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

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General Manager Henderson, of the Ohio
Southern, this week purchased ten miles addi-
kional of steel rail of Pennsylvania mill, to be
delivered at once.
The roads are gathering up their old rails in
qivesy manner $22 per ton is a tempting figure
after the dizziness which has hung over the rail
anarket for three years.
il Is said that the owners of the Dayton G.
Jroaton have marked the goods so high that the
C.. a. & ID. people have about decided to drop
negotiations for the road.
The Beeine yesterday delivered thirty-n
carloads OF steel rails at Anderson, to be laid
spn tie Indiana Midland road Track laying on
this cross road will now be resumed west of
Westfed.
Every freight and passenger engine owned by
- chs L, ID. 81 s. road is now in service The en-
ginss not needed to haul passenger trains are
NOW hauling freight. This weeks business
promises to be the best in the history OF the
road
The indianapolis e. Vincennes is another road
zwhssk is gradually getting its head above water.
Tbs earnings of the road for November were 3d.
$50 ahead of those of the corresponding month of
16sa and December now promises to make an
RyeB more favorable exhibit.
Bernard Brown, formerly an Indianapolis
Tanan, brother-in-law of Brad Miller, who for
four years past has been commercial agent OF
hhe Queen & Crescent road at New Orleans has
resigned, to accept the position of superintend-
ens Of four large distiileries in southern Ken
HGeky.
The Erie road has at length taken definite &C
4ion on the contract pending between it and the
1sroline for the use Of the atters tracks between
Dayton and Cincinnati 1t has forwarded to the
Beeline people an expression of its readiness to
sster upon the close traffic relation on the 2Oth
instant.
Tns three Joint managers of the l., P. & c.
division of the Wabash, namely Scott, Stevens
land Sweet, were in the city yesterday, comforting
as 80 improving terminal facilities at Indianapo-
3ix There is hitch in the comrany's securing
abe in the Bates House for joint passen-
ger, freight and line Office
D. C. Brady, who represents the passenger
department of the Baltimore & Ohio in this
eectiOn, headquarters at Louisville, KY, was
an the city yesterday, and in company with
BENJAMIN Tinney, late with the B. & o. visited
Hhe several passenger Offices and formed an &C.
quAintance with the respective agents.
The train leaving Philadelphia for Washington
over the Pennsylvania at GOT P NJ. will hereaf-
Ter be known as the Congressional Limited Ex-
press" and through in three hours and
quarter, reaching Washington at 9l8 This is
an average rate of forty-six miles per hour. The
new arrangement goes into effect on Monday.
President ingalls,, of the G., l., ST. L. & c.,
has ordered new combination steel and iron
bridges, similar to the one recently built across
White river constructed over Flat Rock creek
at ST. Paul to be 333 feet in length, and over
Blno river. near Shelbyville 273 feet in length,
both structures to rest on solid stone abutments
W. r. Black the new superintendent of the
J. M. & l., has removed his family to Louisville
Bar Black it is said. intends to cultivate cordial
relations with the people Of New Albany, and if
she latter will meet the new official, even half
'way. improvements which the New Albanans
aaye long yearned for will be made. There is
0fhcial authority for saying this.
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cago, Burlington & Quincy road signed by G. A..
Waite, general ticket agent of the Worcester,
Nashua 81 Rochester railroad, asking for trans
pcrtstion on account of said road. The Burling-
1sn company took up the matter with Mr.. Waite
md found the letter forgery. Other companies
. are warned in case Mr.. Cary should present a
similar letter.
The roads centering at indianapolis are issuing
circulars, giving notice of their annual cheap
holiday excursion rates to and from all stations
and on all lines Round "trip tickets will be sold
for one fare and third between all stations.
Tickets will be on sale and good going Dec "a,
ans IS and 81, ard Jan. l, and good to return
including Jan. 2 This gives a person nine days
IN which to enjoy the benefits afforded by low
rates.
g,eka & Santa Fe road, has issued the following
notice from his Office in Boston, Mass: Mr.. G. W.
Saith has been elected first vice president of
The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Com
Jau- I. 1886, with headquarters at Topeka, Kan.
lie will have immediate charge of the operating
and traffic apartments of the road, and officers
and employees will respect his orders accordingly
The New York & New England stockholders
ara selecting excellent timber for directors Mr.
Bishop one of the two new directors elected, is
president of the Naugatuck railroad, and di
rector of the New York New Haven 81 Hartford
company Mr.. Amory is we'll known in Boston's
financial and business circles he is treasurer of
49, r1rxAn OIL, Oh
N. r., corporations, is trustee of the Provident
Institution for Savings, and holds several other
Official positions
IL is stated that Senator James g. Fair and
James G. Flood are each endeavoring to obtain
control of the South Pacific Coast railroad. in
which each owns stock; that Senator Fair offered
Flood a bonus of 600 to name the figure at
which he could buy or sell this, neither of which
vas he willing to do. report in connection
with the matter is that the Wabash railroad is
.desirous of securing the South Pacific Coast
railroad as an outlet on the Pacific coast and
that the company has j. Fl. Woodland in New
fefk acting as their agent in the matter.
Commissioner Doherty, of the Indianapolis
east bound pool, has renewed his efforts to in
dace the roads to put in scales and weigh all
business forwarded. The effort in this direction
failed before, as an impression, which
wrong, got out among shippers that A. s. White
then agent of the Bee-line at this point was the
prime mover in the matter The Bee-line then
declined to enter into such an arrangement, but
nos expresses a willingness so to do providing
thu other roads take the same action. Mr.. Doher-
s. row shoulders the whole responsibility.
Chicago as we'll as Indianapolis freight agents
iaavs the problem of the credit system to con-
signees TO solve. The auditors and general
freight agents of various Eastern roads met at
the Palmer House, on Thursday to consider the
R2visablity of pushing some changes in the
present system of allowing credit on freight
ceived at depots At present prominent bust
NESS houses who do not care to intrust their team
sters with money to pay charges are allowed
credit tickets which are collected and settled at
STATED periods. 1t has been found desirable to
change this system, but in what way has not yet
BEEN determined.
General managers of many of the Western
r0ads have fallen into the mistaken policy of
giving loose rope to their operating depart
saenis which spend the money and handicap the