shall
| be operated by compressed air. The promo
tiers are confident that speed of ninety-five
miles an hour will be reached.
Frederick w. Bond. chief engineer of the
Fort Smith a. Western, died recently at
| Fort Smith, Ark. The remains arrived yes
| terday in st. Louis, where they will be bur-
| led Mr.. Bond was one of the most widely
known railroad men in the West.
The plan of great union freight yards on
| the old Stickney tract of land twelve miles
west of Chicago. has been revived Two
| years ago the scheme was freshly started
and the Chicago Union Transfer Company
has since been operating the terminal
The best freight run ever made across the
States of Ohio and Indiana was accom-
plished on Wednesday. when train of fif-
teen cars. loaded with lemons, on the Pitts
| burg, Fort Wayne & Chicago, covered 131
miles in three hours and twenty-one min
utes.
The Baltimore & Ohio Wednesday as
sumed control of the portion of the Cumber-
land Pennsylvania Railroad extending
from Mt. Savage to Cumberland. The b.
* o. has been using this track for its Pitts
burg entrance to Cumberland, but the ar
rangement heretofore has been by lease.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
have under consideration the organizing
of lodge at Muncie. There are now six
teen members of the Porter Lodge at Fort
Wayne who belong in Muncie and who
will withdraw and join their home lodge.
which requires ten members TO hold a
charter
An Official of the Cincinnati, Indianapolis
* Western states that had the company
| power 10 move the cars IL would be bringing
into Indianapolis $50 to 200 of corn per
day The cerealine manufacturers at Indian
apolis depend largely upon grain raised on
the line of this road and in adjacent terri
tories for their supply.
The Wabash is equipping one of its loco
motives with the Haley Habercorn cylinder
valve and ball bearings. an invention from
which the inventor and those associated
with him in a business way expect great
results The system has been applied to
stationary engines. but this is the first at
tempt TO apply IL to a locomotive
| The work done on the Cincinnati Rich
| mon6 & Muncie road by the machine which
| laws rails at the rate of three miles a day
| has demonstrated that force of about forty
| competent men is all that is required 10 op-
| crate the machine to its fullest CAPACITY.
| and that under favorable conditions three
mnes i'm a day OF ten hours can readily be
laid.
James Charlton. chairman of the Trans
| continental Passenger Association, an
| nounces reduced rates on the basis OF one
fare for the round trip for the American