The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-22
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.

Personal and Local.
The earnings of the l., b. & w. road for the
second week of January were $52, 3370 S, an in
crease of 81, 24556 over corresponding week of
1884
H. B. Vance, late with the c., St L. P,
new train agent on the c.. If. & l., Feb. takes
a position in the auditors Office on the c., FL. g.
d. road.
The Illinois Central directors have declared
semi annual dividend of per cent, paya bic
March l. A surplus of per cent will be carried
to their credit on next year.
Thomas Clarke, general superintendent of the
Minneapolis & st. Louis road. spent few hours
in the city yesterday He was en- route from
New Orleans to Minneapolis.
The earnings of the 3,51S miles Of road, COM
rrizing the Wabash system, for the year 1884,
was $l6 696 38l which a decrease as
pared with the earnings of 1883 of $2l2, 082;
ing per mile for the year, 81, 49, SO.
The unusually severe weather, for Indiana, is
not so seriously affecting freight traffic as one
would suppose it would. On Tuesday 1,402 cars
were transferred over the Belt road, and yester-
day the movement was about as heavy.
One of the railroad superintendent remarked
yesterday that it would be money to the rail
road companies to house their engines this severe
cold weather as freight engines could hau! but
ten TO twelve cars to "a train and were making slow
time with that number of cars.
It is unfortunate that freight agents of west
ern indianapolis roads have conceived the idea
that the Generalization in east-bound rates gives
them loose rein west bound rates we'll
The recently revised tariff of Western lines, If
strictly adhered to- will not yield larger revenue
than the railroads are fairly entitled to-
The Battleboro Reformer reports that Presi-
dora S2itls of the Central Vermont. and for
merly OF the Northern Pacific, was offered the
presidency of the Baltimore 81 Ohio, after Mr.
Garrett ST., died. The Boston Advertiser, in
commenting on the item, says: As Governor
Smiths style of railroading has always been
somewhat different from that of the Baltimore &
Ohio, and as the paper reporting this is not re-
garded as especially his medium of communica-
ton with the public there is reason for doubling
the report.
Orders have been received from Wabash of
fcials requiring, a condition of remaining in
the service, that employees shall promptly pay
all debts they contract 1t is stated that the or
der gives great satisfaction to most employees,
and will doubtless result in wedding out few
worthless dead beats who have dishonored the
name of railfoadef and made it almost re-
preach in certain quarters AS class the rail-
road men have been honorable in their dealings
but the few black sheep among them have
greatly injured the credit of those who were de-
serving and straightforward
Anything to beat railroad seems to be the
motto of some business men who think they rank
high in society. merchant was stating yester-
= day how nicely he euchred one of the Indanapo
lis roads out of 90 cents, when going from one
station on the road to another eighteen miles
istant. He said he boarded the train unnoticed
y the conductor, eurled down in his seat, pre-
ended to be asleep, and the conductor passed
nm, supposing he had been the train out
from Indianapolis. One would think merchant
would blush on telling of so dishonorable q
scheme to avoid paying his fare, yet he spoke Of
1T as remarkably sharp tactics.
The Brookline Chronicle paws the following
live So Tha
Union Pacific railway, under the presidency of
Charles Francis Adams, jr., is most refreshing
and encouraging example of what honest man
Rgement may do for our railroad properties It
is not too much to say chat he saved the Union
Pacific from bankruptcy, and in the few months
he has been in Office he has brought order out of
chaos, paid millions of debt popularized the road
with its natural patrons, increased its net reve-
Dues and, more than all this, has brought to
the head of that great corporation reputation
for truth and honor which inspires absolute con-
fldence.
General Manager Henderson, of the Ohio
Southern road, is highly pleased with the de-
: velopment of coal traffic that line. One
firna-Drew & WATSON, in the year 1884 shipped
SO 900 tons from the Jackson Mines against
10000 tons in 1883. The shipments were made
to ali pFomnent points in the northwest, small
yer cent only coming to Indianapolis. Mr.
Henderson states that the business of the
rS@d this year is much more promising than
last as they now have some 4, $50 coal cars in
service, having in the last four months added to
their equipment 1000 coal cars. 200 pounds
capacity each, In the a, 750cars several hundred
cars belonging to the l., b. & W. system are in
cluded
An apt illustration of the proneness of line
agents to work in the interest of shippers rather
than the road they represent, was furnished
yesterday. One of these reckless line agents.
on learning that he was likely to lose some bust
ness he had been watching. now that all lines
had reduced rates, hunted mp the shipper, beg
ged of him to wait twenty four hours, and he
was quite certain his line would carry the prop
erty to the seaboard at 14-cent Fer 100 pounds
rate In less than half hour the same shipper
doing his best to further demoraize rates
by stating that he had been offered ID cent
rate. One half the rate troubles could be traced
back to just such foolish limitations on the part
of some line agent.