The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-22

Chicago exposition and has continued it
since the fair with excellent financial re-
suits.
The through sleeping car which has been
carried on Train 26 east between Indianapo-
lis and New York, returning on Train q,
yesterday began running between st. Louis
and New York. The through sleeping cars
on Trains 20 and p, between indianapolis
and New York, are running the same as
heretofore
]. j. Kirby, general passenger agent or
the Ann Arbor. announces that the MlchI-
gan Colonist Association has been organ
lied by Representatives of the Ann ABBOT
the Pere Marquette, the Grand RAPIDS *
Indiana and the Detroit & Milwaukee roaos
for the purpose of working co!onist business
into Michigan.
A Philadelphia paper states that Presl,
dent Cassatt Of the Pennsylvania, Is sun
pruning down the construction ana equip,
ment accounts which have been sapi a. tSo
20 him for this year, and IL Is said that the
work TO be done by this company VIII
practically be the completion or such opera
tons as can be finished during the year,
and IL is likely the amount OF expense VIII
not be much above 100000 for 1904.
A number Of changes are reported as
pending on the Toledo, St Louis & West
ern. The office of general superintendent is
to be abolished and President Shonts will
receive the reports of the division super
intendents. 1t is further stated that there
will be but two division superintendent,
one at Frankfort, the other at Charleston,
and the office of superintendent OF terminals
AT Frankfort will be abolished, his duties
TO be looked after by the general yard
master.
The Baltimore & Ohio statement for jan
uary may be regarded as indicative of the
character of the railroad returns for the
month. 1t is the first of the important lines,
and shows a loss of $4,000 In gross,
heavy gain in expenses, and a net loss of
S7S46O0. The severe winter. the worst in
thirty years, is given as the cause of the
decrease. The losses compare with an aver
age gross gain of $4,000 and a net Of
$4,000 in the previous six months of the
company's present fiscal year.
Land owners in Grant and Wells coun-
ties, Indiana are doing an unusual thing
raising money TO keep a railroad from
them. The Cincinnati, Button & Chicago
Railroad proposes TO run its new Tine
through BARRIERS Mills for a subsidy of
$1,000; otherwise the line will run some
distance from BARRIERS mills and will cut
diagonally through many large farms. Con-
sequently the land owners. alarmed at the
possibility of the latter route being adopted,
are circulating a subscription paper to
send the route through BARRIERS Mills, and
they have already raised subscription Of
5000.
Newport News Shipbuilding Company by
the Lackawanna Railroad for four large
steel screw double-decked ferryboats, to
| be operated in connection with their new
| Twenty -third-street ferry at New York
No expense has been spared by the Lack
awanna to make these new ferryboats a
distinct ADVANCE over anything that mas
been attempted in the ferry service of
New York. The new boats will have a
length OF 2S1 feet, beam of sixty-two feet,
| a draught of water of ten feet six inches.
The steam will be supplied by two Scotch
boilers for two sets of compound engines,
the horse power being 1,40O and the speed
fourteen miles an hour. The plans show
a boat considerably larger than the largest
ferryboats now operating on the North
river, designed with special reference to
handling large crowds comfortably and
making regular trips through conditions
of storm and ice.