The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-12-11
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.

yards, in the eastern part of the city, are to be
lighted by forty five electric lights
/. The, IL, N. A. & c. main line shows an in
Brease in gross. earnings for November, 1884. as
compared with the corresponding month of 1888
Of 8, 200
The architects drawings and working plans of
the new Union Depot, which it has been agreed
upon 10 build the coming season, will, after to-
day, be hung up in yiee-president Malctts Of
Eice, where they can be seen by persons inter
ested.
President ingalls,, of the c., L. ST. L. 6 c.,
speaks very encouragingly of the business the
road is now doing. He states that the gross
earnings of the line for the first week IN Deem
Der will show an increase over the corresponding
week of last year of % per cent
1t is questionable whether in passenger traffic,
a. well as in freight traffic railroad manage
Eaents are not unwisely paying more attention to
through than local business. One indianapolis
road runs three express trains a day, each way.
ind but one local train, when exactly the reverse
would yield much larger revenue.
VIM. Parmalee, agent of the West Shore fast
freight lines at this point, was yesterday mott
ned that this line had commenced working lie
high Valley, the Philadelphia q Reading, and
She Southern Central road of New York The
importance of whipping the West Shore into the
trunklne pool daily becomes more apparent.
Ono Of the largest grain dealers in this section
yesterday remarked on Change that he had been
in business for several years in indianapolis, and
yesberday was the first time he was unable to
get reduction from tariff rates, either by cut
Or rebate, but he had offered 100 cars to several
of the lines, and he could not get one mill per
100 pounds of a cut.
The c., l.. St L. & C. people have under con
sideration the shortening of the running time Of
their day express trains between Cincinnati and
IL tt,o
running time of their night express trains dur
ing the winter months between those points one
half hour. AT both termini the night trains ar
rive at too early an hour.
Notice comes that the Lackawanna people are
disposed to act more honOrably in the future
than in the past in the matter of mainte-
nance of through rates. Not only have they
agreed to advance live stock rates on Monday
next, but agree to advance west bound rates
Jan 1, when their contracts expire. The West
Shore will then be the only thorn the trunk-line
pool will have to contend with.
Now that President Ingalls, of the c., L. St
j.. g. c.. has carried through his scheme to give
cincinnati 4 grand union depot, it IS to be hoped
Ehe will turn his attention to Indianapolis Never
was there a better time to begin the erection oil
a new union depot at this important railroad
center than now; material is cheap, labor is low,
and bonds of the Union Railway Company could
be hOated, so plenty is money, at most any rate
OF interest which could be reasonably named.
New York papers are urging the Pennsylvania
people to take a hand in the passenger war but
wisely they remain out, and certainly are real
dzing more money from their business than are
their competitors who Strengthening rates
The best move that the Pennsylvania people
could make, says one of their officials would be
to shorten their time still more between Chicago
and New York and St Louis and New York
Here is where the Pennsylvania has the real
advantage
Superin tendent Burrows, of the indianapolis
st Loms road is enforcing the rules to
the letter. Last Monday the night telegraph OPP
orator, Shannon, forgot to light the Block signal,
in consequence of which he was laid off ten days.
Tomlinson the day operator, also violated this
rule, and he also will be laid off ten days. In
times past accidents have been entirely too fire
quent on this road. and the present exemption is
doubtless due to more care on the part Of train
men and operators.
For years past Indianapolis shippers have pro
claimed loudly that if they could be placed on
an equal basis with Chicago and Peoria, as re
CARDS rates. they would show that indianapolis
shippers could do business as cheap and as sue
cessfully as shippers at the points named above.
In other words, were not indianapolis discrimi
mated against in rates, they would show what
could be done. Now there is an opportunity as
unquestionably at all Western points rates are
being strictly maintained. For the first time IN
years, shippers at this point, at PEORIA at Chi
cago, and at st. Louis admit that rates are solid
Inc Ir1cHuS OF JH6 NJl6VeiRDu lnulaua % OF
Louis railroad were III session in this city mos
of the day yesterday. Colonel John Lee, the
leading spirit improves OH all former reports by
stating that the road will extend from Toledo or
the Lake through Anderson, Lebanon, and Paris.
ILL.,. to the Rio Grande, instead of, as originally
projected, from Anderson, Ind, to Paris, Iii.
The enterpFising colonel further states that they
are now assured that parties are ready to ad
vance the money on their first issue of 81 0000 0t
of bonds. He is now sanguine that work on the
r0a will he in nacta nc PLY aSM |
The Pennsylvania people are to have some
wide-awake competition for passenger traffic
between Pittsburg and Chicago Dec 81 the
Pittsburg 81 Western which, it is said is backed
by the Baltimore g. Ohio. put on fast train
between Pittsburg and Chicago. 1t will b.
equipped with sleeping-cars and all the convent
ences of modern travel. and will mako the run
in probably two hours less time than the present
runs made by the Fort Wayne or Panhandle
roads. The route IS not any shorter, but this
fast time is made by a close connection at Chi
cage junction with the Baltimore & Ohio limited
express A Toleda coach will also DO hauled on
this train.
The superintendent and agents held their
third conference yesterday, to consider changing
the method of doing the switching service al
this point and the further the matter is invesri
gated, the larger does the proposed change ap
pear. No definite action was taken yesterday
Several gave their views as to the change but
there was not that unanimity OF feeling which
ubddliy DflHSS SOOu results. some 10eAS or
POSSIBLY better suggestions were advanced
which it was thought best to refer to the general
managers for approval. Possibly at the next
meeting, sufficient progress will have been mad,
10 give the conferences more Importance than
they have yet proved to have
Henry Graves, who, as well as being large
holder of the bonds of the L. B. & w. road, is
largely interested in the Ohio Southern road spen
yesterday in the city. Mr. Graves, as do Others
who understand the location Of the Ohio South
ern and its coal mining interests, predicts a
great future for this road. In addition to thu
improvements already put upon the property
1t Is now to be laid it's entire length from Spring
Reld to Jackson with steel rails weighing sixty
pounds TO the yard. They now have 1890 Goa
cars in service. most Of them 900 pounds ca
rapacity. To this number they will add another
1000 cars within the next nine months, and
seven Consol engines, four of which were con
Jraeted for this week.
The through buffet Pullman cars run between
St Louis and New York. over the Vandalia and