The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-26
OF THE RAILWAYS.


business.
Russell Elliott, auditor Of the Chicago & At
1antic railway, of Chicago, has been called to
New York.
S. F. Nourse, assistant auditor of the Louis.
vile, New Albany & Chicago road, succeeds G.
g. Breed, auditor, resigned.
G. E. Henderson, general manager of the l.,
B. & W., has an easy way of letting officials out.
He gives them a leave of absence indefinite as to
time.
S. D. Caldwell. who retires from the general
managership of the Red line March l, has been
appointed general manager of a line OF lake
steamers.
j. C. Anderson succeeds Henry Monet as gen
eral passenger agent of the Ontario & Western
road, operated by the New York, Buffalo & West
Shore Company.
The earnings of the Wabash railroad for the
second week in February were $4,000, an in
crease of $42, goo as compared with the CORE
spending period last year.
The management of the Indiana, Blooming
ton 6 Western road will hereafter fill all va
Gated positions by promotion OF men in their
employ. Such action insures good service.
The roads which depend upon the block coal
mines for their fuel are stocking up, as a strike
of the miners is threatened should the operators
lcut down their wages, which the latter seem
to be quite determined to do.
C. w. Minton was bounced at Columbus, O.,
yesterday. Mr.. Minton was for several years
private secretary for J. E. Ellison and c. c.
Waite when they were, respectively superintend-
ents of the Little Miami road.
In the forty eight hours ending at 6 P. NJ. yes
terday there were shipped east over the Bee
line by indianapolis produce dealers thirteen
carloads of eggs and dressed poultry. Indian
apolis now ranks as the largest shipping point of
eggs, poultry, and butter in the United States.
The spoilers who have been sent West by
Commissioner Fink are making things lively
for some of the Western freight agents. The
efforts of these detectives, smellers or investi-
gators, as they are variously termed, were not
as f~ruitless as some have supposed them to have
been.
There were shipped from the Indiana block
coal mines in the year 1888 $50, 04 tons of block
icoai, against 1868, SCI in the year 1882. Decrease
last year, 10, 487 tons. There was an increased
demand for the coal, but, unfortunately, the
miners struck at the very time the demand was
greatest.
An effort is to be made to get the presidents
and managers of indianapolis roads together
again next week to take definite action as to
building the new union depot. Something i'm
.portant would have been done before this had
not the foods interfered with business matters
generally.
There are some thirty carloads of export
freSghts held at one Of the fouring-mills and
about as many line agents are anxious to secure
the freight, but none, yesterday, dared go so far
as to cut the rate, and who will get the property
to carry is a question. of considerable interest in
LLCSHG ClClS6.
The indianapolis & st. Louis road is charged
with cutting rates on st. Louis, through one of
the ticket s~calpers, 81. 80. The statement, which
is made by a general passenger agent, is creating
considerable talk inrailroad circles. Until quite
recently the |. q st. L. is supposed to have been
one of the strongest sticklers fol. good rates, and
that they should now join the rate demoralizers
is much of a surprise and can hardly be cred
tied.
The proposition to build an elevated road
frOro SFoap- ~, Tho n c. r y pooA 10
the Grand Central Depot, at Cincinnati, is meet
ing with considerable favor. At an elevation to
clear the tracks of foods, unless more disastrous
than the recent one, hut two streets would be
crossed at grade. A civil engineer further states
that tlredirttake from the opening of the tunnel
you'd raise the track seven feet between the
tunnel and Storrs, which would enable the
trains of the c., /. st. /. & C. to run into Gin
tier. A few years ago an estimate of the cost of
cutting down the hill and doing away with the
tunnel was made, and it is thought $62, 600 would
do the work distribute the dirt between the
tunnel and Storrs, where the proposed elevated
track would be connected with.
The Indianapolis Car Works Company yes
terday completed the last installment of $50
box-cers they have built for the Great Western
Despatch since Sept. l, 1888. These cars are of
a superior pattern, cost 1900 apiece and are said
to be better cars than the Pullman Car Company
built for the New York, Buffalo g. West
Shore road, for which they paid $637 per car.
ne " w. u. car Is bnlFLy-IOuT It6G lOQSs elSuU
feet wide, six feet six inches in the clear between
plate and sill: braces, two by six inches; rods,
three-fourths of an inch; master car builder pat
tern axle, standard wheel, forty-eight; union
bolster springs under each car; carrying capacity,
10000. b. l.. Wagner, superintendent of rolling
stock of the Erie fast-frefght line, pronounces
them the model box-car in every respect.
East-ISound Rates Practically Restored.
{ 7. A. Lewis, western manager of the Erie
factfPaiObt 1inac rat1rOad from Nau VOpk vac-
terday, where he went for conference about rate
matters with his superior officers. He states
that President Jewett still instruets that rates
be strictly maintained. He says he is deter
mined to give the trunk-line pool a fair test, and
if it should appear in the future that pools were
failures and agreements of trunk line presidents
worthless the Erie would honorably withdraw
from the pool. The tenor of the remarks of a
prominent official of the Pennsylvania
per are much of the same character.
BY the by, it is more than probable
that the intimation of the journal a few days
since to the effect that the competitors of the
New York Central who were members of the
trunk-line pool are giving the New York Cen
trial rope that they may punish the New York,
Buffalo 81 West Shore road had some founda-
ton, as much of the business the Vanderbilt
lines have been carrying would have been car
ried by the West Shore lines had the former
lived up to rates. 1t should be borne in mind
that the east bound pooli Isl money pool, and when
che New York Central runs ahead of its per
cent. a certain per cent. of the earnings must be
paid over to its competitors to even the pool per
cents. General freight agents of Indianapolis
roads express the belief that east-bound rates
are being fairly maintained. A private telegram
from Commissioner Fink says that rates in Chi
cago, st. Louis and Peoria have nearly all been
restored, and he hopes that none of the lines will
break faith with each other for some time to
come.
Where indianapolis Shippers Have the Ad-
vantage.
Most of the prominent commercial centers are
envious of Indianapolis that it so far surpasses