The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-26
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.


Train men on The Chicago, ST. Louls u Hltts-
burg road will appear June l in their new sum-
mer uniforms
George Bender, superintendent of the Ken
lucky Central read, spent the Sabbath with
friends in this city
The Vandalia people have finished the work of
putting in the ''Y' and side tracks at the Pitts
burg Fort Wayne & Chicago crossing at Ply
mouth.
c. c. Waite vice-presdent and general man
ager of the c., II. & D. lines, who has been in
California for some thirty days, reached home on
Saturday.
The MeKeen syndicate have made running ar
rangement with the Wabash, by which they will
get into Michigan City, using the old l., P. & c.
road from Plymouth, Ind.
The Decline last week forwarded east from
this point 926 loaded cars, 1928 of them loaded
with live stock; the Chicago, St Louis & Pitts
burg LOO, of which number $40 were loaded
with live stock
One of the attorneys interested in the Illinois
Midland received telegram on Saturday, stating
that the hearing by Judge Harlan and decree of
sale of the Illinois Midland had been postponed
until next Saturday
On June ] the roads all over the country will
enter upon the period when the retrenehment in
the operating department began in 1883 and the
net earnings can hardly show the gain over 1883
that they have been doing.
UNTlDDnR
road coal pool promises to bring about the low
price coal era for soft Goals over the West gener-
ally, as transportation will be so low it can be
shipped at small expense to all the important
markets.
The Railroad Switchmens Aid Society had
grand picnic at Cedar Lake yesterday, on the
Louisville, New Albany & Chicago road. The
L., n A IS c. carried nineteen coach loads of
switchmen and their friends to the grounds, a
large per cent of whom went from Chicago.
The Decline people are pushing improve
ments on the l. & St L. division Last week ten
miles of new steel rails, weighing seventy
pounds to the yard were received, making
twenty miles thus far this year. and the first
week in June another ten miles will be delivered.
There is not that confidence shown in the fu-
ture of the Ohio & Mississippi road which the
friends of the property looked for the road
being taken out of the hands of the courts. The
stock continues to break, and bears" are seem
ingly having their own way with regard to the
property.
Engine 126 on the Cincinnati, Hamilton & In
dianapolis Pead on Saturday hauledthe IL NJ. &C
commodation train out of indianapolis from lrv-
inton to Hamilton, ninety five miles, in two
hours and forty-two minutes making twentysix
stops, which is lively running for q road of its
pretensions.
J. L. league, the new manager of the Louis
vile, Evansville q st Iouis Airline, is said to
be Catching on" we'll He has wisely made but
few changes during his administration, and is
pushing the work of repairs on the track with
energy, it is stated by parties who have recently
passed over the road.
The stocks of the express companies are stand
ing up well under the financial storm, that of the
American and United States selling higher than
ever before. The express companies are now
doing big business carry ing fruits and vegetS
bles as well as merchandise, and they have the
good sense to maintain rates.
The employees on the Wabash road are consid-
dfcfr1
emit Stevens had said that he proposed to make it
warm for the employees who signed the protest
against the establishing Of hospitals, which was
sent to Manager Talmage. Mr.. Stevens is not
man who makes as foolish remarks as that, and
doubtless it is only round house rumor
The Pennsylvania passenger department,
which is never behind in Placing before the pub
lie the attractions Of its routes has issued an
elegant book of 19l pages bearing the title of
Summer Excursion Routes to the Mountains
Lakes and Seaside Reached over the Grand
Pennsylvania System" The work is highly EN-
hellished with cuts of the most attractive pleas
ure resorts.
Chief Engineer Devore. of the indianapolis,
Eel River q Western road, is authority for the
statement that the graders will begin work this
morning, near the point where their line will
cross the L.. n. A. & g. road, taekling the heavi
est part of the work first If the projectors of
the road can build a road at such a time as this
they will deserve much credit However it is a
the company has the money to do it with
c. G. Baldwin is not 50 rich man as when
he took the presidency of the Louisville a. Nash
vile. Mr.. Baldwin states that he rendered his
resignation from purely personal reasons. He
found that the pressure of his personal business
demanded his closest attention, aud felt it to be
to the best interests of the company that the du-
ties of president be performed by one with more
time to devote to its duties than at his dis
posai His action was neither hastened nor sug-
which have been floating about the street for
the past few days.
Freight Business Over indianapolis Lines.
The train records show that despite the talk
Of light traffic several of the roads are doing a
fair business and the report shows an
improvement over that of several preced-
ing weeks. We notice that there is slight
increase the latter part of the week in the
grain movement eastward, and that there
was heavy movement of live stock in that di-
rection, and now that farmers have their corn
planted and have time to haul their surplus
grain to market a sharp short squirt of
business east-tound is highly probable. West
ward shipments have fallen off considerably as
compared with those of March and April, but
still exceed in tonnage those of the correspond
ing period 1883 Harvest implements and
lalAeq lfelspts constitute lle ouih OF the west
bound traffic. little coal, steel rails and like ma
teffal coming west The north and south roads
are doing fairly, but their tonnage is lighter
than in May, 1883. Local business is good. Be
low is given the number of cars received at this
point in the week ending May 81, as compared
with the preceding week;
Name Of Road. IMay17 Maya Inc Dec.
c. & l. Airline ..--.--- 1861 ia .-..-. 81
l. & V.-.---....-..-.-.. 39Sl $50 ...... Is
G., II. & I--...-.-.-.-.. SOB 500 ...... Al
Wabash. -.-..........-. 529l 5S5i Sc .....
L. B. & w. St. Louis i95 2oSS ii by ~
Peoria $50 655 % w