The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-22
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.


The railway tratnc returns LOT inc Secpnu
week Of November are much better than Gener
...y pated, and the situation is certainly
.lnl@oving
The 7 p NJ and II p. NJ. trains north over the
Wabash road connect at Toledo and at Detroit
with through parIor and sleeping coaches for
Boston via Albany.
The earnings of the l.. B. g. W. road tho sec
ond week in November we're $56, 4l2 AZ, an in
crease over earnings of the first week In the
month of So, 1857 %.
A passenger man. who has Just returned from
New York, says east passenger rates nave en-
tered ''go as you please" race, and it looks as
If man who pays anything for ticket gets
stuck.
superintendent Evan, of the indianapolis di-
vision of the Bee-line, and Superintendent Bur
rows of the ]. d St L., are in Cleveland, con-
ferring about matters with General Manager
Thomas.
The present movement to abolish fast freight
lines comes from the disposition shown by some
line agents who, to curry favor with shippers,
arc constantly trying to evade agreements maze
by their superior officers
The Vandalia people are making sharp drive
for the Buffalo live stock out of St. Louis, for
warding over the T., II. & L. division to Ilib-
bard, thence east over the Nickel plate They
claim to be making big time,
That scalper on South Illinois street who rep
resents himself rs being agent of the Van
dalia and Pennsylvania lines is annoying tho
officials of these roads by his Misrepresentation,
and is likely to get into trouble.
Commencing with Monday next, the T:lO A. Nj.
and the 4:55 p NJ. trains over the G., St j.. ~
C. road will connect closely with trains over the
T. II. & L. division of the Vandalia at CoIax'
which will run through to South Bend.
The auditors department of the Terre Hante
81 indianapolis and of the Vandalia company
have the annual report for the fiscal year ending
Oct. 81 nearly ready for the printer. The report
will show sharp cutting down III operating ex-
penses-
Overlooking cars has cost the l., B. & W. peo-
pie in the last thirty six hours two ugly wrecks
In one, fifteen cars loaded with corn were piled
up in a small heap yesterday morning by track
breaking down as the train was crossing
trestle.
The Decline and I. & St. L. are gathering in
their cars from all directions. The demand tor
cars on these roads is now greater than IT has
been at any time for two years This certainly
is cheering news and the earnings Of the Bee
Tine, if tariff rates are adhered to, Will soon
reach old-time figures.
Some of the men who were transferred from
the j., NJ e l. shops at Jacksonville 10 the C.,
St. H. g. p shops Indianapolis. have become
homesick. and are returning TO Jefersonvllle
Nest of these men have been twenty years IN
the " Jeffersonville shops, which are to be
abandoned, practically.
The Wabash syndicate failed to get the money
they. expected to from European capitalists, and
it IS now announced that Mr.. James F Joy did not
go to Europe on business for the Wabash. 1t
was his intention to make tour OF the OlG
World in order to post himself on the query
How far apart should persimmon trees he sotF
Secretary Burt of the Decline Mutual Benefit
Association, is in the city. The membership OF
this association has reached 1000 or more, 700
having been added in the last few months. The
annual meeting Wednesday, Dec 10
when it is expected that it vail be voted TO All
init as members employees of the Indianapolis d
St. Louis road
The Indianapolis g. Ninceunes Company yes
terday completed its coal branch from the
main line to Island City, Green county, where
superior coal is found. The Yeoman Coal min
ing Company has already sunk q shaft at this
point and put in powerful hosting machinery
and the engine to operate it. Whenonce started
they expect to be able 10 load forty cars per
day.
Commencing with Monday next, parties living
at South Bend or points this side, on the T. IL.
u L. division of the Vandalia can leave home in
the morning arrive at indianapolis at 1880 A M,
remain until 400 P NJ, and reach home IN the
evening in good season. Both ways trains of
the c., l., St L. & c. make close connection
with those of the T. Fl. & l.. at ColfaX and it is
proResed in the near future to run through cars
on these trains.
The Pennsylvania people have given Commits
sioner Fink ard all hands to understand that
unless the competing trunk lines and their con
uections now restore and maintain rates, on
Jan l they 1.-THE Pennsylvania lines will with
draw from ali trunk-lne pooling agreements and
paddle their own canoe They have he'd enough.
say the officials, of this boys play in living
up to agreements. Such action on the part of
the Pennsylvania would be death 10 the trunk
line pool
c. C. +. Bent, master of transportation on the
L., N. A. & c. road, has given instruction that
engineers and conductors on freight trains shall
rate their trains as follows An engine which has
a capacity to haul twenty two loaded cars over
the road shall haul siXty-slX empty coal cars or
fifty-fve empty box An engine of capacity
10 haul nineteen loaded cars shall haul fifty
empty coal ears and forty five empty box cars,
making the basis three empty coal cars against
ono loaded coal car, or five empty box cars
against two loaded box cars.
A railroad official yesterday remarked that
there was gang of lawyers in this city and on
the line of their road who existed upon black
mailing railroad companies. Whenever man
had finger pinehed. or his lead thumped a
little by the wrecking of car, or met with
little miShap, these half breed lawyers he re-
marked, would go SO far as to hunt up such in
jured parties coax them into bringing suit
against the company. whether or not there was
justice in so doing, the lawyers expecting
that the road will pay small sum rather than
go into the courts
The dull times with the railroads has its ben
efts. The railroads by contracting expenses,
have learned how to make profit out of traffic
at rates which few years ago would have
shown an absolute loss. Tie main causes which
have led to shrnkage in railway earnings are
either now removable by common consent or
have diminished and are already passed away.
The crops to be moved eastward, and the immi-
grants to be carried westward both give assur-
ances OF satisfactory receipts. Then there are
indications that the local business for the winter
months is to be exceptionally good.
n.
Some local shippers are claiming, and are re-
ceiving indirectly encouragement from line
agents that, in justice, they are entitled to
protection in shipments at the low rates prior to
the restoration The fact that it was simply
restoration, not an advance, should at once set
tie this question Yet one agent went so far,