The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-11-04
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal aud Local.


Union Pacific, headquarters Philadelphia, Pa,
Is in the city for a day or two
John Osborn. commercial agent of the Wa
bash, is in the city. He feels somewhat encour-
aged over the outlook for the railroads.
Ia the twelve months ending Oct 81 the Van
dalia, with their transfer engines, delivered
over the Belt road, to Eastern connections, 49, 235
loaded cars.
The Terre Haute & Indianapolis road brought
into indianapolis in October 1,619 carloads Of
block coal. against 1,340 the corresponding
month of 1884
The Northwestern, as we'll as Indiana roads,
nrs said to be unable to control sufficient rolling
stock to move promptly the freight that is being
offered to them for transportation.
1t is stated that the Baltimore & Ohio officials
have been induced, by the influence OF promi-
Dent bankers, to compromise their disputes In
both telegraph and railroad matters.
President McKeen, of the Vandalia, Superin-
aendent Hill and Mr. Darlow, assistant to the
saperintendent yesterday made a trip the
TIL 81 division. Col. Hill says the entire
system is in good condition to enter hard winter
service
The Decline people are this month replacing
thirty miles of the fifty six pound steel rails on
the Cincinnati division, with rail which weighs
seventy pounds to the yard There will then be
no light rails in the track between Cincinnati
and Cleveland.
The Indiana division of the United States
Railway Passenger Conductors Accident 1nsur-
aBee Association seems to be doing good work
In the last three months they have dis5ursed
TO members who have been untitled for duty
by accident some 81, 500
On Sunday last E. B. Thomas general manager
of the Richmond d Danvile road, was called to
Cleveland, o., owing to the serious illness of his
wife. A telegram received last evening stated
that her condition was very critical, with but
little hopes of her recovery.
President Ingalls, and several of the directors
of the c., L. ST. l.. q c. will to-day make an
inspection of the main line. V. T. Malott went
to Cincinnati last evening and will accompany
the party and with Mr.. ingalls, will leave them
at Chicago for short Northwestern trip.
From all quarters come complaints of the
scarcity of cars. The trouble seems to be that
cars have become scattered over ali the roads of
the country during the dizziness in freight traffic.
and like man who after two or three years
a5leness has allowed his tools to become scat
tered among his Deighbors, it is quite an under
taking to gather them up.
The value of the Belt road as a relief to the
Union tracks is demonstrated in the fact that OF
81 pa cars handled by Indianapolis roads in Octo
Der, a., 900 were transferred over the Belt road.
Had the j., M. e. l., the c., Ell. 81 l. and the l. q
v. transferred their trains, which now blockade
the Union track, over the Belt, fully 70 per cent.
of the cars received and forwarded would have
passed over the Belt road.
The Eastern journals which are having deal
&c say about project to consolidate what are
known as the Vanderbilt lines west of Buffalo
and south of Lake Erie exhibit stupid ignorance
Of the geographical location of the lines in ques
4ion and their relation to one another as we'll AS
their ownership. This probably explains how it
is shat their patrons always found among
the lambs" in the Wall-street shambles.
President Ingalls,, of the. c., L. st. L. & c., is
49, fOr all obo1,
through sleeping coaches will be run between
indianapolis and Washington. d. c., over the
C., l., st. l.. e c., and B. 81 O., commencing
Dec. l. 1t will, doubtless, pay the sleeping car
company to run such line of coaches. Whether
it will pay the roads is another question, so
much of the travel will be of dead head char
acter.
Master Mechanic Garstung, of the Bee-line
shops at Brightwood the few weeks he has had
charge of matters has accomplished much in the
way of putting the rolling stock in good condi-
ton. He is working some 400 men on full time
and the inspection party who visited the shops
yesterday speak in very complimentary terms
OF the business-like air noticeable in the shops,
yards, ETC., and the smooth manner in which
matters seemed to be moving.
The statement is made that another new and
short line is to be established between Chicago
and Cincinnati. The plan is to construct new
link which will De about sixty miles in length,
on the Dayton & Michigan branch of the Gin
einnati, Hamilton 81 Dayton, beginning at
PiQna, and running to Decatur on the Chicago
& Atlantic The distance between Chicago and
Cincinnati would be about three hundred and
twenty one miles, twelve miles longer than
the Kankakee line.
Under date of Nov l. r. A. Lewis general
manager of the Erie fast-freght lines issues the
following notice: L. S. DumOnt having resigned
his position general agent Great Western Dis
patch and South Shore line at New York TAX
lng effect Oct. 81 the Office is hereby abolished.
Thomas l.. Hanna is hereby appointed agent of
the Great Western Dispatch, Erie 6 Pacific Dis
patch und South Shore line, at New York, with
Office at No. 401 Broadway. M. w. DeWolf is
appointed assistant agent of the Great Western
Dispatch, Erie g. Pacific Dispatch and South
Shore line, at New York, with Office at No. 1856
Broadway.
The Philadelphia Record, in speaking of the
aast monthly statement of the Pennsylvania
earnings, says that it is much better than was
anticipated during September, and shows that
the pruning knife has been relentlessly applied
10 every species of expenditure that would stand
reduction. This is good news for the stockhold-
ers unless the ability of the company to provide
service to its patrons has been allowed to run
down. 1t is possible that repairs to rolling stock
and to the road bed have been stopped to an eX-
tent that may impair the ability of the company
40 maintain it's former admirable condition, but
this can be made up when receipts commence to
improve.
The shops of the Wabash road at Toledo, have
been allowed to run down for several years, till
they became almost unfit to work in and badly
adapted for doing work economically A new
master car-builder has recently taken charge
there, and things are assuming different ap-
pearance. New floors are being put in the
freight shops, the pant-shop, and the planning
mill New skylights are being put in the whole
length of the paint-shop in answer to long
echoed cry for more light in that establishment
A general cleaning up has been going on in
drains, water closets and yards. They are turn
ing out considerable new work, both passenger
and freight cars, and the repair work is getting
heavy.
Wrecks of freight trains are becoming entirely
400 numerous. aud it is largely due to overload
Jog cars. The 40, 900 pound box-car is getting to
be exceedingly popular on many Western roads
and the demand for cars of that capacity is be-
coming so urgent that some roads do not wait to
build new cars or rebuild and strengthen old ones