The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-09-30
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.


w. .. Hobbs assistant general freight agent OF the
O. T., st. L. g. c.. spent yesterday in the city, ar
ranging to move his family to Chicago
Albert S. White assistant general freight agent of
The Decline. left last evening with his family for
Cleveland, o. which is hereafter to be their perma.
nent residence.
Under the rulings of the court the Wabash manage
ment can operate the Indianapolis. Peru & Chicago
road thirty days from Sept %. Meantime the court
it is expected will appoint receiver.
On Oct Commissioner Fishback will listen to the
arguments of the counsel in the questions pending be-
tween the bondholders and car-trust owners in the
Toledo, Cincinnati & st Louis
The coal traffic on the Vandalia system never
before heavy at the present time. On the sew
eral divisions three hundred coal than the
company command could be used to advantage.
The promotion and increase of salary which it is
said j. D. Turner. superintendent OF the indianapolis
& Vincennes road is to have, comes in very oppor
tune time his wife yesterday giving birth to a fine
boy.
The owners of the Midland road, formerly The An
derson, Lebanon g. st. Louis, will meet next month
to consider the extension of the road west from Leb
anon 1t is proposed to build to the coal mines of
Parke county.
The best bridge in Indiana is said to be that of the
c.. l., st. L. & c., White river There are longer
bridges, but well constructed. The bridge is
combination of iron and STEEL looks light, butt
substantial All tension members constructed of
the best Steel
Inc C0lcagO ana OnlO river pool, Sa1u q railroad
man last evening" lis the green spot in the desert.
While IN all directions rates have been demoralized
the roads in this pool have maintained rates in cred
liable manner, and derived good revenue the
business carried.
j. N. Mccullough, vce-president James McCrea
general manager of the Pennsylvania lines west of
Pttsburg arrived in the city last night Presidents
McKeen and Ingalls, will arrive this morning Vice
president Malott hopes to-day to make progress
in the new union depot matter.
The fishing party composed of j. w Sherwood
Tom Morris conductor Brown and MeGaffey have
been heard from. They the Kankakee river,
and Monday night short of provisions and to
tne shore for supplies. In making the landing one of
the boats capsized and Brown and McGaffey narrow
ly escaped drowning.
Passenger conductors on the c., FL. & D. system
average to 1927 per month. The conduct
ors on the c.. FL. & l. division paid So per day
when they make the round trip between indianapolis
and Cincinnati and 81 per day when they only to
Hamilton In the month of August two of the c., II.
& l. conductors paid s so for service, they max
ing thirty round trips to Cincinnati.
A Boston capitalist who recently made trip over
the To edo, Cincinnati & ST. Louis road has returned
to Bost. n, and reports that everything is going
swimmingy: Accommodation trains make eight miles
an hour, and the fast express attans the lightning
speed of twelve. The crop looks beautiful and
the trains go through the harvest fields at rate that
enables their to load them with grain without
troubling the farmers.
-Four more suits brought against us this week"
marked the solicitor of one of the indianapolis roads
yesterday Journal reporter entered his Office. He
Lnen dQu6O: Wv nen0V6r business gets uull anu In
slow the damage lawyers to the front and
seeing other way of turning dollars into their pockets
they commence all sorts of unjust suits against rail-
road companies to extort money by the aid of mpos
ing the wild prejudices of jures against monopo
lies"
The practical result of the advance in rates tomor
row will depend the state of general trade and
the sincerity of the management of different lines in
maintaining them. Past experience teaches that
of the smaller roads constantly tempted to under
bid the lines having greater facilities but the step
tQk OF fha of hafto ht1c
the railroads of the country, and possibly divi
dends to stockholders of some of the important
lines.
Sir Charles Upper. of London, England High
Commissioner of Railways Colngwood Schneider, of
OTTAWA general manager of government railways,
and several other prominent Canadian railway officials
and legislators in Chicago and leave this week for
Victoria. They will remain on the northern coast
until the last spike is driven the Canadian Pacific
which is expected to take place Oct To- They expect
to meet Lord Lansdowne, coming from the East, at
the scene of the ceremonies
delegation of freight conductors and brakemen on
the L., N. A. q 9. road, Monday, called Superin-
tendent Wooodard and asked in a gentlemanly way
for increase IL pay. Mr. Woodland in turn treated
them very handsomely; told them the road had been
in hard luck for couple of years past and unable
just to increase wages but he should cheerfuly
do so whenever matters shaped up in such a manner
as to justify such action. The boys left, seemingly
satisfied with the result of their visit.
E. B. Thomas, manager and Gaylord Beach, assist
ant manager of the Beeline system, will be in the
city to-day. Mr. Thomas is making his last official
trip the system His subordinate officials and
the employees on the road without exception, express
regrets that he is to leave the road Mr. Thomas has
been very efficient officer and in his efforts do his
duty for the owners of the property he may have
seemingly at times, been unfeeng in cutting down
the number of employees yet those who have been
connected with him in official capacity bear testi-
mony to the fact that did he order reduction
of men in department until it became necessity,
and he invariably expressed regrets that such action
demanded.
Col. Horace Scott and Others who were in Buffalo,
n Y, few days since to exhibit patent -coupers
need not be discouraged that their coupers not
among those which the car builders recommended for
trial An old railroad man, who has carefully followed
these and former tests of the master carbuilders
says that they are far from nfallible. He
thinks test by a committee of freighttra con-
ductors yardmasters both combined, or, better
STILL with all three combined, would be far better. He
says, furthermore that the influence of railroad
panies which have already put into extensive
coupler of persons who have become interested in
it, has caused not little embarrassment to the master
builders who desire to be left free to exercise
unbiased Judgment. 1t was hoped that by this time
some one coupler would be found to possess advant.
ages superior to all others that it would be
mended and generally welcomed.
The railroad at this point, who have become
thoroughly Disguised at the brigandsh manner which
affairs of the railroads have been managed of late ara
prone believe that the days of rnous ratecutting
over. at least until the from moving the
crop has been gathered 1t is thought that the
presidents at their meeting to-day, will take steps to
reorganize the trunkne pool There those that
are of the opinion that permanent and substantial
restoration of freight rates only be accomplished
by pool and some other reforms; among them the
abolition of fastreght line competition must be con-
sidered. Such parties take the ground that
these lines have long been subject of irritation and
while they exist it will be impossible to make fixed
rates. The employment of agents to solicit business
for the different companies in the large cities ought to
receive attention. Hundreds of are paid ia New
York, Chicago and other competitive points to get
business for the different companies They not only
absorb large amount of money in salaries but their
time is spent in undertaking each other to get bust
This results II n decentralization of
sequently the system ought to be abolished once
Doubtless with the re-establishment of the trunkne
pool, at all points of commercial Importance West
branch pools will be established.
The Texas Traffic Association seems to have taken
the commissions question by the horns, and has
passed resolution which railroad presidents and
managers such as j. N. Mccullough, Presidents In
gals McKeen and others will do well to ponder over
General passenger agents have been squabbling for
years the question which this association has set
tied in simple manner The resolution reads fol-
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