The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-20
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.

HerSOnal ana Local.
VIM. R. McKeen, president of the vandalia,
is in the city.
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe gave Commits
sioner Daniels notice yesterday that it would
withdraw from the Colorado and Utah pools.
The G., L, st L. &C earned in the first week
of September, $55, 767, a decrease as compared
with the corresponding week, 1883, of $l,977.
William M. Clark has been appointed general
Eastern freight and passenger agent of the Mis-
souri, Pacific in New York, vice. G. G. Eddy,
resigned.
The Boston Traveller says the earnings of the
N. Y. & N, E. railroad for the year are in
sufficient to meet the fixed charges of the cor
poration by fully $400,0 600.
The official report of the Mexican Central
Railroad Company shows the earnings for
August to be $40, 1873, against 1920, 153 for July.
President Nickerson sails for Europe Oct. 8.
1t is stated that the interchange in traffic nov
going on between the Cincinnati, Indianapolis,
ST. Louis & Chicago and the Cincinnati South
ern road is 30 per cent. heavier than m any
former year.
Superintendent Stevenss shows
that the total loss on account of accidents on the
loo miles of road Of the eastern division of the
Wabash, during the months Of July and Au-t
gust, was 1920.
The United States and American Express
Companies have been notified to withdraw from
the Pittsburg g Western railway and its local
lines, as it Is the intention of the latter to run
their WI express.
With the better maintenance of passenger
rates receipts at the outside Offices are showing
up handsomely. The revenue from one ticket
exceeding in amount that of a half dozen tickets
when rates were an to pieces.
General freight agents are Of the opinion that
the new corn crop will begin to move two or
three weeks earlier than usual, probably October
70. The prospects for a good demand, a heavy
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England and interior points, it is said, are very
fattering.
The L,B, & ". for the last month has been
carrying n per cent Of the east bound freight
out of Indianapolis, and also from points be-
yond. The ratio is about the same. consequently
there Is a general howl among the roads COM
peting, who openly charge that the J., B. e. w.
is Strengthening rates.
The Levy & Alden cars, which were to have
gone into service on the e. & T. Fl. and the
Vandalia, some time ago, but didn't, were placed
on the line between Evansville and Indianapolis,
yesterday. They are combination chair and sleep
ing cars of q new pattern, and will most likely
prove popular with the travelling public.
The Bee-line and the Fort Wayne, Cincinnati
& Louisville road are giving the Wabash people
some warm competition on travel to Fort
Wayne and points in that vicinity. The Bee
line train out of Indianapolis at 6:l5 A. M. makes
connection with the FIT. W, G. e L. at Muncie,
and passengers reach Fort Wayne at 1880 A. NJ
The fast passenger traffic arrangement be-
tween New York, Boston and st. Louis, by the
way Of West Shore, Great Western division of
the Grand Trunk and Wabash, it is said, has
spurred up the Pennsylvania people, and it Is
highly probable that they will shorten up the
time between st. Louis and the East over the
Pennsylvania and Vandalia lines several hours,
as talked of last spring.
The general passenger agent of one Of the In
dianapotis lines yesterday notified the general
passenger agent Of another road that he had
evidence that the latteris local agent was cutting
west-bound rates by working through q South
Ilinois-street scalper. The general passenger
agent Of the offending road said be could hardly
believe il, but he would thoroughly investigate
the matter, and if true would at once put q stop
to it.
O. A. Greenleaf win ship this month three fifty
hvefoot c~astiron turntables for the u, 3. &
w. railway, which are to go in the round houses
on the Ohio Southern division. Also, one of the
same size and style to the ssVandaliav for its
South Bend round-house. Will ship later in the
month. four fifty wroughtiron turntables to the
Nashville, Chat. & St. L. railway, which has
already seven of this style in use. All of these
tables are Of unusually heavy PatteGn, and are
propertloped for the heaviest consolidated en-
gines.
L. ID. Richardson, commissioner Of the Chi
cago and Ohio River pool, yesterday issued the
following Notice to the members of che pool:
Pursuant to resolution adopted at meeting held
at Chicago, Aug Il, 1884 -ali tho necessary sta