The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-11-02
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.

Car Company spent the Sabbath in the city.
He reports the works full of business, and mat
tsSs running smoothly.
J. NJ Hurt, travelling passenger agent of the
Chicago & Alton road, spent the Sabbath in the
city with old-time friends. Mr.. Hurt was for
some years in the l., B. s. W. passenger depart
ment.
H. NJ. Lands, western agent of the Nickel
plate line, returned Saturday from Memphis,
Tenn. He states that it is expected that the
shipments of cotton from Memphis this year
viii reach $40 900 bales.
The FIVE Western lines last week brought into
this station 9, 973 loaded cars, as follows: l., d.
& S. 1870; l., B. e. W., 52S: c., l., st. l.. d o.,
&c., Vandalia 1.205; l. & St L., 1234 The same
roads brought in during the week ending Oct "A,
3.845. and in the week ending Oct. IL, 4.O35
loaded cars.
The indianapolis car works are pushing the
construction of several hundred for the
Chicago Milwaukee & ST. Paul road. These
cars are thirty-four feet long, six inches higher
than the ordinary box-car, are equipped with
automatic air brakes, and are throughout built
very substantially.
T. M. Hobart. for many years agent of the l..
E. & W. railway at Findlay, o.. has resigned,
to accept the same position at the l., B. q W..
depot Charles Chase. of Lafayette, Ind, takes
the L. e. & w. agency, and g. W. Fay late l..
b q ". agent accepts promotlon to an I'M
portant agency in the West.
The Vandalia people announce that in con-
neetion with the Illinois Midland and Illinois
Central roads, they are ready to take freight for
ST Paul and other Northwestern points. The
distance from Indianapolis to St Paul over the
new route it is stated. is but twenty six miles
greater than by the Chicago routes.
The L., N. A. & G. company to-day place at the
disposal of the Indiana Midland Railroad Com
pany two of their locomotives. one baggage car,
q passenger car, and several freight cars. Two
passenger trains will be put to-day between
Anderson and Westhed They run to connect
with L.. N. a. & c. trains at Westfeld, to and
from Indianapolis.
T. J. Helm has been appointed local agent of
the Decline at this point. vice j. O. Van
Wrinkle recently promoted. Mr.. Helm has been
with the road some years, and is young man
of considerable railroad ability. 1t is stated
that Edward Cost who rumor said, was TO be
the agent will be retained in the joint service of
the White line and Decline, as soliciting agent.
Unquestionably there is general tendency
toward the consolidation of freight lines at the
present time for the purpose of reducing expens-
es. These cooperative lines are said to do
business At a cost OF about per cent of their
ceipts. while the Merchants Dispatch Company
gets Is per cent, and consequently has no diff
Cuiby III pdNlnS ~ per ceHL OlVIaeuuS
The Decline last week forwarded East from
this point l,015 loaded cars. l. 112 in the week
ending Oct. "a and 1,457 in the week ending
Oct. IL. The c., st. L. & p, last week for
waraed 1856 loaded cars, against 801 and 633 il
the respective weeks stated above The l., b.
& W, 800 last week, against 289 and 306; the
C.. II. & D., 246, against 176 and 1877 in the
weeks ending Oct. "a and II.
Don't be surprised If the most direct routes
now carry the heaviest volume of freghts. The
time has passed when shippers go to the Office of
the railroad which has the most circuitous route
the point he desires to ship to- For some
months past. if shipper could only find road
that starts off in an entirely opposite direction
and takes freight for a point that it never ought
to be expected to reach, that the road, IN
less in hurry, he would ship by.
G. S. Sawyer, general manager of the Cont
mental line, passed through the city Saturday
He seems to be the only fast freight line manager
not disturbed over over the outlook for the fast
freight line fraternity. Even Stanberry, of the
Traders Dispatch, is somewhat worried, so un-
favorable are the probabilities. Will Parmalee,
of the West Shore. is another line agent who
would willingly give months wages to be as
sured of the permanence of his job.
'sThere is no significance whatever in the re-
cent trip of the Pennsylvania Company officials
over the Airline road from Evansville to this
city" said high official of the Airline to New
Albany Ledger representative. This authority
was doubtless the same official who said the l..
E. & ST l.. Airline was in fine shape. financially.
and there was ground for the statement that
the road was going into the hands of a receiver
two days before receiver was appointed.
Officials of the Cleveland. Columbus. Cincin-
natl e Indianapolis will neither positively affirm
nor deny the report of the acquisition of the
Peoria. Decatur 81 Evansville railroad So far
as the Bee-line is concerned, however, the prob
ability appears to be on the negative side of the
proposition. The Peoria Decatur q Evansville
h. do L. -
the Decline if operated in exclusive control of
the latter With this stated, it is unneces-
sary to explain that the road is stocked and
bonded for all it is worth The total of stock
and bonds is $l3, 345, 900,
The Pennsylvania inspection party made a
trip over the Pittshurg. McKeesport e. Youghio-
gheny road on Thursday, concerning which the
Pittsburg Dispatch says: ut is unusual. if not
unprecedented. for Pennsylvania railroad officials
to inspect anything but Pennsylvania railroad
property, and this visit, taken in connection
with the rumors that have been afoat since the
South Pennsylvania DEAL the importance of the
Pittsburg, McKeesport e Youghiegheny to the
Pennsylvania. and the FREQ uent and mysterious
visits of President Newell, of the Lake Shore, tc
Pittsburg and the East in the last three weeks
give rise to strong suspicion that the next
swallow in the progressive gobble which the
pennsylvania Is executing will include the Pitts
burg Mekeesport Youghiogheny and the Pitts
burg & Lake Erie
eff the pros porous showing made by the Bic
Four railway demonstrates one thing above an
other" says the Logansport Pharos, it is that
the times are growing steadily better. The
road earned nearly million dollars more this
year .han last Notwithstanding that during the
FIRST part of the year there was general depres
aion in business. The road connects four i'm
portant cities. namely, Cincinnati. indianapolis
St Louis and Chicago. 1t is 343 miles long and
its floating debt has now been entirely wiped
tO-da the m y IVA 10th
ing for past current supplies, but has fuel and
steel rails for the winter bought and paid for.
and financially is in the best condition in
its history. 1t is announced that the road will
shortly begin to pay dividends This looks as
II the companys affairs were being managed
with judgment and economy. things that ara de-.
cidedly unusual in the railroad business"
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