The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-07-19
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.

An train men in passenger service on the
Fort Wayne, Cincinnati & Louisville road have
been uniformed.
General agents F. w. Buskirk of the Chesa-
peake & Ohio, and A. H. Wagner, of the Chica-
60 & Northwestern, are in the city
The fast st. Louis express over the Cincin-
matt, Hamilton & Dayton road arrived at Gin
cinnat on time every night during the month Of
june.
The Cincinnati, Hamilton g. Dayton carried on
its regular and excursion trains, on July I,
$3.50 local and 1894 through passengers Total,
1884
It is feared that with the advance in the east
bound rates on Monday next, for a time bust
ness will be light, and that as consequence
some of the week-k need lines will cut rates in
an indirect manner
General Manager Talmage is said still to be
determined to establish hospitals at central points
on the Wabash system. The site of the Wabash
hospital at Danville was donated to the COM
pany, and cost S. 500
The new bridge the c. l., St. L. & G.. is to
for double track, as President ingalls, proposes
next year to double the track for some eighteen
miles out Of Cincinnati.
Passenger men report rates better maintained
Rt indianapolis at the present time than for
many months previous, but the passenger men
who scour the woods for business are said to be
less particular in the matter of rates.
General Agent Brecount reports a genuine
boom in business on the Airline division Of the
Z. N. A. g 9. Yesterday, between lndianapo-
wanted to load with grain, lumber, slaves and
live stock.
It is stated that the June earnings of the
Pennsylvania lines, which will be published in a
day or two will show decreased earnings. How
ever Pennsylvanias reduced earnings won't
he'll thph nar he eQ q
pan it will ever have to meet.
Fhe announcement of the resignation Of A. B.
Southland, as traffic manager of the Ia, N. A. &
G., was a surprise in railroad circles as it was
thought ne was too valuable man to the road
be cast aside. The New Albany Ledger says:
MIR. Southland has made good record on the L.,
N A. & O., and in his retiracy from the road
will bear with him the best wishes of the many
friends he has made all along the line.
The expressmen are good deal disturbed over
a rumor that the respective express company
arrangements have decided that any employe.
who handles their money shall insure the com
panies against loss through one of the guaran-
tee companies Managers are to give a So, 600
bond, which will cost them $50 year. agents
$500, which will cost them $37 year, this
being the rates of the guarantee company.
The c., l., st. L. & G. people will at once COM
mence the construction of one and one-half miles
of track just west of Greensburg, to be used as
q cutoff which will shorten what is known as
half miles. The grading is so light that it can
be done at very small expense, and when
pleted will be great convenience, and save
mount of switching at this point
-oa that with A. A. Talmage taking
4rship of the Wabash system
he will =. :, hauling only the empty cars
over the WabasS between St Louis and Kansas
City, and thsSi8S cars over the Missouri Pa
cife. IF repos4 sre true the Wabash has been
treated very dlshonorably in the matter and it
is not surprise that the Wabash earnings show
80 unfavorably and the Missouri Pacific so ia
vorably
The property which is now in the Wabash re
ceiyer's hands embraces some g. 600 miles Of
road. about 600 locomotives and 20, 600 cars, be-
sides depots, freight houses, and equipment gem
orally This property is covered by mortgages
to the amount of nearly 81, 900, 900 and by obi
cations on leased lines of about $12 100000. The
total fixed annual charges for rental and inter
est are more than S. 900, 900. Besides these
liabilities is the floating debt estimated at from
$1,000, 900 to 20000 000