The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-18
AFEAIRS-0F THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.

C. ]. Hepburn, general superintendent of the
c., II. & D. line, is to be in the city to-day.
C. S. Tappan, general manager of the Nickel
plate fast freight line, is in the city on official
business.
A. Sully. vice-president, and c. E. Henderson,
general manager of the L, B. & w. system, &c
East to-day.
The stockholders of the Ohio Southern road
hold their annual meeting at Springfield, O.,
on Monday next.
The Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati & Indi-
annapolis Railway Company has III stockholders
and a majority of the holders have great faith III
the future of the road.
An official of a competing line of the Vandalia
and Pennsylvania roads yesterday remarked
''if that fast train goes on, if we cannot meet the
time we can cut the passenger rates." a remark
which certainly has some significance.
The c., l., st. L. & c. and Vandalia people
yesterday contracted to carry several hundred
carloads of stone from the q~uarries in st. Pau
TO Terre Haute, to be laid in the walls OF the
new Vigo county courthouse.
Robert T. Kinnaird, chief clerk in the Office
of W. w. Worthington. general superintendent
of the Fort Wayne, Cincinnati and Louisville
railroad, has been appointed general passenger
and ticket agent, vice George B.. Campbell, re-
signed. The change takes place on May l.
Robert Blee, superintendent of the eastern di-
vision of the Decline system, and Superintend-
emit Burrows, of the western division, were in
the city yesterday in conference with Superin-
tendent Evan, of the middle division, regard
ing proposed changes in schedule time of some
of their trains.
The c., st. L. g. P, and the c., l.. St. L.
e c. railroad companies will probably join hands
and construct a large reservoir on the high
grounds two miles east, from which to draw
the water to supply the shops and reund-house OF
the c., st. L.. 81 p, now nearing completion,
and those which the c., l., st. L. & G. propose
soon to build in the eastern part of the city.
Hon. j. H. Devereux, president of the Bee
line system, breathes more freely over the finan-
cial situation of the property at present than al
any time since'he has been so prominently con
nected with the interests of theroad. His fnan-
cfal plan of refunding the debt has been a grand
success, and twelve months from now the entire
system will be in excellent condition physically,
and not only liked charges will be earned, but
1t will be placed on the list of dividend paying
roads
The statement that the Union Railway Com
panyais to take within its folds none of the roads
outside of the original owners is without founda-
ton. SThe l., B. & w. and the Wabash are
members of the new company, and President
Roosevelt, Of the L., N. A. & G. (Air-line( has
given the Union railway people to understand
If they do not become members of the associa-
ton that they will come in as renters and pay
whatever is their share of expenses, and Vice
president Waite, of the c., H. & L, expresses a
willingness to do whatever is right and honora-
BILE in the matter.
One of the best feeling railroad officials that
has been in the city for many a month was M.
E. ingalls,. Since March l, the earnings of the
c., l., st. Il. & G. have been very satisfactory
on all divisions and promise to continue. 1t
is practically settled that the Bee line and the
Baltimore g. Ohio will purchase one-third in
terest in the Grand Central depot at Cincin-
natl, and with that purchase-money President
ingalls, can pay off the entire floating debt of
the Big Four and. have something of a sur
plus left; and President IngaAs's motto from this
day on is to be, "pay asyou CO."
The indianapolis lowjoint rate committee have
adopted for their motto; indianapolis against the
field. One of their number says he hopes to hear
no more howlings of discrimination against In
dianapolis on the Board of Trade, as shippers
who will bring their grievances before the local
rate committee will receive attention, and any
thing that discriminate against the business in
terests of Indianapolis viii be remedied. Com
missioner Richardson, of the Chicago and Ohio
river pool, should have the credit of creating
his association, which promises so much good to
Indianapolis as a business point. 1t is admitted
by all that in rate matters Indianapolis has not
had hardly a fair show, which is due more to a
neglect in Investigating the matter than to a dis
position by the agents to pay no respect to the
wishes of shippers.