The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-09
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.


Personal ana LoCAh
Harry Crawford, ST., president OF the Chleago
g Great Southern road, is in theclty' he InlnhS
this road has prosperous future
A strong pressure is being brought upon H. D.
Mackey to induce him to build the Indianapolis
& Evansville Straight-line as orglnaAy planned
by the Hervey syndicate.
1t is suggested that the trunk lines get up
steelribbed pooling agreement, as up to the
present time the so called ron-clad pooling agree
ments have not held together
c. H. Greer. raj lroad editor Of the Cleveland
Leader, accompanies the M cHenry party. MIR.
Greer is handling the railroad department. of the
Leader in very creditable manner
Judge Treat. yesterday, appointed z. c. Case
receiver of the St Louis, Hannibal & Keokuk
road This is the seventh road that has drop
ped into the hands of a receiver this year.
VIM +. pavnlelee agent of the West Shore line.
opened his Office at Room q, Union building,
yesterlav The new furniture and carpet make
his room as attractive as a railroad presidents
Office.
The Wabash company has sold $1,000, 900 Of
the new collateral trust bonds guaranteed by the
Iron Mountain company at 80; 81, 00O, GOO OF the
proceeds will be used in paying off so much OF
the floating debt
The Indiana, Bloomington & Western is not
selling tickets east of Newark O., as the Balti-
more & Ohio beyond that point is considerably
damaged by high WATERS and Is running no
trains on that division.
The breaks on the Pennsylvania line east of
Columbus are so far repaired that the company
commenced forwarding freight again from In
dianapolis last night first sending out four trains
of live stockton carloads.
The c., H. & D. passenger department has
published libretto of the coming fourth opera
Festival at Cincinnati, which, while showing en-
terprise on the part of the general passenger
agent. is really a neat and novel affair. The
ibrettos are for free distribution to the patrons
of the road.
1t is thought quite probable that the Red line
fast freight will appoint no agent at this point,
so light has it's business been since it opened
an Office at indianapolis. Should such a con
eiuson be reached the line will hardly be missed,
so many fasu-freight lines are represented here.
Then the Lackawanna is yet to come H.
The Louisville, New Albany & Chicago road,
per official report in 1883 handled on their lines
1871 pieces of baggage, against SO 0l5 ia 1852,
an increase of 90, GA pieces last year. This in
dicates that the statement of their increase III
passenger business in 1883 was not bluff on the
part of the young man who was at the head Of
passenger department.
The vandalia people are getting in shape to
push their northern extension on to South Bend
as soon as the weather is suitable so to do.
Within the last few days they have received ten
miles of steel rails, weighing sixty pounds to the
yard, for this extension, and it is proposed to
have trains running into South Bend over the
Vandalia by June /, 1854
Road-masters state that not for many years
have the tracks been so rough as at the present
time The frost came out very rapidly, and
since it came out the continuous rains have made
the ground unusually soft and as the heavy
trains run over the track the ties spring, more
especially the rail joint ties, and the best road
beds are rough to ride over.
Freight agents of the Vanderbilt lines, yester
day, received orders to restore rates to tariff and
maintain them strictly. Agents of the Erie the
Pennsylvania and the B. & 0. lines have the
cheek to say that they have received no such no
tice, for the simple reason that they have been
maintaining rates, and went into the trunk line
meeting with clean records, therefore such no
tice was uncalled for.
An official of the Cincinnati indianapolis, St
Louis & Chicago road states that President In
gals will now make a strong effort to induce the
City Council of Cincinnati to allow him to raise
the track of the c. l., St L. & G. between Storrs
and the Grand Central Depot several feet The
only trouble in the matter is that between these
points several streets crossed at grade, while
other streets cross above grade, but only enough
to admit of a train passing under the bridges
Raising the c., l., St L. g. G. tracks would
necesstate change in the grade of these Streets
and heretofore the City Council has objected
to the change; but floods are becoming so fire.
queat at Cincinnati that something of this char
aetep will needs be done.