The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-12-25
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS
The New President of the New York
s. New England Road.
Manifestations of the Holiday Season-Op-
erstiOns of the Michigan Roads
\ Last Year.

The Thomas Iron Company is negotiating for
an order from Chicago for the manufacture of
$4,000 tons of steel rails.
The total receipts of the Hoosac Tunnel line
for the year ending Oct 81, 1888, were $2,965,-
677; expenditures, $2,640,630.
For a Christmas gift the shareholders in the
Westinghouse Air-brake Company get semi
annual dividend of 20 per cent
The Buffalo Car Works, in Buffalo, N. Y. have
taken a contract to build 500 gondola cars for
the Rochester & Pittsburg road.
Local travel is unusually heavy, even for the
holiday season. and would be larger wereit not
for the condition of the tracks, which keeps tim
0rous Mortals at home.
The passenger department of the Northern Pa
cffic has appointed j. r. Berry special passen-
ger and tourist agent, to take effect January 1.
His headquarters will be in Chicago
Dining-car superintendent of the Northwest
have formed an organization, with W. A; Kent
of the Michigan Central president and IL. d.
Westake, of the Northern Pacific, secretary
The JonrE al has received a handsome copy of
the bill of fare to be served on the Decline dln-
1ng-cars, on the Indianapolis division, to-day. liz
is almost tempting enough TO induce man TO
leave home to enjoy 1t.
A director of the New York & New England is
reported as saying that 100000 in second
mortgage bonds in the company's treasury has
been taken by a syndicate, reducing the noat-
ing debt TO that extent.
J. Is. Cable, assistant superintendent OF uhe
Fergus Falls division of the Manitoba ROAD, one
OF the best railroad men in the Northwest, mas
been appointed superintendent OF the ROCKY
Mountain division of the Northern Pacific.
On Jan. l the Union Pacific will put on line
of buffet cars from Omaha to San Francisco,
and the cars are now being distributed Tor that
purpose. The Burlington will similarly equip
its line from Chicago to Denver in the spring.
The Pullman Palace Car Company have con-
Ollded a contract with the Mexican Central
Railway COMPANY loo miles, and 1t I'll Is eX-
cars Will be in full operation between Ell PaSo
and the City of Mexico.
In compiling the Atlanta rate sheet, the COM
plief made a mistake of $40 in the rate to
Rogue's, Ark. Shelton g. Stokes scalpers, lmmed-
zassiy bought sixty-hve tickets, but the com
plier brought suit to restrain their sale and to
recover tn tickets, and the courts have decided
IN favor of The compiler.
The Denver scalpers have peen compelled to
pay the $500 license fee imposed by the city
council. II closed up about half OF them. me
license also requires them to keep record of all
tickets handled, showing when and from whom
purchased, with description of each tlkket so
that 1t may be identified,
The gross earnings of the Manhattan Elevated
Railroad Company for the year to Sept. 80, IN
GLIDING the Metropolitan and the New York
lines, are stated to the State Railroad Commits
BiOner at $6,386, sos, and the operating expenses
AT IS, 756,S27, leaving net ,682. From
which have been paid dlvidents S390,O00,
rentaisa3d leases $l,3S4,0SO, leaving a sur
plus OF $50 ,597. Y ...
giThe Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern di-
following extensions and new lines: From Gin
Ton to Iowa City, about fifty miles; an extension
10 DEBORAH. Ia: another, 125 miles long, to run
from Worthington, Mimi, westward into Da-
k0ta, With Ordway as the probable objective
point. 1t Will connect there with another pro-
jeeIed line, running thence to Bismarck.
Thomas Reynolds, chief train dispatcher of the
Indiana, Bloomington 81 Western railroad at
SpriDg ield, OHIO, will be presented on to-day, by
the men on the middle and Ohio divisions of the
road, an elegant and costly gold watch of the
best make, sent from Bingham & Walk, of this
city. Mr. Reynolds came from the Panhandle
year ago, and has made himself very popular
among the employees by his accommodating
way.
It begins to look as if the Burlington will have
TO fight all its old associates in the Iowa pool
siDgle-handed, or come in under the trpartite
agreement and pool all business west of the
Missouri river. The Wabash and Missouri Pa
side have agreed to sign the tripartte, and
now the officers of the Northwest say they will
not sign the tripartte contract until directed
do so by the directors" The Washington Re-
publican, in a column editorial, calls upon Con-
gress TO take immediate action to prevent the
Union Pacific from violating its charter by en-
tcrtng into an alliance which discriminates
against other roads au the Missouri river