The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-21

of trains. especially those in passenger
service which have been placed on faster
schedule.
The Cincinnati. Richmond & Muncie Pail
road is again laying steel on the southern
end OF the road This work was resumed
Saturday, when mile and half was put
down The track was laid to a point four
teen miles below Cottage Grove. Rails can
now be laid TO the Miami river, which Is
nine miles further on, when there will be
delay TO put in the bridge. IL looks as
IL two months will put the new road into
Cincinnati
Under the excellent weather conditions
the fast freight lines are making the best
time in their history. especially on west
bound freight. Twenty years ago 1t took
seven days TO get carload of fast freight
from Boston to indianapolis, five days from
New York TO Indianapolis. and. as late as
1870. six days was considered good time
from Boston TO indianapolis. Now the 963
miles from Boston TO Indianapolis is run in
three and one-half DAYS. and from New
York 10 Indianapolis. s04 miles, in three
days. The fast freight line now makes as
good time as did the expresses fifteen and
twenty years ago.
Timothy Stout who for forty wears was
an engineer on the Indianapolis, Peru &
Chicago. now the Lake Erie & Western,
running between Indianapolis and Peru, is
still living with a sister near Peru and is
in good health. In conversation he relates
some interesting experiences of when the
l., L. q &. was laid with fiat rail and IT
was ilOt an unusual InlnS lot the emu VI
one of the rails to get loose from the tim
per on which 1t was laid and come up
through the cab. He has about arranged TO
spend the remainder of his days he now
being over seventy-two years of age, with
a sister in Chicago
Incidental 10 receiving thirty-six new
freight engines on the western division of
the Baltimore & Ohio, redistribution of
motive power is in progress. These en-
gines are divided on the lines west of Pitts
burg, and IL is thought that with the pres
ent equipment and with the additional en-
gines about to be received tie-up similar
to that Of few months ago on the Balti-
more 81 Ohio will not again occur. The
new freight engines are known as the III
or water. On account of these heavy en-
gines all the bridges on the main line have
been strengthened.
The statement of the Lake Shore the first
quarter OF the present calendar year shows
an increase in gross earnings of nearly
q per cent, an increase in net OF per
cent. an Increase in charges of so per cent,
resulting in a decrease of IL per cent. of
surplus. The gross earnings compare with
period during which the business of the
road was not particularly good. The in
crease or the proportion of income used
In expenses is due to the well-known Van
derbilt policy of the past four years, that
of putting all available cash into improve
ments In order to save capital The Lake
Shore has gone further in this respect than
has any other road of the Vanderbilts. un-
less 1t be the Michigan Central.
w. I. Gibson. who, in the days of the
Indiana Central, now the Panhandle was
travelling passenger agent for that road
Mr.. o Brien then being general passenger
agent-was in the city yesterday. He called
on George Rech, of the Pennsylvania, who
at the time was ticket agent at the old
Union Station, to purchase a ticket he
now being out of railroadng. He at once
recognized Mr.. Rech and they had a
lengthy talk over old times in the original
Union Station. Mr.. Gibson is considerably
advanced in years but is in good health
He had not visited Indianapolis for many
years, and was impressed with the growth
of the city. He inquired after Burgess
passeneer men a rayivin anu o, T9hen aormeT
which were quite pleasing to those who
heard the conversation.