The Indianapolis journal., 1884-10-24
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.

The Brunswick & Western railroad has been
sold to the Georgia Central.
The Pennsylvania inspection party will arrive
here to-day, over the Vandalia and go to Louis
Vile tomorrow.
A special train was run over the Wabash, yes
terdav, to accommodate visitors to the Demo
cratic barbecue at Peru
A collapse in east-bound rates out of Chicago
is threatened The Michigan Central has been
caught in a $3 cut New York ticket
The Tom Keene Company and the Romany
Rye company have cancelled all their Texas
dates, owing to the high rate demanded by the
Gould system.
John Armstrong, examiner and master in
chancery of the United States Court at Pitts
burg recommends the sale of the Allegheny
Valley railroad.
Vice president Malott thinks 10000 people
came to the city, Tuesday, TO take part in the
Blaine demonstration. Thirty two special
trains were run that day.
The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy is sending
circulars TO shippers in New York offering to
take freight by its new fastfreight lines from
Chicago to San Francisco in nine days.
The October earnings of the Northern Pacific
promise to be the greatest in the history of the
road. So far the amount in even figures 70
81, 1l3 600, or an average of $4,000 each day.
The general traffic of all the trunk lines is
very light notwithstanding the charges of cut
ting. and the tonnage last week fell of Is, 663
tons compared with the previous weeks busi-
ness.
General Manager S. S. Merrill. of the st.
Paul, is threatened. it was reported yesterday,
with another attack of paralysis Should this
report prove well founded, rs many friends fear
he will not recover from the stroke.
AS one of the peculiarties of the present pass
enger war east of Buffalo the fact is pointed out
hat kacf how ia L inc re- nf
cents from Buffalo to Niagara Falls over the
Erie tracks The Ere's rate is 80 cents.
Owing to the inferior quality of wheat shipped
to Milwaukee, the elevators refuse TO receive it.
and the sidetracks being filled with cars, orders
have been given along the whole line of the
Chicago & Northwestern road to ship no more
wheat to that point.
Gerge Rech, the popular agent of the up town
union ticket Office recently abolished. will re-
main in his old quarters, having been appointed
passenger agent at this point for the Big Four
road The old ticket Office on South Illinois
street will be continued under Mr.. Rech's super
vision, also.
1t is reported that New York Central and
Pennsylvania Central will continue to push the
West Shore out of the pool, but this policy is op
posed by some, on the ground that it will
widen the war and make it fiereer. 1t is ru-
mored that West Shore is already contemplating
a sharp cut in Western rates Tor both pas
sengers and freight An attempt is also being
made to eontine the cuts 10 New FORK State.
Fred Wolfe has changed his project of making
a through railroad line from Memphis to the sea
board at Brunswick by building the road now
about completed from Memphis to Holly
Springs, Miss, and by extending the Cincinnati
Selma & Mobile road from Akron to Holly
Springs in one direction and from Montgomery
to Albany. Ga, in the other, Mr.. Wolfe says
one of the most important developments from
the abandonment of this scheme was that the
Georgia Central & Savannah, Florida &
Western roads have decided to extend the Good
water road to Birmingham.