The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-12-26
Miscellaneous Notes.


| The Iowa roads are pri vately considering the
matter of vountalJ reduction in rates on local
freight
A Boston railroad manager, who has Just
made trip over the Atchison, Topeka & Santa
Fe, speaks in high terms of the property and
prospects of that company, and the perfection of
its line to California.
The Atlantic & Pacific Railroad Company now
operates nearly 1000 miles of railroad The
maximum grade upon the line is 1877 feet per
mile, the longest one of 81 miles of 70 feet, the
| longest turnout 1876 miles.
The work of construction on the jamestown
| Northern branch of the of the Northern Pacific
| is being pushed for the purpose of opening the
| line to Minwaupan on DEVILS lake, this winter
| The completion of9he line will give the North
ern Pacific large share of the traffic of Devils
| lake region.
The Nypano has issued the first number of a
! monthly paper known 1.-The Headlight" 1t
! is replete with information for the travelling
public concerning the New York. Pennsylvania
G. Ohio railroad and branches, and all connec
tons, East, West and South, giving the arrivals
and departures of all passenger trains
| The largest locomotive in the world, the Ell
! Gobernado built at the railroad works at Sac
ramento, Cal, has just been completed and sent
down the Tehachipi Pass. Its weight is consid-
erably more than 100 tons and it has large
drivers five on each side. Its length is so great
that it projected through both ends of its stall at
the round house. 1t was named in honor of
Gov. Stanford
The Pacific roads are experiencing hard sled
ding The Central Pacific's net earnings for
ten months amount to So, 1853 COO. This will
Just about meet its fixed charges and obligations
to the government for the year The Union
Pacific in nine months has netted 81, 1872, 600, out
of which it has paid one quarterly dividend
which was about all there was to spare after
fixed charges had been met.
The New York Dial says: The Chicago Tribune
is possibly in favor of law, and believes in the
binding force, well as justice, of the clause of
the constitution that makes sacred the rights of
| private property as we'll as personal security
and personal liberty yet it is preaching a cru
| SADIE against railway eorporatI0Is, which
nothing more than artificial persons, and advo-
| eating their virtual conhscaton under the dig
! guise of regulation.
Pennsylvania papers report business in steel
| and the outlook is not without encouraging feat
ures AT the same time, buyers are in no hurry
| TO place orders, SO that supply and demand are
very evenly balanced. The mills that are in
| operation have the greater part of their capacity
| engaged for January and February, and, as
| larger deliveries are usually called for towards
spring. the chances appear to be in sellers favor.
The New York Tribune publishes communi-
! cation in reply to the hostile criticisms upon the
| West Shore railroad by writer in the London
! Economist The defender of the West Shore
argues that its construction was justified, and
adds: ut meets unbounded demand for
| greater convenences and opportunities for
| growth along. the west shore of the Hudson
| river it connects the railway system of the State
! of New York with that of New Jersey, Pennsyl-
vania, Maryland the capital and the South it
| furnishes an independent outlet to New England
and Canadian roads, whose traffic has always
been hampered"