The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-11-06
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.

the L., N. A IL G. road, vice w. H. Russell, re-
signed.
President Ingalls, says the Greensburg, Hope
6 Columbus sion of the c., l., st. L. c..
system is the best track in Indiana, when the age
OF the road in taken into consideration.
President Ingalls, tells his directors that from
now on to the close of the fiscal year the c., l.,
ST. L. G. G. will each week show an increase in
earnings over the corresponding week of the
fiscal year which closed June 80, 1885
Engine l041, W., st. L. & P. Railway, hauling
the pay car has been remodeled and one of the
Barnes smoke nsumers attached. me en-
ployes are now anxious to know whether IL VIII
accelerate the movements of the pay-car
The decrease in trunk-line shipments from the
West to the seaboard is the legitimate sequence
of the large movement stimulated by the low
rates ruling in September and early Oetooer. An
Improvement may now soon be looked Tor
Near Carbon. Ind the Decline inspection
train struck man who was sitting on the end OF
a eross-tie The train was backed up and he
was taken to house near by. Only the steps
70 the coach seem to have struck him, and, al
though considerably bruised, he was not appar-
emily fatally injured.
Passenger earnings on all Indiana and Ohio
reads show falling off in October this year, as
compared with October, 1884, which can be read
lily accounted for This year there were no
Blaine political meetings to draw crowds. Then
exposition and state fair travel In each of these
States fell behind last year.
Master Mechanic Patterson, of the c., l., ST.
J.. d O. road, in his report to Superintendent
Sherwood says "We have seventy-pine engines,
ala Of which, with the exception of four, are in
number one condition, and in ten hours the four
spoken of can be put in fair serviceable order"
This is certainly good record.
n Marshall has been appointed division
SUPERINTENDENT of the Old Colony road. at Fitch
burg, in place of S. A. Weber; w. b. Fisher,
the local freight agent at Boston, has been ap-
pointed freight agent at New Bedford; Geo. L.
Ksyes takes the position rendered vacant by
Fisher, and c. f. Peck, jr., is made ticket agent
at the Boston station.
Norman T. Beekley general manager of the
Cincinnati, Wabash & Michigan road, is in the
city. He says it is quite probable that they will
take the room formerly occupied by the Ander-
Hardware Company, northwest corner of
Meridian and Louisiana streets, for their ght
and ticket Office. Mr.. Beckley says their bust
ness will be largely of local character, and he
wants to get near to the center of business.
e. A. Ford says the limited trains are not to
come off the Pennsylvania lines. ut is un
reasonable for such lines the New York Cen
traI the Erie and the West Shore, which are
nothing like SO favorably situated road, to
ask ms TO withdraw a train that was put into ex-
isfence in response to a public demand The
train has paid ever since it was started, and it
would be great public loss to have 1t discontin-
'usd"
s. 7. Jeffreys, superintendent of the Illinois
Central road, says there is not town on the
lines of railway in this countrys which will not
be more or less benefited by a restoration of
both passenger and freight rates, and their main
tenance; to which Mr.. Ingalls,, president of the
C., l., ST. l.. e G. said: Yes; and that it would
be worth hundreds of thousands of dollars to
Indianapolis for, if the roads prosperous
the next two years there would be large sums of
money expended here.
The Firemen's Magazine for November, is
ont, and'is one Of the best numbers yet issued.
The leading editorial is entitled THE Brother
hood Of Philadelphia" There is another en-
OF the Brotherhood" fourth philadelphia
Hospitality" and fifth, "Our Grand Masters
Annual Address In the last the following oc-
ours: ''ln twelve years, or rather in eleven
years, the Brotherhood has grown from one
lodge y. it'll twelve members to two hundred and
ninety lodges, with fifteen thousand members"
T. B. Thomas is still detained at Cleveland by
tbs serious illness of his wife. He tells report
of the Cleveland Leader that he has not
filed the position of general manager of the
Richmond g. Danvlle road long enough yet to
say how he likes it, but that he finds the road
has efficient corps of officers. and differs little
from Northern road except in the amount of
traffic carried. The business Of the Richmond
81 Danville system is very closely related to
ocean freights, and the road mas magnificent
.harbor at West Point.
usually correct and wellposted railroad Of
frial, in answer to the question. what is sending
Beelne stock up SOL said: cit ought to 90 to
PAR. 1t is good property, in excellent physical
condition, and with the tonnage it carries,
would pay 6per cent. dividend if such bust
mess was carried at tariff rates, and the under
standing now is that it will be- Further" said
he "unquestionably closer traffic arrangement
has been entered into between Newell, Of the
Lake Shore, the Vanderbilt boys, of the New
York Central, and King, of the Erie and the
lBee-line. Their interests hereafter will be mu-
'tnai, and practically under one management"
The Bee-line inspection train was hauled, last
evening, from Danvile, Ind, to the Belt cross
ing. eighteen miles, in seventeen minutes The
party are loud in their praise of the condition of
tbe T. e. st. L. track, and say the great
work accomplished while E. B. Thomas
WAS general manager is now quite
apparent. and General Manager Beach says that
before the next annual inspection trip the Bee
line proper will be in as good shape as the |. &
81. L. division. Yesterday twenty five miles of
steel rails. weighing seventy pounds to the yard,
was distributed on the indianapolis division Of
the Decline, and fifty five carloads more will be
distributed next week, which is to be put in the
track at once.
The tenor of the remarks of the Eastern fnan-
cins papers gives evidence that the reduction of
the dividend of the Pennsylvania road was an
gwen at the companys Office except that the
directors deemed 1t best to retain the money in
abe treasury. 1t was admitted that the expecta-
tions were the company would earn 3 per cent
but the directors considered it better policy not
10 anticipate business. 1t was pointed out that
rhis dividend would make per cent. distributed
among the stockholders, which is considered
good when compared with the New York Cen
trnI, which pays only 2 per cent per annum,
and with other dividend paying roads, One
Official is quoted as saying that the directors, in
their recent tour of inspection, saw several
places on Western lines where money could be
spent to advantage and that the condition of
the road was not altogether what might be de-
sired
Big Four Earnings.
E F. Osborn, treasurer of the c., l., St L. G.
C. road, yesterday issued his statement of earn
inrs for October, showing them to be $219,
e1rca AGAINST goal IA 74 for the corres nondino