The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-24
AFFAIRS OF TIL RAILWAYS.


lines, spent the Sabbath in the city, the guest of
I. A. Lewis.
C. r. Watson, agent of the Blue line fast
freight at this point, will also act as agent of this
line at Louisville, Ky, from and after April l.
A new coal mine has been opened at Seeley-
vile. on the Terre Haute e indianapolis road,
and the miners houses, which have been va cant
for years, are now all occupied.
The passenger trains lun on the Peoria division
Of the l., B. & w. road in the year 1883 aver
aged to earn L06c per mile run. There We're six
trains ~run-three west and the same numbe:
east.
1t would seem hardly necessary that on a road
like the Airline division of the L., N. A. & c.,
which handles but a couple hundred loaded cars
per week that a freight train be run each way
on Sunday regularly.
Major Robert Emmett has been appointed pas
senger agent of the Louisville, New Albany a.
Chicago (Air-line), in Chicago, of passenger
traffic to and from northern Indiana and Michi-
gan to and through indianapolis. His head
quarters will be indianapolis.
The SIX eastern roads forwarded from this
point last week 1910 loaded cars, as follows: l.,
B. q w, 1856; Wabash, 300; G., Fl. d l., 304; G.,
l., st. L. d c., 900; c., st. L. up, LII; Bee
line, 1,429. In this statement is included both
local and through business forwarded.
The five western roads last week brought into
Indianapolis 3, l47 loaded cars, as follows; l., B.
IL W., st. Louis division. SO, Peoria division,
290; c., l., st. l.. d c., 672; Nandalia, $50; /. u
st. L. 1,279. The corresponding week 1858,
these five roads brought in i, 1872 loaded cars.
The Vandalia people are building in their
Terre Haute shops Two elegant passenger coach
es, to be run ON the Terre Haute & Logansport
division. Within the last eighteen months the
entire locomotive equipment of the 7. II. & L..
division has been rebuilt, with the exception of
one engine, which was taken into the shops on
Saturday last.
Although the Wabash handled but 81 cars last
week, 478 were loaded. The L.. n. A. & C. Air
line handled 222, of which 1876 were loaded; the
j., NJ. & l. l,0l3, of which 844 were loaded: the
Kokomo division of the c.. st. L. q p. 173. all
but 6 of which were loaded. Seldom is the move
ment of empty cars so light with a majority Of
the roads as at the present time
Under the change which goes into effect to-day
on the Airline division of the L., n. A. d G.,
both north and south, the we trains each way make
close connections with the Chicago & Grand
Trunk at Haskell's, the Lake Shore at Otis and
the Michigan Central at Michigan City, as well
as with the Chicago & West Michigan. In CON
nection with the latter the L., n. A. & c. hauls
its through coaches for Grand Rapids, Mich.
The Cincinnati, Indianapolis. st. Louis &
Chicago and the Vandalia people are arranging
to, at an early day, put on through coaches be
tween indianapolis and Lake Maxinkuckee. and,
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the coaches will be run through to South Bend,
the C., l., st. L. q C connecting with the L. H..
g. Il. division at Colfax. This will then be the
short route to Plymouth, Lake MaXinkuckee and
South Bend.
A telegram from Toledo says: THE Chicago
& Alton railroad is reported to have sold | 900
limited tickets, Chicago to Kansas City, to a
Toledo scalper to meet an alleged cut of the
Wabash" The Chicago d. Alton is said, as well,
to have placed some of its tickets in the hands
Of indianapolis ~scalpers. and one scalper has. in
some manner, got hold of tickets of the Chicago,
Milwaukee & st. Paul road, which he is cutting
the rates on quite sharply.
AS the annual statement of the st. Louis. Van
dalia G. Terre Haute road, published in Satur-
days journal, showing shat the operating 'ex-
penses were 79. "a per cent. of the gross earnings,
eXcltes some criticism, it is but Just to the man
agement to state that in the operating expenses
are included all betterments to equipments and
road-bed, which improvements last year were
extensive. Had a separate construction account
operating expenses to have been but Al per cent.
of the gross earnings.
1t is believed that at the meeting in Chicago,
on Wednesday next, the Decatur pool troubles
will be adjusted. As before stated, the Illinois
Midland and the Peoria, Decatur & Ev-
ansville traffic managers are the disturbing ele-
ment, and really it falls on the P, d. IL f. The
Decatur 60 per cent. more business than did the
p. d. & e, offers to take II per cent. of the
business, which would leave u per cent. to the
p, d. Il e., as the other three roads have al
lowed these two roads to take a "a per cent. I'm
der the readiusted per cents: but the p. D. 6
&C., as an official of one Of the roads interested
remarked on S; +urday. in its ''hoggishness" de-
mand 10 per cent, which would leave the Hi
nois Midland but Q per cent, when it, basing on
the past tonnage record, is entitled to 20 per cent.