The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-02
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.


Hasion on the L., N. A. c.. yesterday retired and
was succeeded by W. I'll. Adams
II is stated officially that the vandalia earnings from
freight carried last month fully $4,000 in ex
cess of the earnings of September, 1854
The local passenger agents meet to-day to take
steps to restore to seaboard points, which have
been badly demoralized for two months past.
Roscoe r. Pollard. the agent of the O., l.. ST. L. 81
C. at Easton is missing. Paymaster Sullivan and A.
ID S.iuson are there examining his accounts.
s. a. Hardwiek has been appointed general Eastern
passenger agent of the East Tennessee, Virginia &
Georgia Airline railroad with headquarters in New
York.
Superintendent Woodland and other officials of the
L. " A. g. c. are expected in the city to-day. General
Freight Agent MeDoel who was in the city yesterday
will remain over until to-day.
Last month 1850 car loads of live stock were
handled the Belt. road. OF the shipments there
increase in cattle and falling Oft IN hogs as
compared with September, 1854.
Evansville is rapidly becoming important rail-
road center The completion of the new pridge over
che Ohio river making 1T objective point Tor otner
roads than those centering there.
overtures have been made by the Baltimore & Ohio
looking a generous treatment of the Ohio q
Mississippi by the former road which formerly gave
1t much larger amount of business than 1T receives
from this connection at present
The latest Baltimore Sc Ohio gossip is that Vice
president Thomas M. King is dark horse for the
presidency of that company against MIR. Robert Gar
Tett, the present incumbent He is not soliciting the
Office. but it that many OF the stockholders
desire it.
j. D. Ellis the right-of-way agent Of the Baltimore
81 Ohio railroad in Philadelphia, says that IT there is
trouble met with in the building of the foundations
of the Schuylkil river bridge, will be running
the line from Baltimore into Philadelphia by
pext January.
The L. B & w. is profting handsomely through it's
traffic with the Champaign Western road Within
the sixty days it has been IN operatlon the y. q '"
has turned over to the L. b. & w 94o loaded cars,
quite respectable per cent of which business was de-
Iveted to Indianapolis markets.
Manager Mcdonald, of the Champaign & Western
road is spending day two in the CITY, Mr. Nc.
Donald states that since he took the maragement of
the road he has laid seventeen miles of Cambria steel
rails put in 60 600 cross-ties and is rapidly get
ting the road-bed into fno condition.
In the month of September there transferred
corresponding month in 1884. 81, 1e1 in 1883, "a
$50 in 1872 and 20, 4O2 In 1881, which shows last
xaonths business to have been the heaviest OF any
September since the road was opened for traffic.
Manager Mcdonald Of the Champaign & Western,
has contracted with the l., D. e. S. people to rebuild
repair all the rolling stock of the former road
which is in need of repairs, at their shops the
West Side. Master Mechanic McKenna says he can do
this readily in addition to keeping the l., D. g. S.
equipments III good condition.
With modesty somewhat characteristic of Amer
Jean railway corporations the Illinois Central Railway
Company is endeavoring to obtain full control OF the
harbor of Chicago 1t bases its claim, first
ordinance passed by councils of that city in 1852,
which void from lack of power in the premises in
the body enacng it, and second under an act bought
through venal Legislature, in 1869 and repealed in
1873.
The Erie canal holds on to portion of the lumber
and grain, but the rest has gone and there to
be probability that the canal will regain part of
st. certain portion of the business naturally belongs
TO he railroads, and that portion is likely to be in
creased the network of the railroads is perfected
and more and more points are touched Besides. the
railroads will compete for additional business at less
than cost charging the paying portion of their traffic.
There is good authority for saying that the
trolling powers of the Cairo & Vincennes road
fully determined upon building the forty miles of road
needed to bring their road into Evansville, the branch
leaving the Cairo q Vincennes main line at Francis
vile The Cairo & Vincennes road from Cairo to
Danviie is practically being rebuilt. One million
three hundred thousand dollars is being expended on
she road bed and equipment Old iron is giving place
TO steel rails
Viee-presdent Mccullough. of the Pennsylvania
lines west of Pittsburg speaking of the deal be-
tween the Pennsylvania and b. q Q. people, said:
There is nothing in the story. The matter has been
discussed in railroad circles for many months past;
but there has been agreement approach
TO agreement, that would warrant the of
such alliance as the speak of, although it
would or later undoubtedly The b. 81 D.
win never build from Philadelphia to New York
The slate of the Baltimore & Ohio road far
4he Cine nnat Washington and Baltimore & Ohio road
is concerned, is said to be that G. K Lord will be
made general passenger agent OF the entire system G.
sharge of the ticket Department and % it nAi is
more. than probable that Thomas Barry will be
unemployed on the road Western passenger agent
Il.
who is quite i'll with eryspeas, is able to go to Bati
Under the rulings of the East bound Freight Asso-
Cation all property consigned from the West direct to
point in the last previous to Oct. i, 1885 and
upon which ship ing directions have not been changed
win go forward at rates in effect previous to Oct. l.
bills to bear notation: I'm transit prior to Oct l.
1885: AL grain bought and ordered over to Eastern
lines before Oct l. 1885, will go forward in
effect previous to that date, providing numbers
furnished by shippers prior to Oct. l; wsybs to
bear notation: I'm transit before Oct /, 1885"
It's feared there can be no lasting peace between
the Pennsylvania and the Baltimore 6 Ohio roads,
They have been fighting for twenty-f five years, and
the rivalry between the roads is believed be bitter
to-day as it when Tom Scott and John w. Garrett
were struggling for supremacy. 1t is possible that
there may be something in the talk of compromise
by the terms of which the B. 81 o. will be allowed to
run its trains into New York the Pennsylvania
tracks Nothing is impossible in the way of railway
deals but it imposes strain the average credulty
of man.
General passenger agent Hill of the Chicago &
Eastern Illinois road, was in the city yesterday
route for Chicago from an Eastern pleasure and
business trip. Mr. Hill reports the Boston parties who
own tho property highly pleased with the outcome
OF the road the last few months and over its future
prospects. But few Western roads are in as good
condition financially and physically as is the G. & E.
Ills. In connection with the Evansville g Terre
a much more important north and south line than
heretofore.
The consolidation scheme of the Red. White, and
Midland fast-freight lines has been carried out and
one general manager viii, after Nov L. take the
management of the three lines. His headquarters
viii probably be Cleveland. The impression is that
George Sherman, the general manager of the Red
lime. viii be appointed general manager of the
soldated lines. From railroad official who is good
authority tits learned that the trade mark of the three
lines viii be continued and points like Indianapolis
81. bonis and Chicago the present agents will be re-
tanned At some less important shipping points but
agents will be employed
The Lafayette Call gives lift to E. H. Waldron for
the receiyership of the Lake Erie g. Western in the
following pointed manner: Announcements is made
that the Lake Erie & Western road viii lay about
5000 tons of steel rails in the next two months
Steel rails will be good thing, and much needed
but what is most needed. and most important to be
attended to, is somebody at the head of the manage
lnent with gumption enough to get some business to
be done the steel rails The present manager has
succeeded remarkably in alternating the friend
ship and earning the hostility of pretty much every