The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-18
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.


VIM. R. McKeen president of the Vandaiia-
who has been in the city for couple of days.
returned to Terre Haute last evening.
thief Engineer Morris of the c., l., st L. d
a. is preparing plans for new depot at Eliza
BEETHOVEN, on the Ohio and Indiana line.
F. Tucker has notified the Transcontinental
Railroad Association of his intention to resign
his position of arbitrator owing to press Of other
business.
President Mackey is quoted as saying that he
would cut down the operating expenses of the
T. H. & S. E. road so per cent If he does tn is
the pay roll will be a sickly looking affair
There are some eighteen hundred carloads of
block coal on the side tracks of the c. & E. I.
and the L.. N. A. 81 G. roads billed to Chicago
and the Northwest, which await the lifting of
the snow blockade.
some os the Indianapolis roads are running
snort in their supply of coal tor locomotives.
and are confscating coal on cars which stand
upon their side track. and will settle with the
owners when the snow blockades are lifted.
The effect of the snow blockade on Northwest
ern lines is well exemplifed by the receipts of
grain at Peoria last week. For the entire week
Trey amounted only to 23l, 955 bushels, against
s..S, $40 bushels the preceding week, and 436 $50
bushels the corresponding week last year.
A party representing the West Shore in the
West on Monday received a letter from his supe-
rior officer, who is located in New York, which
closed by saving don't be surprised. Will,
should we be working for Vanderbilt within
short time This is, at least, suggestive No one
who is posted questions that Vanderbilt is in
fair way to gain control OF the road
The Baltimore &c Ohio is arranging to extend
fbe operation of the Globe fast freight line over
the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy. This line
has recently been transferred from the Lacka-
wanna & Pittsburg to the Buffalo. New York 81
Philadelphia. Unless the line makes better
time than it does on indianapolis freights, the
fewer points it touches the better
The Massilon iron works. on Monday, turned the
new iron and steel bridge crossing the Big Miami
river over to the O., l., St l.. q e. people, and
yesterday their trains began to run over it. The
structure is 532 feet long, and is a superior job
in every respect. costing the company $4,000
The bridge rests on the old stone abutments
which were raised some two feet. and the grade
of the road has been raised to conform to it
This places the road-bed above the highest water
mark.
The ticket scalpers were making sharp drives
yesterday to demoralize passenger rates Ru-
mors were started that just before the local pas
senger men entered into an agreement to main
tain rates lot of Vandalia tickets were placed
In the hands OF scalper. Another rumor was
that the l., B. e. w. were taking advantage of
the maintenance of rates by competitors and
cutting west-bound rates So to 50 pertieket. None
Of the rumors when traced to their;origin, panned
out WELL
The fact that the Indianapolis Passenger
Agents Association should grapple the commits
sion question IN the manner they did on Monday
is creating some merriment, as the general pas
sepger agents, at their recent meeting in Louis
viiie, KY, passed it over, it being matter too
big for them to tackle People who are ac-
quainted with the local passenger agents of
Indianapolis roads, however, will understand
that it would be a tough question in railroad op-
erations which they did not undertake to solve
Railroad men express good deal Of interest
IN the experiments now going on upon the New
York 81 New Haven road, to demonstrate the
possibility of maintaining Geographic communi
cation with moving train Whether the new
plan will come into general use is somewhat
doubtful on the score of economy as it will
require an operator on each train in addition to
those already required at the stations. The
success of the experiment. however. shows that
there are practically no limits to the possibilities
ofthe telegraph invention.
freight man yesterday remarked that the
present snow blockade was very unfortunate for
the railways, as everything pointed to heavy
traffic fer three months to come. and there never
was a time when handsome earnings would come
in better play than at this time Now he feared
floods would follow the lifting of the blockade,
and. before we were fairly out of that trouble,
navigation would open, and the golden oppor
tunity for railroads to make little money would
be passed. In anycase, however, he believed that
local traffic would be heavy, and this would
help matters somewhat