The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-04-29
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.


Personal ana Local
The c., r, st. L. 6 c.. in March, fell but $8S
behind earning its full per cent in the Chicago
and Ohio river pool.
General freight agents Hubbard, of the Van
daa. and Mcleod, of the c.. II. & D., have
gone to New York to help tinker up the trunk
line pool.
The G., l.. st. L. & G. and l., b. s. w. put on
their new through line of coaches between Gin
cinnati and Peoria May l. not Sunday next
at FIRST contemplated.
James Charlton, general ticket and passenger
agent of tho Chicago 81 Alton road. and John
III. Oates, general travelling agent OF the road,
are in the city on official business.
n K Elliott superintendent of transporta-
lion on the Vandalia lines, and Gaylord Beach,
chief engineer of the Bee-line system were in
che city yesterday on official business.
Now that ce-president Cheney. of the Lake
Erie &s Western, has laid down IN the harness
by allowing the road to drop into the hands OF
receiver, his projected Peoria extension will be
sheived
r. a. Brown, Of this city, is putting up at
public places frame work made of mahogany,
in which to place folders and other advertising
matter OF railroad companies The design is
unique and quite attractive.
There is little chatting between the c.. l., St
T. & c. and the L., N. A. & G. The latter is
not carrying out it traffic arrangements salts
factorily to the Big Four people, who share
with them certain operating expenses
NJ f. Ingalls, president of the c., T. st. l.. g.
c. road suggests that the railroad companies
establish sanitarium in which to place their
passenger and freight men who are SO insane in
this matter of cutting that it has become
mania with them.
The ticket scalpers admit that the passenger
agents have them in closer quarters than they
have before for many years. They say, how
ever, that their profits on roads which are still
paving them commissions and the tickets they
buy in about counterbalance their loss in other
directions.
Passenger men say that with but very few ex-
ceptions travel over all lines the last two weeks
has been light beyond parallel, in many cases
there being falling off of 20 to 80 per cent.
in business While through travel has been the
most affected, local business has not shown ia
yorable results.
For the past four years the average grain
rates from Chicago to New York during the
son of navigation have been: BY rail. l4.9 cents;
by lake TO Buffalo and thence by rail- to New
York, III cents and by lake and canal to New
York, 80 cents. Indications are that they will
be no higher this than in former years.
John Walker. local freight agent of the Wa
Dash, has asked to be relieved as early as prac-
ticable that he may engage IN his new work. The
position has been offered to L. l.. Fellows. agent
of the Wabash at Kokomo, but it is questions
bic if he accepts, at Kokemo he sells tickets.
as we'll, and the commissions are worth looking
after.
john b. McNeely. chief clerk in the offices of
the Wabash at this point. was yesterday APP
pointed agent, at indianapolis, of the Indianapo-
lis, Decatur a. Springfield road. Mr.. McNeely
has held responsible positions on the c., St l.. d
+. and the Decline. well as with the Wabash,
and will certainly make good man in his new
position.
Q. L. Henderson, general manager of the Ohio
Southern road. gives notice that w. W. Lynn is
appointed cashier of this company, in lieu of @.
l.. Dickinson, resigned; appointment to take
effect this date. All drafts for balances due the
company should be drawn in his favor and drafts
against the company should be drawn on him at
indianapolis.
General Passenger Agent Stevenson of the
O., H. d. ID. lines. says ne looks for squally times
III passenger circles the coming summer. Travel
promises to be light. and the fight for business
will be sharp. The mania for fast running is to
be INDUCED in probably more than ever before.
an6~d disposition is shown by the more indirect
lines to slaughter rates
The Decline management hoping to, at
early day, perfect arrangements with the
New York Central people to put on a solid fast
train between New York and St Louis hauling
the Boston and st. Louis through cars from Al
bany TO ST. Louis on the same train. The Bee
line people are very sanguine that their South
western business will handsomely support such
train.
The Pennsylvania people are determined to
take hold with vim with the L., d. d s. road
and establish frstclass line of through coaches
between Columbus and Peoria. AS freightline
however, the Pennsylvania people cannot help
the l., d. 81 s. much, as they have arrangements
by which the Empire line. which runs over the
p, ID. a. E. and |. 81 st. l.. roads, shall repre-
sont their interests at Peoria.