Tonnage Drop Probes Railroads Traffic Strain and Arbitration Next
Traffic congestion cut loaded car movements by thousands in the week ending December. Western lines expand terminals while Eastern lines lag, triggering shifts to Southern ports. A new protective association plans to employ detectives to trace and prosecute ticket fraud and forgers, with a rogues gallery to follow.
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John R Walsh Plans Big Evansville Chicago Route
Chicago capitalist John R Walsh plans a major railroad expansion from Elnora to Evansville, a seventy two mile extension, with a Terre Haute to Chicago through route via East Chicago connected to Chicago Terminal Company. The Frisco reportedly controls the Chicago & Eastern Illinois and Evansville & Terre Haute, potentially bypassing Louisville & Nashville. Also notes Orient Railroad expansion south of Wichita and potential passenger department reorganization across western lines, plus Belt Line traffic to Dec shows 19,561 cars moved and 1,400 live stock carloads. sealed bids for 400 first ranges set for Jan 1903 in Jeffersonville.
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Wabash enters Pittsburg by arbitration over grade and tide levels
Railroading gossip from Pittsburg notes Wabash and city officials to arbitrate entry grade and tide levels for the line. Other items report Erie Dispatch manager Lamprey traveling, B&O adding a second Shoo Fly-Pinkerton track, rail earnings, retirements, wage talks, and planned line extensions with double tracking and new engines.</s>
Dinner Honoring Generals Corbin Chaffee and Milburn
Senator Hanna hosted a dinner at his Cleveland home in honor of Major Generals Corbin and Chaffee and John G Milburn of Buffalo. Generals Corbin and Chaffee departed for Washington that night while General Young and Milburn planned to depart in the morning.
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Eighteen Dead in Byron Train Wreck Tragedy
A rear end collision between the Stockton flyer and the owl train at Byron Springs results in sixteen dead on arrival, four may die, and many injured. The dead include Elizabeth L. Smith Clarence D. Cluffs Birdie Elliott Mabel Vezey George Sessions Charles Owens Mary Myers Robert Reyrick Len Irwin W. F. Temple Tung Tia Gong and an unidentified sailor and others. Passengers were rushed to Southern Pacific Hospital in San Francisco. the injured list grows as officials hold an inquest and relief actions continue.
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Summaries of Principal Items in 21 Sunday Journal
A Sunday Journal item summary reports a southern California railroad collision killing ten and injuring twenty seven, heavy snows delaying trains in Wyoming Colorado and Nebraska, a jewel chest found in a Mexico City chapel to be seized by the Mexican government, and widespread wage demands with over one hundred thousand west and south of Chicago trainmen seeking pay increases. It also notes visits by Generals Young Chaffee and Corbin to Mrs McKinley, a Venezuelan coast blockade with ships seized, the Louisville coroner ruling an accidental death of R C Whayne, arbitration talks on the Venezuelan dispute and Roosevelt’s potential Hague involvement. Also mentioned are James Farr’s death in a Seeleyville shaft cage, Hemenway not seeking the governorship, a Wayne county special election result, and the Manufacturers Mining and Fuel Company of Anderson and Muncie.
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Three Railroads Tap Sullivan County Coal Lands
It 27 000 acres of Sullivan county coal land contiguous to the city of Sullivan and tapped by three railroads. A St Louis syndicate headed by a brewery magnate has bought large oil land interests in Indiana. An old gas well near Hartford City produced a large fuel supply. A new well with 500 000 cubic feet daily capacity opened in Kokomo field. Purdue students discovered a student thief who was pilfering from classmates. he restitution and promised not to return. Marion LaShona and Howard Penn injured in bicycle accident. G A H Shideler to run for Governor. Indianapolis defeated Racine in polo. Osteopaths demand changes in state medical law. Henry Rauh invests in Louisville Abattoir Company.
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Local Wholesale Trade Sees Mixed Week in Grains and Prices
In the week ending Saturday retailers began stocking for a possible banner year as grain markets showed strength while staple prices eased. Eggs weakened though poultry rose with approaching holidays, and canned goods held firm. Inspections rose, wheat and hay prices climbed, and wagon markets moved slowly due to rain. A separate note from Liberty, Missouri reports Joseph Foley fatally shot Mrs. James B. Wilson and then killed himself.
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Vanderbilt Improves After Fever Drop
New York December 21 Cornelius Van derbilt showed notable progress with a one degree drop in temperature over the morning hours and rested well as he recovers.
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