The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-09-03
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.


have been reduced TO nine hours per day.
There were but 3, 066 carloads of stock handled
on the Belt road in August, it being the iightest
months business of the year.
d. Ryan, an engineer on the c.. l. st. L. & c.
road, yesterday buried his wife at Chillicothe.
who died on Monday after brief illness.
q S. Collins has been appointed general
freight and passenger agent of the Houston
East and West Texas Railway Company, taking
effect Sept. /.
The Belt road engines have all been supplied
with Palmerton wrecking frogs, and the en-
psCyes now make quick work of placing deraied
car on the track.
There were transferred over the Belt road in
August 49, GIT cars. against &c. 1S5 cars the CORE
Spending month in 1884 49, I81 in 1883, "a, $50 In
fS62 and %, 402 in 1881
The c.. l., ST. L. & c. company has opened a
3tAsIOn and telegraph office at Swaningfon, where
ehsir road crosses the c. & G. S. road. l. ID.
MItter has been appointed agent
The receipts of the vandalia Company at the
Indianapolis station for August were $I29o4 40,
which is some $28. 600 more than the receipts the
corresponding month In 1854
The employes of the Pennsylvania lines have
published cards of thanks to their respective
superintendents and assistants for the pleasant
free excursions recently rendered them.
IL ia understood that Lucien Hills will retire
frum railroad service. he not having it is stated,
accepted the position of commercial agent of the
BeSline at Cleveland, rendered him by the man
agHment
The Pennsylvania Company is rebuilding a
number of their coaches for special service over
the Louisville bridge They are lettered
louisville Bridge Company" and rest upon six
wheel trucks.
West-bound tonnage never was heavier over
Indianapolis lines than at the present time. The
Of in at
stimulates merchants to ship goods earlier some
what than usual
Tuesday Sept. /, Superintendent Jackson, of
the Vera Cruz railroad, assumed the manage
mint of the Mexican Central railroad, i'll place
of General Manager Robinson, who assumes the
management of the Atlantic 81 Pacific road.
The breaking of rates has let the c., III. & L
agAin into the ring. They yesterday sent seventy
FIVE empty cars to the elevator to be loaded for
the East The c., Ell. Il l. maintained rates when
restored, and consequently got left when there
WAS a little money in the business.
The roads in the Chicago and Ohio River pool
arc living near up to tariff rates that they
Bow are endeavoring to secure business by max
ing fast time with freight, and some lively run
ming of freight trains is now INDUCED in between
Chicago and Cincinnati and Chicago and Louis
vale, KY.
An indianapolis line agent last night received
\ telegram from Chicago stating that one of the
roads contracted to carry 100000 pounds of
wool from Chicago to Boston at 40 cents per 1G0
pounds. The tariff rate is 90 cents, and $4,000
pounds make carload This is certainly work
Ing cheap
IL is stated that the ST. Louis line agent is
6oasting that he has at no time adhered to the
restored tariff on grain, and claims that # the
shippers had had sense enough to have kept
their mouths shut. and not boosted of the special
rates they were getting, the game could have
been kept up indefinitely.
~
talked of some time ago by Mr.. Phil Campbell,
private secretary to President Mckeen. has been
presen. ed, and Mr.. Campbell. who is very popu
iar here, will go South with Mr. Hervey to &C
cept position the Sheffield e. Birmingham
railroad Hervey and Campbell together make
a strong team.
In the month of August 3. POP passenger trains
arrived and departed at the Union Depot, 3 068
were regular trains and 1874 special or extra.
The increase in the latter was in the way of
Eamp-meeting trains, Of the 1,534 regular
Grains which arrived at the Union Depot but
thirty -seven trains were late, and but six over
thirty minutes late
Fl. G. Sleight. car accountant of the Vandalia,
under date of Sept. l. issues the following
tIce 1--WE are placing 500 box cars in the Union
hne initiated T.. H. & l., and numbered from
I6O0l to l6, 500. Please report mileage in a
separate item to w. s. Roney, auditor. Terre
Haute, Ind and send junction reports to Geo. B.
Edwards, Eastern manager, Pttsburg, Pa"
The Chicago & Rock Island passenger con-
ductors are in trouble. Four were discharged
on Sept. l, namely, Denny, Post, Levitt and
Rnnson, all well known to the travelling public.
1t is tn ought that more will be released in few
days. No charges have been preferred against
the men, but it is generally understood that the
officials considered the men were accommodating
wealth too rapidly. Freight conductors have
taken the places of the men discharged
The good -natured George W.-Cobb secretary
OF the Railroad Mems Association. was pulled in
by one of the body snatchers on Scalpers Row
day or two ago. On learning that the snatchers
did not know who he was, he asked what was
tho best they could do on Cleveland, 0. After
the rate was named he remarked he could do
better than that over one of the other lines.
The body snatcbers finally dropped the rate to
"a. but would go no lower. At this juncture he
pulled Bee line annual signed by President
Devereux, and remarked: "See here, / can beat
your rate"
General passenger agents at this point were
yesterday notified by the Wabash people that
the following lines have been dropped from the
Wabash, st. Louis & Pacific system. viz:
Quincy. Missouri 81 Pacific road, Quincy to
Trenton; Missouri. Iowa & Nebraska road Keo
kuk to Humeston; Humeston e. Shenandoah
road, Humeston to SHENANDOAH Toledo, Peoria
81 western road State line to Keokuk, Hamilton
10 Warsaw and LaHarpe to Burlington; Havana,
Rantoul q Eastern road West Lebanon to Lee
noy. H.; Champaign e. Havana line, Champaign
to Havana and White Heath to Decatur; Cairo
Vincennes g. Chicago line. Danvlle to Cairo and
yincennes to ST. Francisville General passen.
ger agents are requested. at the earliest moment,
TO revise their chart of forms. that tickets read
ing via Wabash st. Louis & Pacific railway to
points on or via any Of the above.named roads
may be taken off sale and others with proper
coupons be substituted.
Sunday Train Service.
The good people of the old Bay State have be-
in thoir III
ming of Sunday trains in Massachusetts The