The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-10
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.


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Il. H. Hooper, travelling freight agent of the
( Chicago & Eastern Illinois road, are in the city.
There is some talk of another race between
the louisville Il Nashville and the Cincinnati
Southern to finally decide which road can make
the distance between New Orleans and Cincinnati
the quickest. The mail contract will be the occa
sion OF the race.
The C., H. & D. people propose to
expend several thousand dollars at this terml
nus this season in improvements to the yards.
etc c. j. Hepburn, general superintendent OF
the c., H. & d. was in the city yesterday to
lay out the work.
The Louisville, New Albany & Chicago people
are already beginning to feel real benefit over
their line division through their connection
with the Chicago d West Michigan road in
freight as well as passenger traffic. Especially
are the shipments Of lumber southwark becon-
ing seaIY.
The earnings of the Cleveland, Columbus
Cincinnati q indianapolis road for March We're
S3l6, ia against f37l.47S in March, 1888. De
crease this year, So. 764. Since Jan. | the earn
ings were SS7J 200, decrease of $l22,016 as
compared with tie earnings the first three
months in lSS3.
The managers of the Joint executive com
mittee roads are TO meet in New FORK next week
for the purpose of completely recognizing the
east bound pools and perfect such arrangements
as will insure the strict maintenance Of tariff
hereafter. Managers Of roads interested
be asked to be present
Superintendent Macleod. of the L.. n. \. &
c. system has furnished the officers, agents and
train men each with compilation from the laws
of the States of Indiana and Illinois for their
guidance and information conveniently ar
'nnged that with little trouble they may know
TODD IN any emergency that may come up
committee of the western division Of the
do, Cincinnati & st. Louis road have issued
CIRCULAR to bondholders cautjouing them not to
make any disposition of their bonds until the ST.
Louis division committee, appointed to confer
with Mr.. Austin Corbin, Of New York, have re
ported the details Of which will be submitted at
an early date.
General Passenger Agent Shattuck of the Ohio
& Mississippi, gives notice that this road will cor
tinue its semi monthly excursions west This
will doubtless lead to the indianapolis & St
Louis and the Indiana, Bloomington & Western
offering similar ratcs' it was understood that
all roads would abandon the excursion bust
ness, as last year it led to much Of the demorai
cation in westbound rates.
Commissioner Richardson's of the Chicago and
Ohio river pool, i'll speaking of the sensational
article which appeared in the Chicago Times, to
the effect that rates being cut recklessy,
says he does not consider the pool perfect, but
he does know that rates are better maintained
than in the early months of the pool, and the
tendency is to u better maintenance of rates,
rather than toward general decentralization.
AS often as one pool is reorganized and put in
good working olyier some one Of the old pools
Will 90 10 pieces. NOW Jnt NOrlNWeSJeEu ana
Iowa traffic pool is in the act of dissolution, the
Wabash making the trouble When the North
western pool was reOrguuiZed the Burlington
was recognized as the natural route from st
Louis to St Paul, and no one dreamed that the
Wabash or any other line would object to its
having the business.
The figure at which ono Of the ticket scalpers
is selling tickets reading over the G., l.. ST l.
g. c. the c., w & B. and the Baltimore q Ohio
road is creating some ugly talk in passenger men
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is used to cut the rate, The Baltimore Ohio
people are very anxious to increase their per
cent in the trunk line passenger pool and, it is
thought resort to such tactics that they may
make a better showing.
The fastfreight lines ont Of indianapolis
which operate over the Bee line the l., b & w.
and the c., II. d J.. and then eastward over the
New York, Chicago & St Louis road, are max
ng excellent Time. The n y. c. x st. /. is In
much better shape for freight than passenger
business. Really they are giving the latter but
little attention The freight equipment of the
road consists of los locomotives, 50 cabOoSe
cars, 1000 fiat cars, 2lO gondola cars four der
rick cars, 700 stock cars and 1900 box cars.
1t is reported that the Pennsylvania people
have consented to the restoration Of rates to
basis of p cents per 100 pounds, Chicago TO New
York, which would make the rate Is cents
indianapolis to New York, and the belief in
railroad circles is that Commissioner Fink will
next week order rates restored to that basis
New York exchange says 1t is understood that
the CELEBRITY with which the St Louis, Peoria &
indianapolis roads last week accepted Mr.. flnks
proposition to form money pools was due to his
threat to resign if his plan was not adopted.
One of the Indianapolis roads was sued yes
terday for damages by the parents Of boy who
was stealing ride, and who was killed at
country station when he jumped from the train.
The railroad official who received the notice
states that in the three years he has held his
position fifteen boys have been killed this
system and in each case suit has been
brought for damages, nOtwiths landing that
there are laws in both Indiana and Illinois
making It penal offense for any person to jump
on Or off of a moving train. and the company he
represents have gone so far as to ask city and
town officials ON their lines to enforce the law,
and aid the company IN protecting themselves
in all such cases. OF course they never get
damages still the litigation it leads to IS annoy
ing.
L. B. Thomas, general manager and o. B.
Skinner, traffic manager, deny the report that
the Decline has been meeting the rates of
George Washington Smith, general passenger
agent of the Lake Erie & Western road, on west
bound business out of Cleveland. In talk with
the railroad editor of the Cleveland Leader,
Manager Thomas took an Independent position
regarding the maintenance of rates. He says
that if his line did not cut rates they would have
been justified in doing so had they felt 50 in
clined So long as the Nypano continues TO dis
regard tariff rates on passenger business and
while the Lake Erie & Western continues to
recognize their tickets now in scalpers hands. it
will be impossible to maintain rates. Mr.
Thomas says that he feels that il is time to show
some of the one-horse roads that are trying to
get St Louis and other Western business that
there is a through line between Cleveland and
St. Louis
Fifty Per Cent of the Railways of the United
States the Road to Bankruptcy.
An official who is looked upon as being one Of
the brightest men in railroad service and who
has made the matter of transportation a study
yesterday remarked that unless there was soon a
reform in the operating of the railroads Of this
country half of them would probably within the
next three to five years be in the