The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-03-13
General News.


The New York Central company announces it's
regular per cent. quarterly divided, payable
April Is.
Track-aying on the Memphis extension OF the
Kansas City, Fort Scott & Gulf is progressing
rapidly, and has reached Kosh Konirg, midway
between Springfield and Memphis.
The work of grading and track laying on the
3iEe of the New Orleans & Mississippi Valley
railway is progressing very rapidly. Trains
will be run, it is stated, to College Point by Sat-
urday of this week.
Reports from all sections of the progress of
the Order of Railway Conductors are most en-
couraging. Grand Chief Conductor Wheaton
has recently organized a number of new divls-
ions, Some fifty conductors Indianapolis
roads are members of this association.
The Dominion Parliament mas passed throug f,
second reading bill to establish a railroad
commission. The provisions of the bill take
away fr0m Parliament its present supervision
over railroads and nuilify previous legislation
under which different lines have been chartered
and built.
The Rallroader says that there are conductors
who blush to own thar they ever twisted a
brake. This is certainly a bad recommendation,
as the successful managers in America, men
whose names are as familiar as household words
wherever the whistle of the locomotive engine
Is heard, have risen from the ranks and are
proud of their records.
The Rochester & Pittsburg company has COM
pleted Its line from Rochester to Falls Creek,
where connection is made TO Pittsburg by the
Allegheny Valley line Practically, the road is
open from f1tISDuTH 10 INC lake. NO trains nave
been run vet, but few days of good weather
will enable the contractors to finish ballasting,
when business VIII negin.
The first month of the immigrant passenger
business at Castle Garden under the pooling
agreement has been made up. The business
done was near the allotted percentages that
no readnstment will be made BY the pooling
agreement Erie received Ale per cent, New
York Central "a per cent, Pennsylvania Is per
cent and Baltimore & Ohio 6l9 per cent.
Richmond independents: "We authorized
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foad companies are, as a matter of economy,
about 10 purchase and present TO each of th cir
passenger conductors livery stable, thoroughly
lifted and stocked. The officers claim that they
have never uttered a word that would indicate
that they thoughI such d step would be cheaper
in the long run"
The Denver & New Orleans road which, a
couple of years ago, was much sneered at by
its competitors, is coming out of the woods fine
ly. Ex-Governor John Evans, of Colorado,
president of the Denver d New Orleans, is IN
New York city TO make contracts for the equip
ment. The road, when completed, will furnish
a line from Denver to New Orleans, 1871 miles
In length, which will place Denver as near tide
water as it now is to Chicago, its present center
for supplies. The road is standard gauge
Texas has a law which authorizes the Governor
TO appoint some person to act as State Engineer,
who shall have the right and power 10 compel all
railroads that connect with each other In this
State to make their connections regular and
proper so as 20 accommodate the travelling pub
lie on said roads, and the right and power to
compel said companies to draw the passen gers
ana frtlcnt oil eacn DINER on UDelf respective
fOads and cars, and upon refusal to comply
with these requirements such person shall take
charge of the road and rollng-stock and report
1t to the Governor. The said road shall then he
run for the benefit of the State until satisfactory
arrangements are made for a compliance with
the law.
THE WAY HE coRRALs THE BOYS
One of the finest luDch-rooms in New York is
in the bailding occupied by Commissioner Fink
and his 125 clerks. Mr.. Fink says that he en-
Outraged the establishments of this luuch-room
chiefly that railroad men who attended the vari-
GUS conferences should have no excuse for leay-
5ng the building at dinner hours, when they
went to the various hotels for dinner il was
quite difficult to ensemble them again on that
day.
AN OLD, OLD STORY.
The Cincinnati Enquirer of yesterday tackles
roughly the matter of freight transfers at In
dianapolis, which ventilated some six weeks
ego in the journal, and at the request of Presi-
dents McKeen and ingalls,, who were investigat-
ing the charges. The Journal made no further
comment. It is but just to Agents Colonel
bran Perry, OF the P, 9. St. L.; Harry