The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-19
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.



were handled over the Belt road.
j. C. Srropes. late assistant train-dispatcher
on the l. & v. road. has taken similar service on
she Belt road.
Last week Belt road engines delivered at Kin
gans pork house 1872 carloads of hogs, u of
which cars were double deck.
Railroad stocks are now at higher point than
EAt any time in the past year. The earnings of
abe trunk lines show steady Improvement
On and after to-day, Oct 49, the general
freight and passenger Offices of the Texas & St
Louis road will be located at Texarkana, Tex.
Il. F. Osborn, treasurer of the c.. l.. St L. &c
C. road, is East on months leave Of absence.
President Ingalls, is also acting treasurer while
he is away.
The Wabash road refuses to receive at any of
ats junction stations freight destined to points in
Texas. unless the same is free from damage and
an perfect shipping condition.
Will T. Hall has r,rsaken journalism for rail-
Toading He tas accented the position OF con
gtracting freight agent Of the Central Iowa road.
with headquarters at Chicago.
Theodore Brown Belt road conductor. who was
taken to the Insane Asylum a Few days since
is much better and the early recovery of his
mind is highly probable, the physicians say.
The consolidation of the Vanderbilt Offices in
Boston, Mass, will result in the retirement of
Colonel William A. Cromwell, for the past thir-
seen years the efficient New England passenger
agent of the Michigan Southern railroad.
The Ree-line last week. forwarded East /, 457
loaded cars. the O., St L. & P. 633. the l., B.
n w 306 the c., HI. e. T. 1877 making total of
1888, against 2, 900 in the week ending Oct. 10.
1895 and .906 loaded the corresponding
week. 1884.
The fact that T. W. Burrows, superintendent
r + O. c. ant h. aypa fraip
with E. B. Thomas. now general manager of the
Richmond & Darve system, is causing consid
cradle speculation as to Mr. Burrows's future in
railroad service
The earnings of the G. l.. ST. L. & c. road the
second week in October were $47, 125 88, against
$5369S 81 the corresponding week, 1884 Passen-
ger earnings fell off SD. G8l.49; through freights
OIL .428 81. while the earnings from local freight
traffic show an increase of 5000 SO.
It Is expected that the returns of the Penn
eylyania lines for the month Of September will
be much better than those for August. and that
the restoration of full rates will enable the com
pany to realize higher percentage of profits
during the remainder of the year
d. j. Mackey. president of the E. & r. HI road
was short brakeman a morning or two since to
go out on the local freight and he filled the posi-
Zion himself He refuses to re-employ on the road
any OF the men who were in the recent STRIKE
which seems to have terminated rather abruptly.
The Belt road handled last week LIZA
1oads of live stock against 6S5 for the CORE
spending week 1884, Live stock traffic over In
aiauapolis roads and at the Indianapolis stock
yards promises to be considerably heavier for
some months to come than in any former years.
President Ledyard. Of the Michigan Central,
says: Il know nothing about west bound trunk
Sine traffcs but east bound rates very
firmly maintained" Commissioner Guilford
says west-bound rates are we'll held, but
traffic is light owing to this season of year be-
ing dull.
The FIVE Western roads brought into this sta
ton last week 4.035 loaded cars. as follows l. &
ST. L., 1904; Vandaia, 1919; c., l. st. L. & G.,
$40; l i, B. & W., 546; l., d. & S., 146. The
same roads, in the week ending Oct 10, brought
in 1857 and in the week ending Oct. 3, 4, 564
loaded cars.
Bin Powell, as he is Familiarity known, the
scaiper has leased the City Hotel on South Hi
nois street and it is said will 60 out of the
scalping business. which has not been very profit
able Of late, as the agents of the outside ticket
Oft ces pay SO little regard to tariff sheets that
they undersell the scalpers.
1t is understood there quite good many
orders to buy grain for Eastern shipment at a
slightly lower range than is now prevailing
After saking into consideration the advance in
freight rates. this is regarded as indicating that
the views of Eastern purchasers coming into
harmony with the present tariff.
G. C. Gale former superintendent of the l.
81 st. L. road. is spending day or two in the
city. Yesterday. when asked by warm per-
sonal friend if there was any truth in the talk
that he was to again take a position on the Bee
line system broad smile came over his face,
and ne said II will see you late-."
Benjamin Tinney. who represents the Balti-
more q Ohio at this point is boasting good
deal over limited train No. 5, of the b. q O.
road, which for twenty-one days of Septembe ran
into Baltimore right the dot, and in neither of
the other days was it over six minutes late
Some other roads which run limited trains will
have to look to their laurels.
The Baltimore e. Ohio Railroad COMPANY will
hereafter work the Ohio & Mississippi road,
guaranteeing the first charges. A rripartite
agreement has Just been made between the Bal
timore G. Ohio and the Ohio 6 Mississippi and
the Erie, by which the Ohio e. Mississippi road
will be used in common the Western connec-
tim of both of these trunk lines.
Frank M. Thomas. of the N Y, p g. O.,
chief clerk with Passenger Agent Clark, has
rendered his resignation. to take effect Nov. l.
Mr.. Thomas has accepted the Northwestern pas
senger agency of the Ohio g. Mississippi road,
with headquarters at Omaha. He has been with
the Nypano Tor over nineteen years-a!most
from the construction Of the road
The McCrea design of semaphore crossing
signals have been put in at the crossing of the
Belt road and the c., ST. L. g. P road. Rail
road men whose judgment is good on such mat
tePs pronounce this the best signal vet invented
One feature OF the signal is that trains cannot
pass over this crossing on road without
blockading trains on the other road crossed.
An oyerzealous fast-freight line man has been
demoralizing rates more less since the restora-
ton OF east bound rates was established by billing
some freight from point named Morton juno.
tion, this side of Peoria, at the low rates. The
young man was handsomely stepped on on Satur
day, and the tributary road will have the
pleasure of making up the shortage on rates. or
cease doing business except at local rates over
Che trunk lines
It is thought by the better class of railroad
men that the time is not far distant when tenn
perance and sobriety will be the rule of the serv-
zee. The various associations of railway men
have done much to bring about this grand good
result Railway officers are disposed to unite with
employees, and by their example encourage their
suOordnates to still greater exertion in behalf of
this reform. which cannot fail but to make its
benign influence felt in every department of the