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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-21

Its Past Troubles and Its Future Prospects
A Property that Can Be Made valuable.

Its Past Troubles and Its Future Prospects,
A Property that Can BE Made Valuable.
There is no good reason why the Louisville
New Albany & Chicago road should not rank,
if properly handled, one of the best
Indiana roads. This point will be admitted
by any railroad or business man who under
stands its capabilities. 1t has natural ad-
vantages in geographical position. A fine local
trade in stone, live stock, lumber and grain;
a fine local and through passenger business
daily increasing; three cooperative fastfreight
lines, a lumber and coal line, all doing a large
and lucrative business; and the question natural
ly arises, what is the trouble that
the road does not reach the
position it is entitled to2 Speaking of this
matter an obServant railroad man says one of
the troubles is that it has been topheayy; there
has been too much general management and too
much lack of harmony between the officials;
then there has been too much changing of gen
eral freight agents, which is fatal to road If
long INDUCED in; and thirdly, they have carried
too much business, both freight and passenger,
at low rates, the aim seeming to have been to
make big tonnage and . heavy travel. No
one questions the ability of either the president
or the vice4president and late traf-
fic manager. Either one could handle
the property and make it pay operating expenses
and fixed charges. but with clashing of author
tiles the road cannot attain its proper position.
Inc O1ucldl Welll on 70 Say IIldU Il fOdu
like the L., N. a. & G. had no need of an acting
president, a traffic manager, a general superin-
teadent, two division supefintendehts, and a
general freight and general passenger agent. 1t
could not carry many high-salaried men.
The directors of the road look upon it as valua-
BILE property One of them, Friday last, told
a reporter of the New York EKpress-Mai that
they 1.-THE directors) had great confidence in the
property. He said:
lit has had many difficulties, but 1 consider it
one of the most valuable properties reorganized
and built up since $780, In January, 1880, the
road was virtually without rolling stock and had
no termini. 1t was simply local road To-
day it has fine terminal facilities in Chicago,
Louisville, and Indianapolis, and commands
close connections with ipGinnqltj tim Its ass
IN the year 1879 to ST. 100 900 in 1883. lis net
earnings have increased from less than 500 600
IN 1879 to over 100000 in 1888 The increase in
gross was nearly 800 per cent. and in net over
400 per cent, and this was notwithstanding the
great depression in business throughout tbe
country. The property of the company in Chi.
e ,9;ii would realize handsome profit In Louis
sold for $250900 cash. Nearly 200 miles of road
nave been built, and the work is paid for"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-21
The Presbytery.

The Indianapolis Presbytery will meet in
special session at half past 10 o'clock this morn
ing in the chapel of the Second Church. Rev.
James Mcleod and others will be formally re
ceived into membership and arrangements
made for their installation over their respective
charges. AT the close of the presbytery the so
cial club viii meet at the same place, when the
Presbyterian ministers and their wives will en-
terrain the brethren residing outside the city
The Introductory address will be delivered by
the president Rev. J. D. Jones. Historical and
critical papers on themes of interest will be
read by Rev. Mcleod, Edison, and Mitchell.
The ladies of the church. with their
usual hospitality. will provide a lunch for
the members of the club and the guests. 1t is
expected that several ministers will briefly en-
gage in II table-talk at the close of the lunch on
matters of Importance to the churches within
the bounds of the presbytery.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-21
Miscellaneous Notes.

1t is stated that railroad securities are now
more widely distributed than at any time since
railroads became so important factor in bust
ness.
The Pittsburg, Cleveland & Toledo railroad
general freight aud passenger agent at Pitts
burg
Two civil engineers are at the present time
examining the New York, Buffalo & West Shore
road, and it is said they are in Vanderbilt's en-
ploy
II In familiar talk last week Jay Gould said
me prospects for the coming year are ex
ceedingy promising The cheal,aess Of tho
materials used in railroad construction, and the
steady growth Of business, viii contribute 10 the
prosperity Of the railroad traffic.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-21
Services at First Baptist Church.

Mr.. Warren W. Bentley, the noted song evan
gelist, Of New York city. opened his work yes
terday most auspiciously in three services. Mr..
Bentley's method is to sing two solos ia exact
harmony with the sermon of the hour, one be-
fore and one after. In the evening meetings he
led the praise service of twenty minutes, train
ing in the use of the hymns from his new book.
which he uses with fine effect. The solo of last
night, '.Alone with My Conscience" was rem
dered with effect Tonight there will be a
meeting to which all young people of the city are
invited. Services for all the balance of the
week All services at 1870 o'clock instead of at
as previously announced
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-21

loaded prior to the restoration of rates, and was
billed in transit In west-bound traffic some
thing of an improvement is shown, and
from this on the tonnage will increase,
as many Western merchants have already
gone east to make purchases of spring goods.
North and south roads are still doing but little,
comparatively speaking, nor do Che freight
agents look for a marked Improvement while
the weather is so winter-like in character. Live
stock traffic is remarkably heavy, especially
through business. Local traffic has improved
somewhat the last few days and compares favor
ably with the tonnage of former years at the
Der of cars received and forwarded at this point
in the week ending at A. NJ, Saturday, JAN,
10, as compared with the preceding week
Name of Road. lJan.l 9. Jan.l9l Inc. Dec.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-21
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
PERSONAL AND LOCAL.
President Roosevelt Coming west-sevel

President Roosevelt Coming West-Several
Heads to Drop Into the Basket.
J. H. Devereux, president of the Decline sys
tenn, on Saturday returned to New York. His
frequent visits there give some color to the re
port that negotiations are pending looking to a
consolidation of the Decline system of roads
with the Nickel-pate.
Hon. D. J. Morrel has retired from the presi-
dency of the Cambria Iron and Steel Company
after holding the position for long series of
years P. E. Chaplin, of Johnstown, has been
elected his successor. No further changes in the
officers of the company areexpected.
The resignation of Briggs S. Cunningham,
president of the kentucky Central road has been
accepted He assigns as reason for retiring
that the Citizens National Bank of Covington
requires his entire attention. Until the annual
meeting Vice president Echols is to perform the
duties of president.
The editors of Kansas papers have been severe
in their comments on the management of Kansas
roads, and have supported anti monopoly legisla-
ton. Now they find themselves barred out Of
passes, or even halffare favors for themselves
and families over the Union Pacific or any of its
branches
Western railroad men are highly pleased that
Robert Harris has been elected to the presi-
dency of the Northern Pacific, as it means that
the road will be managed economically and
honestly Mr. Harris is no stock jobber, and
mas no Vulnerable point Tor tue pears TO
pick at. Mr.. Harris is tall Yankee, of the Lin
coin type, with black beard, brows, and abund-
ant stock of black hair, keyed up to the highest
pitch of nervous intensity and putting chain
lightning into all he does, whether it is telling
stories and having good time or running rail
roads.
Ex-President Colonel Bennett H. Young and
A. B. Southland traffic manager of the Louis
vile, New Albany & Chicago road returned
from New York on Saturday night. Mr. Young
went directly on to Louisville, and Mr. South
ard stopped over but few hours at Iudianapo
lis, but when interviewed he said he preferred
not to make any statement Time would develop
what is TO be done From a party who is not
officially connected with the road, but who
knows what is going on, is learned that the new
ly elected president E. Roosevelt is to be West
S. the latter part of this week, and then
a general reorganization is to be made His
motto is to cut down expenses and to this end
one superintendent is to take the place of gen
eral superintendent and two division superin-
tcndents. The general freight and general pas
'senger agencies are to be put in charge of one
general officer, leaving the young man at the
head of the passenger department, and the as
sistant general freight agent out in the cold.
A. b. Southland is to remain with the road. his
title to be that of general manager Who is to
be superintendent had notbeen definitely settled
on Friday last
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-21
GENERAL NEWS.
Some Interest Stil shown i'm the T.. G. G.
st. L.

Mr. John Felt Osgood, chairman of the Tole-
do, Cincinnati & st Louis railroad reorganiza-
ton committee, has established his headquarters
ut Boston and proposes to give his whole time
10 the extrication of the corporation from its
present financial difficulties As soon &c tho
weather will admit, in company with some of the
directors and an expert engineer, he expects to
make trip over the entire system The needs
OF every division will be carefully noted with
amount of receivers certificates to he
issued. Judges Drummond and Baxter
Will hold conference next month. and
at. that time the issuance of the re
ceivers certificates VIII be determined upon. An
effort will be made to have these made in 6,,a
issue, covering the whole system instead of in
two, one for each courts jurisdiction. Receiver
Craig Is said to be doing quite satisfactory serv-
ice. "A'
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-21
Route.
Total .-... Is, $3.50 4I21O u743I Ga

Per Cents.-Baltimore & Ohio railroad. SO chi.
eago Atlantic railway, S.S; Chicago & Grand Trunk
railway, %; Chicago st. Louis & Pittsburg rail
road, Al; Lake Shore & Michigan Southern railway
209; Michigan Central railroad. 1879: New York
lineage y ST Louis railway, 90: Pittsburp n
wayne & Chicago railway, l6.4. Total 100
1t will be noticed that the Pennsylvania lines
winch nave been shaded by the Vanderbilt lines
last week, went in for larger share of the bnsi
ness The Vanderbilt lines, however. increased
their tonnage handsomely. w
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-21
FREIGHT BUSINESS.
Handsome Increase in Traffic with Indian
apolis Lines.

apolis Lines.
The car movement Of last week will be a graf
Tying surprise, as an improvement in business
is shown with every road centering here. and
with the Bee-line and |. & ST. L. there is a gen
ulne boom. 1t should be borne in mind. how
ever, that the business of the week ending Jan,
II was remarkably light, consequently the in
crease of nearly four thousand cars only brings
the movement up to about the average when
business is considered reasonably good con
siderable per cent. of the increase is in east
bound movement, whore the improvement is
the most noticeable Much of the property was
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-21
EAsr-norNn .r1sArrf4,

Handsome increase or tonnage with Chicago
e y Roads. ess q
During the week ending Jan. 10 the total
shipments Of -four grain and IIovisio1ls over the
eight roads leading east from chicago. amounted
to 66,S9s tons, against 40 I2d toms in the week
ending Jan IL -.Thefollowing table sises4he, de
tails ~ ~ ~ sa
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-21

ALTHOUGH we have heard persons ,a,na,1r ..i+
rs worth It's weight in gold, still Dr. Bulls Cough
syrup IS to be had at all the drug stores fo, the
small price of % cents bottle.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-21
Name of Road. JAM 2lJan.19I Inc. Dec.
Net increase, 1922 cars.

The number of loaded cars handled at this
point as follows: Received, S, POI; forwarded,
1892. Total, 10 533. Increase over number han
died at this point in the week ending Jan. II,
1857 cars. The corresponding week 1882 there
were received and forwarded at this point 90,
800 cars, of which number l7,3l2 were loaded.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-01-04
Ocean Gratis"

They are built in the British yards By
contract of poor materials III the great
est haste. They are built in the cheap
est way possible. They have low-power
engines put in them. They are manned
with as few men as possible. They pay
the lowest wages. They are sent to any
port where a cargo can be had at any
freight rates. Then another cargo is
taken, and so they run hither and
yonder, always short-handed, always
overloaded, and always with justenough
provisions on board to last them through,
and no more, SO that if they are delayed
by broken machinery they must either
starge their men or beg from passing
ship. They cut under rates to get car
goes, and then skimp in every quarter
to get dividends. Since 1877 an enor-
nous number have been launched at the
Glasgow yards. Money brings very low
interest over there, and capital found a
better return in a certain class'o freight
steamers. These steamers are built
plain, but strong; the model is for q
large carrier instead of for quick pas
sage. They ordinarily vary in size from
nine hundred to eighteen hundred tons
net register. They will carry nearly
fifty per cent. more tons of dead weight
than they register. The engines for q
steamer of twelve hundred tons would
probably be of two hundred nominal
horsepower. The power is great enough
to give the vessel speed OF nine knots.
They spread enough canvas to keep
them steady when in a gale. They con-
sumo twenty tons of coal o day, where
an ocean greyhound will burn two hun
dred aud sixty. Here is a list of the
crew of vessel that registers twelve
hundred and twenty-nine net: She has
twenty men all told. The mate
gets forty dollars month, the second
mate thirty dollars, the chief engineer
eighty dollars, the second engineers
thirty-fve dollars, the firemen about
twenty-one dollars, the cook twenty
three dollars. There are six able seamen
at eighteen dollars. They have foul
small sales to handle. - Gath, IN Cinciae-
matt CO711311ercin{
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-01-04
Value of Straw for FOod.

In many localities farmers are often
puzzled to decide as to what to do wi TIL
their straw. Generally it is stacked,
and the cattle and horses are allowed to
run to it during the winter more for
shelter than for any good it may do them
as food. Sometimes, and not infrequent-
". it is burned after it has been hauled
away from the machine and scattered
over the field. This is practice not as
much followed now as it was some
years ago. When straw is stacked and
the stock is allowed to run to it, the
greater part OF it is in the course of
time pulled down and trampled un-
der foot, where in year or two it
is converted into most excellent ma
nure.
No farmer, no matter how big the
farm, can afford to burn his straw; it
is far better to stack it or to use it for
covering rough sheds for winter protec-
ton for stock. There is a way to utilize
it as food for cattle, horses and sheep
that makes it fully as valuable as hay,
corn or any other article of stock food
raised on the farm that is, to use it as
chopped feed. Bran, cheat or oats
ground coarse and mixed with cut
straw, without cooking, but moistened
with water, makes most palatable
and nourishing food. Fed to milch
cows it wonderfully increases the flow
of milk, improves their condition, and
gives them sleek, glossy appearance.
To horses it is equally beneficial, and
no food placed before them will be eat
en- with such evident relish as will
their daily allowance of chopped feed.
In winter, when the teams are not at
hard work, it can be fed twice day
with advantage; in the summer time
once day is often enough. For cows
and young stock cattle it is excellent
fed with the rough feed usually given
them. It is as cheap as anything else as
good that can be procured. Prepared in
this way straw becomes valuable arti-
Gle of food, and should be as carefully
cared fer as is hay or corn.-St. Lowss
Globe Democrat,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-01-04
A Bird Very Hard to Bag.

He who would get days sport out OF
pheasant shooting will go either to
Western Maryland or the mountain dis
tricts of Virginia. Either the North or
South Mountain, near Hagerstown, or
the Bull Run and the Blue Ridge Noun
tains, in Virginia, afford the fields.
Virginia is, of course, the best, as it IS
not SO thickly populated, and the grouse
shuns civilization. The Bull Run Noun
tain, about Thoroughfare Gap, in Prince
William County, is about the ideal place
to go. There are places either at Broad
Run, Gainesville or Thoroughfare where
the sportsmen can put up. Carry a
hundred shells and enough powder and
No. 6 shot to load them with. With an
ordinary gun three and one-half drachms
of powder to an ounce and a quarter of
shot is about the right load. Start out
on your hunt early in the morning, and
if you have an old setter, very staunch
and very careful after single birds, take
him along with you. The mountain is
your place. Not necessarily rock cliff
with pines, but a ridge where there are
plenty ofwhortleberry bushes and laurel.
Strike along the backbones of the ridges
and in the accidental trails through the
brushes.
When you get well into the mountain
your dog will show decided symptoms of
| drawing on game. He will carry his
tail low and creep and snuff around care
fully. Hyou are as watchful as your
dog and step along without necessary
noise you may walk right up on your
Bird. He will be lying low under a tuft
of underground watching you. Your
dog will root him out and he will rise at
ten yards in front of you. He never
gives the dog chance to stand him,
unless the weather is very warm and
murky. If the air is clear and cool he
will be up and away before you can say
Jack Robinson. Now you must be q
quick snap shot if you would stop him.
The underground is thick, the pine sap
lings are numerous and the ground is
uneven. When the pheasant is once
started he will go in direct line, but
that line is very hard to catch. With a
whir and buzz that is almost unex-
pressible he rises from the bushes. Pos
sibly two or three of them may get up.
Then your nerves are severely tried.
/ "A d41Ch, COOl ouOb, uOWCFOI, Gull O1USu
cut the ruffs from his kingship's neck
and make him fall with a tremendous
thump and futter.
A hunter who bags ten or a dozen
pheasants in day may consider himself
very successful. In the Blue Ridge
Mountains good shot has been known
to bag twenty in single days tramp.
The labor entailed, however, is ire
mendous. Another way to kill the
pheasant, however, is when the snow is
on the ground and they go into the
grape bushes to eat chicken grapes.
When the snow is deep the birds cannot
find enough hips or partridge berries,
and, of course, they must go the grape
vines that are trellised up the trees. The
pot hunter who finds a good bush
stock" it every day. If there are any
pheasants feeding in it he takes up his
position secure from their sight and
picks off the bird that is lowest down in
the bush. The others will be startled,
but will not fly. He may then kill them
all from the lowest up to the topmost.-
Baltimore San.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-01-04
Applying Muck to Sandy Land.

Sandy land being deficient in vegeta-
bic substance, the farmer should en-
deaver to apply such fertilizers as are
rich in these materials. Barn manure
Is better than concentrated commercial
fertilizers, because it contains large
quantities of partially decomposed veg
etable materials which readily mingIe
with the soil and make a mixture that
is highly beneficial to vegetable growth.
When only concentrated fertilizers can
be applied. efforts should be made to
restore the continued reduction of vege-
table substances from the soil by the
growing plants.
There are several ways to do this,
among them may be named ploWhing
in green crops, especially clover and
clover roots. On some farms where
there is deposit of good muck within
easy reach, the cheapest and probably
the best way to increase the vegetable
material in the soil, is the liberal appli-
cation of muck; not by the laborious
practice of carting it into the barn-yard
to compost with the manure and then
cart it out again, but by the direct APP
plication to the soil. If the muck be
well decomposed so that it will not dry
so hard that water will have no effect
on it, it may be spread on the surface
in December where it will be exposed
to the action of the frosts of winter, and
by spring be in condition to readily
mingle with the soil.
Fifty cords of muck to the acre, APP
piled in this way, will very much
change the nature of the soil, and Sc
cure for some years much larger crops.
If the muck can be dug out one or two
years before it is applied, it is much
better than if applied green; in fact
there are some kinds of muck that
never should be applied until it has
been dug out one or two years. Muck
that is full of acid will not readily
crumble in small pieces by the action
OF the frost and should not be applied
green; but muck that has advanced to
That stage of decomposition which is
necessary to cause it to crumble and
become fine by the action of the frost,
may be applied at once, in the autumn
after the ground freezes, and it will
very much improve the soil.
Every farmer should learn the quality
OF the muck that is found on his own
farm, then he will know how best to
use t.--MGssachatSetts Ploughnaan.