The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-18
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.


The general passenger agents meetings., TO De
eheld at Cincinnati to-day and to morrow, promise
to be largely attended.
A meeting Of the president and general man
ayers Of the roads comprising the Union Railway
Company is called for tomorrow
G. w. Fairbanks has gone to New York and
Boston to look after matters connected with the
receivership of the Danville, Olney & Ohio river
road
E. w. McKenna, superintendent of the j., NJ.
& L. is in the city. He is in excellent Spirits so
handsome has been the increase in business over
the road the last few days.
The Indiana, Bloomington & Western sys-
tenn (Ohio Southern) excepted, earned in Feb
ruary 1912 831, an increase over the correspond
ing month of 1883 of 1912.
Colonel Joseph Hill, superintendent of the
Vandalia, arrived in the city last night and will
remain over to-day n K. Elliott master of
transportation, accompanies him.
The passenger department of the Wabash, st.
Louis & Pacific announce that hereafter their
morning train out of St. Louis will haul a
through New York sleeping coach
East bound rates are reported to be two cents
per hundred pounds off at Peoria but this cut is
so slight, compared with the recent cuts, that
little attention is paid to the rumor.
Before the close of this week the one and one
fourth mile extension of the Belt road, which
has been in construction since Sept 1. will be
completed. Trains are now run over it.
G. w Seawright has been appointed agent of
the Cincinnati Indianapolis St Louis & Chicago
road at Lawrenceburg Junction, and T. j. Hudg
ms at Bonfeld, on the K & S. division.
Contractor REUTER-, with aforce of some sixty
men, yesterday resumed work on the new shops
of the Chicago, ST. Louis & Pittsburg Railroad
Company in the eastern part of the City.
Tba cvc1opa aypraec ,11y, over tho Vorda1ia
line is now one of the most popular trains run
on the road. 1t earned last year ST. % per mile
rum which is large earnings for train of that
class
T. W. Newell has been appointed master-me-
chanic of the Indiana, Illinois q Iowa railroad,
with charge of the motive power, machinery and
car departments. His headquarters will be at
Kankakee, ILL.,
Austin Corbin and J. Rogers Maxwell, both
sprominent L., B. & W. men, each hold $3.50
Shares in the Elmira, Cortland & Northern, a
newly projected road, 100 miles in length, which
is capitalized at 81, 100000.
c. E. Henderson, general manager of the l.,
B. & w. SYSTEM is this week making careful
inspection trip over the Ohio Southern road,
operated by the l., B. & w, upon which extern
siSe improvements are being made.
If Commissioner Pierson, of the trunklne
passenger pool, permits the Wabash and Illinois
Central to meet the Chicago & Alton rate on
New York business, why should not the Van
dalia and the indianapolis & ST. Louis do the
same2
The weighing of mails carried over Indianapo-
lis roads for thirty days. to come, commences to-
morrow. Six months later they are again
weighed for thirty days, and then four years
elapse before there is another weighing of mail
matter
Under the present rates it costs thirty cents
to get barrel of flour to Baltimore, thirty
cents to Philadelphia. and thirty seven cents to
wi will
haul barrel of -four for half-dozen squares,
yet there are people who complain of the exor-
bitant rates charged by the railroads.
The semiannua strike at the Clay county
block coal mines, if continued, will result dis
astrousiy. Ohio Goals are ROW coming into In
diana by the 100 car loads per day to supply the
demand usually filled by the Clay county ope-
rators, and there is great danger that block coal
Will be partially crowded out of its present mar
kets.
It is suggested that it would be we'll forsthe
Indiana, Bloomington & Western and the Gin
cnnati, indianapolis, st. Louis & Chicago roads
to pool their sales to Kansas and Northwestern
points and then restore rates at this point at
least to the figures that the scalpers are selling
at. There seems no necessity for underselling
the scalpers So to So per ticket.
J. G. McQuiston, general roadmaster of the
Cincinnati, indianapolis, st Louis 81 Chicago
road, retres the first of April when his duties
will be looked after by Thomas Morris, whose
engineer
Mr.. McQuiston aided in laying the first rails on
the G., l., st. L. d c. road and has held the po'
sition of general roadmaster nearly eighteen
years.
The stockholders of the Chicago, ST. Louis &
Pittsburg Railroad Company hold their first an
nual meeting in this city to morrow, Two direc.
tors to be elected and the action of the board
of directors in entering into an agreement of
consolidation with the Chicago St Louis &
Pittsburg Railroad Company, of the State of
Illinois, will be submitted to the stockholders for
their approval.
Hereafter orders given by employees on the
Bee-line system to parties to whom they are in
debted will not be honOred. General Manager
Thomas says giving "oGders' and assigning pay
causes trouble and complexities pay-rolls. Any
render himself liable to dismissal from the serv-
ice of the company. The Wabash management,
last week. issued a notice of similar import
George Boyd, assistant general passenger
agent Of the Pennsylvania lines east of Pitts
burg, who is West to attend the meetings of to-
day and tomorrow, spent few hours with his
parents in this city, yesterday. His stay was
brief that but few of his many friends had an
opportunity to shake hands with him. Mr.. Boyd
reports the passenger traffic to be heavy, and
that rates are better maintained East than in the
West. Other improvements are to be intro
duced the coming season in this model road to
make it more popular with the business and
pleasure travelling public.
With the new method of paying off employees
on the Decline system, George H. Russell,
treasurer, will draw the drafts on the following
banks: Commercial National Bank, Cleveland,
o. Citizens National Bank, CINCINNATI O.;
Merchants National Bank, Cleveland, O.; Citi-
zens' Bank, Union City, Ind; First National
Bank, Gallon, o.; Indiana National Bank, Lndi-
annapolis Ind; Delaware County National Bank,
Delaware, O.; Indianapolis National Bank, In
dianapolis Ind. National Exchange Bank, Co
lumbus o. NATION National Bank, Mattoop,
NJ. SECOND National Bank, Springfield O.;
National Bank, Dayton, 0. BY arrangement
with the above-named banks, a draft payable at
any one of them will be cashed at par by that
bank or by either of the others When pay
bank teller will be present with the paymaster
to cash drafts for all employees who desire cur
reney All banks on the line have expressed