The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-26
Miscellaneous Notes.

The passengerrate war between Mep phis and
New York is over. and rates have been restore d.
The Vanderbilt people say that there is a big
railroad jubilee ahead, and important events in
their favor will continue to transpire.
The Cresson, Clearfield County & New York
Shore railroad will open up another valuable
sylvania.
The twenty-five miles of the Western Iowa
Railway. a part of the Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy system, from Fontanelle to Cumberland,
Neb., have been wholly completed
The Philadelphia Record says: 'tMr. Pullman,
being DESTROYS of avoiding litigation, will begin,
as soon as practicable, to deliver the cars of the
Central transportation Company in the hands
of the Pullman company"
A despatch from Toledo announces the dis.
covery of the Quigley committee, whose where
abouts have been involved in mystery, and
makes the somewhat bold prophecyN that 'some
thing deirite' is expected from a meeting of said
committee, to be held Sept. 6.
Northern Pacific books were closed Saturday
last at 3 P. NJ. for the annual election. There
was a brisk demand for the stock, which lent at
1872 01- 16 for use. 1t is stated that there will
be no contest for the control and all the leading
shareholders will vote the same ticket.
Thirty seven miles of rails have been laid on
the California Southern extension. There
CHIdiuS Ouly dDoul thirty lilies 10 10 covered
out of the total of eighty-four miles. The bridge
across the Mojave river has caused a delay of
two weeks. or otherwise the road would have
been completed by October l.
The railroad committee of the Legislature of
New Hampshire has reported a resolution
requesting the railroad commissioners to inquire
into the expediency and expense of requiring all
railroads of the State to rebuild all their bridges.
The same reported a bill prohibiting
the stopping of trains on highways more than
two minutes
AS a fast train stopped at Point of Rocks, Nd.
and almost lifeless on the floor of the cab, while
near by lay a dead chicken. The fowl had evi
IDENTIFY attempted to fly across the track in front
of the train, and had come in collision with the
head of the driver, killing itself and knocking
him senseless.
The allotment of steel rails for the year 1886
OF 40. OUO tons gives the Edgar Thomson, Penn
sylvania, Bethlehem and North Chicago together
nearly so per cent. of this total; to the cambria,
Joliet, and Lackawanna nearly 30 per cent. and
the balance to the Scranton, Cleveland, Union,
Albany and Rensselaer, and Worcester. the
allotment to the last two being less than so, coo
tons. The mills will be allowed to fill the
allotment as they please. reporting their sales,
and no agreement VIII atever has been made as
to prices.
Railways in England, as we'll as in this coun-
try, show decreased earnings for the first half of
ehAo JN"h' OUN vi ohO FttuFuS IL LILO
leading companies, given by the Statist, but four
appear to have paid as large a dividend as was
ordered last year. some of the larger companies
show decreased dividends by nearly 2 per cent.
The quotations. of the prices of stocks. with but
few exceptions. also stand lower. The outlook
for the remainder of this year is pronounced
gloomy, and the distributions will probably be
less in the coming six months.
Receiver Thomas r. Sharp says that work will
be begun upon the extension of the Ohio Cen
trail road from Charleston, Kanawha county, to
Gauley Bridge. Fayette county, this fall. This
will complete the road up the entire valley of
the Kanawha to the confluence of the New and
Gauiey rivers. From that point it's line of con-
struction is doubtful, as its owners are divided
as 20 the line. Some are in favor of following
up the New river into old Virginia, while others
think the development of the Gauley with it's
vast coal and lumber interests is the better plan.
One of the latest rumors is that the Phila-
delphia & Reading stock held by Mr.. Vanderbilt
has been turned over to the Pennsylvania rail
road, and that the latter road has been quietly
picking up sufficient stock to guarantee the
control of the coal property. This yarn is sim
ply absurd. If the Pennsylvania road has no
legal right to invest in the South Pennsylvania,
it certainly could not hold the Reading; neither
would it. nor any other corporation managed by
a sane set of men. be willing to burden itself
with the mountain of debt under which the
Reading is struggling.