The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-05
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.


VIM. R. McKeen, president of the Vandalia, is
10 be in the city to-day.
The directors Of the Belt road hold their regu
lar monthly meeting to-day.
The public is coming to understand that the
best evidence of the good management Of trans
portation line is its freedom from casualties due
to negligence.
The Peoria, Decatur 6 Evansville road is a
valuable feeder to the indianapolis & st. Louis,
last week delivering to them from the north and
south 632 loaded cars
General Superintendent Theodore Hartman of
the Little Rock & Fort Smith and Little Rock,
Mississippi River & Texas consolidated railroads,
has resigned, to take effect March l.
John R. Elder, who is building the Shell Beach
road out of New Orleans, is home for few days.
Twenty miles of the road is in operation,
and five trains are run each way daily.
William E. Keepers has been appointed assist
ant general freight agent of the Illinois Central
road Mr. Keepers has been with this road some
nine years, and is well fitted for the position
Superintendents of nearly all roads, yesterday,
issued special orders that trains run with eau
ton and attempt to make up no lost time. The
frost is coming out of the ground rapidly and
there is more danger than usual from broken
rails
The attorneys of the Chicago & indianapolis
soon as the coroner rendered his verdict, settle
all claims for damages resulting FROM the recent
bridge disaster, unless an unreasonable sum Is
demanded.
Negotiations are still pending for the revived
Hoosac Tunnel fast-freight line reaching Indian
apolis and the West over the Indiana Blooming
ton & Western road from Urbana, o. 1t is I'M
derstood that St Louis will be reached from here
over the Vandalia
Chief Engineer Gibbons of the Vandala, has
prepared plans and specifications for new foun-
dations and an iron bridge over the stream at
Cartersburg, where the company has experienced
much trouble when waters are high. When the
new work is completed the company will have no
more trouble at that point
The large number of tickets one of the scalpers
is selling Chicago travel, reading over the
Chicago, st. Louis & Pittsburg road at 81 rate,
is exciting comment While the C., St l.. & P.
may be acting square in the matter, it may be
well for Commissioner Fink to look into the
matter, as there is evidently crookedness some
where
The management of the Indiana Bloomington
G. Western are considerably disturbed that their
competitors are so rocklessly slaughtering rates,
not only through business but to local
points The light traffic they are carrying as
compared with their direct competitors certain
lyindicates that the L, b. & W. people are main
tanning rates.
The Humane Society is prosecuting the Bos-
ton d Albany and the Fitchburg railroads for
alleged violation of the United States statute in
the transportation of cattle sheep, and swine.
A committee of the Humane Society could find
excellent field for service in this section. One
indianapolis line often carries stock forty to
forty-eight hours without unloading.
So immense was the east-bound traffic over
the Indianapolis & st. Louis road last week,
that the accuracy of the statement in yester-
days journal was doubted The car movement
is taken from the official report daily sent to
Cleveland and can be relied on The fact is the
management have become aggressive and when
ever there is business within their reach they
reach for it, and are fortunate in having connec-
tions which are not stieklers for rates.