The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-14
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.


Personal and Local.
/ Jay Gould is arranging for an inspection trip
over the Wabash and his Southwestern system,
and will probably extend his trip over the Mexi-
can Central road
3 Freight traffic over the Seneca division of the
c., Z, St. L. & G. system is improving hand
somely. Last week 4O6 cars were handled on it,
: 2SS of them loaded
The large car movement over the Kokomo di-
vision of the Chicago, st. Louis & Pittsburg
road was mostly in empty cars, All Erie and Pa
cife dispatch cars having been sent from this
section to Chicago to be loaded for the East.
E. H Waldron, late general manager of the
Lake Erie & Western, is having much success in
breeding imported Holstein cattle on his farm
near Lafayette. 1t is stated MIR. Waldron has
become so much attached to his present bust
ness that he has within the last thirty days de-
clned to accept frst-class railroad position Of
! fered him.
On Thursday and Friday of last week there
was shipped from Chicago by rail 3Ol barrels
of pork, ,434, 455 pounds of lard and 3,4S4, 6lS
pounds of cut meats. Quite handsome per
cent of this property was consigned to the
Southern market, and is being carried over the
c., st. L. & p, the j., NJ. & l., the c., l., st. L..
& c., and the L., N. A. & c. roads.
The six roads leading east from indianapolis
forwarded last week 3 874 loaded cars, follows.
L, B. & w, middle division, 204; c., II. & l.,
204; Wabash, 210; c., l., st. L. & c., LOGO;
Decline; 1882 c. st. L. & P, ia. In this
statement is included both local and through
traffic. east-bound The corresponding week
last year, the Decline forwarded SOB; the e. St
L. G. P, LOOP loaded cars.
Norman Beckley, general manager of the Gin
cinnati, Wabash & Michigan road writes that
for a year past passenger could leave Louis
vile over the J., NJ. & l. at 7:55 A. NJ, take the
c., W. & NJ. train over the Decline leaving In
dianapos at IL A. NJ. and reach Grand Rapids
at 1915 P. NJ. This is the first intimation the
journal has had that the c., W. g. M. people
claimed to have a Louisville route.
The Cincinnati, indianapolis, St Louis 6 Chi
cago road is experiencing quite boom in bust
ness. The average movement of loaded cars on
the system last week was $40 per day, which is
the heaviest traffic this road has done in any
week for some months past Provisions and
grain going SOUTH and their local traffic in stone,
lumber and other building material are the most
important features of the business they are car
xying.
In the week ending April II, the five Western
roads broughtinto indianapolis 8 1873 loaded cars,
Peoria division, 1913; c., L. st. L. & c., 100; 1. &
st. L. $50; Vandalia, ,054. The corresponding
week last year the above roads brought into In
dianapolis 1929 loaded cars AS neither the
Vandala nor the indianapolis & st. Louis is
bringing any coal from the Clay county mines,
the inbound movement this year is compare
lively favorable one
The new combination chair and sleeping cars,
built expressly to run between Indianapolis and
Chicago via the Danville route, have arrived and
will run regularly hereafter, leaving Indianapo-
lis over the l., B. & w railway, at LILO P. NJ
for Chicago via Danville. These cars contain
twelve large Mitchell chairs and eight double
berths -four sections) also all other conveniences
connected with the best of this character of cars
One of these cars will stand on the spur tracks
west of the Union Depot on Tuesday afternoon,
and will be open for the inspection of the
public.
Carrying base ball clubs promises to be quite
feature of railway traffic this season. If gen
'sral passenger agents will see that the rufians
in some of the clubs behave themselves when
riding in coaches in which there are
ladies, the travelling public would
highly appreciate it. The base ball
clubs pay but two cents per mile each MEMBERS
carried, while lady passengers pay three cents
per mile, and the latter should be protected from
the slurring vulgar remarks of the base ballists,
from being stared out of countenance, and from
dragging their dresses in puddles of tobacco
Juice. These remarks may seem severe yet last
year the complaints were loud the ungon
flemanly conduct of the members of some of
the base ball clubs when travelling