The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-22
OF THE RAILWAYS.


for New York.
Paymaster Shepherd viii to-day pay on the
Detroit e indianapolis division of the Wabash
for January service.
J. w. King. jr., has resigned as ticket agent
of the Pennsylvania lines in the Richmond Of
fee and has returned to Indianapolis.
The Ohio & Mississippi people are reaching
Cincinnati over the C., l., St L. & c., running
their trains via Vernon and Greensburg.
Patentees of car grain doors are now becoming
as numerous and annoying to railroad officials
as are patentees Of utomati brakes, car-coup-
leEs, etc.
George Russell, of Cleveland, O., assistant
secretary and treasurer Of the Decline system,
was in the city yesterday, and LETT for st. Louis
at midnight.
"Curtail expenses" is the motto Of the new man
agement of the L., n. A. q c., and in all depart-
ments where a man can be cut off without detrl-
meut to the department in which he is en-
ployed he is discharged.
II. P. Wetsell, agent Of the Vandalia at this
point, received a telegram last evening to the Ell
feet that the Nandalia, and Illinois Central, and
jackson route is taking New Orleans business
through without any delays.
William H. Gays, general freight agent of the
Indianapolis & st. Louis road, is quoted as say
ing that he did not know on what rates property
was being carried out of st. Louis, as the rates
were fixed east of indianapolis.
Business is rallying nicely. There was more
activity, yesterday, about the city freight depots
than any day for two weeks past, and the move
ment of trains over the Union tracks, as well,
indicated a marked increase in local traffic.
Next week six elegant new Woodruff coaches
are to be shipped from the Wilmington, Del,
shops. Three are to be run between Columbu
and Peoria, over the L., b, q w, and three will
De placed on the Grand Rapids & Indiana road.
General Superintendent Mcleod and Chief
EnClOGpr PiarSOO Of tba Il n A & G. system.
are this week out on their inspection trip for the
purpose of examining bridges over the creeks
and rivers of the entire line, including the In
dianapolis division.
The fact that the Red line has appointed a
new agent at indianapolis, and has opened for
business at several new points, of late, Kansas
City being of the number, indicates the scheme
of consolidating the Red line and Canada South
ern has been abandoned, at least for the present.
Under the east-bound passenger pool on In
dianapOlis business the Chicago, st. Louis e
Pittsburg road carried the largest per cent, the
Cincinnati, Indianapolis, st, Louis & Chicago
ranked second, the Decline third, the Wabash
fourth, the Indiana, Bloomington & Western
fifth.
The secretary of the Indianapolis Association
of General Passenger and Ticket Agents has is
sued a circular showing the differential rates
from indianapolis to Eastern cities granted the
l., B.. 81 W. Railway Company by the joint ex-
ecutive committee at a meeting held in New
York, January, 1884; rates to take effect Feb.
Is. 1884.
General freight agents are looking for lively
business as soon as the weather is favorable and
railroads are in shape to move grain and pro-
visions. In the Southern and Southeastern
States there is a large demand for both, and the
order demand from interior points Of Pennsyl-
vania. New York and New England is quite
pressing.
That the heavy rains and foods of ten days
past have not seriously damaged the tracks of
the Cincinnati, Indianapolis, st. Louis & Chi
cagO road is evidenced in the fact that the fast
express No. 2 yesterday morning left Indian
apoiis ten minutes late, and, although its time
is very fast, The train reached the slowing up
point, Southside, Cincinnati, but three minutes
late.
A general freight agent of a leading
through line yesterday remarked that the pres
ent prospects were more favorable to a war in
freight rates than they had been at any time for
be avoided unless matters straighten up greatly
IN the next few days. The Stakeholder predicts
a war of rates which will involve almost every
thing east of the Missouri river.
Passenger men are at their wits end to under
stand why the Decline people are so negligent
regarding their passenger business at this point.
While their competitors have offices in prOmi-
nent buildings in the city, and have two or
three men watching the corners for business,
the Decline and !. & st. i. have a little, cheap,
baek-out-of-the-wa room in the Union Block,
and on the door hangs an old pasteboard on
which is written, in blue ink, Passenger office
of the Decline and /. e st. L. road" and seldom
is there any representative Of the company in it,
as Mr.. Nichols, much Of the time, is obliged to
be absent from the city; and what is the more
surprising is that when the general officers of the
Beo-lne know that their passenger traffic is
suffering from such neglect they pay no attention
TO the wishes of local officers in the matter.
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