The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-26
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.


Benjamin Kelsey, gen sral passenger agent Of
the Cairo 6 Vincennes road, spent Christmas in
the city. His wife accompanies him.
j. j. Turner, superintendent of the c., St L.
s. p, spent Christmas with friends in this city,
his family sharing the pleasures of the day with
him.
Fl. Peirce. supervisor on the c., H. 81 l. road,
has obtained three weeks leave of absence,
and will spend the time in the East, the home of
his childhood.
The Boston Herald says the story that Massa-
chusetts investors are buying Missouri Pacific
originated with an escaped lunatic, who has
been returned to Bloomingdale.
The Chicago & Great Southern people COM
piete their road as they advance with the work:
even the telegraph poles erected and the
wires strung as fast as the track is laid.
.Ex-Presiient G. c. Baldwin, of the Louisville
&c Nashville Railroad Company, who retired
from tile road under a cloud, has become a spec
ia partner in the firm Of G. l.. Rathbone
81 Co., New York stock brokers.
The grand officials Of the Brotherhood of Lo-
comotive Firemen will hold union meeting in
New York Feb. q, 1886. All the lodges of the
United States are asked to send a delegate to
confer with the grand officers on matters of i'm
portance.
Monday next the c., II g. I. put on the long
talked of express train from Indianapolis to Gin
cinnati. leaving indianapolis at 300 p. M. After
that date the 6:5j T. train will only to
ConnersviIle, and the morning accomm odatiou
from Connersville will again be put on.
The t., N a. d c. people are not seemingly
alarmed over the threats of the Wabash--the l.,
p. & e. management-or present controlling
powers, to cut them off three miles north of In
dianapolis; or, in other words, they say their
contract with the Wabash viii not ADMIT of so
abrupt termination.
The report that the Lake Shore company pro-
poses or promises dividend in January is now
authoritativeIy denied Copying after President
Ingalls, of tho g., l., St. L. s. c., they say that
it is not tho policy Of the managementto resume
dividends until there is a comfortable surplus on
hand to insure their continuance.
It is understood that both the l., b. s. W. and
the G. & e. Ills. will be bidders for the Dan
vile. Olney e Ohio River road at the coming
better condition physically. than at any
time in the last five years, and the road is doing
better business than in any December for a
number of years.
1t is understood that number of grain ship
pers at this point have dubbed together. and
propose to forward eli their shipments over the
Wabash and the c., II. & !. road boycotting the
other three roads which carry east-bound bust
mess, hoping by such action to create the impress
sion that the Wabash and c., H. & l. are cutting
rates and thus bring about a decentralization In
rates
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81 Northwestern road is carrying large amount
yof freight, particularly -four, out of ST. Paul.
which goes to the seaboard via Central Iowa and
andiana, Bloomington & Western roads, and
Through rates are reported cut % to cents
The absurdity of this statement is evidenced in
the fact that the l., e. 81 w. finds it impossible
to furnish cars for stations On their own line
and at full tariff rates.
A Chicago railroad official states that the mer-
chahdise traffic out of Chicago by the interior
roads keeps IN much better than anticipated,
and shows considerable excess over the same
time last year; there is also large inward gain
in live stock, but the grain business is much
less. the loss being entirely wheat the re-
ceipts of which show q decrease of over 20 per
cent from last years arrivals there and more
than balance the increase in corn and oats. The
same remarks will apply to Indianapolis roads.
The railroad commissioners of Massachusetts
are called upon to consider all sorts of questions
concerning the relations Of the railroads to the
public and the latest one is the duty of officials
and employees to impart information to passen-
gers when trains are delayed, so that they can
make their plans according to the facts and
probabilities. In answer to the petition, the
commissioners say they have no hesitation in
saying that, in their opinion it is the duty of
railroad officials, in case of the detention of pas
senger trains, to give the passengers such trust
worthy information as they possess regarding
che cause of detention and its probable dura-
Zion.