The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-29
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and General.

1t is semi-officially announced that p. p.
Shelly, general freight agent of the Union Pa
cifc is soon to retire.
The Boston Transcript says that the stock and
bond debt of the Atchison, Topeka g. Sante Fe
railroad system per mile is S39, l39.
Before the cut West Shore receivers certif-
Gates issued, it is reported, amounted to over
81. 600 600, and are placed at 81, l2G, 900.
The New York Locomotive Works in Rome,
N. Y, have received contract to build eleven
consolidation freight engines for the Wabash,
st. Louis q Pacific
1t is reported the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany are buying Baltimore 50 Ohio railroad
stock with view to secure the election of an
anti-Garrett man president at the next annual
meeting.
The Baldwin Locomotive Works, in Phiadel-
phia, have completed an der for heavy freight
engines for the Missouri Pacific road, and have
just received an additional order from the Wa
bash, st. Louis & Pacific.
The New York Central railroad yesterday an
nounced reduction of fare on the Auburn road
to a cent mile. There is no competition on this
division. The rates on the Niagara Falls iiyis-
ion have been reduced to cent n mile Also
The Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton have in
creased their facilities for handling bulk freight
at Cincinnati fully 20 per cent Among other
things there has been laid track for the storage
OF 200 cars, and track for 100 more is being
built.
The following officers and directors of the c.,
j., st. L. q e.. are at the Denson: NJ. E. ingalls,,
Louis SeasonCood, George w. Foster George
wiltshire George III. Vail. L. Anderson, b. F.
Evans, e. F. Osborn, J. c. Davis, Henry Lewis,
5. j. Broadwell
The treasurer of the Union Pacific makes the
toifowlng statement regarding the Land depart
ment Cash on hand, So, 10000; due on CON
tracts for sales of land $40, lis, ISL, total of
SIS, 294. SS1; land grant bonds outstanding S.,
$4,000; surplus IS, 500, S8l.
The rec election of Messrs. c. p. Huntington,
president of the Chesapeake d Ohio, and r r.
Cable, president of the Chicago 81 Rock Island,
as directors of the Big Four, indicates acoutin-
uance of the favorable traffic arrangements at
present existing among these roads.
On the present cuts of west-bound rates from
New York the trunk lines stand all the reduc
ton, and to help them out they have asked the
Chicago lines to advance east bound rates, which
will probably be done. At present tickets from
Chicago to New \ DIRK can be purchased for $l2.
The Chicago, Burlington G. Quincy proposes to
make the Western rate war still further inter
estng by running extra fast trains between
! Chicago and Kansas City, aud by establishing a
new passenger route between Chicago and st.
Louis via Rockford, Rock Island d St Louis
division.
The officers OF the Decline. vino are making
their regular inspection of the road, arrived in
the city last night They report that they
found the line in good condition, and they are
well pleased with the results of the inspection
The party leaves this morning over the l. s. St
L. division, for St Louis
Col NJ A. Downing. president of the st. Louis
Cable Railway Company, is in that city for the
purpose of closing contracts for the construction
of the building OH Franklin avenue, which is to
contain the Offices machinery and cars of the
company, Work on it will be commenced as
soon as the contracts are let, which, it is eX
pected, will be done within day or so, and will
be pushed vigorously.
Arrangements have been made by the Boston
Il Lowell and Grand Trunk railroads to estab-
fish through freight and passenger line. The
business of the Great Western division of the
Grand Trunk will go into Boston over the Low
ell line. Loren S. Dow, heretofore in charge of
the freight business OF the Lowell road is 20 be
placed at the head of the new department, and
is to have entire charge of the through freight
anu passenger business.
j. NJ Eady, the new assistant general super
intendent of the Union Pacific, is at present
identified with the new Nebraska railway, which
is to be built a competitor of the Union Pa
cifc. J. o. Brinkerhof. late superintendent of
the Kaw Valley division of the Union Pacific. is
appointed superintendent of the entire Kansas
division, with headquarters at Kansas. The OBJ
ject of the system is to get rid of the old di
vision superintendents p. j. Nichols, of the
Eastern division, is the first to CO.