The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-06
AFFAIRS OF THE


II. W. Hubbard, general freight agent Of the
Vandalia, was in the city last evening en- route
for Chicago.
j. A. Perkins, of the C., st. L. g. P; A. S.
White, of the Bee Line, and w. Hobbs of the
c., L.. st. L. & c., left for Chicago last night.
Geo. CASTOR, ex-chief clerk in the c., l., st. L.
& c. local Office, rises to remark that he was not
relieved, but resigned because IS salary was
sharply reduced.
The c., l., ST. L. & C. people find that their
uptown Office is catching on well with the trav-
cling public. Yesterday their receipts from
sales of tickets reached $7S0.40
The Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton company
is doing a heavy business. At Cincinnati yes
terday there were over 400 loaded cars standing
in the outer yards to be unloaded or forwarded
north or east
Within the last two or three days an increased
demand for cars has sprung up at Western
shipping points and freight men predict that
should the weather turn cool shipments of grain
would become heavy.
The Middle and Western States Classification
Association meet at Chicago to-day for the pur-
pose of adopting a uniform basis for making rates
from the territory this association covers to all
points in the United States.
The joint executive committee of the trunk
lines have called a meeting of the officials of the
roads interested in the indianapolis, the st.
Louis, the Cincinnati and Peoria east-bound
pools, to be held in Commissioner Fink's Office,
New York. on the 18th, 18th and 10th of this
month.
Boston capitalists are unloading the stock and
bonds they hold on the Evansville g. Terre
Haute road, seemingly having lost confidence in
the property. President Mackey and his asso-
ciates, to the contrary, have much confidence in
the future of the property, and are buying freely
stock or bonds offered.
John King, the new president Of the Erie
system, has issued order No. l, which reads as
follows; 9TH title of S. NJ. FELTON,, assistant
to the president, is hereby changed to general
manager of the New York, Pennsylvania &
Ohio road, and as such he will have charge of
operation and maintenance Of the same"
c. j. Hepburn, superintendent of the c., H.
q d. system, who has been at st. Louis Springs,
Michigan City, for several weeks. has now gone
to Cory, Pa, and from there he writes that his
health has greatly improved. He can walk some
without crutcheS, and his physicians say that by
early spring he will be able to resume his usual
duties.
Roadmaster Henry, of the Indianapolis & st.
Louis road. states that this road its entire length
will be graveled by Saturday of this week.
Within the last eighteen months 189 miles of
mud road-bed has been eraveled to a depth of
sixteen inches, and the other seventy three
miles has been given a second coat Of gravel Of
ten inches.
1t is stated officially that, should the Wabash
people drop the Indianapolis, Peru 81 Chicago,
the contract by which the Chicago. st. Louis 81
Pittsburg uses the l., p. & G.. road between In
dianapolis and Kokomo will not be affected. as
the owners of the l., P. 6 G. as well as the Wa
bash, the lessee of the l., P. s. G. were parties
to the contract.
So light are the grades on the Chicago & East
ern Illinois road that an ordinary freight loco
motive will haul Al to AZ car loads of block coal
from the Clay county mines to Chicago. In fact,
on the entire line, there are but two grades that
are at all troublesome. and the company has de-
cided to cut these down, the coming summer,
until the maximum grade is but twenty feet to
the mile.
The plan under which it is proposed to reor-
ganize the Wabash road seems to be to take care
of the feeders" and let the suckers take care
of themselves. The friends of the scheme say
that it will be sure to be adopted ultimately,
although there may be some modification of its
terms. Then, with a new lease of life, the
splendid system viii enter upon a career of real
prosperity.
Balers Of hay in the West are adopting such
dishonest methods of baling by using an inferior
quality, putting stones and dirt into the center
of the bales, that there are good prospects that
they will injure, if not destroy what promised |
few weeks ago 10 be an important traffic to the
through lines, and offered an excellent market
for the immense surplus of hay in Indiana and
Illinois. The roads offer very reasonable rates
to New York and New England points, but not
so low that shippers can ship baled dirt, stones,
old iron, etc.
In recent remarks made as regards the Wa
bash people dropping the INDIANAPOLIS, Peru S
Chicago division, no reflection was intended
upon the present management. In fact, they
have nothing to do, directly, with the matter.
Unquestiona6ly, under the Talmage admiaistra-
ton, the Wabash system is being wisely man
aged. The physical condition is being i'm
proved, new equipment is being purchased. and
onerous burdens are being lightened. The
earnings are, even in these dull times, ~increas-
ing, and sufficiently tell of the value of the
system.