The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-01
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.



ST Louis e. Pittsburg, indianapolis division, is
in the city, and will remain until noon to-day.
Pennsylvania agents are closely watching the
operations Of other roads, and will demand re
auctions in the tariff by the pool as often as cuts
are made by any of the roads
The postponed meeting of the general ticket
and passenger agents of the roads in the Chicago
aud Ohio river pool will be held in Commissioner
Richardson's Office tomorrow.
R.R. Cable, president of the Chicago & Rock
Island road, spent the Sabbath in Cincinnati, and
yesterday Went to Louisville, Ky. His present
trip is exciting some speculation.
VIM. Rush has been appointed agent of the
c., l., st H. & G. at Culvers, vice NJ Z. Cul-
vers, recently deceased, and NJ. r. Logan at
Adams, vice S B. Glass, resigned
Perry Griffin, who represents the interests of
the Chicago & Rock Island road at Columbus,
o. and j. S Corning, Western agent of the
West Shore road are in the city on official bust
ness.
An engineer corps in which Indianapolis par
tics are interested is again making surveys on
the Wabash canal tow-path. 1t is as good as
settled that in the near future this road will be
built.
John Macleod, general superintendent, and
Il. c. F. Bent, the new superintendent of trans
portation of the Louisville, New Albany d Chi
cage road, yesterday began an inspection trip OF
the road
A pool official says there has been no passen-
ger-rate cutting in the Chicago and Ohio
river pool or rumors of rate-cutting, since the
young man of the Louisville New Albany &
Chicago road was set out in the cold.
NJ W. Mansfield, engineer of maintenance of
wagon the Indianapolis division. of the c., St.
Ia e. P, who has been in Florida some six
weeks for the benefit of his health returned yes
tcrTiay, much improved by his sojourn in the
suany cline
The Cincinnati, Hamilton & indianapolis man
agement have now distributed ready to place in
the track, thirteen miles of steel rails between
Counersville and Rushvile. The eighteen miles
between these points is to be laid with steel rails,
and also the first ten miles west OF RushviIle, the
present season.
The current rumor that the Vanderbilt people
had ordered the Traders Dispatch, which oper
ates over the New York, Chicago & st. Louis
road west of Buffalo and the Erie east of that
point, off of the N. Y, c. & St L., on investi-
CATION proves to be unfounded This line
reaches indianapolis over the c., H. & D. sys-
ten.
Major Robert Emmett issues a circular to his
friends, in which he says Il to-day enter into
~~the passenger service of the Louisville, New
Albany & Chicago road, headquarters Indian
aPSis, and respectfully ask the same kind CON
sideraton that received in former years. For
the present, my office will be at No. So South
Alabama street.
Mr.. D. H. Roche viii be appointed general
freight agent of the Ohio Southern railroad,
vice Ford Woods, transferred. Mr.. Woods
Office as assistant general freight agent of the
Indiana, Bloomington & Western railway, will
probably be moved to Indianapolis some time
within the next month. Mr. Roche's appoint
msRt will take effect to-day.
The Cincinnati, indianapolis st. Louis & Chi
cSgo afternoon express connects at Cincinnati
with the Chesapeake d Ohio night eK-
press east, as Well as the Baltimore
Ohio, and by the change of
time which went into effect yesterday the
former makes the same time to Baltimore, Wash
linston and other Eastern cities as does the B. &
Q. road
Local passenger agents profess to be anxious
that the outside Offices should be opened for the
viii likely lead to shutting the Offices
mp closely. Cutting rates 81 to
IS to Kansas and Texas points, as was done yes
terday, certainly indicates that the local agents
not safe men to allow to have full swing of
the sale of tickets.
District Passenger Agent Denney of the Wa
bash road, yesterday received full line of
tickets and is now preparing to place them on
sale at their outside Office. The Indiana, Bloom
ington & Western and the Cincinnati Indianap-
oils, St. Louis & Chicago roads, for some time
past have been selling coupon tickets at their
outside Offices and the Wabash people are in
ciined to follow suit.
The locomotive mileage on the Vandaka svs-
tenn was in January So 600 miles, and in Febru-
AIRY %, 900 miles larger than in the corresponding
months, 1883. Whether the earnings will show
a proportionate increase is doubtful, as during
that time west-bound business was heavy, while
their east bound traffic was light Hauling
loaded cars one way and empty the other does
not swell the revenue as much as desired
Commencing with to-day only one fast-freight
line of each trunk line will operate over
Erie will be represented by the South
Shore line, the Pennsylvania by the
Union line, the New York Central by the
Nickel plate, the Baltimore & Ohio by the Con
tinental The Midland line as soon as practiea-
bic, will transfer its entire business to the Lake
Erie & Western for the benefit of which the
Midland line first established.
The future of the Bee-line system is eonsd-
cred auspicous and it is believed its earnings for
1884 will exceed those of any former year Still
the prosperity of this as well as any other rail
way depends to great extent upon the crops.
The St. Louis Railway Register says: This line
perhaps as much as any other in the West, if
NOT more than others, is dependent upon
through traffic and well maintained rates for its
profitable operation. If rates should become
demoraized this year the company would suffer
seriously, but should peace permit, the Bee line
with decreased operating expenses because of
good track and perfected facilities, will be able
to make showing which viii prove most pleas
ant to the owners and friends of the property.
Views of the Railroad Presidents on the Rate
War.
NJ. E. Engalls, president of the Cincinnati,
Indianapolis, ST. Louis 6 Chicago road, spent
few hours in this city on Saturday. When asked
his opinion as to how long the rate war in the
trunk-line pool would last answered. ''All sum
Iner, possibly" Should we have a good wheat
crop and business improve somewhat, there
would be a toning up in rates if not the present
low rates would rule until the fall traffic set in
or the corn crop of 1884 began to move. With
the present light tonnage it was useless for the
trunk line pool to undertake to enforce main
tenance of rates. William H. Vanderbilt is re-
ported as saying: II approve of Pennsylvania
course in demanding the reduction OF grain rates
to the cut basis. 1t will bring the roads doing
the cutting to their senses better than anything
else do not think many roads want to carry
grain from Chicago under Is cents. If they do,
It is because they want to lose money Our
roads are Indifferent to grain freight at that figure
do not think the pool is 1nenaced" President
RnhartS of the PnnnsNrlvania Cnrn h,,