The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-01-12

Report of the Wabash Receivers Con-
corning the Earnings and Expen-
ses OF the Various Lines OF
That STRENGTHENING
Freiehts From Chi
cago { o st. Louis.

AAC DrAtiuHDlC HAA OAAO
ranging strong tolls and tonnage at tide
water for Clarified and Cumberland coals.
TIE statement Is made on good authority
that rates will 10 the spring be from thirty
10 fftv cents q ton lower than those adopted
a year ago, aud that If shipments a. tide
water the PeDnsylvsnia Railroad will have
IS per cent. and the Baltimore and Ohio As
Per cent.
AT the time of the organization OF the
Maine Railroad Commission there were about
400 miles Of railroad In this State; ct the
present time there are 1,14S So 100 miles.
During the year there were forty-six acct
dents, as follows: On the Grand Trunk Is,
3 fatal; Boston and Maine. 9. 4 fatal; Knox
and Lin coln, /; Maine Central, Is, IL fatal;
Portland and Rochester, 2, 1 fatel; Portland
and 0gdensburg, 2, / fatal.
The total railway mileage OF India, as sp.
Fearing from the latest report, is 11,025A
miles. Since March 81, 1881 miles have
been opened for traffic and are included IN
the aggregate given above. Lines Amount
ing to IA $50 miles in addition have been
sanctioned. India contains about 100, 900
square miles, with only about Ii 600 miles Of
railway, while the United Kingdom has a
railway mileage OF about 15. 500 with III ,3O5
miles OF territory.
14Ae 10 Ill uuAultunobc tlHic AOI AAuct1CCb-
ings, because the passes OF 1884 have run out
and those OF 1885 have not in all cases come
around. Ii is customary on many lineN TO
issue circulars making passes good until JAM
uary IS, in order to give the authorities who
issue annual passes ample time to get them
into the hands OF those entitled TO them.
This was done some 40 or three years ago,
and . line meeting having been called at
Rochester, all the freight men who went
down had to pay their fare. The conductor
who collected those fares remarked when he
had emerged from the sulphurous atmos-
phere of the car that he would not go
through such an ordeal again for a General
Superintendency.
LOW RATES TO INAUGURATION CEREMONIES.
Mr.. Z. A. Ford, General Passenger Agent
of the Pennsylvania Lines west Of Pittsbnrg,
announces the following low 6rst-class rates
for tickets over the Pennsylvania Lines to
Washington and return, on the occasion of
President Cleveland's Inauguration, March
4, 1885. The original rates proposed by Mr..
Ford for this purpose were considerably less
than these, but because of q determination
on the part OF his competitors that higher
rates should prevail, the figures named be-
low were finally adopted as a COMPROMISE:
Chicago $40. Cincinnati S15. Dayton Sl5. St.
LOUIE r<@, 1lDCcuDcS t10 ~ EOEb Wdync I'll
Indianapolis Sl7, Logansport $3.50, Terre
Haute $40. Solid trains of coaches and Pull
man sleeping cars will be run to Washing
ton over the Pennsylvania Lines from their
various teImini in the West, and Mr.. Ford
assures Us that the standard of excellence in
all that pertains to the transportation and
care Of their patrons, for which these lines
are SlTeady famous, shall be fully main
tanned on this occasion.
THE WABASH RECEIVERS FIRST REPORT.
The receivers of the Wabash, 81. Louis and
Pacific were ordered lsst June, by the Judge
OF the United States Circuit Court, to report
concerning the earnings and expenses of the
various lines of that system. Yesterday
they filed q report, covering the ground con-
templated in the order, from May 20 to Sep
TENDER 80, inclusive. as follows:
Detroit, Butler and st. Louis Railroad,
earnings, sos, 246.S9; expenses, $1S1 ,356.01;
surplus. s21, s50.ss.
Eel River Road, earnings, 1924. 7S4.97
expenses, s123,S20 81; surplus, 1864 80.
Quincy, Missouri and Pacific Railroad,
earnings, 59,547.4S; expenses, $50. 064 .26;
deficit, $1,416.7S.
Indianapolis, Peru and Chicago Railroad,
earnings, s245 0792 y; expenses, sl6S, 279- 46;
surplus, $76,S 500. 49,
Toledo, Peoria and Western, earnings,
s42s, SEQ. y; expenses, 1857, 791.97; surplus,
S7l. 1876.
Havana. Rsntoul and Eastern Railroad,
earnings. s24, 274 46; expenses, S26. 544.02: de-
felt 2,269 So.
Centeryille, Moravia and Albia Railroad,
earnings, S15,O23 10; expenses, S13.26S 90
surplus, 81, 7641S.
Cairo Division. earnings. Sis. 976 50; ex-
penses, s229 337 81; deficit, S50.361.19.
Champaign, Havana and Western Rail
road. earnings, SO, 236.41; expenses, $685.
542 55; deficit. S2l 800 IA.
Iowa Division. earnings. S125. 1855 80; ex.
penses. $126, 651.73: deficit, 50, 295. 74.-St.
Louis Globe-D Democrat.
DIvERrISe FREIGHT FROM CHICAGO.
The greatest alarm is felt In railroad cir
cles here ON account of the serious diversion
of Nebraska and Kansas business from Chi'
csgo to st. Louis. Efforts have been made
to discredit the reports regarding this mat
ter, which have already been referred to In
the Tribune. The fact is that the diversion
of business from Chicago is far more serious
than has yet been stated. The reports of the
Southwestern Railway Association shOH
that for the month of December. 1884, the
Chicago and Alton took 1900 cars of grain
from the Southwestern Missouri River
points TO and via st. Louis, Ashland, Alton
al Bloomington, while il brought to Chi
csgo only 90 cars. For the corresponding
month last year the Alton took TO Chicago
from those points 1,400 cars. and to st
Louis only 967 cars. The Wabash
took to and via Toledo 900 cars; 10 st
Louis 40 cars, and 70 aud via Chicago
only z75 care For the same month last
year the Wabash brought to Chicago from
southv estern Missouri River points 500 cars
The Missouri Pacific, which runs TO st.
Louis only, took 10 and via St. Louis during
December, 1884. ZOO cars, while for the cor
responding month last year IL teok to tina
point only 1854 cars. The Rock Island
which runs to Chicago only, brought here II
December. 1851, only 325 cars. For the cor
responding month last year it brought here
from southwestern Missouri River point:
1.l12 cars. The Hannibal and st. Joe Divis
ion of the Burlington delivered TO the Wa
bash at Hannibal during December. 1884,