The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-04-13
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.

light and disappointing.
J. II. Devereux, president of the Bee-line sys-
TEN. viii arrive in the city this evening and
probably remain over tomorrow.
Last week 9, 437 cars were transferred over
sSe Belt road, against Ii ,654 in the week ending
April 4, which is a decrease of 2, 2l7 cars
Barney, Smith & Co. WILL May l. deliver to
The C., r. g. D. three elegant parlor cars. which
Arp to be run between Cincinnati and Detroit
Bonds of the Terre Haute & Logansport Rail-
road Company, extension mortgage, 6 per cent.
coupons January and July. due 1913, guarasi-
4eed by the Terre Haute & Indianapolis Railroad
Company, sold in New York at l04a, Saturday
last
Albert Smell yard-master at Cincinnati was
IN the city Saturday, and drew from Secretary
Sanger, of the Yard-master's National Mutual
Benefit Association 81 900 for the benefit Of the
wife of the yari-master who was killed few
days since in the Cincinnati yards Of the Little
Miami.
The passenger agents who are members of the
local association met Saturday afternoon, and
approved of the action of the general passenger
agents at their meeting on Thursday ms
action on the part Of the local association was
quite essential to the general passenger agents
carrying out their programme.
The five western roads last week brought into
8his station 1858 loaded cars, as follows: Van
LIZ ", l., IL.
Ia, 983; l., b. 81 W., Peoria division, $50; l., ID.
& S. ITO. The same roads brought into In
dianapois in the week ending April 4 5,249
loaded cars. Decrease last week !, 296 cars.
Civil Engineer Johnston, of the c., ST. l.. &
!. P. is in Logansport locating the site of the
new Panhandle railroad bridge, which is to be
constructed over the Wabash river in the place
of the old one now used by the company. 1t is
thought that the new bridge, which has been In
contemplation for some time, will be built dur
ing the present season
The seven eastern roads forwarded east from
indianapolis last week A, 496 loaded cars, as fol-
lows: The c., l., St L. q c., 899; Bee-line, S72;
c., st. J.. & P, S57; T. B. & W., 72S; c., Fl. &
J., GAG; Wabash, $50; L., N. A. & c., Airline,
S35- The same roads forwarded from this point
an the week ending April 5,249 loaded cars.
Decrease last week ,295 cars.
The first train with live stock-thirty car
1oads-ever received from Oregon Washing
ton Territory arrived in Chicago Saturday. The
stock was shipped over the Oregon Short-line,
Union Pacific, and Chicago, Rock Island 81 Pa
ci6c. This is claimed to be the beginning of a
large cattle trade from Oregon and Washington
Territory, where stock raisers have lately 10
Gated in large numbers.
The Vandalia and the c., st. L. & P have
each one switching engine in service day and
night transferring their cars over the Belt road.
These engines, the first week in this month,
hauled over the Belt road 2376 cars, ,804 of
which were loaded. The above movement was all
through business of the two roads, as freight for
consignes situated on line of the Belt railroad
proper is handled by the Belt railroad engines
Railroad circles are in a speculative mood
over the action of President King, of the Erie,
in ordering the withdrawal of the Great Western
Dispatch fastfreight line from the Chicago &
Atlantic and placing it on the Fort Wayne and
Panhandle. r. A. Lewis, general manager of
the line, is reported to have had telegram from
President Jewett of the Chicago 81 Atlantic, of
a severe and reprimanding character Evidently
there is fun ahead.
The officers of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company state that every wheel owned by that
company is In active employment, and that they
are handling three times as much freight as at
the same time last year These increased ship
ments are principally in grain coming eastward
Although the volume of shipments Eastward has
SO largely increased, as compared with the same
time last year, the revenues of the company
from these sources are no greater because of the
reductions in rates which have taken place within
the past year.
The Bee-line management have instructed
heads of all departments to arrange their
spective departments to do as little work as pos
Bihle on the Sabbath Superintendent are asked
to run as few trains as they consistently;
yard-masters to do only yard work which is nec-
essary. In carrying out these instructions,
YaPd-master Davids ordered but three switching
engines and crews out yesterday Heretofore
there have been seven in service. Clerks at the
Offices required to keep their work up in
such manner that they need not be at the
offices on Sunday, and everything which is prac-
4ieable is to be done to bring about better OBJ
Bervance Of the Sabbath on the Bee-line system.
May Prove Beneficial to the Bee-Line.
More than ordinary interest is shown in the
troubles which have arisen in the last few days
between the Erie and the Chicago & Atlantic
arrangements or the superior officers. A direct
or of the G. & A.. in conversation, Saturday,
admitted the matter had assumed rather serious
phase, yet it was impossible to even foreshadow
results. He stated that there was not tho
least pers ona feeling of an unpleasant character
existing between President King, of the Erie
and President Jewett, of the Chicago & Atlantic.
IL was simply business matter. President
Jewett thinks that the Erie people have treated
the G. d A. stability, WHILE on the other hand,
President King not pleased with the situa-
ton. So far as diverting their business to the
Bee,hne at Marion instead of the n. Y, +. q o.,
he was not aware that one pound had been for
warded over the Bee-line. He would not say but
there might be in the near future. AL depended
on the results of the correspondence by letter
and by telegraph low going on. AT present
more Of the Chicago q Atlantic freight was GO
ing forward over the Wabash via .Laketon and
Detroit than over any other line. The Cleve-
lard, Herald of Saturday has the follow
ing to say on the serious complications
which have arisen between the G. 81 A
and the Erie: The impression prevails that the
rupture between Pesident King of the Erie, and
President Jewett, of the Chicago & Atlantic, is
Of a more serious nature than has heretofore
been believed 1t IS evidently not the desire of
President King to cause a permanent separation
of the Erie and Chicago & Atlantic, as the latter
was built for the purpose of giving the Erie a
direct Chicago outlet What Mr. King desires
20 accomplish is to get Mr.. Jewett to surrender
TO his plans and allow him to consolidate the
management of the Chicago Sc Atlantic with
that of the Erie and have both lines onarated
virtually as one concern, The reason Mr. jew
eft opposes this plan is said to be that he feels
confident that in such an event the Erie would
manipulate the Chicago & Atlantic entirely in
its own interest and to the detrimept of the
bondholders of the Atlantic, of whom he is one
Of the heaviest It is quite likely that in his at
tempt to buldoze Mr.. Jewett into accepting his
schemes Mr. King will find more than his match