The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-07
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.


Travel the last day or two has increased hand
Bonely with majority of the Indianapolis roads
A j. Doherty has been appointed joint agent
of the West Shore and Hoosac Tunnel fast
freight lines at Peoria.
The earnings of the Indiana, Bloomington q
Western road for October were $3.50, LII q;
freight earnings, $143, O5l II; passenger earn
lings. $780, 7sS As; miscellaneous, SIG, 27457 This
IS slight decrease as compared with the earn
ings of the several divisions in October, 1883.
G. f. Henderson, general manager of the dl-
visions of the t., c. and St l.. road, which were
gathered in by the Corbin syndicate is spending
the week looking the property over Within the
aast thirty days ten miles of steel rails have been
Raid on the Dayton and Ironton, and III miles
additional have been purchased
The Decline people have assumed the agrees
hsive at Boston, and are making sharp drive to
secure the lions share of New England ousl-
lness for the West. A very handsome office has
lbeen fitted up on Washington street. Nj. L..
Donohce bright, wide-awake fellow, repre-
scents their interests there, and leaves no stone
Sunturned in his efforts to secure business.
Special Master Branson yesterday listened to
the arguments of the legal representatives in the
Illinois Midland foreclosure sale. A decision In
the matter is expected within the next thirty
days. The road is now doing the heaviest freight
business it has for some years, but, as now stu
.ated, is a much less valuable property than 1t
would be were it a part Of system like the
fYandalia.
Matters look rather squally fer the Indian
aDolis, Peru g. Chicago Railway Company.
When the lease of the road to the Wabash
was made it was thought all points were so COW
cred that should the lessees fail TO carry out
their part of the contract the trustees could
step in, take the property and turn it over to
the l., p. & G. bondholders. Now it is said the
interests are such and the situation IS so com
plcated that the courts are likely to be asked to
appoint a receiver for the property, which is
owned ty three distinct railroad corporations.
@. K. Lord, general passenger agent of the
Baltimore & Ohio road, in commenting on their
war with the Pennsylvania people, says that
they have been making more than before the
arbitrary action taken by the Pennsylvania.
"Our profits from hauling West Shore cars over
146 miles of our tracks are greater since the cut
ting of rates began than they were when we
carried passengers through over the entire line.
This should be taken with grain of salt Mr..
Lord thought that the Pennsylvania people
were profting by hauling their. trains until AS
-sistant General Passenger Agent Boyd presented
the actual figures.
Captain Smutz, on the Pennsylvania road,
Pittsburg division passenger conductor, has 9
smart dog which, with sufficient training will
make model railroader. Unless tied up he will
watch closely when the Captain leaves the house
ITO take his train and will follow him, and when
the train leaves he will follow it, running along
the ties at astonishing speed Of course the
train eventually gets the best of it, and his dog
ship is left far in the rear Often he will wait
along the road somewhere until his masters train
comes back, when he will trot along behind if,
and come into the station just as though he had
been to Pittsburg and back.