The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-04-20
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.


Personal and Local.
There were transferred over the Belt road in
She week ending April is, 9,1s2 ears.
The Cincinnati Northern railroad viii be sold
shortly, its receiver having received order to
ahat effect from the United States Court
A meeting of the stockholders of the L. E. &
w. railroad will be held at Bloomington, May
10, for the purpose of electine eleven directors
Last week s93 carloads Of live stock were
handled at the Indianapolis livestock yards
against 4O4 in the week ending April 4 and GIL
in the week ending April IL.
Securities of the Lake Erie e. Western road
are under cloud, on runors that the road
would default in its May interest on the Lafay
cite. Bloomington d Muncie frsts
The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe manage
1ent has issued some very handsome invitations
10 its frieuds to attend the opening cs the new
hotel at the Las Vegas Hot Springs, n. M
Engine IS on the yandalia goes into the shops
TO be rebuilt for attaining high speed. When
completed it will be used in hauling the limited
train between indianapolis and Terre Haute.
On Monday new schedule will go into effect
"a the Baltimore g. Ohio railroad by which
Ahe time from Cincinnati to Baltimore will be
Srdueed forty minutes, and the return by tweutv
minutes.
1t is stated that the Pennsylvania Railroad
company, lessee of the Philadelphia d Erie
road, has decided TO send its entire anthracite
production over this line, and also q larger pro-
portion of through freights than heretofore.
The Boston Herald, in commenting on the
Henninger plan of settling the troubles between
4hs bondhoIders of the Toledo, Cincinnati & St.
Louis road, says THE Corbin and Quigley
committees would consolidate like oil and water
would be at rest only when the Oil was on
top"
The earnings of the granger roads during the
H. .1.nr 81, F1,a hava
been marketing their crops, and the funds thus
obtained will be used this spring in developing
their properties thus laying foundation for
greater increase of the wealth and prosperity of
fse Nation.
The five Western roads brought into Indian
apolis last week 3. 166 loaded cars, as follows:
Vsndalia, 1,21S; c., L., st. L. e c., $50; /. 81 ST.
L., 657; l., B. g. W., 343; l., ID. & s., 81 In the
week ending April IL, the same roads brought
IA 1853 loaded cars: decrease last week 1877 cars
sfAe same roads in the corresponding week 1884
brought in 3, 4G8 loaded cars.
There are excellent prospects that new line of
through coaches will be put on between Column
bus. o., and Peoria, ILL.,, over the c., st. L. Sc
p, the l., ID. & s. and p, ID. e. K. roads. The
4Ine it is stated, will be but few miles longer
4hmn that OF the l., b. 81 W., and the track is in
shape to make as good if not better, time than
rs made by the l., b. g.. W.
A telegram to the Chicago Tribune says that
an effort is being made to induce w. NJ Glenn
ents, the late general superintendent of the Bal
4imore & Ohio railroad, to re enter the service
Of the road. 1t is also reported that General
Manager Durham contempates resgning. One
ct the reasons of Mr.. Clements's resignation was
his difference of views with Manager Durham
The seven eastern lines last week forwarded
from indianapolis 1862 loaded cars as follows:
G., st, L. g. p. 9l9; c. l.. st. L. & G., sos; Bee
line, 684 G.. Fl. & l., 800; l., B. & W., 3l3;
Wabash, POS; Airline. 1856. In the week ending
April IL the same roads forwarded 4. 496 loaded
cars. Decrease last week, 934 cars. The cor
responding week 1884, these roads forwarded
a5O6 loaded cars.
George Brecount, general agentof the L., N.
"a & c., took the limited, purposng to stop at
Brazil, Ind, not being aware that this train
made no stop between indianapolis and Terre
Haute except at Greencaste. AS the train few
past Brazil he took in the situation and called
the conductor for explanation. and by the
time the explanation was given the train
slowing up at Terre Haute
The Wabash road has issued the following no.
tiee: "A freight agency has been established at
CAstleton, Ind. on the Detroit and indianapolis
division of this railway. with Mrs. Eliza w. An
aerson as agent. Freight shipped for this point
may be received without requiring prepayment
IN future The freight agency at Fidelity, ILL.,,
the Illinois division of this railway, has been
abandoned. All freight shipped for this point
must be prepaid
Dir. William Hill, general passenger and
ticket agent of the Chicago g. Eastern Illinois
Railroad Company, passed through this city
Saturday evening en- route for Chicago, with
Che remains of Colonel Robert Forsyth late
4rafic manager of his company, who died at
Savannah. Ga. last Wednesday morning The
e., l., St L. G. c. furnished of their best
parlor coaches to convey the remains and the
persons accompanying them.
Commissioner s. +. Pierson has called meet
ing of the Central Passenger Association. organ
iSed in ST. Louis last week, to be held in the
BGrnet House in Cincinnati, Tuesday, April
"a, for perfectlng the organization, and to adopt
tariffs from all Western points east of the Mis-
sassippi river to points in the East There are
still about fifteen roads which have not yet
signed the agreement but it is believed that
mast of them will join the association.
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