The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-06-16
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.

A
lines, left for New York Saturday night.
M E. ingalls,, president of the c., l., st. L. q
C., is expected home from the East this morn
ing.
Last week 1928 cars were transferred over the
Belt road, LISP of which were loaded with live
stock.
Last week the Vandalia brought into Indiana
polls 421 carloads of block COAL and 23l car
loads of live stock.
c. c. Waite, vice president and general mana
ger of the c., H. & D. lines, returned, Satur
day evening from New York
v. T. Malott, president and general man
ager of the Union Railway Company, returned
from New York on Saturday night.
The receivers of the Wabash system will,
within the next ten days, make a thorough in
specting trip over the main and leased lines.
Paymaster Sullivan, of the c., l., St l.. & c.,
will pay Tuesday the eastern division for
May service and Wednesday on the western
division.
It is stated that the earnings of the Pennsyl
Vania system of roads for May will, when pub
1ished, show considerable increase in net earn
ings over May 1888.
In the week ending June IA, there were for
warded east from this point over the G., H. & L.
254 loaded cars; over the l., B. & w, middle di-
vision 346; over G., St L. p, III; over the
Beeline, 96l
A railroad official who has Just returned from
New York saws the crisis with the Louisville &
Nashville road has been safely passed and there
is no danger of the property tumollng INTO re-
reivers hands.
J. P. Nourse, chief clerk in General Ticket
Agent Chambers Office, has been appointed gen
era1 passenger agent of the Central Iowa rail
road vice S. K. Hooper resigned to accept
similar position with the Denver & Rio Grande.
While East, V. T. Malott, president of the
Chicago & Ohio River pool, was compllmented
or the harmony and smooth manner in which the
affairs of his pool were running along under his
direction, and of his able, assistant commissioner
j. ID. Richardson.
John c. Snee. paymaster of the Pennsylvania
company and W. G. Wagner, assistant pay
master, spent the Sabbath in the city. They
paid on the Indianapolis division of the T., St
L. & P. on Saturday, and will pay over the In
dianapolis d Vincennes to-day.
Tomorrow question which has been at issue
between the j., NJ. & L and the L., N. A. q G.
for some years. at the southern terminus of the
two roads, will be arbtrated at Louisville, KY.
The arbitrators are " T. Malott, of 1ndianapo-
lis; G. Bouscaren, of the Cincinnati Southern,
and De Funiak, formerly of the L. d N. road
Commissioner L. D. Richardson, of the Chi
cago & Ohio River pool announces the follow
ing new rate from Chicago to indianapolis, on
wood pulp boards: In carloads ID cents per 100
pounds; less than carloads, Is cents; to Louis
vile, in carloads, 20 CENTS less than car loads,
% cents; to all other pooled points, in carloads,
is cents; less than carloads 20 cents
The New York press is commenting consider
ably on the return Of McHenry to this country to
annoy the Erie people. 1t is now thought that
Vanderbilt is paying the old gentleman's
penses. By the way, has not McHenrys name
and acts been used as capital for the bears about
long enoughl AT any rate the Erie has hold
on the N Y, P. & o. which McHenry will
never shake off.
The Wabash puts in operation its new line, to-
day. between Chicago and Kansas City The
route will be via Forrest, Peoria, Pekin, Jack
sonville, Hannibal, and Moberly, through an
important section of country not heretofore pro-
vided with through service. The trains will
be composed of Pullman sleepers palace chair
car. dining car, and coaches and VIII run
through daily without change of any kind.
The light traffic out of indianapolis the few
months past and the increased number of roads
tocarry it has demonstrated the fact that the
roads centering here have some very competent
local men to look after their freight busl-
ness as almost without exception all have
worked earnestly for the roads they represent.
and as a result of hard work the revenue derived
by each road from its indianapolis stations has
been rather surprise and altogether quite sat
isfactory to the superior Ulcers of the respective
lines.
Indications are that the east bound pool at In
dianapolis Peoria and st Louis Will be. IN rev
days in good working order 1t is rather dl seourag
ing. however, that soon as peace Is declared at
these points they come to the surface at anoth-
er The trouble seems to be breaking out
anew of the disagreement growing out OF the
conflicting interests of the roads represented in
the tripartite alliance in the Western Trunk
Line Association and rates on the lines beyond
the Missouri river are as unsettled as at any
time within the past year.
H w Hubbard general freight agent of the
Vardalia, is expected home from New York to-
day, and now that the eastbound pool troubles
are adjusted for the time being at least, he will
turn his attention to settling the troubles the
war on coal rates Mr.. Hubbard has issued cir
cular to competing lines for this traffic into st.
Louis in which he comes out squarely as the adj
vocate of harmony even though concession to
the Wabash is necessary Mr.. Hubbard states in
his letter the willingness of his road to increase
the Wabash per centage to Is per cent, the in
crease to be deducted proportionately from the
allotment of the other roads
Slight Falling OFF in Business Over Indian
apolis Roads.
The train records of the week ending June IA,
show that over nearly all of the indianapolis
lines there was falling off in business, although
light in every case and the decrease seems quite
equally divided between east and west-bound
traffic, the shipments in both directions having
been lighter. Some of the freight men look for
an improvement in east-bound traffic the pres
emit week, in anticipation of the advance.in rates.
Both railroad men and shippers would be glad
to clear the granaries of the old inferior wheat
before the new comes onto the market, but
heretofore 15cent rate has not moved it read
lily and it is hardly likely to do it the
seven days to come unless the holders will take
lower prices. The north and south roads
doing fair business, still there is room for i'm
provement Local traffic is good for June, hard
" up to that of last month but compares favor
ably with June business of former years Below
is given the number of cars received and for
warded in the week ending June a. as com