The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-16

absence of NJ W. Mansfield, chief en-
gineer of the two interests.
The contract with the O Rourke Construc-
Hudson river tunnel. which was let last
week, amounts to $10O00,O00. The time limit
set by the Pennsylvania is three years from
the commencement of actual construction,
undertaking will be completed.
An official of the Wabash says that COM
pany is planning TO run several fast ex-
press trains between Pittsburg and st.
Louis as soon as the fair opens. Two i'm
portant trains. east-bound from ST. Louis,
have been determined upon. One of these
will be known as the Pittsburg express and
the other as the Steel City special. The
trains will be duplicates of the Continental
limited.
The explicit statement by President Cas-
satt that the Pennsylvania has ample funds
for all it's construction and equipment ex-
penditures and to carry on the tunnel work
in New York for fifteen months with
large margin for unforeseen contingencies,
should effectually set at rest all rumors of
additional loans Mr. Cassatt rarely speaks
for publication and when he does his state
ments are made with degree of delibera-
ton which entities them TO be received as
sufficient.
George Gould and family went over the
Erie road from Buffalo to New York. While
in the West he inspected the various Gould
properties, and much interest is taken in
he was in the West he denied being behind
the Western Pacific project. That is the
road which is expected to take the Gould
system to the Pacific coast, but Mr.. Gould
said he saw no reason for invading coast
territory.
A dispatch TO the Journal from Portland
says James Leavy has retired from the po-
sition of roadmaster for the southern di-
vision of the Grand Rapids & Indiana Rail-
way after a service extending over thirty
three years. He has been succeeded by
Darius r. Wright. Mr. Leavey assumes the
management of the large stone-crushing
plant of Armfield & Cartwright, which is
being erected at Ridgeville.
Earnings of all Indianapolis lines at pres
ent are quite encouraging, and should the
last half of the month show as good re-
suits as have the first fifteen days, both
in increased gross earnings and in effi-
cheney of operation, the results will be UNI
expectedly gratifying. Freight is now be-
ing handled at relative lower cost than
at any time in the last four months and the
locomotives are in condition TO haul near
ly their full capacity.
A freight official, in king of the fight
between Eastern trunk lines on the differ
entail question, said il was wholly unneces-
Sary and is proving very expensive. 1t has
now reached a point where it is utterly i'm
possible to figure anything but a loss on
the business carried. Arbitration is sug-
gested, and of course arbitration is the
proper way to solve this difficulty, but,
pending arbitration, rates should be restored
to where they were three months ago
President Mellen, of the New York, New
Haven Il Hartford. in speaking of the dis
sweeping reductions of the force were made
necessary by the extreme falling off I'm
traffic since Jan. /. 1T is. said he, very
painful to me to make these reductions;
/ would much prefer not TO have done so,
but il is one of the necessities of the BUSH
ness. Just as soon as business will war
rant the men will be re-employed In the
ShOpS IL was thought best TO reduce the
shorter time
| instead of discharging them outright"
The railroads from the East to the st.
| Louis exposition are overlooking no point
| in the contest for worlds fair business
One of the cleverest moves is that by which
| the Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton will
| carry its business into st. Louis over The
Wabash tracks, this gaining the advantage
not only of the Union depot terminals
| but also the Wabash station at the main
entrance of the fair Those familiar with
| the situation think the alliance which the
| Cincinnati Hamilton & Dayton has formed
with the Wabash will be permanent The
| c., II. d D., using the Wabash, is looked
upon as a shrewd move on the part of d
/ G.. Edwards, passenger traffic manager, as
| il gives the former special advantages.
James Speyer. senior member of the bank.
| ing firm of Speyer & CO., of New York
passed over the New York Central road or
| Monday with his family and members OF
the official family of the National Railroad
| of Mexico, in a special train of five private
cars. Mr. Speyer states that the forma
4 merger VI the MSAlCdf NdIlO0dls the Mex
| can International and the Natona
| Tehuantepec Railroads will take place or
| April, and many changes will result in the
| official family. The train arrived in Chi
! cago yesterday morning. where the day
was spent. From Chicago the train viii
I go to New Orleans over the Illinois Cen
| trail and thence over the Southern Pacific
whence 1T will pass to the Mexican Ma
| tional.
| Paymaster Bedette, of the New York Cen
| trail, says that if any of the New Yorl
! Central men have appreciated the severity
OF the winter they are the three men whC
| travel from one end of the year TO thu
| other in the little rolling bank which glad
| denS the hearts Of New York Central EN-
| ployes. When the car was at Oswego las
week ii was two days before it could ge
| out, and tbeh il was attached to a passen
ger train, "A thing which has not been dom
! in years, as the locomotive assigned to tn
| pay car was pressed into service to hau
| the train. Expenses have been very heav.
the past winter, and the disbursements o
| the pay cars on the Northern roads ant
trunk lines have been the largest in tn
| history of the roads