The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-06-02
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.

tween St Louis and Boston until June 8.
The trunk line meeting to advance rates has
been postponed till Tuesday; it might as we'll be
postponed until the end of the navigation season.
The Chicago, St Louis & Pittsburg gives no.
tice that the Ohio Southern will cease to oper-
ate the Cincinnati, Columbus & Hooking Valley
after June L.
c. E. Graves, a former Indianapolis man, on
Saturday, took the agency of the Erie fast
freight lines at Fort Wayne His many friends
here viii be pleased TO learn Of his good fortune
G. Wells, who for twelve years has as
United States express messenger between In
dianapois and Michigan City, over the l., P e.
c., has resigned, to go into the lumber business
at Michigan City.
On Saturday ], AGA cars were transferred over
twenty four hours since the road was opened for
business Of the cars transferred, 32I were
loaded with live stock.
June !, 1884, there were eleven division super
intendents on the Wabash system. Since that
time the heads of eight have tumbled into the
basket there being only three holding that posi-
ton to-day on the system.
The Wabash system is the largest railway
that has ever gone into the custody of receivers,
the entire length of all lines being 360S miles.
The Philadelphia e. Reading, the next largest,
only included less than 900 miles of road
A. ii. Halmert0n, passenger conductor on Inc
T., B. & W., has been given leave to quit the
company On Saturday he settled with the party
who, it is alleged, he pushed from the train. and
who in his fall suffered the breaking of his leg
in two places.
J. G. Campbell. of Derry. Pa, president Of the
Yard masters Mutual Benefit Association, will
arrive in the city this evening and will remain
over to morrow the guest of Joseph Sanger,
secretary and treasurer of the association. Mr..
Campbeils daughter accompanies him.
In the month of May, 1916 telegraph train
orders wered issued by Train-d dispatcher Zion and
his two assistants. This has become one of the
busiest train dispatchers' offices in the country
and the manner the trains are handled is highly
creditable to the force of train dispatchers.
The bondholders of the Indianapolis, Decatur
& Springfield Railroad Company will. early in
July, hold another meeting to endeavor to adjust
their financial troubles. The exchange of the
old mortgage bonds for new second mortgage
bonds and preferred stock is deemed to have
been illegal.
The Journal has the authority of A A. Tai
mage general traffic manager of the Wabash
system for stating that the pay-car will leave
st Louis this morning, paying the employees for
April; will reach the l., p. G. division on
Thursday and on the second week of this month.
II the pay rolls are ready Will pass over the road
paying for May service.
Roadnaster Henry of the indianapolis & st.
Louis road in his official statement shows that l..
140 carloads of gravel was distributed along the
line last week, and in the month of May thirty
two miles Of road-bed was graveled an average
depth of fifteen inches Monday last, in tho
twenty four hours, 352 carloads of gravel were
loaded by one steam shovel
In the month of May 36,O35 cars were trans
Serred over the Belt road, or average of l, l63
,ars per day. The corresponding month i'll 1883
but 10, 7S9 cars were transferred over the Belt
road, or an average of 638 cars per day. Increase
in transfers this year, Is. 246 cars The above
statement shows to what a great extent the
Union tracks are now relieved of the through
freight traffic.
The report that Geo. Stevens superintendent
of the eastern division of the Wabash system.
when in St Louis drew the pay for his Office
is incorrect and liable to do him an in
justice Two or three, by telegraph check
from the auditor at St. Louis, did draw their
pay but as soon as Superintendent Stevens was
appraised of the fact he ordered that every man
should await the arrival Of the pay-car the pres
emit week
Saturday night, as the passenger train coming
south over the l., p. & C. (Wabash1 slowed up
at Benefits, the truck center-beam of the for
ward truck under the tank broke in two in the
middle and dropped to the track. Fortunately the
accident occurred as the train had come about to
, standstill. Engineer Boynton said that had
the beam broken when the train was moving
rapidly doubtless there would have been bad
wreck, and, probably lives lost as the train was
heavily laden with passengers
The stocks of the c., l.. st. L. G. c. and of the
O., c., G. & |. seem to be gathering strength
again The stockholders will do we'll to bear in
mind that as far as the administration Of the
property goes it is immaterial whether the stock
IS selling at 80 or at par, for the earnings are
Just as large and the trains run just regular
Then, too, if the holders of the stock do not
wish to sell it does not make any real difference
to what the market price may be, except that
it is of course unpleasant to see the quotations
become smaller.
A friend of the Wabash management writes
that while the employees on the l., P. & c. dlvis-
ion are clamorug for the good old Macy 8la.ott
management. it would be well for them to bear
in mind the difference. For instance train dis
dispatchers work only eight hours per day
and paid 500 per month-under the old
management they worked twelve hours, and
were paid 500 $15 per month; passenger con
ductors are paid 800 per month-the old
management paid them only 500 to S6S' The
writer should bear in mind thst under the Ma
lott management the boys were sure to get their
ray-and regularly, too.
More of the Shrewdness of the Pennsylvania
People.
An apt illustration of the profit to be gained
in operating a road with shrewdness is in the
case of the Pennsylvania and the Wabash sys-
TENS. Under the agreement by which the two
companies operate the pieces of track lying be-
tween indianapolis and Kokomo, and Logans-
port and the State'line, each road pays for the
maintenance of the road bed, bridges, ETC.,
the Wheelage basis. The Pennsylvania people
have gone ahead and improved the road-bed, etc,
between Logansport and the State line layishly.
and it is now one of the best sixty zone miles of
road in the State, the Wabash having paid its
proportion of TIE Improvement, while the
sther hand the Wabash people have allowed
the Pennsylvania people to wear out their sixty
miles of road between Indianapolis and kokono.
not taking advantage of the traffic agreement,
which would have admitted of placing the road
in No. condition the Pennsylvania people bear
ing their proportion of the expenses.
The Reorganization Completed.
On Saturday last j. E. Roosevelt. president of
Che Louisville, New Albany & Chicago system of
roads, appointed John B. Carson general man
sger of the property, thus completing the reor
ra.ixatior of the official 1nster of the road