The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-06-21
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.


o,5 Duluth railroad has rendered his resigna-
4ion. to take effect as soon as his successor is ap-
pointed
The passenger department of the Chicago,
st. Louis & Pittsburgr road report that they car
ried to the yearly meeting of Dunkards a. 1888
persons.
The Local Freight Association has selected
w. G. Hobbs as chairman Of the committee to
investigate charges Of te-cutting made by any
road in the association.
Some of the stockholders of Wabash are labor
ing under the foolish delusion that a reorganiza-
ton will be effected, which will not only make
the concern solvent, but will make the stock
good dividend-paying stock.
One hundred delegates were in attendance at
the American Railway Master Mechanics Com
vention at Long Branch. Reuben Well, of
louisville. presided. The report of the secretary
ohowed 240 members to be in good standing.
The indianapolis & st. Louis has ten engines
and train crews hauling gravel out OF the pits at
Terre Haute and distributing it on the " estern
division. While their business is so light the
company is pushing this improvement vlgor-
ously.
The c., St L. & P, the l., B. & w, and the
G., L, St. L. & c.. people strongly favor the APP
p%oiutmento of H. s. Watson as joint agent of the
indianapolis east bound pool. In the last few
days a dozen applicants for this position have
come to the front.
#. F. Brown, travelling passenger agent of the
c.. L, st. l.. 6 c.. will on. the evening of June
% be married to MSS Kate NJ, daughter OF Mr..
and Mrs. A. j. Book, of Newcastle, Ind. The
marriage ceremonies will take place at the resi-
dence of the brides parents.
The l.. B. & w. people will carry passengers
at one fare round trip between all stations on
their line on July 2, B and a, good to return I'M
kl July Z. This company will run an eXcur-
sion train out to Bloomingdale Glens on that
DAY, and run an excursion train in from Decatur
70 indianapolis.
The l., B. & ". people are arranging to make
Bloomingdale Glens an attractive pleasure. re-
sort. and after July 4 special rates will be gwen
to these grounds. Hacks will be in readiness at
the depot daily TO take pleasure-seekers to the
most attractive points on the arrival Of the morn
ing train from Indianapolis.
The employees of the Big -Four, Kankakee
line, will picnic at louisville, July 4 Special
train will leave the Union Depot at 8 A. NJ. The
committee of arrangements are }. w. Riley, W.
A. Sullivan, J. Q. Hicks and B. F. Sipp. The
boys anticipate having a grand time. They is
sue a very neat invitation card.
The c., I. st. L. & c. people have decided to
replace all switch stands on the main line, 200
or more. with the Witty Eclipse switch stand,
using as switch signals their own standard tar
get and lamps. The improvement will be com
menced at once. There are now in use on the
road a half dozen inferior class of switch stands.
1t is estimated that with the consolidation of
the j., NJ. & /. business with the c., st. L. 81
p. at this point Col. Oran Perry will be. made
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Mr.. Bolivin, agent of the j., M. & l., will be
local agent of the roads. Both gentlemen are
good freight men, and will make a strong team
for the companies interested.
President Ingalls,, of the c.. l., st. Il. & c.,
saws that the advance in east bound rates was
largely due to a desire to maintain local rates,
which have been demoralized in sympathy with
through rates. Mr.. ingalls,. as well as the trunk
line officials, expects the advantage accruing from
maintaining local rates to Offset any difficulty
arising from connection with through business.
Mr.. Charles F. Case having resigned as gen
eral Eastern agent of the Erie d North Shore
Dispatch (fast-freightG the following appoint
Inents have been made to take effect July l: Il.
J.. Hanna, New York agent Erie G. North Shore
Dispatch, office 40 Broadway, New York; f.
w. Richardson. New York, agent Commercial
Express line, Office No. 37 Broadway, New
York.
D. T.. Bacon, former superintendent of the
C., st. L. q P, now western superintendent of
The Baltimore& Ohio telegraph, is in the city
making the preliminary arrangements to bring
the b. & o.. wires to this city. He expects they
will open for business as early as August / at
this point, They will bring one wire in here
from the north, and one from the east over the
c., l., St L. & c. road.
If the courts grant the receiver of the Wabash
the privilege to issue certificates to the extent
they may desire, the prospects are that the re-
ceiver's debts will be made big enough to swallow
the whole property, as in the case with a New
England road, where the receivers debt grew to
Dt Guudi W III tAt N4ibIC dlu VI lO u ;
property aud all bonds got wiped out. 1t has
come to be the simplest kind of an operation for
railroad corporations to beat their mortgage
creditors.
The Boston capitalists are not fastening
Westward to take hold of the indianapolis, Eel
River & Western enterprise, as was anticipated
by the friends Of the project. While this road
may be a good investment, so badly have the
capitalists of the Hub been bitten by such roads
as the Toledo, Cincinnati & St. Louis, the LOu-
isville, Evansville & ST. Louis, the Connotton
Valley, and Il half dozen other roads we might
name that they take hold of new Western roads
cautiously.
The time for the daily mail service between
New York and the City of Mexico, under the
new arrangement, will be six days and twenty
three hours, and that of the return trip seven
days and one hour. The total distance from
New York is 3, 749 miles, of which 1924 miles
are in Mexico. The route passes through the
following cities: Pittsburg, Columbus, O., In
dianapolis, st. Louis, Sedalia, Mo-, Kansas City,
LaJunta, Col, Albuquerque, N. NJ; Rincon. n.
M and ElDaso. Texas.