The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-04-04
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.

Personal and Local.
l.. g. Hager, of the Terre Haute car works, is
very low, and the physicians give no hope 1t
is thought he can survive only day or two.
There was expended in improvement to bridges
on the Bee-line system in the year 1884, $780,
OS8-7 rs. Of this sum $780, 173 Oh was expended on
the Indianapolis & st. Louis road.
Every stop of train costs money to railroad
company. Recent statistics kept on cePta in
trunk line showed that it cost that company -
cents every time the train came to standstill.
Employees on the indianapolis, Decatur &
Springfield road will be paid for the first sixteen
days of March by the l., B. & w. company, and
Tor the remainder of the month oy the l., ID. d
S. company.
On the Vandalia system Their, are 149a miles
OF side track. This statement includes the
county. But few roads in the country are bet
ter provided with side-t track than is the Van
dalia.
The Ohio Southern, Manager Henderson's pet
road is experiencing the benefceEt influence of
peace. The settlement of the difficulties in the
mining district is Strengthening the price of the
stock and handsomely increasing the traffic of
the road.
The manager of the Lackawanna line has mott
fed W. d. Wilson. it's agent at this point that
the arbitraries to West Winfield N. Y, as shown
in supplement No 6 to tariff No. T. should be
made void and the same applied to West Sum-
nit, n. ].
M IL. Doherty, commissioner of the Indian
apoiiS east bound pool, returned from the Chi
cago meeting yesterday in excellent humor.
He expresses himself as being confident that
better maintenance of rates will be one of the
results of the conference.
The new limited express on the Pennsylvania
lines between New York and st. Louis, will be
put on to morrow, Sunday. The train runs both
ways--east and west-making the run between
New York ana indianapolis in about twenty-five
hours, distance of S25 miles.
The Journal has good authority for stating
that the Bee-line people, in connection with the
Lake Shore and New York Central. are seri-
ously considering the putting on of fast train
between New York and ST. Louis, and also the
shortening up of the time of their New England
trains
There is another hitch in the Illinois Midland
case, it seems. Attorneys have received
telegram from Justice Harlan, postponing his
promised decree of sale In the Midland case and
the expected meeting at Washington on the 9th
of April will not take place. He says. however
that he will come out to Chicago before long,
when the decree may be issued
0. E. Raidy was yesterday appointed train
master OF the Vandalia headquarters Indiana
polls. This is newly-created position on this
road. Mr.. Raidy is bright fellow, young and
competent. He has been on the Vandalia road
a number of years. and began as a brakeman
Since July. 20, 1879, he has been running as
freight conductor and has also each month since
that date had charge of the pay car train.
1t is suggested that were the indianapolis
eastern roads to make up purse jointly, and
send two or three fastfreight line solicitors for
business across the water to spend the summer,
1T would add to the revenue of the roads, as a
better maintenance of rates would doubtless
result. Possibly, they will behave better in this
respect after the pools placed on the new
basis, as neither they their superior officers
viii profit by working for tonnage regardless of
the revenue derived from carrying it.
N. K. Elliott superintendent of transporta-
ton of the Vandalia lines was In the CITY, yes
terday, arranging the train schedule for the
limited trains. Going west, the train will leave
Indianapolis at S:10 A. NJ, reach st. Louis
at 3 p NJ. Coming east, leaves St Louis
at TO A. NJ, reach Indianapolis at 5:15
P. N. The limited express makes the
run one hour and fifteen minutes quicker be-
tween Indianapolis and St Louis than does the
fast,mail trains and three hours quicker than
the through accommodation trains. Buffet cars
will be run on the limited express until coaches
OF the pattern of those run between New York
and Chicago can be built.
Ticket broker George Frey admits that the
future for ticket-scalpers looks rather hazy. He
says while the efforts to brace up passenger
rates may be successful, should they, the mem
bers of the Ticket-brokers Association would
not be seriously affected so large a territory
did they cover, and so harmonious were
their operations, that while any road in the coun
try paid commissions they would thrive. He
stated that his books would show that the re- |
ceipts of his Office in March last from sales of |
tickets, notwithstanding the action of the local |
Passenger Agents Association, were in excess of
either January or February receipts, and nearly |
81, 900 ahead of the receipts of March, 1884