The Indianapolis journal., 1884-12-25
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.



which haul the fast trains over the Wabash main
line
H. @. Post, one of the Oldest and most popular
passenger conductors on the Ohio 4 Mississippi
road, died at Beardstown, Tuesday night, of
typhoid fever.
AS unfavorable as is the weather the c., L. st.
L. & G. people managed to get thirty five freight
trains over the road on Tuesday, and yesterday
business was about as heavy
B. Franklin Sipp. private secretary of ]. W.
Sherwood superintendent of the c., l., ST. L. &
c., has gone to Eau Claire Wis, to spend
Christmas. His wife accompanied him.
The Monon night train carried five seepers
crowded with ladies to the New Orleans exposi-
tion last Monday night The Lafayette Courier
says the porters were kicking themselves to
pieces-there were no shines in that crowd.
Commissioner Doherty, of the indianapolis
East bound pool expects to get all arrangements
perfected for weighing of all ears laden with
east bound through business by Jan. !, 1888. 1t
has been quite task to get the plan in working
order.
Two hundred and thirty car loads of hogs, 23
of cattle and of sheep brought to the
Union Stock-yards yesterday. So Systematically
are matters managed there that the decks were
cleared by 2 p. NJ, and ready for another days
business.
Now rumor comes that Jay Gould is figuring
with Vanderbilt 10 secure control of the Nickel
plate road for the purpose of making it part of
the Wabash system. Manager Talmage is just
the right man to bring the Nickel-plate road out
Of the mire.
The Wisconsin Central gives notice of tine ap-
pointments Of F. II. Alison and c. e. Robb as
passenger and ticket agents at Minneapolis and
~. Paul respectively. Evidently the Central
people propose to give the c., NJ 70 st. L. some
warm competition.
The c., l., St L. & G.. company have this
week. received from the Schenectady Locomotive
Works two more engines; both are monster
switch engines, and will be used in the Indian
apOlis yards. They weigh fortyfye tons eachs
and are models in every respect
The local freight agents met yesterday to com
plete the work preparatory to the revised tariff
taking effect The tariff takes effect Jan.
], and by the revised rates between all junction
points covered by the Middle and Western States
classification Association are simply harmonized,
not advanced.
President Corbin. of the Long Island road.
will do over on Christmas what he so kindly aud
gracefully did on ThanKsgiving-namely, give
each Of his employees q turkey. If railroad and
other corporations would initiate Mr.. Corbin's
noble example, turkey would pay them bigger
dividends and more regularly than railroad
stocks
There is good authority for saying that the
dilferential rate in the Chicago & Ohio River
pool allowed the l.. B. q w. and the Chicago q
Eastern illinois roads will be abolished, and ali
other questions at issue harmonized at the com
iag pool meeting The intention now is to
make it one Of the most solid and smoothest
working pools in the country.
Tho unusually large number of accidents
which are caused by aXles breaking under
tenders has led master mechanics to the belief
that too much coal is often loaded upon them.
In this connection we note that, by order of
General Manager Talmage, no more than five
tons Of coal are now permitted to be loaded on
the tender Of any Wabash engine
The fact that the court has ordered sale of
the Toledo & indianapolis road has created much
cVutcst for its possession: The Indiana, Bloom
iagton e Western and the Toledo, Ann Arbor
Is Northern Michigan are competing for it with
Ghs most earnestness. This line would secure
she latter company a southern outlet to Column
bus and the coal region of central Ohio.
assistant General Passenger Agent Van
Deusen, of the c., st. L. s. p, says the l., B. &
W people may purchase all the tickets of the
e. St L. & P. between indianapolis and Chica
60 at full rates they choose to; the more the bet
ter He says these tickets were all sold prior
u Nov. II, when rates were restored. General
Passenger Agent Bronson, of the l., B. 81 W., on
Tuesday found several c., St l.. Il 2. tickets for
which Commissioner Richardson, of the Chicago
s. Ohio River pool. paid him full tariff rates
l. is to be hoped there is not many of these
tickets outfor as long as there are rates between
Indianapolis and Chicago will be more or less
denorahzed
indianapolis passengers can now take the O.,
st L. q L 4:40 p. NJ. Tram laulng Une NUS
burg Pullman car, and at Plttsburg take
through car next morning for Baltimore Wash
ingtOn, and the South Tho Pennsylvania Rail
road Company has placed in service a through
car between the above-named points. Eastward
bound this will run on day express, leaving
Pittsburg 8;35 A. NJ, arriving at Baltimore 7;2O
p. a. and Washington S:45 P. NJ The returning
car will run from Washington on fast line. leav-
ing Washington at $40 A NJ, Baltimore Calvert
station at 1850 A. M, the Union station at
HOO A. NJ, arriving at Pittsburg 11:30 P. M,
and at indianapolis at ll:45 A NJ. Such an
Tangement will add greatly to the comfort of
traVes over this line.
Some months since General Manager Waite
purchased three mogul and two consol freight
engines to be put in service on the Cincinnati,
Hamilton 8 indianapolis division of the c., H.
& D. and after fair trial the Mogul engines
for hilly road give the best satisfaction. They
do not haul quite many cars, but make much
better time than do the consol. Moguls
then. not such ravenous coal consumers
The mogul engines weigh 90, 900 pounds have an
16by-24nch cylinder AZ foot drivers, and the
weight upon the driving wheels direct is rs, sos
pounds. The consol engines weigh 90, 900 pounds
have 20by inch cylinders, 4-foot drivers
and the weight direct upon the driving wheels is
$1,000 pounds On dead pull, they are im-
mense but are so slow in picking up train
IS running down hill that it gives the mogul build
the advantage
Competition Working Out the Granger Prob
lem.
Fresh evidence daily appears that competition
is causing reduction of rates, which Is really
striking. Yesterday an indianapolis coal dealer
received from Pittsburg direct by rail- fifteen
carloads of Pittsourg coal, and it cost him twen-
sy-iye cents less per ton to ship it here by rail
than he can to-day get it down the river and ship
from Cincinnati Madison to indianapolis.
And yesterday seven of these cars, without
breaking bulk, We're shipped to neighborng
towns All this comes from the Baltimore e.
Ohio company opening its line west out of Pitts