The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-14
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.


Johnny Bowling, agent for the Nandalla at
! Greencastle, has gone to California on health
seeking and pleasure trip.
G. c, Waite, vice-president and general man
! ager of the c.. H. & d. lines, is expected home
from California about May 30,
+. W. Peck, of Chicago was in attendance at
! the l.. B. & w. annual meeting yesterday, and
left for New York last evening.
The annual meeting of the Western Assoca-
J ton of General Ticket and Passenger Agents
will be held in Louisville, KY, to-day.
The Barney e. Smith car works are building
a very handsome official car for Vice president
and General Manager Waite, of the c., H. & D.
lines.
Ford Wood, assistant general freight agent,
of the l., B. d w, on Saturday next moves his
headquarters from Springfield, Ohio, to Indi-
annapolis.
j. C. McQuiston, late general roadmaster on
the c., J.. St L. d G., has been offered a good
position on the Erlanger system, and has its &C
ceptance under consideration.
c. &c. Henderson, receiver of the Danve,
Olney & Ohio River road, has asked creditors
of the road to send statement of their accounts
against Charles Howard, late receiver OF the
property.
The admission of the Louisville New Albany
IS Chicago road to the indianapolis east-bound
pool gives indianapolis seven roads carrying east
bound business, being only one less than Chicago
has and really as direct.
VIM. jackson, secretary and treasurer of the
Union Railway Company, was asked yesterday
by telegram from President Roberts OF the
Pennsylvania lines, to come to Philadelphia, and
he left last night for that point
The Decline people have built some fifty extra
large size box cars to run on their through bust
ness, which specially adapted to carrying
light, bulky freights, such as lounges, which are
being shipped daily from indianapolis to New
York by the carload,
The Cincinnati, Hamilton & indianapolis is as
Stunning considerable importance as through
line. both east and west. The Erie is throwing
considerable west bound business over it and
eastward the through tonnage thus far this year
has been treble that of any former year.
The earnings of the roads in the Florida Rail
way and Navigation Companys system, of which
Major B. S. Henning is president. continue to
show handsome increase, the first five months OF
this year earning 1854 l75 against 1921, $50 cor
responding period 1883. Increase this year,
$56,S40
The Philadelphia Press says: 'DIr. George W.
Boyd assistant general passenger agent of the
Pennsylvania railroad, will occupy his Cape May
cottage this season." His many friends in In
danapolis will be pleased to know that he has so
pleasant a summer resort in which to spend his
few leisure hours.
Major Robert Emmett was yesterday prOmot.
ed to the position of district passenger agent Of
the Louisville New Albany & Chicago road, with
territory in Indiana and Michigan. Major EN-
NETT has been doing some good work for the
road of late. and this promotion shows that his
labor is appreciated by the management
The Cleveland Herald says that representa-
tive of the Pennsylvania claims that the West
Shore has it's tickets on sale with scapers in that
city Well, what of It'll indianapolis scalpers
are selling tickets reading over Pennsylvania
lines, and no one believes that the Pennsylvania
people place their tickets in the scalper's hands
Secretary Sanger, of the Yardmaster's Mutual
BENEFIT Association, has received notice from
forty two roads that they would pass delegates
to their annual convention, in Atlanta, Ga, on
credentials and all other roads asked for trans
portation have expressed a willingness to issue
passes to delegates and their wives through the
usual medium
A railroad man, who is good Judge of the
value of railroad properties, and who is
quite guarded in his remarks said in a
conversation yesterday that should the Wabash
people allow the Indianapolis Peru & Chicago
division of the system to revert back into the
hands of the Cutting syndicate, it would incur
heavy loss to the latter the business of the
road has fallen off 50 per cent in the last three
years, and physically it had deprecated 80 per
cent.
The l., B. & W. people are said to be the only
stumbling block in the way of organizing the
Indianapolis and Peoria pools and having them
in good running order by June |. An officer of
a competing line is quoted as saying that Presi-
dent Corbin must have an enormous amount of
cheek ''to attempt to dictate 10 the great rail
road system of the country with his little jerk
water line However, in regard to Corbin, he
might as well accept the inevitable and join the
pool, for with him it is only question of coming
in or being kicked in" Such talk as this will
not certainly tend to harmonic matters
The pamphlet published by the committe of
the Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati d lndianap-
Oils Railroad Company, giving the statistics upon
which the recent returns of the directors was
based in refusing to issue additional stock to rep
resent betterments, is being favorably COM
inented upon by the press so full and fair are
the statements made. This McHenry idea of
watering the capital stock until it becomes in
trinsically worthless, merely to carry out the
theory of keeping income and capital accounts
separate, is not one that commendS itself to
American railway owners The better plan is
the one now followed of investing surplus earn
ings in improvements, and thus making the prop
erty each year more valuable.
The YaFdmasters' Mutual Benefit Association.
J. c. Campbell, president of the Yardmasters'
Mutual Benefit Association of the United States
and Canadas under date of May 10 issues call
for the tenth annual convention which convenes
at Atlanta, Ca, June H. 1884. Arrangements
have been made with the Markham House at
special rates. and headquarters will be at that
place All delegates are requested to wear
badges with the number of their division and
name of their city printed thereon, and in order
TO have uniformity, blue badge nine inches
long, and half inches wide, with gold letters
is recommended. The annual report of Joseph
Sanger secretary and treasurer, will show:
Number of members April 80, 1888 .7O5
Number of new members since April 80 1888, to
April 30 1854 .337
Number of members forfeited membership for
L,ayment of dues .-....--..--.-..--.....123
Nunbef of members deceased Observation-Disclosures. 8
Number of members renstated. ...-...-.--.-.. 2
Number of members voluntarily withdrawn. 2
Total membership. --..-....--..--..-......9
RECEIPTS.
Cash in treasury April 80, 1888. $51O49
Cash received from admission fees. 674.00
Cash received from assessments. 254. 90
Cash received from reinstatements. 400