The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-09-29
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.


thirty persons were killed and I73 injured.
w b. Shattuc general passenger and ticket agent
of the ohs g. Mississippi railroad is sending photo
graphs Of his 81 900 dog to agents scattered over
the country.
H. r. Johnson general passenger and freight agent
Of tie Cincinnati, Van Vert g. Michigan road spent
yesterday in the city. dc states that the road In
doing an excellent local business
The T., B. s. w people have very wisely made little
effort to business eastbound at the present low
rates Out of Peoria they entitled % per cent,
and this month they have carried but per cent.
Rumor has it that movement is on foot TO remove
j. II. Cheney, receiver of the Lake Erie g. Western
road, and appoint in his place K. HI. Waldron, who,
Tnen general manager handled the property with so
much ability.
Taking effect Oct. 1. 1885. the agency of the Blne
and Canada Southern lines at Portland Ore. will
be discontinued, III. @. Eckenberger agent having
resigned to accept the position of general agent Of
the st. Paul. Minneapolis & Omaha and Chicago o.
Northwestern railways.
Numerous holders of American and Canadian rail-
way shares have asked Mr.. Tyler to convene meet
ing at London, for the purpose of discussing the
question of competition and to advise the various
lines 10 agree upon reasonable rates This is another
favorable omen.
Pennsylvania sheriff is having lively time of it
IN searching for parties suspected of having knowl
ledge of the South Pennsylvania deal The directors
of the Pennsylvania and the Northern Central roads
have been subpenaed. and divers deputies scour
ing the State for other witnesses.
Who to be the division superintendent the
lines of the Pennsylvania Company west of Pttsburg
will not be made public until John +. Miller, who
takes the position of general superintendent and who
appoints his subordinate officials. assumes the duties
OF said Office, which will be Oct. i.
The Louisville New Orleans g. Texas Railroad Com
pany have contracted with the Michigan City car
works to build them 100 gondola and 200 box
cars similar order has been placed with the Ensign
ear works, Huntingdon, Pa The 400 box are to
be equipped with she Wagner outside door.
The Michigan Central is known as the shortest road
between Detroit and Chicago but the Wabash claims
TO beat it. The latter route is via the Wabash from
Detroit to Auburn Junction Ind, from where the
Baltimore & hio is taken to Chicago 272 miles in
line.
An item is still going the rounds of the press that
no roundtrip rate is 70 be given from Indianapolis to
Topeka, to the reunion of the Grand Army of the Re-
public Hundreds of letters of inquiry have been re-
ceived by passenger ag nts here, all of which
answered to the effect that So rate has not been
made or even talked about.
To-day will, for the time being, close the ugliest
railroad rate this country has seen. The
wRr commenced on the 18th of January, 1885, and
since that date although number of efforts have
been made to restore rates none have been
but it is believed that the advance ordered for Oct.
viii have the desired result
The Wabash management contemplate the erection
of shop buildings at Andrews next spring in con-
formity TO the plans prepared three years ago. A
civil engineer has carefully inspected the company
ground at the yards, and if business continues good
fhis winter it is stated work the shop buildings
viii commence in the early spring.
She Reading railroad fond and stockholders partcu
iary among those interested in the junior securities
and the stock, looking to an appeal to exPresident
Franklin b. Gowen, upon his return from Europe to
cake upon himself once more portion of the respon
sbiity of conducting the Reading railroad,
rumor gained currency in railroad circles yester
day that the roads in the Chicago and Ohio River
pool and several outside of the pool in this and ad
joining States to be placed under control of
syndicate OF which NJ E. ingalls, president of the G..
J., st. L. & Co. was to be president. In answer to a
telegram sent last evening Mr. Ingalls, said II hope
1t is true. Never heard of it before
G. McFadden has been appointed Southwestern
freight agent of the Wabash, with headquarters at
Kansas City, appointment to take effec Oct J. 1885.
The line from Des Moines 10 Centreville will be under
tae jurisdiction OF division freight agent G. Z.
from Moberly to Ottumwa will be under the jursdc-
tion of division freight agent w. B. jennings with
headquartei at Moberly.
p. H. Dudley who for few years past has been
passing the more important roads of the country
with his dynamometer car and whose reports of the
condition OF road and track are watched with much
interest this reports the track of the Boston
Albany road to be the most perfect in the country
Last year the division of the Pennsylvania road be-
tween Hamburg and Altoona stood first in phys
teal condition of any 100 or more miles of track.
In compliance with the action of the Texas courts
An enforcing the protection of weights in lading
the Wabash, st. Louis & Pacific railway have been in
sucted 10 not insert weights in such bills of adng
Issued by them unless such weights obtained by
weighing at their stations, in of carloads at
of the track scales OF the company and the
weight obtained must in all be certified to by
the agents.
eral Manager Waite to divide up in salaries among
his passenger conductors the salary he pays his train
ductors on the O., H. 81 ID. system we'll if not
better paid now chan any roadin the country, and
a divisions pleasant to over and it seems ha d.
~ probable that they would kaock down as the
goes and lose desirable jobs there spot
tiers the train to mark them dishonest men. and
annoy passengers
The Pittsburg Telegraph of Sunday last says 1.-THE
about changes to be made in certain Offices of
the Pennsy lvaIia Company's lines have been con-
drmed Mr. James McCrea has been appointed gen.
ersl manager of all the Pennsylvania Companys lines;
also of the P. G. & St. L. r. r. and the O. st. L. g.
P. r R. His Office will be in Pittsburg. Mr. John
Miller was appointed general superin tendent of the
Panhandle lines with Office in Columbus. Manager
Baldwin and Superintendent Thomas remain. un-
changed in their present positions"
Z. A. Ford, general passenger agent of the Penn
svlvania lines west of Pittsburg confident of
early restoration of rates by the passenger depart
ments of all the trunk lines He expresses the opin
ion that all the lines are only too anxious to renew
rates and that the restoration will include all classes
. of the passenger business. he says the passenger
agents will almost certainly recommend to the
live committee advance in rates The latter COM
snttee will meet on Wednesday, and the presidents
will confirm all that is done in the way of restoration
of rates at the meeting Thursday unless
question comes up to demoralize matters again.
Now it is announced that there is to be no more |
boys play. Eastbound rates to be advanced Oct
I. Commissioner Doberty has asked the agents of
Indianapolis lines TO meo{ at MS once to-day,
range for the advance the trunk lines said to
Nave wheeled into line. PRESIDENT Sloan says that the
Lackawanla managers heartily in favor of the ad
IN freight rates ordered. and will cooperate
with the other roads in sustaining the advance Presi
dent Garrett of the B. & o. is said to be very
sentative and amiable As said week ago. no
great railway president himself record in
opposition TO reasonable advance in rates when they
50 low that the companies losing money. Mr..
Garrett failed to get the last o. 600 600 he wanted
in Europe and there is closer connection between
this fact and trunklne harmony thar most people
viii imagine
The receipts of grain and -four at New York in
August were 40 per cent more than in July and
about the same as in june and 13l2 per cent.
than IN August last year. and also than in 1888
The railroads brought ewhat smaller share than
In July of this and nearly the share in
the corresponding month in 1874 and 1883. In the
reeeipts by different railroads the New York Central
has an f,nusually large shara-43 n