The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-06
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.


report tu2I wi. a udo OC0n dlIdChO0 W4hA
paralysis is wholly untrue.
Tko directors Of the Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy railroad, at theirlate meeting at Boston,
elected General Manager Thomas Potter first
vice president of the company.
The meeting of the general freight agents of
the roads in the Chicago and Ohio River pool
called by Commissioned Richardson for Sept 9,
has been indefinitely postponed:
Under the per cents. suggested by Commits
sioner Fink for the indianapolis east bound
freight pool, the allotment to the l., B. & w. is
is per cent, but for thirty days past the l., b. &
w. has been carrying from Indianapolis proper
2L4 per cent.
The Bedford q~uarries are furnishing the L.
N. A.. 81 g. road with a good deal of traffic. A
party was yesterday contracting for the ship
ment of several hundred car loads to Atlanta,
Ga The new management has decided to at once
put in an Northumberland one milein length.
The company will then have over six miles of
Bide-track in these ~quarries.
In speaking of fast runs Superintendent Will
son, Of the J., B. & w. system, says that as fine
running Is often done on the l.. D. IS. division
of the system as on any road in the country.
Thrice within ten DAYS the night express has
made the run from Salem to the Insane Asy-
Jun switch, thirty-four miles, in thirty-four
minn1es, and a few days since on the same
piece of road eight miles was run in seven
minutes.
s. Engine NO. l4JJ, a new locomotive, constructed
under the personal supervision OF Master Me
chanic Barnes, of the Wabash, at the Fort
Wayne shops. is makingan excellent record. On
Tuesday morning she brought the second sec
tion of train No. AZ from Tilton TO Andrews, q
distance OF 1875 miles, in three hours and seven
minutes. This is said to be the fastest time
ever made over that portion of the Wabash
road The average speed was over fofty-one
miles an hour.
Representatives of the Union Pacific road in
~ I'LL - --~--
that the Union Pacific has decided to close all
its outside freight and ticket Offices in Chicago
and other points, because of the belief that its
connections can procure the business as well as
its own agents. 1t is to be hoped that the rumor
is somewhat exaggerated, as at Indianapolis and
other points in Illinois and Ohio the Union Pa
cife has representatives who are well thought
of, and are doing good work for the company.
While it is undoubtedly true that the Chicago,
st. Louis q Pittsburg track, 1SB miles, from
indianapolis to Columbus, o., is the best single
track of that length west of the Allegheny
mountains, or, in fact, east of
them, yet there are short pieces Of
track which will compare very favorably with
ridden over the first fifty miles west from Indian
-ap0lis of the L, D. & S. division of the l., B. &
w. system say that the track that distance is
practically perfect. So smooth and solid has it
become that, in riding over it, there is no pre-
ceptible jar. There is but a slight grade andnot
a curve.
In the month of August III miles additional of
the 1. & St L. track, western division, was
graveled to an aEeragedepth Of ffteAn inches,
leaving but seventeen miles of mud road between
Indianapolis and st. Louis; and before President
Devereaux and party make their fall
inspection these few miles will be gray
eled. 1t is the intention of Road
master Henry to ballast heavily with broken
stone the twenty miles of trackin what is known
as the American bottoms. 1t Is now graveled
lightly, but when there are heavy rains there is
much trouble experienced from the gravel wash
ing out, which trouble, it is thought, will be
overcome when the stone ballast is in.
". T. Ma1ott. chairman of the executive com
mittee of the Chicago and Ohio River pool, which
committee consists of the presidentsand general
managers Of the roads m the pool, will cali them
together at an early day to consider the ~continu-
ance of the pool, which is now nearing the end of
Its first years existence. No one will deny that
the Chicago and Ohio River pool has been a real
benefit to the roads interested. Rates have been
better maintained than for years preceding,
and there has been less of Jealousy and un-
healthy competition than before its Organization;
and as predicted in the early days Of the pool
the per cents. then awarded have proved to be
very fair and equitable. and the belief is the
pool will remain intact for wears to- come.
While, under the general management Of a.
7. Talmage, the affairs of the Wabash are NOV
ing along more smoothly than when he took the
general maRagershiR Mr.. Talmage is still
working under great disadvantages The reor
Ranlzation scheme is not progressing so rapidly
as had been expected, and there is StfTl a doubt
as to the Wabash people holding control Of Ger
tain divisions. which leads to q hest
fancy in the management making contemplated
improvements to better the property as a
whole, both financially and physically; and until
matters are more definitely settled, neither
Manager Talmage nor the heads of the respective
departments show q willingness to enter into
pooling agreements or take any important steps
which would result beneficiary to the Wabash
road.
Performance of Lecomotiyes ON the Big Four.
The annual report0f Master Mechanic Patter-
son, of the c., l., St L. & c. road, shows that
the company owns IS first class engines. Of the
number, q are Rogerss build; II Brooks: q
Morse; 6 Burnside; 4 Schenectady; 8 Hinek-
ley, and ] Mason build Thirteen hare been re-
built az the company's shops. The average mile
ago made the last year was: Passenger engines,
S8, 78L. 70 miles; freight engines, 26, 1872 8 miles.
The -four forty-ton engines. Schenectady build,
No. 70 ran in those ten months, 50.G33 miles; 70
ran sl.669 mules; "a, 46, 966 miles; Is, 81. 681
miles. Passenger engines average to run
1886 miles on a ton of coal, the freight en-
gines 10 miles on a ton Of coal The aver
age cost per mile for hauling passenger trains
was l5.0 4 cents, freight trains 2O,36. The
total mileage made by the passenger equipment
OF the road was 4,O96,3S2 miles. The freight
cars owned by the company made a total mile
age of 10, 5S8, 40 miles. c., L., st. l.. 6 G. ears
also made a mileage of 8, 49, $50 miles on foreign
roads making the total mileage of cars owned
by the company for the year of 10, 9S6,e92 miles.
The BOARD of Arbitration To BE Abolished
The resignation of Charles Francis Adams as
arbitrator Of the trunk-lins commission is call
Ing forth considerable speculation as to the fu-
ture. and 1t is believed that the Board of Arbi
traticn viii be abolished. A special from New
York TO the Cleveland Leader says: 1.-The plan
of q board of arbitration has not worked ~satis-I
faetoRily, and there has been a slow realization |
Of the fact that the burdens of arbitration have |
been too heavy for persons not constantly de-
voted to the business of the pool to bear. I'm
der the old agreements, the roads accepted Com !
missinnen EinLls deeiaiona on disnnltad un-oan4