The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-08
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.


]. H. Devereux president of the Bee-line system,
has gone to New York on official business.
The winter timetable goes into effect Nov. 16 The
changes on indianapolis roads win be numerous
w Z. Wilson has been appointed joint agent Of the
West Shore & Hoosac Tunnel line at St Paul, MINI.
@. C. Gale, ex-superintendent of the Decline, has
lrented fine farm near Cleveland o.. for five years
and will from this time give his attention to agr-
cultural pursuits.
Vice-president and Manager Malott of the Union
Railway Company, will call the president and general
znanagers together the latter part of this month to
&ake definite action upon the location of the new
enion depot.
w W. Worthineton general manager Of the Fort
Wayne, Louisville & Cincinnati road, was in the city
yesterday in conference with j. w Sherwood super,
antendent of the c. L. st. L. c., regarding proposed
changes in running time.
Application has been made at st. Louis asking that
$50 900 Wabash pronlissory notes be paid The re-
acever gave obligations payable in three months with
6nterest at per cent which obligations are due and
for
The Chicago g. Eastern Illinois road earned, in o.
9ober, $l55 lao, increase of $40 119 over earn;
@ of the corresponding % 81 IN e99 Which dhS de
crease of $S3 Asa compared with the earnings the
first ter months of 1883.
Norman Beckley, general manager of the Cincinnati
Wabash Michigan road, is in the city on official
Business Mr. Beckley states that the past season
their roadbed has been greatly improved and is now
hof the road is laid with steel ten miles having
Ebeen laid in the last sixty days.
1t seems that the Louisville New, Albany s. Chicago
and the Cincinnati Hamilton indianapolis roads are
really to put through trains between Cincinnati q
chicago Nov. Is. The proper officers now arrang
ling the timetable These companies also propose to
sput an express freight train each way daily on
ethat date between Chicago and Cincinnati.
The Vanderbilt people. on the 25th of this month,
commence running their trains into South Bend Ind
will furnish terminal facilities and do their switching
rservice The Lake Shore people also will work in
harmony with the Vandaa at that point, and in
freight traffic it is thought both will be benefited.
The meeting of the Middle and Western States
classification Association, held at Chicago was a
Ifruitless 1t is said that the general freight
upon the basis of rates proposed as it would give
Peoria and indianapolis advantage in the tariff
rates and place the Chicago roads under restrictions
(which they could not honorby break.
The general passenger agents of the c., p. & @,
Fthe c. & N. W., and the Chicago, Milwaukee g. st.
Paul have issued joint circular in which they say
that the war passenger rates that exists at
Chicago is local and that it is their desire that it
remain So and not involve lines east of such points
Indianapolis Peoria Chicago. AS yet the Indian
Rpolis roads have taken no part in the fight
The New Albany Ledger says the effort lately put
forth by the r. & T. H people to get possession of
AIRLINE seems to have proved boop,eranr to them at
Boston, where it intended their suit should dam
age the Airline and the Boston capitalists instead of
dropping their Airline holdings getting rid of
their L. & T. H. Some of these days the Airline
twill have to take in the E. g. T. H. out of the wet and
cold.
The several auditors of the roads composing the
Union Railway & Belt Road Company who, few
days since examined the books accounts etc. which
under the supervision of w. P Iians auditor and
treasurer of the company yesterday made their report
to Vieepresdent and General Manager Maott
In which they speak in complimentary terms of the
manner the company accounts kept. Not only
did they find every item correct but they further said
there was no improvement they could suggest upon
Auditor Ijams's method of bookkeeping.
The Indianapolis Decatur & Springfield Railroad
aGOmpanY have abandoned their idea of
their road from Decatur TO Roodhouse and should the
smes be better in the early spring there is strong
probability that the road will be built originally
splanned. So prominent a line has the Chicago g. AL
ton become. with which it would connect at Rood
house that the trends of the l. D. S. feel that it is
point at the time proposed. President Hammond is
authority for the statement that the parties who
then proposals to furnish the money for the road
Aready and anxious to DO II is probable that
Fhe L, B. 6 w. people, who lease the L, D. & S..
would lease the exhaustion on reasonable terms.