The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-14
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.


TT A. Lewis, manager of the Erie fastfreight
lines. is in Chicago.
Hand grenades are now carried IN passenger
buckets, ETC., to use in case of an accident or
coach taking fire.
The Wabash. ST. Louis & Pacific earned in
Che four months ending May l. 81, 1877, $40, a de-
crease of $lS4, $50 as compared with earnings
corresponding period 1884
In the four months ending April 80 the Gin
cinnati Indianapolis, St Louis g. Chicago road
earned sos, 056, an increase over earnings cor
responding period 1884 of $1O6, $50.
". p. Ijams, treasurer and auditor of the Belt
road, Union Railway and Indianapolis Stock
yards will on the 10th leave for the Northwest.
60 be absent until early July. His family will
accompany him.
ahe impression prevails in railroad circles that
Gen1ge IL. Valiant, late with the Lake Shore
Nroad will succeed r. G. Villas, traffic manager of
she Erie road. President King could not well
make a better selection.
The health of Col. NJ. A. Downing. president
ycf the St Louis Cable road, has improved so
pnueh in the last few days that he was able to
ride out yesterday short distance. The Colo.
mel has had hard seige, and mis- friends Will
DE glad to see him about again.
Hard times seem to make no difference with
eome Of the Dig Western roads, for they con-
kinue to put out handsome and expensive adver-
kising matter. The Northern Pacific and the
Chicago, Milwaukee 81 St. Paul have distributed
some of the neatest folders thus far this
superintendent Bender. of the L, D. e. s.
noad, has fixed upon the 18th of each month as
pay day for services In the preceding month.
Under the l., B. & W. management, employees
lOn this division were paid on the 9th. This was
necessary, so much larger mileage did the pay
emaster cover
The Nickle-plate is in the hands of receiver,
ysays the railway magazine. The fact should De
Borne in mind that the receiver, ID. W. Caldwell,
Is Vanderbilt man, and the central idea of the
whole scheme is to get back. through skillful
manipulation some of the money which was
originally lost through the purchase.
The last spike in the Memphis, Selma &
Brunswick road, which has been completed be-
tween Memphis and Holly Springs, Miss a dis
stance of forty five miles, driven yesterday
laE Byhala. Miss, twenty eight miles southeast
OF Memphis. Trains will be running regularly
Between Memphis and Holly Springs by the LIST
OF June.
Dave Edwards, general Western pass
enger agent of the Chesapeake 81 Ohio
road is already on the alert for sum-
mer tourists travel. He has issued some
very instructive and attractive advertising,
showing up the more prominent of the summer
pleasure resorts to be found on the line of the c.
60. and its close connec tons
The mammoth boxcars the Indianapolis Ca r
works are building for tho Chicago, Milwaukee
Il St Paul road are loaded here for Cincinnati
with miscellaneous freights. On arriving at Gin
ciDnat they are then loaded with buggies for
the Northwest An idea of their capacity may
be formed from the fact that they carry fifty
covered buggies, knocked down.
The Financial Chronicle says that the state
ment of railroad earnings for April is dsappoint-
ing. showing, as it does, decrease of $500, 0OC,
compared with increase of 500, 900 for month of
March. Fifty-four roads reporting for April
show ST. 466. S48, against $16, 2,743 in 1884.
From Jan. to April 30, 1885, $50 939, $685. 1884,
@66. 457, DAB; increase 1882 282. Mileage in April
increased from A, 149 to As, 513.
&c Calhoun, treasurer of the Chicago &
Eastern Illinois, under date of May l, issued the
following order: Commencing with the payment
of employees for the month of April, a change
will be made in the form of the pay-checks used.
INSTEAD of being drawn payable to bearer, the
checks will be drawn payable to the order of the
employe- This change will require the indorse-
.ment of the person to whose order they are
drawn, and signatures upon pay-rolls will not be
required
Division Superintendent Evan and Burrows,
of the Decline system, have gone to Cleveland
to arrange for shortening up of the running
time of some of their through trains. In the
comments on the shortening OF the running
trains between ST. Louis and Boston it should
have read schedule based on thirty six miles
per hour would land passenger leaving St.
Louis at P. M, in Boston at $40 A. H., not p.
H. as the Item reao.
movement was started recently. it is stated,
by the management of the Adams Express Com
ip&ny for conference of the managers of the
several express companies with view of adopt
ing plan for a general reduction of pay of
messengers and employees. To their credit, the
such arrangement. The fact Is that employees
of express companies are paid none too much
especially will this remark apply to the response
bic position held by messengers.
Monday, d. j. Mackey walked from Washing
ton to Worthington, a distance of thirty two
miles, over the proposed line of road which is to
connect the Straight line with the Southeastern.
In regard 20 the new line, the Evansville Journal
OF yesterday editorially says I'd. J. Mackey,
president and manager of the Evansville q
Terre Haute, indianapolis & Evansville, and
Terre Haute u Worthington railroads, is now in
DayIess county, arranging for the early extern
sion of the ]. q E. (Straightne) from Wash
ington to Worthington"
There are indications that there is in the near
future to be decided improvement in shipments
to Southern points In the last few days there
has been much inquiry regarding rates grain
and provisions Unquestionably passenger rates
at this point. and In fact throughout the Middle
States, are now better maintained than at any
period In the last eight years. This remark will
certainly apply to indianapolis roads. This
demonstrates the fact that if railroad men pay
any attention TO an agreement they sign it is nc
trouble to maintain rates.
The new Danville, Vncennes & Cairo line is
under the general management Of Samuel p.
Wheeler. of Cairo, well-informed and agrees
i've railroad man. 1t is largely to the interest of
Danville shippers that the Danvilie. Vincennes
& Cairo and Chicago s. Eastern Illinois should
form one line, and the new time card just put on
seems to foreshadow this coalition. Should these
roads enter into traffic agreement it would
form an important north and south line, and
possibly endanger the Danve east bound pool
as it would take traffic from the more direct
lines, the l., b. & w. and Wabash, around
through Chicago.
The resignation of w. B. Phelps. supern-
tsndent OF the Oswego & Syracuse division of
the Delaware. Lackawanna g. Western, will be
followed by the union of the Oswego 6 Syracuse
and the Syracuse & Binghamton divisions under
the management of W. K. Niver, of Syracuse
e.. has eli, l,%to