The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-23
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.

Personal and Local.
The vandalia last week brought into Indian
apolis Col carloads of block coal. The heaviest
receipts were on Friday. 40 carloads arriving
on that day.
M Mounts. trainmaster of the c., Il. d l.,
has issued orders that no trains will be allowed
to make up any time until the coming OF more
springlike weather
President Miard of the Indianapolis car
works Saturday was awarded the contract to
build 100 furniture cars for the Chicago, Milwau-
kee & St Paul road. The cars will be forty feet
In length and eighteen inches higher than
binary freight-car.
A. ). Moore, for the past ten years city ticket
and passenger agent of the Chicago & Alton, at
Chicago, has rendered his resignation, to take
effect March l. Robert Somerville, the present
chief assistant in the general passenger and
ticket Offices, will be his successor.
The freight business over the Indianapolis d-
vision Of the O., St. l.. & P. road last week was
the heaviest of any week in the
at this point j ,9s7 loaded cars; of this number
i $50 were forwarded and 897 received.
The FIVE western roads, last week, brought into
this station 3206 loaded cars, as follows: l. d
St L., 1870 Vandalia ], lis; c., L, St L. d C.,
l517; l., B. & W., Peoria division, 279; st. Louis
division, LAG. In the week ending Feb. IA the
same roads brought into Indianapolis 500
loaded cars.
The seven eastern roads forwarded from this
point last week g. 751 loaded cars. as follows
Decline, 1902. G., St I. & p, d;o90; G, l., St.
Wabash, 1l2; L., N. A & c. (Air-line), 49, In
the week ending Feb. Ii the same roads for
warded 1869 loaded cars.
To-day new special freight tariff goes into
effect the Wabash road, business between
Chicago, Danvlle and Sheldon, Ill., or Lafayette
State Line, or Delphi. Ind, and junction points
in Iowa and Missouri. The following are the
rates to Ottumwa, Ia: First-class Go cents:
second, SO; third 40; fourth, 27a.
1t is becoming quite apparent that the Pennsyl-
vaDia people have fully determined to no longer
recognize the differential principle. Years ago
Vice president Mccullough took the position that
it was all wrong and the policy that they have
recently adopted at Cincinnati and St Louis
indicates that he has carried his point.
S. o. Brooks, formerly chief clerk of the
Southwestern Railway Association, and holding
. similar position with the Western Trunk-line
Association since its organization, has resigned
to accept the position Of general agent of the
Rock Island, at St Joseph. His successor in the
tripartite pool will be F. w. Morse, at present
assistant chief clerk
Chicago railway managers are still good deal
ratified that the c., l. st. l.. & G. is doing
good business. One manager telegraphs East
that the Seneca route is again open for business,
and is said to be contracting for all the freight
Is can get on the 20-cent basis Under such cir
cnmstances it will not be possible for the Chi
cago roads to maintain 2ocent rate.
The ST. Louis roads have finally settled their
ceal-pool troubles. The new percentages are as
follows: Indianapolis 81 St Louis, 7.68 Illinois
- st. Louis, 10 90; Wabash, st. Louis & Pacific,
II. 81 Ohio & Mississippi, IL To- Louisville & Nash
Vile ID 20; Terre Haute q Indianapolis, $780,
Cairo Short-line go. The various roads are
pledged to abide by the decision of the arbitra-
tors, and the new percentages will have to stand
Tor one year at least.
Another OFF Week In Freight Business.
The car movement in the week ending Feb. q
shows but slight increase over the movement
In the week preceding in total, and yet it will
benoticed that the Vandalia, the c., ST. L. & P,
tho L. & st. L. and Bee-line did fairly good
business; put the loss in traffic over the northern
lines greater last week than in the
week ending Feb H. showing that the snow
lraHe ~ cold weather Of last week was even
lore trying on railroads than the week prece1
ing The train movement of yesterday how
ever, indicates that the roads are again we'll
opened up for business, as the transfers over
the Belt road exceeded those of any day for two
weeks past There appears to be any
amount of freight to move when circum-
stances are favorable to running freight
trains with some regularity and hauling more
than a half dozen loaded cars with powerful
freight engine. The roads that are open are
doing an excellent east and west-bound traffic
cars being we'll loaded in both directions. Of
2,l85 cars handled by the c., l., St l.. & p last
week /, 9S7 were loaded, and the movement of
empty cars by all lines is comparatively light
North and south lines are still having rough
time, and the business done in February by all
will fail far below that Of any month for many
years even should the roads be open for business
the presentweek. Shipments of live stock continue
light and are likely to be until shippers can bet
ter determine when stock forwarded will reach
its destination. Local business is about on
par with through business. Where roads
open it is very satisfactory in volume Below
we give the number of cars receiy ed and for
warded at this point in the two weeks ending