The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-06-04
Railroad Notes

The plan for the reorganization of
the Seaboard Air Line railroad has been
practically agreed upon and will be
promulgated by the committee June IL.
George W. Powell. former local Of
fetal Of the Big Four at Indianapolis.
is now at Reading Pa. and is at the
head Of the Philadelphia & Reading
Railroad company's detective force. He
still thinks there is no place like In
dianapolis and purposes to visit the
city in the near future and spend two
or three days here.
The Santa Fe reports $644 600 gain in
April gross earnings, which carries the
gross earnings OF the fiscal year ahead
of 1907, the ten months showing an in
crease of S541, 600. For ten months the
Santa Fe shows $5,750, 900 increase in
net or nearly five and three fourths
cents on the stock more than last year
There were handled on the Indianap-
oils Belt road last month a total OF
%, eco loaded cars. OF these 1924 were
handled by the Big Four proper; 5,03s
were loaded with live stock and $3.50
with freight for local industries. max
ing a grand total of % go loaded cars
being an increase over the correspond
ing period of last year of 295 loaded
cars.
The annual meeting of the stockhold-
ers Of the Pennsylvania company was
held yesterday. The old board Of di-
rectors was reelected as follows
James McCrea, John P. Green, w S
Barnes, n. P. Shortridge. Samuel Rea
George Wood, c. Stuart Patterson and
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Joseph Wood, J. J. Turner. Edward B
Taylor. D. T McCabe and G. l. Peck
Of Pittsburg.
The citizens of Greensburg are PROUD
Of the new passenger station and there
has been an increase in business since
May 16, when it was opened to traffic
Residents are encouraging shippers tC
turn their freight as well as their pas.
senger business over to the Big -Four
to show that they appreciate the mark
ed improvement made by the Big -Four
road in its property at that point.
Railroads operating east from Pitts
burg which are identified with the
Trunk Line association were advised
yesterday that Charles I. Hunter ha:
been made chairman of the association
III CndISe VI lllS pdSSSl45EA 0CpCA N4llCAll
In the nineteen years he has been con.
nected with that department he has &C.
| quired a knowledge and familiarity
with all it's affairs that it not had By
, any other official.
| The St. Louis Colorado limited. Wis
the Wabash Union Pacific to San Fran,
cisco, Portland, Los Angeles and The
Yellowstone National park, are now il
shape to handle that line of traffic OF
/ fast time. Every luxury of modern
transportation has been provided TIL,
sleepers are equipped with the lates
| improvements, the roads are laid will
I heavy rails and equipped with auto
matte box signals. Folders showing tn,
new time tables will be issued shortly
The railroad show a disposition. t
enter the market for additional equip
ment. The lines have been extremel!
| poor buyers since the middle OF 1870
and especially during the last six o
eight months, but are preparing 70
increased business. Last week NOR
railroad orders have been booked o
taken under consideration than in an,
| similar period for over two years, an,
that in turn means more traffic Thi
is beginning to take up the slack in TIL
string of idle cars and locomotives.