The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-23
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.


OF she West Shore fast freight line at Terre
Iaute.
John R. Elder, president of the New Orleans
Saoil Beach road, has come home to remain a
ssw weeks.
There were |, 294 cars transferred over the Belt
rpad yesterday, The average movement this
month will reach ,260 per day.
Fhe live stock movement eastward Is heavy
shrs week Yesterday 106 carloads were for
vauied from this point over the Bee-line
U.C. Cleveland, agent of the Erie g. North
Shore line at this point is having tussle with
the rheumatism and is confined to his house.
Tho latest news from Charles Paine now in
Europe, who was formerly general manager OF
the West Shore, shows that his health is inn
proving.
Manager NcCrea, of the Pennsylvania lines
west of Pittsburg, spent yesterday in the city
looking after the extensive improvements the
company is making at this point
f. Wilson, general superintendent, a G.
Diehl general freight agent of the l., B. o. W,
with few friends, have gone to Sandusky
Tn take fish on the lakes for a few days.
One of the Chicago & Ohio River pool officials
says the officials of all the roads in the pool pro
fess to be anxious that rates should be main
tanned, yet do as they please about maintaining
them.
been wise move the part of the stockholders
1s the Louisville e. Nashville road had they
made Dr. E. D. Standiford its president, Under
i his management the road was once highly
iprDsperous.
Under the present live stock east bound tariff
/ the rate on horses from indianapolis TO New
! York is Sc cents per 100 pounds cattle % cents
per 100 pounds net, hogs, le IL cents. The
! railroad stock agents say there is some money to
the roads in the horse and cattle rates, but none
In the rate on hogs.
The floors of the shops and round-house of the
Chicago St Louis & Pittsburg road in the east
era part of the city are being laid with concrete
material such as the Pennsylvania road proper
have laid in their principal shops. 1t makes a
durable, solid flooring. and is well adapted to
buildings of this description.
Tho Indiana, Bloomington & Western people
charge that the Cincinnati, indianapolis, st.
Louis & Chicago is selling tickets from Chicago
to Indianapolis at a cut of 81. %, and say that
they are meeting such rate pool official says
the Big Four is maintaining passenger rates, and
if any dirty work is being done, it Is by the l.,
B., & w. Danville route
The stockholders of the Jeffersonvilie, Madison
& Indianapolis road on Wednesday held their an
aual meeting at Jacksonville. The following
directors were elected: j. n. Mccullough, VIM.
Thaw Thos. D. Messler, Jno. P. Green, ". W.
Barnes, J. H. MeCampbel, Geo. S. MeKiernan,
Jas McCrea, S. 81. Patterson, j. L. Bradley, j.
1. Irwin. Robt. McKim
the indianapolis and Peoria pools. President
fs;0rbin has signed only an agreement to become
party to such pools The per cents. have not
boon fixed, and probably will be referred to ar
bitraters, as the l., B. & w. people claim thai
they are entitled to the per cent. in the In
sianapolis pool that the Beeline and c., St l.. g.
e. are.
General Freight Agent Geiger, of the Jeffer-
.seuyille Madison & Indianapolis road, will need
DO ON the alert. Competitors are striking at
Yesterday n
ing Hobbs of the c., l., St L. c., dropped
down to Columbus, Ind. and secured for the c.,
J.. ST. i. & c., via nsburg, twelve car
loads of race horses for Terre Haute and four
for Chicago.
FL C. Townsend, general passenger agent of
the Wabash st. Louis & Pacific road, last eve n
ing telegraphed District Passenger Agent Den
ney to commence this morning the sale of tick
.eks at the outside Office. A full line of tickets
has been shelved here for several weeks, abiding
.rhis order. The Pennsylvania and the Nandalia
people are the only lines which are not now
openly selling tickets.
The Railroad Mems Christian Association are
badly in need of more commodious cheerful
rooms and it would be we'll for the friends of
this institution to lease for this purpose the well
located and well-ventated, cheerful rooms in
the second story of the Cincinnati, Hamilton &
Indianapolis depot which was built for the
clerks of the Ohio Railway Company, in its few
palmy days The Yardmasters' Association and
the Train Dispatchers' Association, when organ
ized, could use the room to hold their meetings
in, and all could join hands and make the ex
peRse OF fitting it up attraetively light
The good people of South Bend are loud in
their praise of the enterprise of the McKeen
syndicate who are so vigorously pushing the
VaDdalia extension. The South Bend Times, in
speaking Of this, says: There is one thing GER
tain, and that is the Vandalia people have gained
the good will Of all along their line by their uni
form courtesy and their desire to observe the
rights of property along the proposed line.
But tive suits have been brought for the con
demnation of property. and both parties in the
each other and viii submit to the decision of
those appointed by law with the utmost good
Will Trains will be run into South Bend before
the first day of August. and it will then be pos
sible for person to go to indianapolis on a bust
ness trip and return on the same day"