The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-12
AFFAIRS OF TIE RAILWAYS.
Personal aad Local.

Ihs Indianapolis Car Works, Saturday, COM
pleted the contract made Sept. 1, to build 1000
coal cars, $4,000 pounds capaeity, for the Ohio
Southern road.
Judge Gresham proposes to win up. as early
as practicable, theT. C. & st. /. narrow gauge
muddle He tells the shareholders 70 prepare
for foreclosure early in March.
Over 100 men and two construction trains ara
now busy grading the new C. St L. & P yards
and laying the system of tracks, which WILL when
completed, DE the most extensive at Indianapolis.
Between May %, the date the Wabash road
passed into the hands of q receiver, and Sept
80. the Indianapolis, Peru and Chicago division
earnings were $245, 079.79 expenses, $163, $50 49,
surplus, SIC, S0O.33
The Beeine forwarded east last week from
thss point j, l07 loaded cars; the c.. S. L. 81 p,
G5i; thu l., B. & W., 1872; the G., Fl. g. L, 260,
making total of 1883 cars against 1885, in the
week ending Jan. 3 Increase last week. ATS
loaded cars.
The Ave western roads brought into Indianap
Oils last week. 4, lS3 cars as follows: /. q St L..
1888; c., l., st. l.. & c., 1,l69: Vandalia, LOST;
l., B. & W.. Peoria division. 352; St Louis dvis-
ion, 207. In the week ending Jan. 3, the same
roads brought in g. lab loaded ears. Increase last
week, |, l40 cars.
The Jeffersonville Madison & indianapolis
Railroad Company handled. in the year 1884 at
the indianapolis station, 56. 444 cars Or this
number AZ COZ were loaded and l4442 empty
There were received. q, 1874 loaded and GIT
empty cars; forwarded south, 20, l63 loaded and
4. 05 empty cars.
Local ticket agent Hazard. of the c., n. &
l., named a rate to the Minnie Palmer troupe
from Indianapolis to Toledo via Cincinnati.
which his superior officers would not stand by
him in. Consequently the manager of the troupe
was displeased, took the O.. I. & ST. L. for Gin
cinnati. and says he will go by some other route
TO Toledo than the c., Ell. & d.
The Democratic statesmen are in trouble
They are all anxious to visit Washington to see
Cleveland inauguarated, but the fates are
against them up to date. AS they are a little
short of funds. the walking bad, and both the
respectfully decline to furnish the necessary
passes they are in a quandary as to what course
to pursue
At the suggestion of some cheap lawyer,
Sarah j. levitt brought suits in the Court of
Common Pleas. Pittsburg, Pa. against the
Pennsylvania company for $4,000 On Satur-
day it came up for trial, and it was thrown out
Of the court. Her husband was locomotive
engineer the Fort Wayne road. He
given bottle Of muriatic acid by one of the
shop men to carry to Alliance and installing
tho acid for his coffee. he drank heartily Of it
and died shortly afterward. As the testimony
did not show the company's liability, the court
ordered a non-suit to be entered
II would be great convenience to commercial
men were the railway arrangements to hit upon
some plan by which they ride on freight
trains when by so doing they can expedite their
business. TO he sure, in times past commercial
Enen have abused this accommodation and paid
fare to freight conductors. who in some cases, it
is said, have never reported such fares. Some
form of a permit certainly could be devised
which would allow commercial men to ride on
freight trains and the railroad company not lose
. through the dishonesty of the conductor, should
there chance to be one on their road.
"A Handsome Increase in Freight Business.
The train records showa handsome increase
I'm freight traffic last week as compared with
that of the preceding week. or of any week in
the last three months. 1t will be seen there
was total of 1915 cars received and
forwarded at indianapolis, of which number
13. 768 were loaded cars, an increase Of 1880
loaded cars over movement in the week ending
Jan. 3, and of 1,617 empty cars, making the
tota6i increase last week 3 POT cars 1t will be
noticed that an unusually large per cent. of the
movement was empties-this indicates in
creased orders for cars. and still further i'm
provement in business An examination OF the
table below shows that the excess movement is
largely with the Bee-line. the J. 81 St L., the c.,
L., ST. l.. g. c., eastern division. The Vandalia
and c., st. l.. & p. as we'll show an increased
movement east-bound We notice a still
further falling off in west-bound tonnage.
The tonnage, the next four weeks
westward will as usual at this season of the year,
be light, yet it is fully as heavy this year as at
the corresponding period 1884. Business with
north and south roads continues disappointing,
the tonnage having fallen behind the correspond
ing period last year for several months past, yet
property is carried at better rates, and the reve
nue. derived 10 reported to foot up in excess of
last years figures. Live stock traffic, through
business, is hardly up to the usual volume in
January, while local stock traffic is running
ahead of last year. Local traffic the last week
has improved considerably and is now fully up
to the usual winter tonnage Coal traffic is also
satisfactory. Below we give the number of cars
received and forwarded at this point in the two
weeks ending Jan. and Jan. 10.
Jan. 8. Jan. 10.
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