The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-19

was in use when cars were rated at twenty
tons per car, while now some carry hfty
TONS and it is proposed to substitute 1or
the car basis a tonnage unit basis
Vice President Brown, of the New York
Central, and other officials of the Wander
bilt lines, who last week went over the
Lake Erie & Western and the, Nickel-plate,
inspecting the property, yesterday began an
inspection OF the Vanderbilt lines from
Detroit eastward. They are investigating
the cost of operation, the number of men
employed and looking into matters gen.
orally, preparatory to introducing reforms
which will curtail expenses.
Samuel B. Sweet, general freight agent of
the Lake Erie & Western. is much pleased
over the fact that the earnings OF the road
the second week in January were $l6,lD in
excess of the first week of the same month
in 1903, there being slight decrease as
compared with last year in the first week
of January. This week will also show an
increase, as every locomotive owned by the
company was in service in shape to run on
Sunday. when all delayed freight was
cleared up.
The Buffalo, Rochester g. Pittsburg will
make changes in division points and termi-
nails of the road as soon as the weather
permits The road now has terminals at
Salamanca Ashford and Bradford. Ter
minals are expensive things to maintain,
and ii has been decided to handle the Dusl-
ness of all through divisions at Salamanca.
miles longer and the Buffalo division short
ened that much. The roundhouse and
other terminal facilities of Salamanca are
ready, and the change will be made some
time this month.
The Pennsylvania officials who sailed
from New York on Saturday last for Eu-
rope. expect to be absent eight weeks. They
will visit England. France and Germany,
and make thorough study or the trans.
portation methods of those countries. Mr..
Keiser, in speaking of the trip, said: I'VE
expect to find much that is new and strange
to us in the methods OF transportation
abroad, and possibly an Improvement over
the methods in vogue in this country. This
is the first time in its history that the
PENNSYLVANIA has sent representatives
abroad to study the transportation method
OF railroads..
The business men of st. Louis contem-
plate giving a banquet on Jan. q to the gen
eral passenger agents of all roads centering
in that city and TO agents of many OF their
connections. George Daniels, general pas
senger agent of the New York Central;
Wilbur Lee, of the Lackawanna; George
W. Boyd, of the Pennsylvania; Hanson. of
the Boston & Albany; Weeks, OF the Phila-
delphia & Reading-in fact, all the general
passenger agents of the New England trunk
lines-are arranging TO attend the meeting,
and il is expected il will be one of the most
important ever held by the general pas
senger agents.
The Travellers Protective Association is
now engaged in controversy with the
Southern Railway Company over the inter
changeable mileage plan, and before the
matter is adjusted il is probable that the
entire railroad world will become involved.
Vice President Finley gives eight reasons
for refusing to enter into the arrangement.
AS the Southern covers $500 miles of i'm
portant roads in the South, its attitude in
the interchangeable form of mileage tickets
is important The Travellers Protective AS
sociation threatens to take steps to compel
the road to adopt the interchangeable mile
age plan on the ground that it is not a
theory or an experiment, but necessity