The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-08
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal aud Local.


DIT. McCabe, of Chicago, general Western
division freight agent Of the Pennsylvania lines,
WAS in the city yesterday on official business
George Darling, general manager of the
White line. spent yesterday in the city. and last
night, accompanied by j. II. Steiner left for st.
Louis
II the earnings for business done in June
footed up as favorably as does the tonnage car
Tied. but few, if any, of the roads would have
room for complaint
Eight train crews who were employed by the
Wabash people when operating the Toledo,
Peoria & Warsaw road have been dropped by
tire new management OF the road.
The stockholders of the Belt road and Stock
yards held their semi annual meeting yesterday.
The only business IF Importance transacted was
the declaring Of a 3-per cent dividend
Receiver Thatcher has appointed W. s. Spiers,
late division freight agent of the Wabash at
Peoria, as general freight and ticket agent of
she Missouri, Iowa and Nebraska railway.
The earnings of the Indiana, Bloomington &
Western road for June were $l67, 1853. &c. Freight
earsIngs were $93. 80; passenger earnings,
$50 1896, miscellaneous sources, 3,5l0.26.
The Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw road is now
working closely with the c.. l., St H. 81 G. road,
turning over to the Pennsylvania Company at
the State line only cars laden with Union line
freights.
EAst-bound passenger rates from Cincinnati
have been restored to basis of SIG via the
Pennsylvania, and $l5 via the Decline and New
York Central and $l450 via the n. Y, z. & o.,
to New York.
n Pennsylvania official is quoted as saying
4hak he did not look for a restoration of rates
and their maintenance before September when
ths fail traffic begins to move briskly. If this
statement be true it is unfavorable omen.
A friend of G. l.. Dickinson, late auditor of
the l., b. 81 W., claims to have received a letter
from Mr.. Dickinson. mailed in Canada, to Kan
saS City, then placed in another envelope then
directed to him and mailed from Kansas City to
Indianapolis
The Order of Railway Conductors now pub
Iishing a monthly magazine of high-toned
character. Several prominent railroad men
write for the magazine on subjects which are of
interest to railroad men, and it is very neat in
its mechanical appearance
Tue general freight agents of the roads inter-
estea IN ast-bound traffic from st. Louis Gin
cinaaG and indianapolis in Chicago to
arrange the details of the advance in freight
rates to trunk-line points on the basis agreed
vIpSn at the Niagara Falls meeting.
George G. Saville, representing the Eames
Vacuum Brake Company, 1913 Olive street, Bos-
ton, is stopping in the city for day or two.
The engines and passenger cars of the l.. ID. &
s. road are equipped with the Eames vacuum
brake and it performs very satisfactorily.
A prominent railroad man remarked last
evening that he was satisfied that on the 18th
there would be general advance of both east
AID west bound rates; and, said he, if these fast
feight line men behave themselves the tariff
then established will be maintained
Officers of the Vandalia say that the state
ment that arrangements are being made to ex
tend the L. II. 81 l.. division from South Bend
to Benton Harbor is little premature. No
doubt the road will in time be extended to some
point on the lake, but this will not happen dur
sng the present year
The Pennsylvania railroad system is to have
Southwestern connection, beginning at Wash
jDgtOn, Pa, at the southern terminus of the
CHARTERS division of the Pittsburg, Cincinnati
Il St. Louis sytem. Its objective point is Nash
vile, Tenn, and it will be known as the West
Virginia, Kentucky & Tennessee railway.
A Wabash employe yesterday when speaking
of the hardness of the paymaster in making his
rounds, remarked: There is one good feature
in working on the Wabash road, when a man is
discharged he has more money coming to him
than he would on any other road in this coun-
try, unless it be the T., & st. l.. narrow
gauge
The earnings of the c., c., c. & T. road for
May were $235, 1916, a decrease of $50, $40 or
more than 20 per cent, and for five months
81, 3l9. 1876, a decrease of $173 728 The first
quarter of the year shows falling off of $69, $50
IN the gross earnings, 800 in the net, and
deficit of $36. l28. against $l,467 for the first
quarter of last year.
The Scranton mills for some time past have been
delivering to each division on the Wabash main
line 300 tons of steel rails per month, weighing
sixty pounds to the yard. and the Chicago mills
this month begin delivering like quantity to
each division. The old fifty two pound steel rails
are put in branches which the Wabash people
propose to hold on to.
s. W. Burrows, superintendent of the L e.
ST l.. division of the Bee line system; A. NJ
Mozler, chief train dispatcher; G. c. F. Bent,
master Of transportation of the L., n. A. & c.,
and nj. y. Boyle. master of trains on the eastern
division of the Wabash. were in the city yester-
day. looking after matters connected with their
respective departments.
An attorney who represents kicking parties
interested in the Toledo. Cincinnati & St Louis
reeeivership, says their objections to Gen. John
McNulta as receiver seemed only TO make
Judge Gresham the more determined that the
appointment should be confirmed. Judge Treat
As said to have suggested General McNultas
name. The General is good lawyer, an ener-
gstic fellow and best of ALL did good service for
hIs country during the years. of the Rebellion.
General Phineas Pease receiver of the Cleve-
land & Marietta road, is making several changes
in the officials J. c. Webb, auditor and assist
ant general ticket and passenger agent, retires
from the service of the receiver, the freight,
ticket and passenger departments are csnsoli-
dated, and Mr.. j. E. Terry is made general
freight and passenger agent with Office in Cam
bridge, o. The auditing department will be in
charge of c. c. Pickering acting auditor, with
Office in Cambridge.
Tue Ohio Central road. main line has been
rnorganized under the title of the Toledo & Ohio
Central Railway Company The company will
be under the control of the following officers: c.
=. Canda, New York, president; c. w Opdyke
New York, secretary and treasurer; J. E. Martin
Toledo, vice president aad general manager; w.
IL Andrews, Toledo, auditor and assistant treas
urer; A. w. Scott. Toledo counsel; Hudson
Pitch, Toledo, general freight and ticket agent;
l. NJ. Peeler, Bucyrus, o., superintendent
new route to Niagara Falls and the East,
with only one change of cars is by the c., H. & d.
and Michigan Central railroads. The HOS A. NJ
train out of Indianapolis connects at Hamilton.
O, with through sleeper for Niagara Falls,
srr1ving at the Falls at a. NJ next day, and at
Buffalo at 7:O3 A. NJ, crossing by the famous
cantilever bridge, the Niagara river mag
nlfieent view of the Falls is obtained from the
tram while at Falls View, where the train stops