The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-03-01

made of the Niokel-plate. This would indicate
that Vanderbilt either has little to do with con-
trolling the affairs of the Grand Trunk or that
he is not so anxious to main tain rates the trunk
lines as he has been represented to he
The South Carolina railway ts one of the old
est railroads in the United States, and the first
for which a locomotive was built IN America.
Work was begun on 1t in 1884, and the main
liue. Charleston to Augusta, was completed in
completed i'll 1649. 1t ia remarkable for having
remained so long without increase OF mileage
ana without being absorbed in any great "sys;
tenn" Before the war 1t was prosperous and
profitable property, paying large dividends.
LIVELY TIMES IN PROSPECT.
A Harrisburg special to the New York Sun
says that Don Cameron is to take the position
OF first wee president OF the Pennsylvania rail-
road, lately vacated by A. J. Cassatt. Tho
GOwen-Y o nderbilt alliance in Pennsylvania, the
proposed new lines east and west in cOmpeti-
tion with the Pennsylvania. the assaults upon
the Standard Oil Company, and the struggle in
the Legislature for and against the anti-freight-
discrimination measures, supported by the
Gowen-Readng interests, and opposed by the
Pennsylvania, all point to a giant wrestle of the
corporations which may 0vershadOw the politics
of the State, and in which Cameron. as officer
and leading stakeholder of the Pennsylvania.
would be a conspicuous figure
SOMETHING WRONG SOMEWHERE.
The order of the fastfreight line managers to
agents to discontinue noting on way-bil of
lumber shipped East, "actual weight is Great
ing good deal of ill-feeling among lumber men,
one of the bylaws OF their association being
that they will ship lumber over no line which
refuses to make such notations, and
prospects for a bitter fight over the
question:, between the lumber and
railroads, is very hattering. IL is claimed
that 10 matter how carefully a carload of lum-
Der is weighed and its actual weight reported,
when that car strikes II New England road and
is weighed IL is reported over weight and excess
charges demanded. Cars have been reported as
In excess of weight at which they were billed
1000 and 1000 pounds, which were weighed at
Indianapolis In the presence of witnesses, and
were billed at the actual weight and the opn-
ion prevails West that the New England roads
are tricky IN the matter.
GROWTH OF ST. LOUIS RAILROAD INTERESTS,
st. Louis, a railroad point, is rapidly gain
ing prominence. comparison of the business
done by the roads entering East st. Louis and
st. Louis proper in the years 1877 and 1882 will
show that the tonnage and earnings of these
lines has increased more largely in those five
years than has the tonnage and earn
ings of the same number of roads
in any other section of tho coun-
try, The increase OF business with Chicago
roads, which number nine more than mas st.
LOUIS is but slightly in excess OF the increase
shown by the less number of st. Louis roads
While much OF the credit is due to the new life
which the Jay Gould syndicate has instilled into
the Southwestern lines which are tributary TO
81 Louis and to the Wabash proper as well. The
Vandal1a, the Indianapolis & St. Louis, the Ohio
q Mississippi, and tast but not least, the Chicago
" Alton have had much to do with The prosperity
of the railroad interests of St Louis, and as
the rOadbedS of these several lines have been
greatly improved, and large additions made to
the equipments and all under excellent
management. st. Louis has by no means vet
reached it's greatest prominenoe a railroad
center, and the year 1888 commences very aus
piciousiy, the eight more prominent ST. Louis
ROADS the first month of the year showing
average increase OF 80. 8 per cent. over earnings
OF the same lines i'll January, 1882,
The Toledo, Cincinnati IL st. Louis, although a
narrow-gauge affair, Will soon he running trains
into East st. Louis, and will increase their bust
ness more or less; but still more important to St.
Louis is the extension of roads already in Oper-
alton to Southwestern and Southern points,
reaching all the more prominent business towns
of Missouri, Kansas, Texas, Arkansas, a portion
Of Tennessee, then reaching northwest to Oma-
ha, and at Kansas City connecting with roads
for the Indian Territory, Colorado and the great
West, and then on TO the Pacific coast.
The most serious drawback now, even to the
prosperity of the st. Louis railways is the eX-
orbtanU bltrary charge a. the river and the
sooner this Is reIuedled the better for st. Louis
ana its railroads, There should be at least tw o
more bridges crossing the river, matters now
stand An immense amount of business goes out
of the way via Chicago to avoid the heavy arbi-
trary charges at st. Louis.