The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-15
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.


his bed.
James III. Rutter, president of the New York
Central road has gone South on three weeks
pleasure trip
The G., l., St L. & G. earned, in the first
week of January. $4l. 679. an increase over earn
ings for corresponding week of 1888 of $6, 7SS.
In the year 1884 there were received at the
Indianapolis stoekyards 239 car loads Of hogs,
8O72 car loads of CATTLE 966 carloads of sheep,
2, liz carloads of horses.
j. Fl. Devercux was Monday last elected di
rector Of the Pittsburg, Mckeesport & Yougho-
gheny road. Mr. Devereux is now in the di-
rectories of six roads in which VIM. h Wander
bllt Is supposedto be interested.
At the annual meeting, Monday last, of stock
holders of the Pittsburg g. Lake Erie railroad,
the resignation of E. d. Nettleton as general
freight agent Of the road, was read and accepted
The vacancy was filled by the election OF Frank
Dean.
r. d. Twombly has been appointed master
mechanic of the main line and Cape Cod divis-
ions of the Old Colony road, vice G. Berkeley
Powell. resigned. and Arthur w. Twombly
has beer appointed master mechanic of the
northern division of the same road, vice F. N.
Twombly, transferred.
L. ID. Richardson, commissioner of the Chi
cago e. Ohio river pool, Secretary Hand and the
general freight agents of the roads which are
members of pool, are holding two days session
or rates on lumber and pig-iron from the Ohio
river to interior points north.
It is understood that tho Pennsylvania Com
pany and the Atkinson. Topeka 81 Santa Fe
people are backing the enterprise to build
another line from ST Louis to Kansas City par
allelng the Chicago & Alton. A bill is now be-
fore Congress authorizing the construction of a
bridge at Alton. If this be true it means
early completion of the enterprise.
Colonel Horace Scott, who is interested in the
Brown patent automatic selfcarcoupler, went
to Lafayette yesterday and sold the right to put
this coupler onto one hundred cars the Lafay-
etc car-works are building for western road.
The best features of this coupler are its sim
phcity, the effective manner it does the work,
and the fact that it costs but tride more than
the coupler in common use.
A change of time with the Chicago. Burling-
ton 81 Quincy road necessitates the night ex-
press over the l., B. q W.. to shorten their run
ming time between Peoria and Indianapolis and
the train will hereafter make the run from: Dan
viil ILL.,, to Indianapolis city limits in nour
and 1fty-two minutes The distance is eighty
fve miles, and four stops are made. But few
roads in this country beat this time regularly.
The riot at Pittsburg in 1877 was sprung for
the same reason that the trouble at Fort Wayne
now is, the running of freight trains with double
headers. By this method of running trains four
men do the work that six do under the ordinary
plan, as it dispenses with conductor and one
and three brakemen are employed On ordinary
trains two brakemen and one conductor are en-
plOyed.
It is one month yesterday since the Baltimore
q Ohio put on their fast express between Cincin
natl and Washington, d. c., and expressed
anxiety to President Ingalls, lest the close con-
nection of Number at Cincinnati would
frequently cause the c., l., St L. & C. to miss
this connection. Mr.. ingalls, informed them
that he would not complain if the B. 81 o. left
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failed to make the connection.
John +. Miller, superintendent of the c.. st. L.
Is T., yesterday telegraphed Col. Joseph Hill,
superintendent of the Vandalla. that, after a
personal inspection of the main liho OF the Van
dAlia on Tuesday, he must Say that the improve
yHentS to the roadbed since he rode over it one
wear ago were worthy Of mention, and more ex-
tensive than on any piece of road over which he
had passed in the recent inspection of lines west
OF Pittsburg controlled by the Pennsylvania
Company.
Engines 70 and 70, on the c. l., st. L. & c.
road, have now been in service twenty months
without losing trip from need of repairs. and
have averaged during the time named to run
4.368 miles per month. There are four of this
class of engines on the road. Nos. 70, 49, "a, Is.
They are Mcqueen build have an 1Sx24 inch
cylinders, five feet nineinch driving-wheels To-
xal weight of each engine when empty. is So. 600
pounds weight on drivers, $4,000 pounds; on
trucks, $4,000 pounds.
Notice is given by the Pennsylvania Company
that hereafter powder and other high explosives
In less than carloads will be received for ship.
ment by this company at all stations, subject TO
the conditions named in circular No 1853, dated
September l. 1888 on Tuesday of each week. in
stead of the first and third Mondays of each
month, as heretofore Shipments of high explo-
sives and black powder in carloads, or black
powder in less than car loads, in fire proof mag
azines, will be received for shipment at any
time.
Under the new contract of the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company with the Pullman Car &c m
pany, the former have the right to end the con
tract at any time when they may deem it ad
visable, by either the purchase outright of the
cars or obtaining of an interest i'll the contract
Itself This is to protect the road should the
working of the agreement prove unsatisfactory
The Pullman company however will have no
such recourse. The Pullman people will be paid
so much for every mile run By their cars; the
rate, however, is slightly decreased.
The investigation of the c., III. & D. troubles
ON Monday last, at the east -bound pool Office,
have caused Commissioner Richardson, of the
Chicago 81 Ohio river pool, to put on his war
paint He thinks that fifteen carloads of this
east hound business which passed Indianapolis
billed to Hamilton. went through to Cincinnati.
and thus the Chicago & Ohio river pool was
eyadeG If he becomes satisfied that such is the
ease. he says there will be racket. The c., H.
Il d. people, if this thing goes on, will become
disguised with pools generally, and kick out of
the pool traces.
The following changes in the organization of
the Woodruff Sleeping and Parlorcar Company
will takn effect Feb l: The Decline. Indianap-
oils 81 st. Louis, Pittsburg 81 Lake Erie. Grand
Rapids 81 Indiana and st. Louis Keokuk 81
Northwestern roads will be operated as the
Cleveland division G. w. Hall, superintendent
with headquarters at Cleveland. The Chicago
g. Eastern Illinois, Evansville & Terre Haute
indianapolis. Peru G. Chicago. Indiana, Bloom
ington q Western and Wabash roads will be OBJ
Grated as the Chicago division. F. H. Crane
superintendent, with headquarters at Chicago.
Bankruptcy Predicted.
New England capitalists are waking up to the
fact that their capital is largely invested in rail
roads from ocean to ocean, and if the present
reckless method of corporate management con-
tinues, it is only question of time, and that