The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-31
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.


ENVY eStern ROAD out OIL the handS OF receiver,
nnd indications are that the plan will be carried
amt
ID. j. Mulkey. president Of the e. & T. II.
lines it ia stated, has not yet given up the idea
OF securing control of the L.. E. & 81. L. Air
line.
District passenger agents Hogan, of the Den
yer & Rio Grande and Kern, of the Cincinnati
Southern were in the city, yesterday, on official
business.
AT the Wabash Office in New York decree in
Bankruptcy from the courts is expected by Jan.
B. This is necessary before reorganization or
the property.
J. Good Ripple has been appointed travelling
passenger agent of the Pennsylvania lines, with
headquarters at Des Moines, Ia, vice S. M.
Demmond, resigned.
James Thompson, who for eighteen years past
has been master car painter on the E. & t. H.
road. tomorrow takes similar position on the
La, N A. q c. road.
The new West Shore per cents will mature
IN the year 2361, which will give the New York
Central plenty of time to figure up exactly wha {
its new acquisition is worth.
J. T.. flanagan, for some time chief clerk Of
She passenger department of the Burlington,
Cedar Rapids & Northern railway, was yesterday
Appoin ted general ticket and passenger agent, to
take effect Jan. l.
W. d. Sanborn has received the appointment
ct general agent for the c., B. 81 O. on the Pacific
coast Mr.. Sanborn is an old resident of ST. Louis,
where he has been connected with traffic man
agsment for number of years.
o. 3. Curtiss, the present assistant superin
tendent of the Milwaukee, Lake Shore q West
ern railways middle division, viii, Jan. /, te-
come general agent for the road at Oshkosh. He
will be succeeded as assistant superintendent by
s. w. Bird.
With the improvement of traffic with the rail
roads the hours of work in railroad shops are
being increased, and in some shops additional
men are being set at work. This is true with
the Bee-line. the NaDdaiia and the OHIO a. Mis-
sisSippl roads.
The order issued by Superintendent Pettibone,
Of the IT. c. & St. l.. road, to the effect that the
failure OF employees on the road to insure against
accident by Jan. | would subject them to the
penalty of dismissal from the service of the com
psay, las been revoked.
Charles K. Lord. general passenger agent of
the Baltimore & Ohio road, stated to the railroad
reporter of the Inter Ocean that his pany
had instituted all the financial and engineering
measures necessary to the speedy construction
of the company's New York extension.
The experience which the freight agents of the
Wabash and the c.. II. & l., have passed through
the last few DAVIS in their dealings with tie east
bound pool, doubtless has convinced them that
memOranGums of weights on elevator blanks
furnished by shippers is not looked upon as safe
weights OF which to bill freight.
This mild, open weather is having the effect to
turn large quantity of grain from the South
western roads down the Mississippi river. that
stream being open for barge navigation from St.
Louis, Cairo and Belmont This rather unsea-
sonabe diversion of freight has temporarily
bad effect on the earnings of the roads losing
the traffic
II. w. Burrows superintendent Of the l. 81
St L. division of the Bee-lipe is in the city. Mr..
Burrows is feeling nicely over the smoothness
which matters have moved along in the year
closing to-day, and more especially good over
the freedom from accidents, which in former
years had placed the l. & st. L. among the ILL
fated roads
The postal agents running on the Toledo. Gin
Cinnati s. ST. L. road are paid $500 per annum
for their service The one running between
frankfort, Ind. and Toledo, o., is six days
making the round trip. and his expenses are S.
The agent running between Frankfort and ST.
Louis is four days making the round trip; his
expenses are Sc
The Lake Shore company has 49, 900 freight
ears included in its equipment, and not one has
been idle for month past. much larger per
cent of their cars than usual have been sent
West over the Bee-line SO pressed have the lat
Ter been for cars. and the Bee-line still has in
service on the eastern division six heavy Lake
fShore freight locomotives.
H. B. Thomas, general manager Of the Rich
mond 81 Danville road has issued the following
notice. "On Jan. l. 1886, the Office of the super
intendent Of the Western North Carolina rail
road. with master of trains, dispatchers, etc.
now located at Salisbury. n c., win be moved
to Asheville, N. c., TO which place official com
munications to him should be addressed"
AS aresult of the recent visit Of the general Off
GERS of the Union Pacific to San Francisco they
have awakened to full realization of the rail-
way situation in California, and propose to es-
tablish agencies in Sacramento and other cities
in northern California Under the present con-
ditioEs the Southern roads are doing the bulk Of
the business and southern California is reaping
all the benefit.
One of the officials of the L., n. A. & c.
states that at the conference to-day between the
present management of that road and of the l.,
p. & C., Wabash old scores will be settled up to
the new year. and they (the L., n A. & c. ex-
poets to make arrangements to continue using
the T.. p. & C. terminal facilities until they can
arrange for independent terminal facilities at In
dianapolis. The official said the management
were convinced that, in this case, their was
Better than their company, consequently they
proposed to get out OF the way at as early date
as possible.
When the transferring of the business of the
Erie road from the c., II. & u. to the Decline
between Dayton and Cincinnati was first talked
of, c., II. & ID. officials quoted saying
that ii would make but little difference in their
earnings. Now that the scheme is to be carried
out they are quoted as saying the business was
worth about half n million dollars annually to
tho Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton, and its loss
is a serious one to the owners of the road. who it
is claimed, are greatly dissatisfied with Presi-
dent Je<yett for keeping up the fight with the
Erie and thus subjecting them togreat loss.
Regarding the rumored resignation of r.
Broughton as general manager of the Chicago &
Atlantic rs we'll as the statement that r. G..
Villas would succeed him, it is officially stated
that Mr. Villas was offered the position, but de-
clined because he afraid that the company
would go into n receivers hands, which would
necessitate number OF changes. movement
has been foot among the bondholders to fore
close the first mortgage on the road as the in
terest has been indefault since November 1884.
AS the United States Circuit Court decided ad-
versely TO the bondno!ders' interests, they look
forward to the appointment of a receiver as their
last hope.
Would Benefit Both Roads.
1t is stated to be highly probable that one Of
the results OF establishing friendly relations be-