The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-13

from manufacturers seeking suitable loca-
tons, and these have already led TO sew
eIal permanent establishments.
j. d. Decker, assistant to c. S. Rhodes
superintendent of telegraph of the Big
Four, has returned from New Orleans. lie
was much Impressed with the excellent
condition of the tracks of the Loulsvllle q
Nashville. He says this road seems 10 nave
every improvement for moving trains safe
~, and the roadbed is as near perfect as
any road in the country.
j. A. Howard, an engineer an the Penn,
sylvania, whose health has been impaired
for some time, and who last week OBJ
tanned leave of absence expecting to go
TO California, on reaching Chicago grew
worse and his death occurred at the home
of his mother in Chicago on Monday MORN
ing. He was member of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Firemen and of Engi-
neers who have arranged to attend the
funeral
The Baltimore & Ohio has begun the
transfer of several of its big Atlantic
type passenger engines from the Pitts
burg division of the main line through
West Virginia and Ohio to the Baltimore
& Ohio Southwestern. The transfer is be-
ing made to provide the best kind Of
motive power for the heavy passenger
trains that will be installed in couple of
weeks and continue through the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition.
Unless there is some unforeseen delay the
ST. Louis & San Francisco will begin the
operation of its trains into New Orleans
June ], utilizing the Tupelo route pending
the construction of its>own line from Ma
rion. Ark, to Baton Rouge. l.. 8. Burgh,
of the New Orleans Terminal Company,
has lust returned from New York, where
he has been on business. and where he
discussed the situation with President Lo-
rec, Mr.. Yoakum and other officials OF the
Rock Island.
The Southern Pacific has introduced a
new office which concerns the comfort of
the travelling public. j. Il. Sullivan has
been appointed inspector of train service.
6nti will no fO
train equipment, its general appearance,
character of service, sleeping and dining
cars, condition of waiting and baggage
rooms, toilet, treatment of the travelling
public at stations, and in general. many
other matters connected with train and
station service not up to requirements.
A peculiar situation is bringing the Santa
Fe into much greater Importance. 1t is
the only independent road running from
Chicago to the Pacific and there is ex-
cellent authority for stating that the bank
ers who engineer all of Mr.. Hartman S
big stock buying deals have started to
buy the Santa Fe, but is seems almost
impossible that this coterie of Standard
Oil millionares secure the ownership
of another or fourth, Pacific system. For
this reason there might arise a furious
contest over the final possession of the
Santa Fe: AT any rate 1T puts the santa
Fe stock in position where it may enjoy
EVEN a bigger advance than that OF the
Union Pacific.
An official of the Wabash, in speaking of
that line getting into Pittsburg. said 1T
looked if the line would not
be open until some time in June, work
having been greatly retarded by continued
rains and bad weather. President Ramsey,
who was in the city recently, said that
forty-five days of favorable weather would
enable the company to complete the con-
nection, when passenger service would be
inaugurated. Handsome new passenger
trains will be put on between Toledo and
PittSburg and Toledo and ST. Louis. The
new track between Pittsburg and Jewett.
where connection is made with the Wheel
ing & Lake Erie. is nearly completed. 1t is
a double track all the way and is laid with
underground steel rails. The maximum
grade is 40 of l per cent. and the maxi
mum curve 3 per cent 1t is said to be the
best stretch of new track ever built. The
total cost of the sixty miles was a little
over So, 100000.