The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-02
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.

The Baltimore g. Ohio fast-freight line-not
the Continental-will work over the Indiana,
Bloomington & Western road.
General Superintendent Macleod and c. c.
T.. Bent, superintendent of transportation of the
L., N. A & c. road, are to be in the city to-day.
The L., N. A. & C. people yesterday moved
into their new ticket Office in New Albany, W.
M Sherard, of Gosport, Ind, has been ap-
pointed the agent
NJ. Strauss, for many years an engineer on
the Vandalia road, retired yesterday He will
travel for a few months, and then probably en-
gage in mercantile business.
1t seems to be conceded Oh all sides that the
Pennsylvania and New York Central are working
together and the restoration of the twenty-cent
rate rests entirely with those two corporations.
C. S. Crane, assistant general passenger agent
lof the Wabash road, was in the city, yesterday,
assisting their local representatives in their pre-
narration to commence selling tickets at their
outside Office
w H. Field, who on Monday resigned the posi-
tiOn of paymaster and purchasing agent on the
louisville, Evansville & st. Louis Airline 1t is
understood has been ofsored good position on
Southern road
Hon J. H. Devereux, Judge Burke and Hon.
Amos Townsend, of Cleveland, are in New
York this week attending a meeting Of the
directors of the Cleveland Columbus, Cincin
matt & indianapolis road
The Cincinnati, Hamilton & Indianapolis
trains occasionally make lively runs. Express
train No. &c. on Sunday night, made the run
from Mofristown to the Belt road twenty three
miles in twenty weight minutes. There were five
in the train.
With trains of the Vandalia running directly to
Lake Maxinkuckee this season. this promises
to become favorite resort. Several parties who
are residents of Terre Haute and st. Louis are
preparing to build neat cottages near the lake
for summer residences.
The American Express Company withdrew en-
tirely from the Vandala line yesterday, and the
Adams Express will hereafter do all local as well
as through business at points on the Nandalla
The American express continues to operate over
the I. H. & L. division.
In the month of March, 80, 631 cars were trans
ferred over the Belt road, against %, 306 in 1888
1881 in 1882 and % 235 in 1881. Two more
roads operated over the Belt road last month
than in any preceding year-namely, the c., l.,
st L. & c. and the l., B. & w.
The Cleveland Leader says H H Poppleton,
the attorney for the c. c.. c. e. l. road
has been the recipient of many compliments
for the able and successful manner in which he
conducted the defense in the case of Thomson
VS.. the c., c., c. & l. railway, for discrimina-
ton
The Journal is almost daily in receipt of post
ais or letters asking for information regarding
the building of the indianapolis, Eel River &
Western road. All that can be said is that
President Smith and Chief Engineer Devore state
build the road, and will commence grading by
she middle of the present mouth.
The Vandalia brought into indianapolis in
March 4S6 carloads, but 1872 carloads of this
came from the Clay county mines. In March,
1883, this road brought into indianapolis 262
carloads, all block coal. The miners strike at
the block-coal mines has been quite a serious
matter, as the movement of coal to Chicago and
other northern points has been equally limited.
Under the rulings of the General Ticket and
Passenger Agents Association theatrical troupes
get a lower rate than any other people who
travel, not even excepting the travelling sales
men; but some of the local passenger men, at
prominent railroad points, think it better to go
still further. and, after making them pay the
usual rates on excess baggage, refund them the
money.
J. w. Sherwood superintendent of the c., l.,
st. L. & G. system, yesterday appointed w. W.
Wngate their representative physician at Lafay
cite, J. W. Marsee at Indianapolis, J. K Stew
art at Falkland J. @ Hit at Greensburg, H. c.
Vincent at Guilford, Catch q Miller at Law
renceburg, w. C. Hughes at Cleves and F. Hin
ton at Cincinnati All are prominent physicians
and excellent surgeons.
An old passenger man who is an outsider re
marked yesterday that he judged, from the rates
west bound that Passenger Agents Martin of
the c., l., St L. q c., and Butler, of the l., B.
& W.. offered, they were working for glory, not
for revenue to their companies. AS these local
agents claim that they were only cutting rates to
head off the scalpers it would seem unnecessary
that they should go SO to So per ticket lower
than any rate the scalpers can possibly give.
In answer to the remark of Commissioner
Richardson, of the Chicago and Ohio river pool
that at the coming meeting of presidents and
general managers he will take steps which will
close all the outside offices and stop this rate
cutting, a passenger agent of Western road
says if Commissioner Richardson will look after
the rate cutting among the roads within the pool
he will have his hands full without meddling
with the affairs of roads outside the pool.
The Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati g. In
dianapolis company has not in ten years in
creased its mileage. There has been a steady
growth of tonnage, but the reductions in the
rates have been so great as to make the tonnage
of 1888 yield but little more gross revenue than
the tonnage of 1874. In other words, in ten
years passenger business increased 46 per cent,
and freight tonnage 65 per cent, but the rate per
passenger per mile decreased Is per cent, and
the rate of freight per ton per mile decreased 36
per cent. The net result was gain in gross
earnings of 80 per cent.
Running through passenger cars over long
routes where sleeping coaches are also
hauled, is becoming quite common. The Penn
sylvania Company was the first to adopt this
plan, and put ON through coaches between Pitts
burg and st. Louis; the Decline put in
coaches between Cleveland and ST. Louis, and
more recently the l., B. & W. and c.. l., st. l..
& c. have put through coaches to Kansas
City Passenger men have found this necessary
to hold their business large per cent of which
is second class, and passengers cannot ride in
parlor cars and sleeping coaches riding on that
class of tickets.
An Important New Through Line.
1t is believed that the hobby of A. j. Smith,
general passenger agent of the Decline, looking
to the establishment of a rate bureau will, in the
near future, be adopted. Such bureau would
undoubtedly correct many evils now prevalent
in this branch Of the service. If entered into,