The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-06

The general freight agents hold a meeting to-
day at the Denison House, commencing at 10 A.
NJ
The stockholders of the Belt Road & Stock
yards hold their annual meeting to-day at p, NJ
for the election OF directors ard officers for tho
ensuingyear.
1t is eighteen years since the Pittsbure, Cinoin-
natl & st. Louis, rather the G, C. & T.. C. com
pany has injured passenger on the division he
tween Indianapolis and Columbus to an extent
that damages were asked.
United STAGES Marshal Goodspeed. of Cleve-
land, O., to-day sold the Cleveland. Tuscarawas
Valley & Wheeling railway by order of court,
The road and personal property was bid
in for $685., 500 The buver, Mr.. Perkins,
trustee, who paid amount In bonds of road.
We're one of the legislators to introduce bill
making the walking on railroad tracks a
Enable offense, with further provision that q
party injured when walking on railroad tracks
could not claim damages from che company, he
would ito q humane act, and at the same time
make himself solid with railroad men,
Chief Encineer Jackson. of the Chicago & In
dianapolis Air Line, WAS in the city yesterday
He expresses the opinion that It will take the
Louisville, New Albany e. Chicago Deople sixty
days to get the road in shape to run regular
trains over it. The Journal has information
from another source that nothing will be done
on the work until after the results of the annual
meeting Feb. -, are known.
meeting OF the parties Interested in the chi
oagO & Block Coal road will he held in this city
tomorrow. A. j. Dull, OF Harrisburg, Pa presi-
dent of the company ia to he here and it is high
" probable that his interest and that of the
Crawford party will he sold to the Louisville,
New Albany & CHICAGO railroad Company. Mr..
Dull represents the Harrisburg Steel Rail-mill,
which furnished the rails for portion of this
road. and they accepted an interest IN the road
as payment.
Capitalists Of Boston who are Interested in
the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe road have
purchased valuable library for the OF en-
hnfp linz mill Ia al. c.
Marclal, N VI. Railroad men of intelligence who
visit indianapolis express surprise that there is
not q fine library in the Indianapolis Railroad
Christian Association rooms. We're the matter
taken hold of In earnest by the mana gements of
the several roads centering here the monetary
burden on all would he hght, and the railroad
men would appreciate such action.
Employees on the Wabash, st. Louis & Pacific
are reported to he growing very FESTIVE and tur-
bulent. The company ia diatorr i'll meeting its
pay-rols, now being over two months behind;
there is crashing of authority between high
officials: matters are becoming demOralizrd, it
Is stated, and the talk of strikes Ia becoming so
common as 70 indicate that trouble is brewing.
rumOr is current, also. that the company will
pay their employees the Wabash proper in
serip for month. This doubtless grew ont
OF the fact that the Wabash management is ar
ranging TO pay their men by checks, rs do
several Of the roads OF the country, arrange
meut which Will expedite the movement of the
pavmaster.
The matter of reportine underweight nv some
of rhe elevators on grain coming to this market
from local points where there are no elevators
or facilities for weighing grain before it. Ia
loaded into cars ia said TO he growing evil and
one which the general freight agents threaten to
take in hand at the meeting TODAY. n Is stated
thar discrepancies of 900 to 1000 pounds
have been discovered. and frequently few
hundred pounds of underweight is shown in the
reports. OF course the shipper ia benefited, as
he pays freight only on the weight reported by
the weigh master at the elevator, the roads ac-
cepting such reports If the reports are true,
these weigh masters, who are to make
correct Statements. are certainly running consid-
cradle risk,