The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-25
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.


made arrangements to their over the
Vandaia.
Superintendent Stevens and two of the at
torneys Of the Wabash were in the city yesterday
looking after certain legal matters.
T. A Lewis, general manager of the Erie fast
freight lines, is having tussel with the chils
and fever, andis so i'll as to conine him at
home
The Adams Express Company gave fine
turkey yesterday to Marshal Manning and to
each of the policemen who do duty at the Union
Depot.
The Wabash is in the field to carry perishable
freights from this section to Eastern markets.
Heretofore the Decline and c., st. l.. & z. have
had monopoly on this business.
Report has it that c. W. Fairbanks attorney
OF the l., B. Il W. road docs not hold in so high
esteem G.. L. Dickinson, the late auditor of the
road, as he did some months since.
An important meeting of railroad auditors will
be held III Cleveland on Jan. II and IL. The pur-
pose Of the meeting is 70 devise a uniform system
of givipgcredit to consgnees Of freight.
The mucf-abusod Wabash line thus far this
mont tn has carried 80 per cent. OF the east-bound
business from this point. The older lines like
the c., ST. L. & p, will needs to look to their
laurels.
Track-walkers were again ordered out on the
Decline system on the announcement that a
cold wave was coming. These track walkers
are provided with torpe6oes, hammers, and red
and white lights.
g. G. Gale, exrailway superintendent. was in
the city yesterday, en- route from the West to
Cleveland, O. To the question. are you going
TO ralroadng again, he answered: ut depends
upon circumstances"
The freight earnings of the l., d. & S. road
the third week in December were $S, 533 IL pas
senger earnings, 81, 558 08. The road earned in
the three weeks ending Dec. q. $34 420. 40.
against SIT S86 "a the corresponding period 1884;
increases this year, $l6, 534 l6.
The passenger men in the Chicago & Ohio
River pool on Wednesday placed their griev
ances before Commissioner Richardson all of
which were in the nature of charges of rate.
cutting. The commissioner reserved his deci-
sion, which means that nothing further will be
done.
The general impression in railroad passenger
circles is that indianapolis should be the head
quarters of George z. Daniels, commissioner Of
the Central Passenger Committee, as at no point
In this country do rates become demoralized so
frequently, and ut no point is there more schem-
ling TO get around agreements.
The Cleveland Akron e. Columbus road will
be transferred from the possession of its receiv-
'er, George d. Walker, of Cleveland, to the
organized company, Jan. l. The new company
will have stock capital of 81, coo oO0 and bond
ed Indebtedness Of only about $500, 000 incurred
by the receiver III extensive improvements.
Hone WHO'S in position to fully understand the
situation says it may be six months before tho
future of the Indianapolis, Peru 81 Chicago road
will be determined, as there is disposition
shown by certain parties to delay the. sale of the
road at foreclosure sale as long as posi- be- OF
until the Wabash is in better shape to bid for the
property.
The c., l., st. l.. & C. road earned in the third
week of December $47,2fs.84, against SAG, 233.
the corresponding week, 1884. In passenger
earnings there was decrease of ST. 143 -; in
freight earnings an increase Of So 4l8.U. The
first three weeks of the month the road earned
'$l37, AZ, against $l36 600 the corresponding
week, 1884.
The employees Of the c., Fl. & l. road will to-
day present c. A. Holland, the engineer injured
In the recent bridge wreck, with a reclining
chair and mahogany table. To John Mcknight,
the fireman who married last evening" they
gave an expensive hanging lamp and complete
get OF, chamber ware. and to J. Pearson, the
brakeman who was also injured the employees
gave purse of 800
The controversy over export rates, which
threatened at one time to prevent the advance
in the eastbound tariff. has yet to be settled. 1t
was referred to the Chicago committee which,
OF course, cane to no conclusion, because the
roads paired off as their interests lay with New
York, or with Baltimore or Philadelphia. This
disagreement sent it back to the trunk line COM
mission where it has quietly reposed up to the
present time. Now, it is understood, it will be
one of the points submitted for arbitration when
and will not be allowed to disturb existing rates.
The Vandalia company have received two new
elegant Pullman chair-cars this week. They
were put in service yesterday and will be hauled
between indianapolis and St Louis each way
daily These coaches are sxty-four feet in
length, elegantly finished in the interior, and on
the exterior make fine appearance. They are
numbered So and 81. There are forty chairs in
each coach, of the latest pattern, and in end
Is ladies' washing room and other apartments,
n "a fN la oil ar oy,I
fitted up TO accommodate gentlemen. Complete
ness Is noticeable in the whole construction Of
the coaches There are fourteen large modern
styled windows each side, making the car
light and cheerful. The car rests on two six
wheeled trucks and are of very substantial build.
The Cleveland Leader says: Fresh intima-
tions of the Fries policy TO completely obterate
the Nypano autonomy have been received. The
freight department will be entirely subordinated
TO the Erie department iii New York, and the
clerical force at Cleveland greatly reduced, to
take effect Jan. |. The claims branch of the
department. will at that date be removed to New
York, and other changes made which will leave
very little at Cleveland. The Office of general
master mechanic for the Nypano will also be
abolished. Mr.. William Fuller has filled this
position thirteen years. and his resignation will
take effect Jan. /. Tho office has been merged
into that of superintendent of motive power for
the Erie road. Mr. +. M. Wilder who has held
this latter position. with Office at Susquehanna,
Pa, recently resigned to accept situation with
the Corliss Engine Company. II. H. Soule, late
superintendent of motive power of the West
Shore, has been appointed his successor, with
Office at Buffalo n. Y, and will look after the
Nypano shops also"
Oyerreached Their Authority.
The circular issued by the superintendent of
the Toledo Cincinnati & st. Louis road, under
Che understood sanction of the receiver, John
M.