The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-23
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.

Personal and Local.
There were handled over the Belt road, last
week, $40 carloads of live stock
Tho G., ST L. & p forwarded from this point,
last week, 253 carloads of live stock.
n b. Hammond, receiver of the indianapolis,
Decatur s. Springfield road, and his corps OF new
officers, make a trip over the line to-day
G. A. Richardson, agent of the Beelne at
Sidney, o.. will retire today e, 9. Scarf OF
Bellesontaine, will succeed him as agent at that
point
The Evansville g Terre Haute road has de-
clared dividend of per cent. Quarterly. pay
able April /. The employees are looking for an
other cut in their wages as setoh Tor this dlvl-
dend.
There were transferred over the Belt road in
the seven days ending March p. !, l46 ears The
heaviest movement in any one day was on Satur-
day, there being transferred in the twenty-four
hours 1917 cars.
The agents of the roads in the indianapolis
east-bound pool have special meeting this after
noon at Commissioner Doherty's Office. The
organizing of the weighing association will
DE considered. but it will likely end in talk.
Should the plan proposed for the reorganiza-
hion of the Indianapolis, Decatur & Springfield
Railroad Company be carried out, the stock and
bonded debt on the 152 miles of road will be less
than $4,000 per mile and the fixed charges Will
Ae bat 800 900 per annum.
The impression prevails among freight men
that bat for a scarcity of cars there would be a
total decentralization in freight rates at Chicago
and St Louis. Scarcity of cars would suggest
plenty of business, and demoraliZed rates in that
case would be monstrosity
Commissioner Doherty, of the indianapolis
RaBt bound pool, will IN few days, with his
clerical force. remove from his present quarters
10 the rooms in the Vance block, formerly occu-
pied as the Chicago and Ohio River pool offices,
these rooms being much the best arranged for
such Offices.
The business of the Wabash road has in
creased so much of late that the Wabash people
are pressing the L. n. A. e. G. (Air-line) to
seek other quarters early as practicable, as
they need all their depot room and yard room.
Under the contract, however. the L., N A. 81
G. people can stay with them until May Il, 1885.
The seven Eastern roads forwarded last week
from this point 4853 loaded cars as follows: L.,
N A & c. (Air-linel. lO2: Wabash, 1873; c., FL.
Is L.. 4l0; c., St L. e. p. 784; l.. b. e. W., 929
e., L., st. L. e. c., 1,035; Decline, l,4l0. The
same roads forwarded in the week ending March
IA. $3.50 loaded cars; decrease last week, SIT
cars
Superintendent Turner of the L &c v d.
vision of the Pennsylvania lines, and number
of chief train dispatchers Of the several di
visions in the Pennsylvania system west of
Pittsburg, 90 20 Louisville this morning to
begin the work of preparing book of rules to
govern train dispatchers on the Pennsylvania
lines.
The Eve Western roads last week brought
into indianapolis 1904 loaded cars, follows:
l.. d. s. s.. 159; l., b. & W., 6l2 Vandaia, ], Pas;
c., l., St l.. g. c., 1,40l: T. IL ST. L.. 1,677 In
the week ending March IA. the same roads
brought in $3.50 loaded cars; decrease last week.
176 The corresponding week, 1884, these five
roads brought in but 4. $40 loaded cars.
It seems to be understood in Eastern railroad
$ircles that Robert Sayre of the South Pennsyl
Sania Railroad Company, will be made the presi
dent of the Philadelphia s. Reading road at the
next annual meeting of the latter company, if
na+ sooner The two roads will be closely
allied that Mr.. Vanderbilt thinks it would be
best TO have them under one management it is
stated.
It is stated officially that considerable improve
Epents will DE made on the Pennsylvania railway
system the present year, more especially on the
4he Pennsylvania proper, and the Pittsburg,
Fort Wayne 81 Chicago division Many curves
will be Strengthened, sidngs laid and large
part Of the road repaired. These improvements
win cause the employment Of large number of
additional lahorers, and the proposed work will
be commenced early next month.
X fnsails president of the c., l.. St L. s. c.,
says that to keep peace in the family he is willing
20 continue to pay the share of the Big Four in
what is known the Indianapolis east bound
pool, which is merely statistical bureau. Mr.
Ingalls, thinks, however, that these are worth
for reference what it cost to run the office. Then
there are other matters connected with the or
ganization which makes it a valuable auxiliary to
the several roads in the association
General Manager Malott, of the Belt road and
Union railway, reports to the Union Railway
Company that they Will need ten miles of new
steel rails this season the Belt road, to replace
WORKOUT track. The rails on this track have
been down but seven years, yet so heavy is the
freight movement over them that they show the
wear badly Only heavy engines and heavy
Ireght trains run over the Belt road, and this is
much more severe track than are the trains
run on ordinary railroads. The rails now in the
Belt road track weigh sixty-two pounds to the
yard. Superintendent Whitcomb recommends
that hereafter the company purchase q seventy
pound rail-
Mention was made few days ago Of ship
nent of several carloads of dressed beef from
St Louis to Boston The Boston Transcript
notes its arrival there. over the Boston e. AL
bany road The meat was sold at auction.
There was crowd Of about two hundred per-
sons at the station. Bidding was quite brisk
and the prices obtained were little below the
market rates headquarters brought from Ole
to llac, the latter figure being secured for the
first put up, and from DC to SIC was got for
Iorequarters. One quarter is put up time. the
successful bidder having the option of taking the
complementary quarter, kinds and fores alter
through Indianapolis to New England points.
Where the Central Pacific Can Afford TO BE
Generous
The southern lines between the East and the
, Pacific coast seem to be having smooth sailing.
The Atlantjc& Pacific and the Atchson, Topeka
& Sata Fe roads q per cent in the California