The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-11
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.

George Darling. general manager of the
White-line is in the city. He proposes to re
main west prospecting for business several
days.
o. P McCarty, assistant general passenger
agent of the Union Pacific, is spending few
days in the city and is meeting with hearty
welcome from old time friends
The c. l., St L. & G. company is building 100
box cars of 10000 pounds capacity to put in as
its quota in the Queen and Crescent line The
growth of its Southern freight traffic Justlties
the road in so doing
The Baltimore & Ohio people are looking for
notice from the Pennsylvania Company that
they will not haul the B. & O. express cars
through to New York, friendly is the latter
company to the Adams Express Company
The switchmen on the Union tracks and in the
city Yards have raised purse of $S4 80 for their
associate swtchman John F. Foster, who is low
with consumption. Some Of the boys visit
him daily, and are doing all in their power to
comfort him in his last illness.
Of the Fort Wayne, Louisville & Cincinnati
road, is III the city The official is in excel
lent humor over the physical condition of his
roadbed and equipments, which has been placed
in No. condition without making much noise
about it.
tt is believed that the Baltimore & Ohio road
win seek revenge on the Pennsylvania road for
shutting it out of New York by making
through rates from Chicago, indianapolis and St.
Louis to Liverpool via Baltimore, at figures that
will bring freights down below any point that
has yet been reached.
Officials of the L., N. A. & G. road state that
ths prospects now are that the earnings of the
road this month will be the largest of any Octo-
Der in its history. Their local and through bust
ness is heavy, and is now limited to the supply
OF cars and the power to haul it. The new man
agsment seem determined to develop the earn
ing capacity of the property
1t is not surprising that the B. & o. people
were determined in their efforts to continue in
control of the Ohio & Mississippi road, now that
they are shut out of New York. 1t would look
funny, to say the least. to see this large Balti-
more corporation bottled up at both ends, I'M
able to control its connections with Philadelphia
and New York in the East, and St Louis in the
West
The bull talk of the New York Indicator has
in the last few days advanced the Ohio South
ern stock from to IL, and the l., B. & W. has
advanced % per cent The Indicator of the 9TH
says: 1--WE believe from all we can learn, that
the stocks of these companies have an intrinsic
value far above their present market price and
viii make very handsome advances this fall and
winter"
The meeting of the general managers and gen
erai freight agents of the Western and North
western roads, which was to have been held
Oct 81 for the purpose of effecting agreement
in regard to the issue of free transportation on
account Of business, has been postponed until
diiSr Uue uueelluS Ol Jle preSlueulS anu general
managers of the roads interested ia the Utah
and Colorado traffic at the Windsor Hotel in
New York Oct 81.
Chief Engineer Devore reports nearly sixteen
miles of the grading of the indianapolis, Eel
River and Western road far advanced as to
be ready for the cross ties and rails The aim
OF The company now is to get connection with
the L., n A, d G. as soon as possible, that they
may place the Goals on their line upon the mar
keIs, President Smith and Chief Engineer De-
we're certainly have shown remarkable pluck in
pushing this enterprise under discourGging
times for railroad construction.
The performance of consol engines is now at
tracing considerable attention from railroad
homogeneous Some of the best master me-
chanies express the opinion that were the driving
wheels the size of those under mogul engines,
ffty-sx inches instead of fifty inches in diane
ter, they would perform more satisfactorily,
With fifty inch wheel the drivers are much
more inclined to slip, and when consol is pull
ing heavy engineer needs keep one hand on
tine throttle and the other on the lever to the
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