The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-11

rangements with the Nickel-plate to han
die its traffic, its exchange OF business
being at the same place.
The three special limited trains over the
Pennsylvania and Southern lines between
New York and Florida east coast resorts
will start to-day on the final trip OF the
season, and will be withdrawn from serv-
lee as the principal hotels on the &c COAST the
Palm Limited, of the Southern Railway,
the New York-Florida Special, of the At
lantic Coast Line, and the Seaboard Flori-
da Limited, of the Seaboard Airline; the
latter, however, will be continued in serv-
ice an unlimited train with less elaborate
equipment.
A movement is on foot at Detroit to make
every dock on the Detroit river on both
sides accessible TO the railways. This is
the plan of the promoters of the American
Terminal and Transfer Company now being
formed with ample capital. 1t is the pur-
pose of the promoters OF the scheme 10
work in cooperation with the railways,
and negotiations to that end are now going
on The feasibility of the venture, IL rs
contended rests on the great saving 1t Will
affect for shippers and on the general ad-
vantageS to the many business nrmS along
| the river front
The Pennsylvania will eXpend large sum
| of money in improving it's Broad-street Sta
| ton at Philadelphia, utilizing the new
ground purchased during the last twelve
months in the vicinity of the present sta
| ton. 1t is the intention of the Pennsyl-
| vania to widen Broad-street Station 10 &C
additional tracks will be built for the en-
| trance and exit of trains, and tracks for the
! storage Of sleeping cars, coaches and bag
gage cars will be constructed. The eStl-
! mated cost of the improvement is about
| five million dollars.
| Should the rumor Of the promotion of
General Manager Atterbury, of the Penn
| sylvania, prove correct, 1t is understood
! that Nj. Trunk superintendent of transpor-
| tation, Charles Schaeffer, superintendent
of passenger, and X. n. Patterson, super
| Of frait Orf a
| made directly responsible in their depart
| ments, and Richard l.. ODonnell, general
/ superintendent of the Buffalo and Allie
| gheny division, will be made general su-
| perintendent of the Pennsylvania to sue
coed George w. Creighton. The latter.
| with health broken, Is on leave or absence.
| The Pennsylvania has under considera-
| ton the Inauguration OF a rebate system
| of fares on its fast trains between Pitts
burg and Philadelphia and New York. Such
| system is maintained by the standard
| lines between New York and Chicago on
the twenty and Neutrality-suspicious. trains
and on the New York Central between New
York and Buffalo on the Empire, State ex-
| press. Why the Pennsylvania adopts such
! course could not be ascertained on Sat-
| urday. Hereafter in case of delay the
| passengers on certain trains, 1t is under
| stood will be allowed rebate according to
| the delay.
| That the railroads will be benefited by
| the movement to reduce the price of coal
is already apparent: 1t Is estimated that
| and, taking this as a basis, ii is probable
that the saving in fuel cost this year, as
compared with last will not be less than
| Is cents per ton, in the neighborhood OF
s., 100000 in fact, some of the railroads
have made contracts for bituminous at AZ
cents per ton below last years prices;
Roads, however, burning anthracite coal
will not have such a great reduction, but
whatever the saving in fuel will be it is
certainly to be a very important item.
| The executive committee of the Veteran
| MI piofin m Ia l.
vision of the Pennsylvania met in Pitts
burg on Saturday TO arrange for the com
ing annual reunion to be held in Altoona
ing on a set form of resolutions to be USED
for memorial purposes. In the years gone
by the resolutions have varied in form anc
length. They will now be uniform. At the
| coming annual reunion memorials will be
| adopted on the death of fourteen members
Since the formation of the historic organ
| ization which claims as members Rober
| Pitcairn, Andrew Carnegie and 500 others
12S have died. Mr.. Watts states that Their,
is not another railroad in the country tina
| can boast such an association The divis
| ion has 500 living men who have served
twenty-one continuous years on the rail
road. There may be similar association
| on other lines, but they cannot claim a.
| many members with such a record.
The Pennsylvania andalia lines have an
| nounced the name of dozen through train
that will operate into st. Louis during tn
| worlds fair season. 1t is interesting to not
! that in the dozen trains there are sever
entirely new ones, or such at least tn
not on the current time card of the rail
| roads. The following is the list of tn
twelve trains announced on Saturday b.
| General Passenger Agent E. A. Ford
No. Z, day express; No. IA. New York ex
press; No. co. keystone express; No. p
St Louis express; No. "A. Ohio and Virgini
express. (This is the train that will b
operated in connection with the Norfol
q Western via Columbus) No. %. Purlo
express; No. 26, New York limited; No. q
St Louis limited; No %, Pittsburg spe
oiai, ~ ta;n. No Ss I.ogansnorf snd 10 -
Wayne express. The two latter trains wi
| operate via Fort Wayne. In this connectio
| it is stated that the Pennsylvania lines Yves
| will take special care to have ample dinin
| car service on all through trains.