The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-09-25
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.

V. I. Malott was in Chicago yesterday on
chicago and Ohio River pool matters.
The Wabash people are making another reduc-
hoa of working force in their several shops.
The Bee-line trainmen are all having new blue
suits made with brass buttons, and white caps
w. S. Losey, expassenger conductor on the
l., N A & C. Airline, left last night for Denver.
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Hereafter passenger and freight conductors on
she L., n. A & c. system are to hire their own
brakcmen
East bound pools are to be established at Terre
Hante, Frankfort and Lafayette when pools are
again in fashion.
1t is feared that no general advance in freight
rates can be maintained, at least before the
closing of lake navigation.
Charles McCammon, Hannibal & st. Joe
passenger conductor, took similar position on
4he L., N. A. & c. Airline yesterday.
BY noon to-day the Indianapolis & St Louis
road will be laid its entire length with steel
rails I56 miles of it with rail weighing seventy
pounds to the yard.
The Firemen's Magazine for October is out
somewhat earlier than usual but lacks none OF
sts usual excellence in the character OF Its art-
Giles and words of good advice.
The Wabash contracted last week to haul 300
cents per hundred pounds. That comes pretty
near bottom. Decentralization could 60 no furthl.
President Garrett of the Baltimore & Ohio, is
for peace among the trunk lines, and promi-
SEES to favor any practical arrangement, and will
not stand in the way of the prosperity of the
roads
Since Monday morning the railroads have
brought into Indianapolis sixty eight carloads
of apples. Shipments are coming in from seven
different States-some north. some south, others
east and west and the market is flooded with
fruit.
The ticket scalpers are watching with more
than usual interest the efforts of the general pas
senger agents to restore rates. For a few weeks
past the local outside Offices have been under
selling the scalpers and the latter have expe-
rienced dull times.
Last night freight men seemed to be at sea as
20 whether east bound rates would be restored
TO the tariff of July IL not on Monday next
One thing is certain-they will not be unless
Chicago. Peoria and st. Louis show more of
disposition to than they have as yet,
J. M. Buckley, assistant general manager of
The Northern Pacific road. spent yesterday in
the city. last evening went to Frankfort Ind,
and will to-day move on to Chicago. Mr. Buck
ley is really an Indiana railroad man, and was
fog some years on the j., M. & l. road
At Chicago half million of lake tonnage lies
IDLE, forced out of business by the low trunk-line
rates and there is rumor that large grain
merchant has just made contracts for the ship
anent of his purchases in the West TO the sea-
board. covering the entire crop movement at the
lowest rail rates.
The O., Fl. & d. people are building fifty stock
cars, thirty four feet in length, and of more sub
stantial pattern than those in ordinary use. The
C., Fl. 81 d. management seem to be working
for this class of business quite sharply, and ARE
carrying stock at speed which is making the
road popular with the livestock shippers
The Wabash reorganization scheme seems to
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sent of SO, H. 900 of the general mortgage bonds
40 the plan of reorganization had been given.
sAs the outstanding bonds amount to $16 600, 900.
the assent of ST, liz. 900 over ehalf has been
obtained The purchasing committee will issue
notice next week limiting the time in which
the bondholders may assent to the plan.
freight official of the c., ii. & D. road states
that, with the ups and downs in through rates
the last four years their road would really have
Teen as well off had they not, handled pound of
through freight, and the reason that they had
sought this class of traffic that the manage
-sBeht feared the stockholders would have been
dissatisfied with the falling off of tonnage had
not this business been carried. This hardly
agrees with the statement of the Erie people
President ingalls,. of the c., l., ST. l.. & c.,
will return from Chicago this morning In con-
versation with the railroad reporters of the Chi
cago Times he remarked that his faith in the
permanent restoration of rates under present
arrangements is not the strongest, although he
- "llllIS 10 leHu n nelplng mana. Inc principle
OF money pool, as embraced in the scheme of
tue Central Traffic Association, he believed to be
The only feasible method of handling east-bound
traffic. and is of the opinion that if that plan
could have had fair trial it would have proved
n success.
The citizens of Brazil, Iud, are much elated
over the prospects that the c., c. l., B. e. & o.
Il road, which has purchased some $50, 900
worth of real estate in that city, will locate
their shops there. This is the old north and
Bouth road. The Brazil Register says 1.-THE
average reader is apt to become confused over
She name of the north and south road now on
Its way to Brazil 1t has been known as the
Chicago & Great Southern and the Lake Michi
gan d Ohio River. but it has been incorporated
as the Chicago, Central Indiana, Block Coal e.
Ohio River road. All right: now bring on your
road"
The Fight Waxing Hot.
The fight in the Georgia Legislature over the
railway commission is at fever heat The COM