The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-06
RAILROAD NOTES.


be offered to Michigan points.
Herbert Snavely, extra messenger
at the local Pennsylvania station, is
off duty and is in Indianapolis at the
bedside of his uncle, who is seriously
i'll.
U. G. Coulter. chief clerk and
freight traffic manager of the Penn
sylvania lines west of Pittsburg, was
in the city yesterday comforting with
local officials.
j. E. Foley, train dispatcher for the
Indianapolis division, with offices at
the local Pennsylvania station, is un-
der quarantine at his home on South
Twelfth street, two members of his
family having scarlet fever.
Fred Foley. dispatcher in the local
offices, is now under quarantine as
the result of scarlet fever at his home.
Several Richmond division officials
including Superintendent Neff, in.
spected the track of the division be-
tween Cincinnati and Richmond, yes
terday. The special laid over in the
Richmond yards last night and the
ion will be made today.
III. w. Williams, general agent for
the Chicago, Minneapolis e st. Paul
railroad, with headquarters in Gin
cinnati, was in the city yesterday
comforting with local railroad Off
Gals and looking after the interests
of his road in this city.
One day last month the Chicago &
Northwestern broke all records by
hauling 1,02S carloads of stock into
the windy city metropolis.
Western shippers ask that prizes
be not shipped with regular consign-
ments of goods.
Coal handlers along the Pennsyl-
vania system state at the present
time they are having considerable
trouble with coal consignments
When that mineral is mined wet it
freezes in the car and considerable
delay is caused in unloading. Some
officials blame the shortage of coal
cars mainly to this.
Probably never before was there
such sorrow manifested at the local
station as over
the announcement of the death
of Frank Van Dusen. chief assistant
passenger agent for lines west. Not
even the death of President Cassatt
affected the local men so much.
The outstanding capitalization of
as sS7s,973, 205.56, of which $4s5,a17.-
321.44 is represented by shares of
stock and $685., 055,S S4.12 by bonds.
According to the railroad rate bill
passed by the Indiana legislature the
half-fare age limit has been placed
from five to two and one-half years.
Pennsylvania officials of this state
say that the grade crossing legisla-
ton now pending before the Indiana
general assembly is unjust They say
that the proposed law compares IA
with that in Massachusetts,
which compels the railroad to pay 65
per cent. and the municipalities 80
per cent. of the total cost. They also
say that the railroad has a project
under way which will remove all
grade crossings in Indianapolis at the
will pay 75 per cent. and the city %
per cent At Fl. Wayne the improve
ments will cost 100000, of which the
will pay 60 per cent. of the
cost.
The Kansas legislature has passed
a maximum freight rate law.
Ontario's cut of timber for railway
ties last year amounted to 100000
feet, a large quantity used by the
Pennsylvania and other American
railroads. The majority, however,
was used by new Canadian roads.
To supply refrigerator cars in its
service with ice, the Pennsylvania
railroad will build an ice plant at Ell
mira, N Y, at a total cost of $4,000.
The building will be 80 feet long and
so feet wide and will be fitted with
he most modern ice manufacturing
Ice will be shipped to
Ill parts of the system.
Cyrus s. Dean, a Buffalo inventor,
las a device for binding ties.
The Railway Signal association will
meet in Chicago March 18th.
A most peculiar thing occurred at
Akron, Ohio, recently. Three bonds
or the Atlantic and Great Western
abroad, which has been missing for
hiTty-five years were presented for
payment. They had been held in
Holland nearly the entire length of
ime.
The total increases granted to the
pennsylvania station agents and en- |
'loyes east of Pittsburg will increase
he pay roll s37.22s monthly A 1914
Ter cent. scale was granted
Tables just compiled By the Penn |
ylvanfa railroad lines east OF Pitts
'urg, show that the total freight |
quipment mileage-the number of |
1lles travelled by all freight cars
mounted in the year 1906 to 1929 |