The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-24
Miscellaneous Notes.

Last week, on the Northern lines, the snow
blockade extended from Boston, Mass, to Bis
marck, ID. L.
Seven leading New England roads have higher
average freight rates than either the Union Pa
cihc or the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe.
The Chicago & Eastern Illinois railroad reports
the largest amount OF coal carried in any one
week In the history of the company for the week
ending Feb. Z The amount was 20,936 tons.
The railway from Henderson, KY. to Mobile,
Ala, is being rapidly built. The part from
GAINESVILLE to Cadiz will be completed in sixty
days.
Recent appointments made on the Mississippi
Valley and the Mississippi 81 Tennessee railroads
virtually bring the two roads zunder one man
agement
The New York Indicator says ''The Chicago
Tribune is difficult to please. 1t growls if the
roads cut rates. and it yells for legislation if they
charge paying rates"
The Nebraska Legislature is not giving much
encouragement to the demagogues who are try
ing to prosecute the railroads. Nebraka needs
rather to encourage railroad construction.
The Philadelphia Press says: 1.-THE New Jer-
sey Central will probably 90 into receiver
hands, and the first mortgage bondholders who re-
fuse to sell their coupons will soon apply for a
receiver"
A further reduction in the number of track
mon on the Philadelphia d Reading railroad and
its branches went into effect yesterday, sections
being leng thened and five out of every twenty
men discharged
The Boston & Albany Railroad Company have
bought the right to use the AmeS automatic
carcoupler, in connection with the New York
Central the Lake Shore 81 Michigan Southern,
and also the Michigan Central.
The Vanderbilt roads are still losing in the
trunk-line pool, and the Pennsylvania lines gain
ing in percentage. Erie is also increasing, while
the Grand Trunk is away behind. The latter is
experiencing much trouble with snow blockades.
The Worcester Spy says: 'At present Massa-
chusets is trying to get out of the railroad bust
ness She has one more tunnel than she really
needs and Is puzzled to dispose of it. and a
bridge would add as much to her perplexities as
it would dinIiuish her runuS."
An arrangement has been perfected between
the Milwaukee, Lake Shore 81 Western, the
Milwaukee 81 Northern and the Wisconsin
Central roads for an independent line from
Schlessingerville to Milwaukee, the expense OF
the thirty five miles of track to be equally di-
vided.
The dinng-car on the n Y & N Z. limited
express train is lighted by dozen incandescent
electric lights. They are supplied by four bat
teries of six cells each. This is probably the
first time in this country that car has been
illuminated by electricity. In England the
lights were used on palace cars about four years
ago.
The Minister of Public Works, France has
sent circular to the boards of all the railway
companies, requesting them to arrange by the
1st of April that free access shall be given to
the platform and trains to all passengers pro
vlded with tickets. The misery of prolonged
incarceration in waiting rooms will soon become
a thing of the past
The Ames automatic carcoupler costs $40 a
car if made of STEEL and $lS if made of MALE
able iron. In building car the timbers are
placed further apart, to permit two springs
abreast. In old cars, the timbers being but nine
and half inches apart, an alteration is required,
but the Ames coupler can be applied for about
the difference in cost between the draw bars.
The earnings of the st. Paul for the second
week of February begin to show the effects of
the snow blockades by just reversing the figures
of the preceding week, being $273, 900 against
1872 900 i'll the preceding week, and as compared
with $306, 900 in the corresponding week of last
year, or decreases of "a and 10 per cent respec-
lively. The third week will probably also show
quite as unfavorable.