The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-27
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.


Personal and Local.
The bonds the c., c., C. s. I. are now placing
become due in 1884. aud draw 6 per cent. in
ferest.
The 7.20 p. NJ. train east over the Bee-line is
discontinued only on Sunday night. On week
days viii run as usual.
The Daughters of Rebecca, some thirty in
number, have arranged to go to Chicago next
week over the L., N, A. & c. ~air-line.
in. Mccullough, vice president of the Penn
sylyania Company. has SO far recovered from
mis- recent illness as to be at his Office on duty
again.
The Wabash gives notice that all freight des-
tined to Omaha proper should be waybilled to
that point at the rates to Council Bluffs, plus the
Omaha bridge tolls.
General Agent Wetsell reports the local bust
mess Of the Vandalia as quite satisfactory. The
first twenty days of May an average of five car
loads per day more local freight was handled at
their Indianapolis city depot than IN the CORE
spending period of 1884.
Indianapolis agents whose lines touch Phila-
defpnia have been notified that the Philadelphia
IL Reading and Lehigh Valley railroads will not
accept as their proportion less than I2a cents per
loo pounds on soft lumber east OF Buffalo, to
Philadelphia and points taking Philadelphia
rates.
The much abused New York, Pennsylvania &
Ohio on Wednesday seems to have made the
fastest time on record in this country, hauling
the Cincinnati Commercial Club 1877 miles in
25 minutes. Such speed is evidence that their
&rAek is not in such wretched condition as James
.MeHenry alleges.
lei. B. Hammond, receiver Of the l., d. & S.
road, went to Decatur, ILL.,, yesterday, on a
special train, where he met A. A. Talmage, gem
Gral manager of the Wabash system. Now the
query arises, is the L., D. & S. to scoop in the
Wabash, or is the reverse to be the case-the
Wabash to gather in the l., d. 81 >
A station GA the eastern division of the l., b.
& W. has been named Losantiville, which was
the original name of Cincinnati. 1t is a Latin
nAzne, and whilei it may have been appropriate for
Cincinnati, is not a good name for this station.
The name means the village opposite the mouth
OF Licking. L) Licking, (os) mouth, (anti)
opposite, (ville) village.
The Evansville & Terre Haute Railroad Com
pany declares l per cent. quarterly dividend. If
the statement of President Mackey be true, that
he Is paying better wages to employees than any
other road in the State, and is, as well, main
9aining the property while declaring a dividend,
that he is able so to do is certainly com pliment-
AIRY TO his management.
The directors of the Pennsylvania railroad,
at their meeting Thursday, made some i'm
pertant changes in the freight department of the
company. John S. Wilson, the general freight
agent, was promoted to a new and higher posi-
r. %A~'IR VIM bhO NhSAO "a y SSchS ohN eA0AAS
agent. he win have complete charge of the
freight business, but will be relieved from the
details, which will be attended to by subordi-
mates.
Hisnow understood that President ingalls, and
1he directory of the G., L., ST. L.. q C., have con-
cluded to defer paying a dividend until Septem-
Der l. The money is in the treasury to pay one,
but railroad affairs are in such a depressed con-
dition that it is doubtless wise for the directors
to hold on to this surplus until a good fall traffic
is assured. AS the bonds and stock of this road
are largely held by the same persons, such action
will doubtless be acceptable.
A Bee-line circular gives notice of several
changes in agencies this week on the /. q st. l..
division. At Greencastle, A. FL. Niles succeeds
Hams, vice A. Ell. Niles, transferred; Gilman,
S. Hugnell, vice J. B. Mckinney, resigned;
Rosamond, E. e. Jewell, vice NJ. M. Williams,
transferred. Mr.. Coates was agent in Terre
Hante for several years, also at Nation. He
was transferred to Greencastle last fall when
4he freight and passenger agencies were consoli-
dated, and Mr.. South made agent.
g. I. N. Davis, trustee of the northern divis-
states that the arrangement with the Wabash
company to operate the piece of road between
Peru and LaPorte is but temporary. Mr.. Davis
As still s~anguine that a move will soon be made
by which the portion of the l., P. q c. lying
between Indianapolis and Peru will be taken by
the bondholders from the Wabash, and the
indianapolis, Peru & Chicago road will be
operated as one interest, as before the Wabash
leased the property. AS now operated, both the
local and through business is drifting to other
roads.