The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-18
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.


President T. B. Blackstone, of the Chicago &
Alton road, left for Europe Tuesday evening
The executive committee of the Trunk-line
pool will tackle the agreement question again on
the 24th
The change in time on the Decline, mentioned
Ia yesterdays Journal has beer deferred until
Ehe 18th inst
v. T. Malott who has been in Chicago for
Day or two looking after pool matters, returns
this morning.
T G, Wales has been appointed local auditor.
secretary and treasurer of the Wichita e. Kansas
FoAd at Wichita, Kas
General manager c. Fl. Chappell, of the Chi
rago & Alton road is again attending to business,
though obliged to use crutches.
L. d. Richardson, commissioner of the Chi
eago and Ohio River Pool. in the city yes-
ssrday, looking after the crookecness Of ona OF
Che passenger agents in rate matters.
The prevailing sentiment among railroad men
ls that there will be agreement between the
trunk lines until there is freight enough for all
Of them. This is precisely the way things are
managed in pig pen.
The Evansville & Terre Haute road earned in
Nay, $50 40 against $50, 048 in the correspond
ing month of 1884 decrease this year, $54S
crease this year of $136
In the month of May 1880 passenger trains
arrived and departed at the Union Depot. Of
the l, 400 which came in, but seven trains were
late. On eleven of the fifteen roads not one
train arrived behind time
The Bee-line limited east yesterday afternoon
carried ffty-two through passengers twenty
three of whom the Missouri Pacific turned over
10 them at ST Louis. The Bee-line limited train,
we'll as those over the Vandalia and O., st. l..
s. r, are grand success.
Dir. G. c. Atmore general passenger agent Of
The Louisville 81 Nashville road, who chaperoned
party of railway through the South dur
ing March, was Tuesday last, while in Chi
rago. presented with magnificent diamond ring
by his appreciative guests.
Eight persons, it Is stated, have by letter, in
formed the Judge Of the United States District
Court that should any of the roads in the State
or under his Jurisdiction be unfortunate as to
fall into the hands of receiver they would
gladly accept such positions.
Charles E. Clarke is continued first vice
president Mr.. DePew has been in the service
OF the New York Central road some twenty
years and while he has devoted much Of his time
20 the legal affairs of the company, he is said to
be well posted in its financial interests, and quite
well posted In transportation matters
Chicago papers say east-bound freight rates
ARE growing trife firmer The Chicago
Grand Trunk road yesterday made an advance
kn grain rates to all new competing points on the
Central Vermont road The tariff rate is 30
gents but of late only 20 cents has been charged.
For the present % cents will be charged
The Union Depot would have more respect
able appearance in the interior were the electric
lights kept in service during the day we'll
the night time. All prospects of a new Union
Depot this year are gradually fading The in
terror of the old structure is now being white
washed, and the water Closets the only decent
apartments in the building, painted
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the Pennsylvania lines, have made their roads
still more solid with the travelling passenger
agents by announcing that not only would trans
portation be free over their lines to the coming
annual convention to be held in Boston, Mass.
but on Pullman coaches as we'll would acc0mmo
dations be furnish free of all charge, to the
porters. It now looks if the boys were to have
q free blow all round.
The stockholders of the Evansville Terre
Haute 81 Chicago road, at theirannual meeting in
Terre Haute Tuesday. elected as directors
Jos. Collett, VIM. r. McKeen, H. W. Beckwith.
X J. Gessie, r. ID. Moffatt S. S. Collect, E. NJ.
Benson, Claude Matthews, Baskin e. Rhoads.
Josephus Collett elected president and treas
urer. This company the road between
Terre Haute and Danvile, H., which is now
being operated under lease by the G. q Il. l.
Railway Company.
TO such an extent have the express companies
carried the economy hobby that at the Union
Depot there arc not men enough to handle the
rive and depart about the same time Yesterday
afternoon four trains were held seven minutes
that the express men might load and unload
their freights, and they would have been delayed
longer, and Meridian street blockaded to travel
had not outsiders volunteered to aid the express
men. The roads could teach the express com
panies good lesson by pulling out on time, re-
CARELESS of the shortcomings of the express COM
panies.
New England roads are prolific this season
with summer excursion books. The following
have been received: THE Tip End of Yankee
Land issued by the Old Colony Railroad Com
pany; Summer Sauuterings,p by the Boston g.
Lowell railroad; '.All About the Hotels, Water
ing places and Seashore Resorts of New York
State and New England" issued jointly by the
New York Central IL Hudson River and the
Boston 81 Albany; Springs, Mountains and
Seashore Resorts" 10y the Chesapeake & Ohio;
List of Summer Excursions and Information
Regarding Mountain and Seashore Resorts of
New Englane and the Provinces" by the Boston
81 Maine railroad; Tours to the Great Lakes
with Rates and Timetables of the Lake Super
ior Transit Company" All these pamphlets are
gotup in neat, and most of them in abeau-
kiful style.
Crisis Approaching.
A crisis seems to be approaching in West
Shore affairs, and all parties interested in the
property are inclning to the opinion that some
sort of order should be produced from the chaos
oe han kruptcy now obtainil o in that unfortu