The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-05-21
Railroad Notes

The new special fast train establis he'd
by a southern railway to run between
New York and Birmingham. Ala, on It's
fast schedule is arriving exactly on
time. and much comment is made con-
corning the fact, that is so much of
an Improvement over the past service.
The Panhandle people are in better
shape to care for perishable freight
than at any period in their history.
They have just completed on Tuxedo
avenue, Indianapolis, a plant for manu-
featuring ice in any quantity they may
desire, and viii be in shape to handle
perishable freight in the most approved
manner.
The custom of dispatching trains by
telephone is spreading through the
southern states. The Big Four has de-
cided to dispatch its trains over the
Cincinnati division by phone, and pur-
poses extending the phone operations
over the route as soon as the neces-
sary installation can be made
The strike of the freight handlers on
the New York Central railroad is over,
and all the old hands are at work. SUI
perintendent Harrington said yesterday
that ninety-fve out of the 125 men who
went out on the strike had been taken
back at 16 cents an hour-the same
rates as they had previously received
R. w Randolph, chief engineer of
/ the Ohio River and Northern Railway
company. which has been financed by
New York, Cleveland. Pittsburg and
East Liverpool capitalists. has just been
/ engaged to construct 100 miles of new
railroad in China, and he will leave for
that country on Saturday Of this week
Most of the picnic grounds and sum
mer resorts will open next week and
/ a large excursion business the coming
season is indicated. Managers of the
! amusement parks along the local rail-
roads state that public schools, Sunday
schools and various organizations have
arranged for outings for almost every
day of the present season.
The Erie is to enlarge its shops at
4 Cornell at a cost of S250,0o0 and AFFORD
employment to 500 more mon About
1000 men are now employed at that
point, and this Improvement will make
the plant the largest on that system.
The shops are now running eight hours
daily, but in short time a full sched-
ule will be in effect.
Prohibition laws are causing the rail-
roads a good deal of trouble and many
of them are trying TO find out when
they can and when they cannot sell liq-
uor on the cars. For example, they
want to know if liquor can be sold on
state liquor license when a train is
passing through dry county and the
lawyers are trying to answer this ques-
ton
Directors of the Baltimore and Ohio,
it is stated, are to NEE this week for
the purpose Of considering plans for
| the acquisition of the c., H. & D. The
question has been under consideration
for some time, and the deal would have
been closed long ago, says B. & o.
official, had 1t not been for the desire
to take care of the interests OF certain
bondholders, which Occasfoned some
difficulty, since adjusted,
Reports that the Pennsylvania rail
road has secured control of the Chi
cage, Evansville and Terre Haute rail-
road failed to arouse additional inter-
est in Pennsylvania stock. as denial of
the rumor was forthcoming quickly
director that the St. Louis & San Fran
cisco and the Chicago s. Eastern Illinois
railroads have not sold single share
of the stock and have no intention OF
making such sales
The Ohio Electric railway, the Indi-
ana Union Traction company, the Fort
Wayne and Wabash Valley Traction