The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-18
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.

Freight traffic over the Wabash proper is so
heavy that engines are being Withdrawn from
branches for service on the main line.
The stock of the Decline has advanced eight
points since Feb. 1; the common stock of the
Wabash 1-12, the preferred stock IA points
The Cincinnati Hamilton & Dayton will to-
day commence running their trains into their
passenger depot at Cincinnati, the water having
receded to admit of it.
The Cincinnati Columbus & Hooking Valley
road, for which Judge Baxter is asked to appoint
a receiver, is now operated by the l., B. Sc W.
people, who, except in its operation, are not in
terested
H. G. Townsend, general passenger agent of
the Wabash SYSTEM was in the city on Satur-
day. He thinks travel will be good whenever
the floods are over and people feel it is safe to
strike out.
The five western roads last week brought into
indianapolis !, 2e5 loaded cars. OF that number
l Al were brought in over the IndianapoistS 81
Louis road. The corresponding week in 1883
| these roads brought in 4, COL loaded cars.
The Decline last week forwarded east from
this point l, 439 loaded cars; tile Chicago, ST.
Louis g. Pittsburg, 1,041 loaded cars. The cor
responding week in 1883 the Decline forwarded
!, 173 and the c., St T. & P. ], 2f3 loaded cars.
l.. D. Richardson, general manager of the
Chicago & Ohio river pool, will to-day ask the
general freight agents of all roads centering
at indianapolis to convene here, Thursday next,
to talk over matters in which the several roads
are mutually Interested
Ex-ALayor John Caven was on Saturday elected
president, and n. S. Byram secretary and treas
| urer, of the new coal company, which proposes
to operate the mines on the projected Indianapo-
lis, Eel River q Western road The stock VIII
| be ready for the subscribers i'll about ten days.
Harmony seems to have been restored in the
official circles of the Louisville, New Albany s.
Chicago road j. e. Roosevelt is reelected
| president and A. B. Southland has been APP
pointed traffic manager and both propose to
adopt an aggressive policy and operate the road
| to the best possible advantage.
The Pennsylvania company is again consider
ing putting a limited express train in connee-
ton with the Vandalia, between St. Louis and
New York. If done, the change will be made
with the taking effect of the spring timetable.
the pride of the Pennsylvania people, and is add
mirably conducted.
| At the annual meeting of the stockholders of
| the Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railroad
| company it was voted not to ratify the propo-
sition of Col. Bennett Young on the part of this
| company in relation to the New Albany bridge
! across the Ohio river. 1t is thought that the
L., N. A. & c. withdrawing their aid from this
enterprise will defeat its construction
E. B. Stahlman, late vice-president, and Muir
ray Kellar, late general passenger agent Of the
Louisville; New Albany d Chicago road, were
in the city, yesterday, en- route home from New
York. MIR. Stihman, in answer to the queS-
| ton, 'fWhat are you going to do now% said:
| 1.-THE question with me is, which of several po-
sitions offered me shall 1 aeceptl' In answer to
| the same question Murray kellar said his wings
were clipped railroad man, and he would
likely hunt up something to do in mercantile
circles.
The locomotive fremen are taking great in
terest in their association brotherhood, and the
membership will soon exceed that of the Broth
erhood of locomotive Engineers. There will be
a union meeting of all the Indiana and Illinois
| lodges of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire
men, held at Vincennes, on the % of March. c.
S. Wheaton, grand chief of the Order of Railway
Conductors, whose headquarters are at Elmira,
N. Y, writes to E. B. Debs that he will visit the
orders division here March l, on his Western
tour of the lodges.
| 1t would seem to be an excellent thing were
the general freight agents and traffic managers
of the roads crossing Indiana north and south
and east and west to get together and revise the
| classification and better adapt rates. so incon-
sistent are they in certain classes of goods
Take, for instance, household furniture. The
rate per carload from indianapolis to Chicago is
l. $4S per car, while from Indianapolis to st. Louis
| a greater distance, it is but $2S per car. Now
/ the former is certainly too high, the latter is
i too low a rate There are many other articles
| where the difference in rate is equally marked
| when distances are considered Where such is
| the case there should be reimbursement unless
general freight agents prefer that their tariff
| sheets should be thus unfairly based.