The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-04
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.



mental line, was in the city yesterday on official
business.
George E. Knight succeeds Frank E. Snow as
commercial agent at Detroit of the Wabash, st.
Louis & Pacific.
George Bender, superintendent of the Ken
lucky Central, was in the city yesterday. He
reports business as good with Southeastern
lines.
Freight trains coming from the North yester-
day gave evidences of having passed through
heavy snow storms in the last day or two. Snow
a foot deep was piled on the top of some of the
cars.
The large number of New York, Buffalo g.
West Shore or West Shore line cars standing
on side-tracks hereabouts is good evidence that
they expect to get their share of business when
there is any property going forward.
j. NJ Kerper pool auditor Columbus, Q, of
the B. e. o. railroad, c. Fl V. & T. railway
and O. c. railroad, is in the city visiting friends.
Mr.. Kerper was formerly treasurer of the In
dianapolis, Cincinnati & Lafayette road, now
the c., l., st. L. & c.
Charles E. Walton has been appointed divi
sion operator of the PittsbUg, Fort Wayne
Chicago railway between Chicago and Crestline
with power to employ and dismiss telegraph
operators on the western division. Mr. Wal
tens headquarters will be at Fort Wayne.
An average OF ninety ldlIOdl Iltu SbOpp6u
daily at the BrghtwOod Home in the month of
February. The reading-room is one of their
pleasantest resorts. Here is found a library of
260 volumes of standard works The Decline
people are leaving nothing undone to make 1t an
attractive place to their employees
The prospects are exceedingly good that all
outside passenger offices will, within the next
thirty days, be selling tickets as in days of yore.
10 fact, with two exceptions, they are now doing
50. but in an underhanded manner and 1t would
certainly be better to throw the bars down and
let all the roads go about it in an honorable
manner.
There is excellent authority for the statement
that the Bee-Ene people have abandoned the idea
of bidding in The Illinois Midland at the coming
foreclosure SALE but are, in a quiet manner,
working to secure control of the Peoria, Decatur
s. Evansville road, which would be much more
valuable feeder to the I. & st. L. division Of the
Decline.
e. B. Thomas, general manager of the Bee
line system, goes to Florida for brief rest.
Mr. Thomas is credited with being one of the
hardest working railroad men in the country,
and in the year 1883 was on the road 2l0 days
of the &c., and when at home he is in his office
early and late.
Indications now are that the Chicago and
Ohio River pool will run along without read
jlstment of per cents, although it was under
stood that in March these would be readjusted
AIRY, but the storms and floods in those months
interfered so seriously with traffic that no ton
mage basis could well be fixed upon.
A Chicago, st. Louis & Pittsburg locomotive,
equipped with the electric headlight, a descrip-
tion of which was given in the Journal some
days since, has made four round trips between
Indianapolis and Bradford, the light not making
q break but performing admirably. Engineer
Tinney says he could see the track a distance of
twenty eight telegraph poles, or 2, 800 feet
c. j. Hepburn, superintendent of the Cincin-
matt, Hamilton & Dayton road who is now in
Cory, Pa, for the benefit of his health, writes
a friend in this city, under date of March l. that
he is improving rapidly under cold-water treat
snent. Ten days ago, when he reached the
water cure, he was helpless, but can now walk
Hp and down stairs with the assistance of a
cane.
Last week brought to the surface the fact
that several Western roads had contracts out
in freights to be forwarded East. The Wabash,
o. & NJ, Indiana, Bloomington & Western and
other roads reported contracts but all were will
ing to abrogate them. Intimation was received
that contracts made by Wabash out of Chicago,
about which some doubt was expressed, would
be abrogated.
There was better evidence yesterday that east
bound rates were being maintained at this point
than at any time for many months past An In
dianapolis firm which has 100 of corn to ship.
yesterday vainly tried the twenty or more
freight agents at this point stating that a FIVE
cent cut would move it. Failing in this, he
tried to find three-cent cut. but to no avail.
When an agent knows his position is at stake, he
is very apt to hold to rates.
It is quite probable that Major Robert Emmett
viii return to his old stamping grounds. Mr..
Emmett now represents the Pennsylvania lines
at Topeka, Kan, but is offered what in railroad
parance is termed the district passenger agency
of the Bee line, headquarters i'm Uhsir Office
at this point. He has the matter under consid-
Grafton. Should Bob" as he rs familidrly
known accept, he will work UP some lively com
petition for competitors of the Decline system
of roads
The Louisville New Albany & Chicago Air
line, 50 far as this point is concerned, is one
with the Cincinnati, Indianapolis, st. Louis &
Chicago road, and all talk to the effect that the
former is to build passenger depot or that the
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Indianapolis will is
mere bosh. President Roosevelt. of the L., N.
A. & c., favOrs the reOrganiza-
ton scheme and the only objec
ton that G. G. Waite general manager of the
c., FL & l.. raises to becoming a member is
that he believes that it would be better policy
for the c.. H. & l. to lease. The matter of the
Wabash becoming member of the new Union
railway organization will be attended to at an
early day by General Manager Talmage
No Reduction To BE Made Rates.