The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-06-07
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.

c. P Rhodes has been appointed agent Of the
Ohio Southern, operated by the l., b. & w, at
Cotton, vice j. E. McKinnis, resigned.
Receiver Henderson, of the Danvile, Oiney &
Ohio River road, has given orders that the EN-
pIoyes be paid for May service on Tuesday next
1t looks meaningless to advance the east-bound
rail rate on grain when lake and canal gram
freights are the lowest on record; corn "a and
wheat IL cents.
c. c. Waite, vieo-president and general man
ager of the c., H. & d. system, is preparing his
report to present at the coming annual meeting
of the stockholders.
Edward c. Lapey, for the past two years
head clerk in the general passenger Office of the
Rochester & Pittsburg has been appointed tray
cling passenger agent Of the road.
Thursday LAS cars were transferred over the
Belt road 1856 of which were hauled by Belt
road engines and LOGO by the locomotives OF
the respective roads operating over the Belt
road
Engine So on the Wabash road, Tuesday
evening. made the run from Andrews to Toledo,
128 miles, in three hours and fifteen minutes.
The train consisted of baggage car and five
coaches.
The Indiana. bloomington G. Western road,
(Ohio Southern not included, earned in May
Bl94 800 9S Freight earnings Sill, 623. 50;
passenger earnings $63 OBS 60; from miscella-
neous sources, mail, express etc, $l4, 3285 30.
The earnings of the c., c., c. & l. road. Bee
line proper, for April, 1883, were 1904 ~; for
1884, $2S7, 693. Total from Jan. l, 1883 9l,3O2,
3G7: 1881 81, 162, 300 The decrease for the month
ending April 30, 1884 was SIG, 42S; decrease since
Jan. l. 1884, $139, 402.
The depot the Vandalia people will build at
South Bend, plans for which Mr.. Gibbons is now
preparing, will be one Of the finest the line of
the Vandalia road Nineteen acres outside the
rfty limits have been purchased for building
thereon the round-houses of the road
Persons in a position to understand the situa-
fon predict that the northern extension Of the
Vandalia road, in connection with the Terre
Haute & Logansport road proper, will be one of
be best paying divisions, when well in opera
ton, owned or controlled by the McKeen syndi-
rate.
The Cleveland Leader says: GAS the Office OF
general manager of the Nypano is without an in
cumbent, it is believed that Mr.. Jewett will APP
point Mr.. FELTON, TO the place. Mr.. FELTON, now
occupies the same position on this road that Mr..
Broughton formerly did on the Chicago & At
lantie.
Those well posted in the affairs Of the Louis
vile & Nashville road are strong in the belief
that DR., E, D. Standiford is the coming man for
president of the company. AS stated in the
journal some days since, Mr.. Stamford is the
best man at the directors command for the
position.
Employees at the L, B. & w. shops, west side,
will be paid to-day for May service; those on
the St Louis division, Monday; on the
Peoria division, Tuesday; middle division
Wednesday; Ohio division, Thursday. and on
the Ohio Southern, operated by the l., B. & w,
Friday Of next week.
The general manager and general freight
agents of the roads Interested in the trunk line
pool were notified yesterday by Commissioner
Fink that there would be a meeting Of the joint
executive committee and subcommittee at his
Office on June IL, u and b. when the organiza-
tion of the pools at st Louis Peoria and Indian
apolis will be perfected.
1t looks like old times again in the Vandaa
yards. The road this week has averaged to
handle 100 carloads of block coal daily The
train crews and switching engines in the Brazil
district are again in service, and the old custom
ers of the Clay county operators are again order
ing coal freely and the business is rapidly get
ting around into the old channels.
The freight receipts at the c., L, St L, & c.
indianapolis freight station for May, 1884, were
So 400 in excess of those of May, 1883, and
inquiry we find that so far as indianapolis is
concerned, with majority of the roads an in
crease is shown in their local receipts, and in
bound business with most of the roads,
improvement is shown over May, 1888.
AS all the roads the Pennsylvania and Van
dalia lines excepted, are now selling tickets at
their outside Offices it is becoming question as
to how long the uptown Union railway ticket
Office will exist. Competitors of the Pennsyl-
vania lines will not long likely be inclined to
share the expenses of the uptown Office if it is
kept open only for the benefit Of the frst-named
roads.
Harry Ryan, Dave A. Ramsey and Otoy
Figures three well known conductors on the
Memphis & Charleston railroad, were discharged
this week by Superintendent X. b. Pegram for
passing two clerks. The baggage master, who
permitted one of them TO ride in his car, and
the two clerks were also discharged The best
thing the directors of that road can do now is to
discharge the shortsgnted superintendent.
Whenever there is dearth of important rail
way news, says the Railway Age, the railway
editors Of several of our exchange dailies take a
whack at the occasional diversion of freight
under traffic pool contracts. They call it the
pool outrage" If the editor of this weekly
sheet was agent of one of the direct lines and
subjected TO the cursings from shippers
they get, he would with the dailies, oppose the
diverting of freight
1t is believed by persons who are conversart
with the affairs of the Indianapolis, Peru &
Chicago road that the mortgage bondholders
will accept the scrip offered for their interest,
providing the Wabash will make the improve
lnent to the road-bed ard equipment which,
under the lease they are dutybound to do This
would seem TO be better policy than for the l..
p e. G. bondholders to take the property off of
the Wabash company's hands in its present con
IL ton.
There is to be change on Monday in the run
division of the L., n. A. & c. road. Only
the noon train will run through to
Grand Rapids. The Monon accommodation will
arrive earlier at indianapolis than it now does
anu Will depart al . L. M. running only 10
MonOn. This train will make close connection
with the I. II. & L. train north. at Frankfort,
and will land pleasure seekers at Lake Maxim
kuckee at 900 p, NJ.
The friends of the new Union Depot scheme
have evidently become disheartened and settled
back into their chairs again. The old companies
are anxious that the roads outside of the new
Union Railway Company organization should
come in as members but the management of the
L., N A. & c. Airline and Wabash change so
frequently that contract could hardly be sent
to their headquarters for signature between
changes Then the c., II. & l. people stand
aloof without any seemingly good reason.
Commissioner Richardson, of the Chicago G.
Ohio River pool, expects to get the presidents
and general managers of the roads together on
the 18th or 10Th of this month to look over the
pool statistics and to give any party
who may be dissatisfied with the workings
Of the pool, opportunity to state their griev-