The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-03
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.

Vandaiia, and J. r. Kendall are in the city, and
will remain until noon to-day.
The Cleveland Columbus, Cincinnati & lndi-
annapolis road was operated last year on O9 Il
per cent of the gross earnings
In the month of March 81 $40 pieces of bag
gage were handled at the Union Depot Of that
number 81 3S were checked out
The American Express Company yesterday
commenced running messengers on the NATION
accommodation trains each way.
The West Shore line has opened for business
at Helena and Butte, NJ Il. ). DE Bow has been
appointed agent at the two points.
H. H. Stevens, of Boston, president, and other
capitalists interested in the Chicago & Eastern
Illinois road, come west to look matters over
The train dispatchers Office of the Louisville
New Albany & Chicago road is to be moved from
New Albany to Lafayette. Mr. Harris Will be
continued as chief train dispatcher.
General Manager Talmage, of the Wabash
system. is being urged to give better depot ac-
eommodations at Fort Wayne where improve
ments of this character are certainly greatly
needed.
The Vandalia is over 900 cars ahead of its per
cent in the east bound livestock pool out of
Fast st. Louis, and is rapidly recovering its per
cent. in the dead freight pool which they lost by
maintaining rates while their competitors did
aot.
The L., n. A. & C. people are unable yet to find
room on Washington street we'll located for their
inclined to locate among the scalpers on South
Illinois street, consequently the officials
somewhat troubled about this matter.
General passenger agents of indianapolis roads
state that their earnings in March will equal
those of the corresponding month in 1888, but
not greatly exceed them. The earlier part of the
month travel was light, but later on became
heavier, and is now heavy especially west
bound.
In the month of March there were forwarded
lodi
Of the L., n A. & G. road, 29l loaded cars;
brought into indianapolis. 365 loaded cars; total,
656 cars which is the heaviest business the road
has done in any month since it was opened for
business
A A. Talmage general manager of the Wa
bash, st. Louis d Pacific, and other officials of
this road, arrived in the city at midnight, coming
from st. Louis on a special train over
the Indianapolis & st. Louis road. At o'clock
this morning the party start northward, and will
go through to Detroit.
An analysis of the earnings Of the Pennsyl-
vapia Railroad Company for February shows
decrease in gross earnings of III per cent; in
operating expenses of g. per cent, and in net of
I6. per cent. The lines west of Pittsburg and
krie show for January and February net earn
ings of 81 290, sos against 50 807 1872 last year.
The Indiana, Bloomington & Western and the
! Chicago d Eastern Illinois roads will tomor-
row receive from the Dayton Car Works two
coaches rebuilt in elegant style, in which are
who have seen these combination cars speak in
highly complimentary terms of them. They are
to be run night trains between indianapolis
and Chicago
The Vandala people have made a very favora-
BILE traffic agreement with the New York, Chi
cag0 & st. Louis road to carry their live stock
for the Buffalo market. Fast time is to be one
of the features of the arrangement. The Van
daiia system connects with the N. Y, G. & St
"a At Hibbard, three miles north of Lake Max
lnkuckee ON the extension of the Terre Haute
& Ilogansport road.
The White line people are said to be more
pleased than otherwise that the Nckel-plate
fast-freight line, which has been thorn in their
flesh the few months it has been in operation. is
to be transferred from the Bee-line to the l., B.
& w. Seldom does a new fast-freight line do as
heavy business as the Nickelplate has done
since Jan. /, although it is understood generally
that the agents have not been serupulous in the
matter of cutting rates.
Tuesday the Decline people occupied their
new central ticket office, located in the magnif-
cent rev Merchants National Bank building
corner Superior and Bank streets, Cleveland, 0.
James ID. Brown has been appointed their ticket
agent at that point. Their ticket Office at Indi-
annapolis, in the Bates House corner, which will
eclipse any passenger agents Office in the West
in elegance and convenience will be ready for
occupancy on Monday next
Spoilers have been getting in their work on
the Chicago g. Rock Island road, Peoria division,
and Che heads of several passenger conductors
tumbled into the basket on Monday. Conductors
off Of the Chicago division, strange as it may
seem, have been substituted. Spoilers are said
to have worked on one of the Indianapolis lines
through February and part of March, and were
unable to detect but one conductor who was dis
honest, and he is still running
Engine I04, on the Indianapolis & st. Louis
road, on Monday night, hauled the Boston and
st Louis fast express from indianapolis to Terre
Haute seventy-three miles, in one hour and
forty three minutes, stopping five times at rail
road crossings and stations. There weresix cars
in the train, well-loaded with passengers. Be
tween Cleveland and st. Louis this train often
has to make up two to three hours lost on the
New York Central and Lake Shore.
While there are those who are inclined to look
upon the Louisville, New Albany & Chicago sys-
tenn rather weak affair, it is certainly
more valuable property than credited with be-
ing 1t is not capitalized to a large amount the
stock averaging about 81 900 per mile and the
bonds averaging but a little more. All that is
needed is to put the road in thorough repair
and to have economy, tempered by enterprise,
practiced in its management Recent arrange
ments made for establishing an important
through line to northern Michigan and the traffic
agreement with the O., l., st. L. & C. are GER
tainly favorable omens.
The Chicago and Ohio River Pool Meeting.
The general passenger and freight agents of
le several roads which are members of the Chi
cago and Ohio river pool were in conference sew
eral hours yesterday. The PENNSYLVANIA lines
were represented by E. A. Ford, H. r. Dering,
F. Kingsbury, r. Geiger and F. Van Deusen; the
l., B. & W. by H. NJ. Bronson and H. c. Diehl; the
L., N A. e. C. by A. B. Southard the c.. & E. /. by
Mr.. Scott the c., l., st. L. & G.. by j. W. Sher-
wood and H. J. Page the c., H. e. d. by A II.
Mcleod. In the forenoon the freight men met
and talked over the situation and settled more
definitely the territory which the c., q o. R.
pool covered. In the afternoon the passenger
men met and discussed matters. Some
irregularities which occurred when the
young man Murray Keller was at the
head of the passenger department
of the L., N. A. & c., over which there had been
some dissatisfaction, were satisfactorily diusted,