The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-08
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.


Eersouat and Local.
Last week 1868 cars were transferred over the
Belt road
Stock traffic is heavy in volume for June. Last
week 1913 carloads were handled on the Belt
road
L. " Deos, secretary of the Brotherhood of Lo.
connective Firemen, will this week be- married to
hiss Kate Baur, young lady Of Terre Haute.
n A. Ialmage. general manager of the Wa
bash, passed through indianapolis. last night. en-
route for New York, travelling on the Pennsyl-
vania limited.
The New Albany rail mill is busy in manu-
featuring the iron-work for the ST. Louis cable
road The work will keep them busy thirty
days or more.
aeon indicated that provision rates from Chicago
30 New York would TO day drop from il to 10
sents per 100 pounds
The Adams aud American express companies
On Friday last forwarded north, from New AL
bang, Is 952 gallons of strawber and the
shipments yesterday reached nearly that guam
tity.
The express companies are now in clover. Ship
meats Of peaches and small fruits from Southern
points to Northern markets have fairly set in.
and for TIE next sixty days this business prom
kses to be immense.
has under consideration the converting of the
new mill into mill for manufacturing heavy
iron structural work w. c. De Paw, one of
the heaviest stockholders, strongly fayors such
n change.
The five Western lines last week brought into
this station 3 032 loaded cars, follows Wanda
jim. 695; l. e. St. L.. Sol; Co. l., ST. l.. & g.. $50;
I, B. & W., BIZ; l., ID. & s.. 1885, The Wanda
liza and l., B. & w. show the highest inbound
ear movement of any week for years.
The seven Eastern roads last week forwarded
from this point 3;435 loaded cars. as follows: L.,
=. A & c. tAir-line) l56; l., B. & W., 255; c.,
e. e l.. PSF; c., St l.. e. p. TAP; c., l.. ST L. &c
C.. TAG; Bee line, 807 In the week ending May
30 the same roads forwarded 3760 loaded cars.
The Pennsylvania people have the comforting
Thought that their road-bed and equipments on
the main lines are in such excellent condition
that little need be expended in the way Of re-
newals for FIVE years to come, and the cost of the
maintenance of the properties, well, will be
light, comparatively speaking.
The Pittsburg Commercial says ''The Penn
syivania railroad will soon erect a new passenger
station on the plans of the Philadelphia Broad
street station, at the corner of Liberty and
Grant streets, extending 10 Seventh avenue
Ii the Pennsylvania people build a new depot at
Pittsbure before Indianapolis has one. they will
wish they owned no roads touching this city
there will be such racket about their ears.
II costs SIT per week to keep the Union
Depot time schedule correct This week the
l., N, A. 81 c. Airline make a change in run
niRg time, and the Pennsylvania and Vandalia
is billed to shorten their running time still
more on the 18th, unless the fight is settled, and
she following Sunday it will be in order for the
Bes-ine to shorten up an hour or two their lin
tied trains and so it goes from week to week.
Passenger officials of the Pennsylvania and
Vandalia lines state that the passenger business
OF their through trains has increased per cent.
Bincs the limited trains were put on. This may
be true, but has not the reduction in rates more
than eounterbalanced the increase in travelg
What the railroads want now is increase of
business full tariff rates. then the revenue
will increase with them rather than diminish as
1t now does.
AS evidence that shippers have no charity for
Che railroads, general freight agent remarks that
one indianapolis grain man worked them down
TO IL cents per 100 pounds. indianapolis to the
seaboard, and this did not satisfy him. He
offered to load twenty cars at Scent rate,
aud said he would not load them until he got
that rate. Probably some line agent win to-day
hunt the shipper up and take the business at
the rate the shipper offers.
The economical mania has at last struck the
C.. L, St l.. & c. with full force. President
Ingalls, has given the heads of all departments
instructions to reduce the cost of operating their
departments to minimum. Chief Engineer
Norris is laying no plans for improvements, and
nothing is to be done above what is needed to
fully maintain the excellent condition of the
rsad-bed, except graveling some thirty four
miles on the western division, and nc new equip
ments will be purchased until the depression in
railroad interests is D2sSed.