The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-28
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.

a., is dra1tlnS plans ana preparing speclllcdulonS
for cosy depots at Ewington and Burneys, on the
c., Fl. 6 G. division.
The American and Adams express companies
yesterday brought into indianapolis sixteen tons
of Strawberries, six tons of which were for
warded to Cleveland, O., last evening.
The Baltimore & Ohio Express Company is
becoming more aggressive at this point 1t has
put on its own wagons, drawn by fine horses
and substitutes white for colored drivers.
Should Commissioner Fink within few days
order an advance in east bound rates the agent of
the Nickle-plate might find that guaranteeing
rates thirty days ahead is risky and expensive
business.
w. S. Spiers pool commissioner, who has been
in the city for couple of days, left for Peoria
last night. He admits that allotting the per
cents. for the Indianapolis roads is to be knotty
question.
Commissioner Richardson is in trouble with
his Chicago & Ohio river pool. The passenger
men are fighting over rates to the Chicago con
vention, and the prospects were good for an ugly
war last night.
d. B.. Martin, general Western passenger
agent of the Bee-line system spent yesterday in
the city. He has increased in weight thirty two
pounds since the Decline assumed heaggressive
and their passenger receipts began to swell
There has been handsome increase in pas
enger travel the last day or two. On Monday
dalia were heavily laden, and on the night ex-
press east over the Beeline were ifty-six through
passengers for Boston and New York
Col Oran Perry, general agent of the Chicago
ST. Louis &c Pittsburg, and the /. & v, at this
point, is deserving of commentator. so neatly
and attractively is he fitting up the grounds
about their city freight depots-sodding, set.
ting out shade trees laying brick walks, etc.
The general freight agents of the roads in the
Chicago G. Ohio River pool and of the St Louis
roads meet at Chicago to-day to talk over rate
matters. The proposition to be acted on is to
make rates the same from Chicago, Seneca,
Peoria and ST. Louis to Louisville, Ky, and Gin
cinnati, Ohio.
The strike at the Clay county block coal mines,
which has been of nearly twelve weeks duration,
Is reported to be broken, and orders for Vandaa
and indianapolis & St Louis coal-cars were
numerous The roads which reach the mines
have lost at least $780, 600 in earnings for trans
porting coal, and the miners are certainly no bet
ter off
The tracing clerk of the Wabash road yes
terday sent tracer out for the pay-car. The
other day when the order for Wabash engine
to haul the pay ear was countermanded the
reason assigned was that the pay-car would be
hauled by an engine off of the Missouri Pacific
road. This is now looked upon by the boys as
being a little thin
It would be well for the New York papers
which are naming the coming receiver for the
( Wabash system to bear in mind that should the
road pass under receivership Judge Drummond
will have something to do with naming the man
for the position, and he will hardly place in so
responsible position any Of the Jay Gould
pets named by these specializing papers.
General Freight Agent Geiger, of the j., NJ. 6
l., surprised the c., l., St L. IL c. people at
last by dropping in at Columbus Ind, and Sc
curing the twelve carloads of race horses for
Terre Haute, which were on paper contracted
to go via Greensburg. Next time rate-main-
tainer Hobbs will remain until he sees the
horses in c., l., ST. L. & c. cars and not trust in
the words of horsemen.
The St Louis Post says the Missouri Pacific
& Wabash management is getting so much in
love with itself and its secrets that an
order has been issued excluding every
person from the rate rooms. Even clerks and
agents. not at work in these rooms, are barred,
which goes to show how much confidence the
company has in it's employees. ''Things have
been leaking out too much lately, you know" is
the excuse.
T. N. Jarvis, general manager of the Traders
Dispatch, is in the city. He is accompanied by
p c. Doyle. assistant Western passenger and
freight agent of the Lehigh Valley road Mana
ger Jarvis states that and after June l
all business of the Traders Dispatch between
Buffalo and New York city proper both
to and from, will be done over the Lehigh Val
ley road, instead of the Erie, as under the pres
ent arrangement
Conductor Palmerton, on the l., B. & w, Pc
oria division, was much annoyed yesterday
morning by q tramp VINO insisted hpon steallng
aride. He put the tramp off his train at Bloom
ington, and he boarded it again, going over the
top of the train to reach the platform He then
put him off at Farmer City. He boarded
the train again. About two miles out
the conductor discovered him on the front
platform of the baggage car again, and when he
opened the door the tramp jumped from the
train and broke his leg.
Several Indianapolis directors of the Ameri-
can Electric Headlight Company will
leave this morning for. Akron, o., to
attend the meeting of the directory.
The secretary reports that they now have
ffty-eight patents allowed and twentysix more
before the Patent Commissioner to be patented,
and the company yesterday sent the papers to
England applying for the patents there.
1t would be much more interesting to learn that
the electric light had been placed upon fifty
eight American and twentyeight foreign loco
motives There is growing feeling that on the
plea of getting good ready much valuable time
is being lost
Fast Time Between st. Louis and New Eng