The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-09-13

Passenger men say travel never was heavier
IN September than this year.
The Cincinnati, Hamilton & INDIANAPOLIS for
want of cars, is this week taking back seat in
through business.
Parties from Alabama yesterday made con
tract with the Indianapolis Rolling mill Com
pauv for a lot of rails.
Fortunately for indianapolis roads the frost
has not damaged the corn their lines on
the roads that natural feeders to the midland
routes to such an extent as to be likely to effect
fall freight traffic.
The Paris accommodation train, put a few
months ago by the management of the Indianap
oils & ST. Louis road, besides being an accom-
mediation TO the patrons of the road, has become
paying train to ruD,
The oldest train men say that they do not re-
member any time in the history of railr0ading
when dust has made it so unpleasant to travel.
Indiana, Ohio and Illinois roads alike
troubled, and good rain would be acceptable.
The Wabash people are short of cars, both for
local and through business, having allowed too
many of their cars 10 he turned over to be loaded
with through traffic, and so heavy ia west-bOund
business that cars are returning from the east
slowly.
Presidents ingalls, and Devereux having re-
turned from the East, a meetIp 2 of presidents and
managers of the proprietary roads of the Union
Railway Company is TO be held on Wednesday
or Thursday of next week at Indianapolis. The
day has not been fully decided upon. Several
important questions need adjustment.
The Indiana, Bloomington & Western people
few months ago mounted the cut-dOwn-eXpenses
hobby, and discharged a number of shop men all
along Ghelr ines, Now they nave, It Is stated,
some $50 cars in bad order, which they greatly
need in their service. Not only this, these de
mOrallZed cars are DlOckauinG their side tracks.
The management of the Traders Dispatch are
highly pleased with the business their line is
doing out of Indianapolis it largely exceeds
their expectations. This line, although Year
ling, is operating over nineteen railroads, has
1900 of it's cars in service, and is add
ing cars AT the rate of fifty per week. purposing
to put 1000 cars in the line.
Manager McCrea, of the Pennsylvania lines
west of Pittsburg states that of the fiftynne
engines contracted for and to be built at the AL
tOona shops twenty-eight have already been re-
ceived and the other thlrty-one will be in serv
ice by Dec l. OF these new engines fOrty-One
were ordered built at the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS and
eighteen at the Altoona shops.
In the month of August an average of 600
trains passed over the Union rracks every
twenty four hours. Had the 81 ,742 cars which
were transferred over the Belt road been added
to the movement over the Union tracks there
would doubtless have been a continuous block.
ade of streets during the month. But few per-
appreciate the relief the Belt road is to the
business over the Union tracks.
In 1881 the Pennsylvania and Erie people
quietly looked on and the Vanderbilt lines
doing all the east-bOund business, not only out
of Indianapolis but at all prominent points in
this section There were often days that the
Erie and Union lines did not get of freight
from indianapolis, as the pool statement will
show, yet no one charged tnaC the vanderbilt
lines were Strengthening rates; but the con-
trary would quote the old adage. al is a long
lane which has no turn" The White line and
HOOsac Tunnel line had their prOsperous times;
now it is proper that the Erie and Union lines
have a season of prosperity.
Unquestionably the Wabash system is being
handled, so far as the safe movement of trains
is concerned, very creditably, and the eSemp.
ton from accident on the main line,
where so many trains handled, is
unparalleled. superintendent Stevens states
that during the mouth of August.
when freight business was heavy, the entire loss
from accidents less than $500 on the entire
eastern division of 1,007 miles Superintendent
Stevens attributes this good fortune to the care
full supervision by the trainmasters no less
than to the careful and experienced tTainmen
employed Last year, during August the losses
were very heavy, resulting in trains breaking in
two and cOllidng with other trains, ana when a
day was passed without accident it was
noticed by the press all along the line.