The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-09

buildings and a description Of the grounds
and the articles which will be exhibited. Ii
Is very instructive pamphlet.
The American Locomotive Company yes
tive and Machine Works Company, OF Mon
treal, limited. The capacity of the plant is
go locomotives annually
The roads are very busy at their various
SHOPS In getting the passenger equipment IN
good shape for the worlds fair traffic, and
when the fair traffic begins TO wane these
cars Will be handy with the rush Of return
ing tourists and California business that
months.
Harry Bowser, representing the passen-
ger department of the Missouri. Kansas *
IeXas, says the company is about 10 open
It's Oklahoma line and demands its full
share of the traffic. 1t will be sharp COM
petitor OF the St. Louis x San Francisco,
ana between Kansas City and Oklahoma
will have forty miles the advantage in mile
age.
The Illinois Central will erect new and
modern depot at Jackson. Miss The rail
road offered to expend something like $780,
coo in repairing and remOdeling the old
structure, but the citizens demanded a
new depot, claiming that Jackson stands
on The company's list the fifth town in
Importance from a business standpoint be-
tween Chicago and New Orleans, and its
business is constantly increasing.
The Queen. * Crescent is showing excel
lent earnings for January they were $780,
increase January
sl4,S49. Since July l the road has earned
$,9S5,0O an increase over the previous
year of S536,323. The net earnings were
$3.50, 1856. an increase this year of $45.331.
The officials are much gratifed over this
exhibit when the increase in the price Oh
railroad supplies and operating expenses
Is considered.
Passenger men credit Indiana with being
the best tourist State in the Union. A pas
senger official says that, no matter when
direction excursion trains are run, they are
always well patrOnized-east, west, north OF
south. Excursions to the Atlantic SeaDoaru,
TO lake resorts, to Shiloh, New orleans,
Yellowstone Park Cuba or to the Paclhc
coast are all well patronized, and Indiana
has become famous for the travelling pro-
pensities of its people.
railroad official says the WOmen's
Christian Temperance Union is not 1ustlhed
in attacking the Vandalia and the Big Four
Railroad companies through the press Tor
allowing signs of brewing companies to be
erected In close proximity to their tracks.
The railroad companies, he says, have not
the least to do with the matter. The brew
ing companies lease these privileges from
farmers along the line and at a distance
where the railroad companies have no con-
troll.
An official of the brotherhood of Loco
motive Firemen said yesterday that If the
commercial bodies of this city would make
a little effort they could secure the head
quarters OF the organization at lndianapo-
lis. There are several cities working 10
this end, but he is satisfied that the prefer
ence of the membership is to locate the
headquarters at Indianapolis. This Is one
of the largest railroad brotherhoods, very
successful one financially, able TO carry out
any contracts it may make and would be
quite an acquisition to the city.
The directors of the Canada Southern
have voted to double track the road be-
tween st. Thomas and Buffalo, and when
completed the entire main line will be
dOuble tracked. This decision 10 double
track is due to the contract with the Pere
Marquette for operating its cars into Buff
falo over the Canada Southern. The Pere
Marquette expected to be in Buffalo the
18th of this month, but should it do so it
will be obliged to use the single track I'M
til the remaining sixty miles of the Canada
Southern are completed.
The alteration over differentias which
the New York. Philadelphia and Baltimore
lines are having has now reached Boston,
and the Boston Chamber Of Commerce is
considering means by which the decline in
commerce of that port may be checked.
Resolutions have been adopted urging the
trunk lines terminating at Boston to take
such decided and united action as Will
bring about a readjustment of prevailing
differential freight rates TO various Atlantic
ports from the West and a special COM
mittee has been appointed to look after
the matter.
The twenty-third annual stockholders
meeting of the Missouri Pacific Railroad
Company was held at the general office
of the company at st. Louis yesterday
OF the board of directors reelected TO serve
LOuisans-Charles O.. Warner, William X
BiXby and Russell Harding The first
and last named are respectively second and
third vice presidents The other directors
chosen include AIessrs. Russell Sage, Ed
win Gould, John ID. Rockefeller, Frank j.
Gould. Howard Gould, Samuel Sloan, b.
Parmalee Prentice, James II. Hyde, Fred
T. Gates and George j. Gould, the latter be-
ing president of the road.
George Gunnip, general agent of the pas
senger department of the Santa Fe, is in
the city. He says the earnings of the pas
senger branch of the service of the Santa
Fe for 1903 were 81, co., 600 in excess of those
of 1902, and the manner that business has
developed the first seven months of this
year gives indications that it will exceed all
others i'm earnings from passengers. Es-
pecially has there been a growth of bust
ness through TO the Grand Canyon. In the
first year il was opened S37 passengers were
carried to this pleasure resort; in 1901, 3.215
i'm 1902. 6,375, and in 1903, II, 7S6. He thinks
with the completion of a new hotel at that
point the resort will become even more
popular than at present.