The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-15
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS
Personal ana Local.

give q 92iuuV uonu Vhaet they VIII make nOneSb
returns.
FL Higgs, president Of the Texas Cont
mental Transportation Company died at New
Orleans Aug. II.
w. A. Thoms, Springfield, Mo-, superintendent
Central and Arkansas division, st. Louis s San
Francisco railway, is in the city, the guest of
John Evan, superintendent Of the Bee line
General Manager Talmage Of the Wabash
system. in answer to the question. on Wednesday
last, do you propose to hold ON to the l., p. &
G. division said: We are trying 70 very hard
It would be an excellent idea to let all rurnors
that east bound freight rates are being cut go in
at one ear and out at the other. IF they are cut
at all, the agent Of any one line will cut rate
ms soon as one of another rather than to lose any
business offered. Yet it would be an extremely
difficult task to prove that any line out Of Indi-
annapolis is Strengthening rates.
The second section Of freight train of the c.,
l., St Il & G. road, Chicago division, yesterday,
ran into the rear end of the first section at
Hazelrigg, smashing eaboose and four cars
and somewhat demoralzing the locomotive of
the second section. Passenger trains were de-
Iayed several hours by the wreck Reports say
none of the train men were seriously hurt
Manager MeG'rea viii in few days advertise
for bids for the building of $50 box cars. The
cars are to be built new specifications, and to
have "a carrying capacity of $4,000 pounds They
will be longer than the ordinary car, and are to
lie supported in the center by heavier truss
to be more substantial than the standard car of
the Pennsylvania Company.
c. E. Henderson, general manager Of the In
diana, Bloomington q Western railroad, writes
President Corbin chat grain is just beginning to
move, promising large volume of business.
The late wet weather delayed the threshing Of
wheat and oats but insures prodigious corn
crop on the lines west of Indianapolis At pres
emit the weather is clear and warm, and the
prospect for business Frightening
There is great deal Of talk just now about
the train news agent nuisance. 1t is thought
that person should be allowed to sit quietly il
his seat without having his lap filed with prize
packages, books and periodicals that he doesn't
want Some of the general passenger agents are
contemplating placing at the end of one car in
each train a stand where person can pur-
chase newspapers, books or prize packages.
Mr. w. II. McKeen, president of the Vandala
railroad, has rendered special train to Maxim
kuckee to the citizens of Loganspoft who con-
tI1buted toward securing the right of way
through Cass county for the Vandalia extension.
The train will leave Logansport at o'clock this
morning, returning this evening The subscrib-
ers in question number about seventy five. The
party win be under charge Of J. I. McNary,
who was one of the leading workers in the sub
scriDtion matter. The amount raised was So 600.
The keystone bridge company propose to have
the new G., L st. L. & G. bridge over White
river in position by Oct l. This establishment
is highly prosperous The orders now booked
win keep the works running over a year Every
department of their extensive plant IS in full OPP
Grafton. About $50 are now employed.
Work is progressing rapidly on the new bridge
FIR the Louisville q Nashville Railroad Com
pany, to be erected at Henderson, KY. Work is
about to be commenced on the railroad bridge
which is to be put up at Port Deposit, Md, for
the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company.
Local Passenger Agent Nichols, of the Bee
iReand L & ST Il. is becoming uneasy. the low
rates competitors are giving westward drawing
their business. Yesterday he telegraphed the
situation to d. B. Martin, acting general pas
scRger agent during the absence of a. j. Smith,
and was answered by Mr. Martin that he did
not think il creditable to any road to carry pas
sengers from Indiana to Kansas points at a S.
$6 rate and to still declineto take such rates.
Their line did not wish to be considered as in
any way aiding in cutting to the low rates now
given at Indianapolis on west bound business.
Neither the c., st. T. & p, the Vandalia nor
the l., B. Il w. seems inclined to call a halt on
the west bound cutting of passenger rates. Each
was yesterday offering q $l2 round-trip rate to
Independence Kansas. and other Kansas points
Independence is in southern Kansas. While but
few of the parties ticketed to that point go as
FAR as Independence, they are ticketed to that
point, as there are round-trip tickets reading to
Independence but none to Kansas City, and the
former is the nearest point to which round trip
tickets are issued. 1t now looks as If the war
would be continued until the cream of the fall
travel has been carried.
Causes and Prevention of Train Accidents
Good results may be looked for in the way of
avoiding train accidents should the improve
ments and discipline of training employees recon
mended by the Commissioner of Ohio, in his re-
cent report be needed. Still Commissioner Sa-
bine does not expect very marked results in the
reforms he recommends, as employees may be
constantly melted to more vigilance, but there
remains the fact that the wisest management
suffers greatly at times by the negiects, mental
lapses and misindgments of the men held under