The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-03-10
THE DAYS RAILWAY NEWS.
Facts ofInterest Regarding the Lease
of the N. Y, p. 6 o.
The E.. g. T. II. Said to Have Scooped In the
Straight Line-AnOther Fast
Freight Line.
Personal Points.

George Blanchard, vice-president OF the Erie,
sails for Europe one week from to-day.
!. ]. Turner, superintendent of the Indianapo-
Us e. Vincennes road, has gone East to be absent
sen days.
Thomas McGill, Western agent of the Central
railroad, of Georgia, who can count MS triehus
by the hundreds, is in the city.
John F. Miller, superintendent of the P, c. d
St L. is in the city, and with subordinate officials
will to-day make an inspection trip OF the ROAD
between Indianapolis and Richmond, Ind.
W. A. Corril has been appointed contracting
agent of the freight department OF the Louis
ville, New Albany & Chicago railroad at Chlea-
iayette.
General Passenger Agents f. st. John, of the
Chicago & Rock Island, and District Passenger
Agent 7. Griffith, of the same line; 5. X. Hooper,
of the Hannibal IL st. Joe, and j. q. Everest, OF
the Chicago, Milwaukee d St. Paul, are IN the
CITY.
o. W. Rugeles, general passenger agent Of the
Michigan Central road, is in the city, Mr.. Rug
giles, who now ranks as one of the best passen-
ger men in the country. commenced as an ounce
boy on the Ohio q Mississippi in 1865, then LOOK
. olerkship Ia the passenger department. After
q few years he went on to the missouri
P rscrne, then ssoD m the s ~; hSuis 70 q q hig InSr
position. About one year and a half ago ne
accepted his present position, and under his aole
Michigan Central in 1882 was pushed up to
81, 100000, which wasi$5o0, 900 ahead OF the
earnings OF this department In any former year.
Local Notes.
Master Mechanic Lape, of the Bee Line shops,
BrighTwood, has just turned out, rebuilt thor
.oughly, No. 1877, which is equipped with all mod
Brn improvements, and one of the best passen-
ger engines on the road.
The Cincinnati, Indianapolis, st. Louis & Chi
eagO management has ordered two elegant re-
elining chair cars built, which are to be run be-
tween Louisville and Chicago. The old recnnlng-
chair cars are TO be put on to run between Gin
-cinnati and Seneca.
Roadmaster Henry, of the Indianapolis & st.
Louis, is placing in position at the Terre Haute
gravel bank two steam shOvels, and next week
ak gravel trains are to be placed OIL the road to
distribute gravel along the road both east and
west of Terre Haute. Ten miles additional of
steel rails are to be received this month.
An expert railroad man who recently passed
over the Wabash road states that the poor con-
aition of their track is due TO the reduction of
the section men last year, 5000 or more on all
divisions. Now, on the whole system, there is
hut one-half of a man to a mile. or two men to
four miles, and 1t is impossible to keen the track
In order with so limited a number OF men.
A party of English capitalists who are in
eerested in several Western roads have opened
q correspondence with the parties who own the
Bedford, Springville, greensboro & Bloomfield
road as regards the purchase of the property.
These capitalists are already Interested in the
Bingham 81 Sullivan road, and wish TO secure
as well the B., s., o. & B. The indianapolis
NAAih hLAAi NHibhh NIANhg ~ vi dlbd
purposes, own the property, has offered it, 1t is
stated, for 100000, which is certainly a low
figure.
NJ. J. Becker, chief engineer of the Pittsburg,
Cincinnati Il st. Louis system of road, who has
been in the city the greater part of the week,
left for Columbu yesterday. He states that as
soon as the elevator which is now being leveled
60 the ground ls ont of the way, work will be
commenced on the new city transfer depot, the
company having decided to locate it where the
elevator stood. Work, as well, will be commenced
on the new shops near the Deaf and Dumb Asy-
ium, at an early day. Plans for the depot and
shOps have been fixed upon and the material
with which to construct them purchased.
But few persons are aware of the fact, vet is
true. that the bonded indebtedness of the In
diana, Bloomington & Western is u light, as com
pared with a majority of the Western roads. On
bonded debt is So, 600, OGo. From this is 10 be
deducted equipments valued at 81 900, 600,
nearly all new. On the Peoria division the
bonded debt is IS, 900, 900; there are 202 miles
valued at 50, 600, 1000, OF the 81 900, 900 of
bonds issned on the Peoria division to pay the
back-pay claims which the new company as
sumed, but 5000, 900 has yet been used. The
company has no floating debt.
One of the most singular features OF east
bound traffic the last four mOnths has been the
immense shipments from Missouri and Kansas
of apples. Train loads have been shipped from
Missouri to New York. Over 1000 carloads
have come East over the Vandalia, and fully
that number over the Indianapolis 81 Sc. Louis.
Over 800 carloads have been received at Indi-
annapolis. They are shipped from points on the
Missouri Pacific and the Atchison, Topeka d.
Santa Fe In bulk to New York, at a cost of about
thirty cents per bushel, and TO Indianapolis at a
cost of only II cents per bushel. Four hundred
and fifty TO 500 bushels are loaded in a car. The
mild weather of a few days past has largely in
creased the shipments. A general freight agent
of one of the lines states that never before has
his company derived any revenue from ship
ments OF apples eastward, the movement In
former years having been westward.