The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-19
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.


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Cleveland yesterday to talk over rate matters.
General Freight Agent McDoel, of the L., n
A & c., gives notice that to-day hrs office will
be removed from 49, to 1879 Dearborn street, Chi
caro-
The c., II g. l. is doing heavy stock traffic
Monday thirty six carloads of cattle and hogs
were galhered up at local points on the line; yes
terday. forty7hye carloads.
The Vandalia is suffering in its reputation as
a rate maintaining line through the statements of
a south Illinois street scalper, who represents
himself as being agent of the road
The Railway Passenger and Freight Conduc
tors Mutual Aid and Benefit Association, for the
United States and Canada, will meet in conven-
ton to-day, st the Grand Pacific Hotel. Chicago
Local passenger rates are off again. and the
local agents are getting their paint.
81 75cut on Quakers to North Carolina, and 50
rate to Kansas City reported to have been
given yesterday.
Henry Myers, assistant engineer of the Cam
den & Atlantic Railroad Company, is to become
the assistant to Superintendent Barnard, of the
Pennsylvania Schuykill Valley lines which is to
be opened Monday next
Work on the extension of the Lake Erie &
Western road to the coal fields of Illinois, and
then on to Peoria, was begun Monday. Favora-
Die overtures have been received from the Balti-
more & Ohio road for business connections.
C. E. Henderson general manager, and G. w.
Fairbanks, attorney for the divisions of the T.,
G. & st. L., recently gathered in by the Gorbin
syndicate, are this week in Ohio looking matters
0vsr. Mr. Fairbanks, before returning, Will go
On to Boston, Mass, to see parties interested IN
the property.
The telegraph construction party on the Van
daiia have reached South Bend with the wires,
and everything will be in readiness to com
mence running trains from Terre Haute to
South Bend Monday next The extension is so
well constructed that the same speed can be
ma1e over it as is made over the older part of
the road
Rumor has it that the presidency of the Balti-
more & Ohio road will be offered, to morrow to
John King Should he accept it is believed
George Blanchard would be made president of
the Erie. With Mr.. King in charge of the Bal
timore & Ohio and Mr.. Blanchard in charge of
Erie, stockholders would be assured that two
great roads would be well managed.
James McHenry has broken out anew in his
attack on the management of the Erie system,
more especially the New York, Pennsylvania &
OAiO road, through the London Press He tells
his ghost-train story published in the Journal
when he last visited this country. II is said that
English capitalists take but little stock in his talk,
often have his predictions proved false.
Vice-president c. G. Waite, of the c., H. & d.
system, says that but once since he accepted
that position has he been obliged to borrow
money to meet any obligation, and that short
j. after he came onto the road. Fixed charges,
div idends and operating expenses have been
paid at the proper time from the earnings of the
road and the new equipments, steel rails, etc. as
we'll
General Manager Malott and Sup erintendent
Nhitcomb spent yesterday in inspecting care
fully the Belt road which is unques tionably
now in better shape than at any time in its his
tory. The extensive improvements this season
have been made just where they were needed,
and the track is in excellent condition for the
heavy traffic that will pass over it the next few
months
The c. H. & D. people are working over
three lines through business between Cincinnati
and Chicago One via their Richmond divis-
ion then over the c., st. l.. & p another via
Indianapolis, then over the l., B. & w. and
Chicago q Eastern Illinois; third, their
bHe via indianapolis, then north over the L., n.
a & c., Airline No wonder it troubles Commits
sioner Richardson to fix the c., H. & D. per cents
i'll the Chicago and Ohio River pool
Superintendent Evan, of the Indianapolis
division of the Bee-line seems fully determined
t" continue the exemption from train accidents
ON this division. In his new rules to govern
the running of trains, he says "The absence of
switch lights where such lights should be dis
played. may safely be taken as evidence of dan
ger. and trains should be kept under full control
while passing over such switches, expecting to
find them misplaced or some other danger men
acing the safety of trains
Within a short time the L., NJ A. & G. Air
line will do its local freight business at the G.,
H 81 l. depot The Wabash management has
cHPfeSSeu a Willingness 10 leu Unem use Unelr
track between Howlands Junction and the
Union tracks, to reach the c., H G. L depot
The Wabash people need all the yard room and
depot facilities they have at this point and it
twas short-sighted policy in exGeneral Super
$ntendent Andrews that he ever gave the L.
N. A. q G. the privileges they have had since
their road was opened.
!. Fl. B. Hammond, president of the l., D. & S
Railway Company, writes that the journal in its
recent article concerning the extension of the
road put it little too strong The idea he in
tended to convey was that he and the friends of
the road thought it great mistake that when
talked of and when the money was at ready
command the enterprise was not pushed to com
petion. Mr.. Hammond adds 81 know OF no cap
italists so daring as to say they will during the
coming year, put fresh capital into any new rail
road enterprise" and he thinks the coming year
is not ominous of much that is encouraging to
holders of railroad investments
Commissioner Fink Crosses Swords with
President ingalls,.
! Mention was made some time since that the
chicago roads east had complained to Commits
sioner Fink that the c., l., st, L. g. C. road was
making inrosds on their business through its
Seneca connection with the Chicago & Rock
Island, and in its connection with the Illinois
Central, which has resulted in Commissioner