The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-04-10

improve its relations to those employees as faith
full and loyal servants. The railroad commits
sioners of Massachusetts estimate that fund
of per cent of their wages paid would snlhce
to inaure employees handsome sum in case OF
death, or weekly indemnity in case OF accl-
dent An engineer earning from $50 to $50
a month"; for instance, could at the existing rates
of insurance for per cent. of his wages insure
himself $4,000 at death, or PI5 weekly lnuemnl-
ty in case of accident.
NEW ENGLAND ROADS PROSPEROUS.
Through traffic over New England lines is I'M
usually large The Boston Journal summarizes
the business of March as follows: "rhe Boston
& Albany received from the New York Central
at Albany Is, 2Sl freight cars, and delivered d.
1875, The number sent west from Boston was
1885 cars; from Worcester east, 10,l09; do.
wesr, l0,95l. The total number OF loaded
freight cars through the HoOsac tunnel, east
bound, for March, 1888. was $500, showing an
increase of 9, 29l over the same traffic in March,
1882. The Harlem transfer around New York
city handled z ,496 cars, or ,547 more than for
March, 1882; the eastward movement of loaded
cars was s, 1886, an increase of 1,005 over March,
1882 and 1852 loaded freight cars were sent
west via the same transfer.
DOES ANYBODY KNOW?
The most diligent inquiry among the railroad
officials and legal lights who should properly
know the present status of the officials of
the Chicago, st. Louis & Pittsburg road fails
to reveal it, The leading questions whether
lied company, and the general passenger agent,
whoever he may be, are TO ACT indie
pendently of William Stewart, general freight
agent of the Pittsburg, Cincinnati st. Louis
lines and of i. A Ford, general passenger agent
of the same. AS the policy of the Pennsylvania
Company heretofore has been TO concentrate Its
power, that it should now change its policy
and scatter it's strength if 1t is so to do, is quite
a surprise, and can only be accounted for by the
surmise that the Pennsylvania Company intends
to separate their interests, that they may better
claim that the c., st. L. e. P. and the P, Fit. w.
& C. are distinct roads out of Chicago, or bear
the same relation which the Nlckel-plate bears
to the Vandalia lines.
PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE.
Fearing that the harmonious relations of the
trunk lines might become disturbed, telegram
was sent out from Philadelphia, last evening, of
the following amicable tenor: "Odicers Of the
Pennsylvania railroad state that the announce
ment that the Chicago, Pittsburg st.
Louis railroad, under reorganization. which
went into effect on Monday, April 2, is to
become an aggressive competitor for east-5ound
passenger traffic out OF Chicago did NOT imply
any antasonism among the system of roads con
trolled and operated by the Pennsylvania Com
pary and Panhandle route The Pennsylvania
officials say that it Is nearly forty miles longer
between Chicago Il Pittsburg than the Pittsburg,
Fort Wayne 81 Chicago line but under the reor-
ganization of the Chicago, PittsDurg e. st. Louis
road it will be given better equipment and be in
a fair position to compete for through passenger
however, until after the meeting OF general su-
perintendents and passenger agents in st. Louis
next week, when spring schedules Will be ar
ranged.
ONLY TWENTY-FIVE FAST FREIGHT LINES DOING
BUSINESS HERE.
Finding that but few shippers and as compare
lively few railroad men know the number of fast
freight lines doing business at Indianapolis, the
statement given below becomes one of interest
and will doubtless surprise many who are not
posted in the matter. In this statement is given
the name of route over which each line reaches
it's terminal, and the respective agents at this
point, as follows: Red Line, operates oyer the
Wabash, Lake Shore & Michigan Southern, and
Boston 81 Albany roads; William Parmalee,
agent. White Line, over the Bee Line, Lake
Shore, New York Central, and Boston 81
Albany; j. II. Steiner, agent. Blue Line, over
the Chicago 81 Indianapolis Air Line, Michigan
Central, New York Central and Boston q
Line, over the Wabash, Lake Shore & Michigan
Southern, New York Central, and Boston g.
Albany; r. C. ]. Formulation, agent. Midland
Line, over the Indiana, Bloomington & Western,
Lake Shore, New York Central, and titchburg
road; A. W. Hazelrigg, agent. HOOsao Tunnel
Line over Bee Line, Lake Shore, New York Cen
trail to Troy, and Fitchburg road; NJ. NJ. Lands,
agent. Empire Line, over Bee Line, Lake Shore,
Pttsbure & Erie; D. W. HolbroOk, agent Star
Union Line and National Line, over the Chi
cago, st. Louis & Pittsburg, the Pittsburg, Gin
cinnaJ st. Louis and the Pennsylvania; Col
onel S. Gray, agent. Erie IL Pacific Dispatch,
over the Chicago. Pittsburg & ST. Louis, the
New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio and Erie TO
New York, and the New York Il New England
road to Boston points; William Lynn, agent. The
Great Western Dispatch, over the Cincinnati,
Hamilton & Indianapolis, the New YORK, Penn
sylvania & Ohio, the Erie and HOosae Tunnel
route; WIN. Lynn, agent. The south Shore Line,
over the Indiana, Bloomington d Western, the
New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio, the Erie and
Hoosac Tunnel J. W. Smith. agent. The Com
meroial Express Line, over the Chicago & indian
anOlia AIR Line. the Grand TInnk Erie
George BrecOunt, agent. The Great Eastern Line,
over the Wabash and Grand Trunk and New
York Central to New York, and Vermont Central
TO Boston; II. B. Smith, agent. The Erie and
North Shore over the Wabash, the Great West
ern division of the Grand Trunk, and the Canada
Southern, the Erie, Delaware Hudson canal.
and to New England over both the HOOsae
Tunnel and New York & New England
routes; W. D. Wilson, agent The Traders Line,
over the Bee Line, Nickel Plate and Erie and
HOosac Tunnel route; no agent yet appointed.
Merchants Dispatch. B. g. A. the N. Y C., the
Merchants Dispatch Dairy Line, Bee Line. L. s.
& NJ. s., N Y. q. and B. 81 A.. c. G. Pierce agent,
Star Union Dairy Line, over the c., st. L. & p,
the P, c. & st. L., the Pennsylvania; Colonel s.
Gray, agent. Continental Line over the Cinein-
natl, indianapolis, St. Louis & Chicago, the Gin
rlnnati, Baltimore &c Washington and Baltimore
Il Ohio; FL. Fraser, agent Green Line over all
roads between Chicago and Indianapolis, l., b.
& W. excepted, and south over the j., NJ. & 1.
and Louisville IL Nashville system; H. B. Smith,
II. j. Stiles. Colonel o. Perry and VIM. Sulii-
van. agents. Kanawha Line over the c., l., ST. L.
& c., the Kentucky Central and Chesapeake &
Ohio; W. C. Hobbs, agent. Great Southern Dis
patch over the Vandalia, the Evansville & Terre
Haute and l.. & N. system; Harry Wetsell, agent.
Lackawanna Line over the Bee Line, the Lake
Shore, the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
and Hoosae Tunnel route; no agent yet ap-
pointed. The Skinner Silent Line over the Bee
Line, the Lake Shore the New York Central; Geo
L. Sullivan, agent. Michigan Lumber TranspOr-
tation Line over the c., l. st. L. & c., and the L.,
N, A. 81 c.; Geo. Brecount agent. The above
statement shows that there are twenty five
active lines doing business at this point and
when the number is considered it certainly is
creditable that such lines from month TO month
receive so much business from this section.
nivoroa Mattars