The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-02
AFFAIRS OF TIE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.


Union Depot handled % 74 pieces of baggage.
There were checked out from indianapolis 10. 0l2
pieces.
Several western roads are suffering for charges
advanced for the West Shore road. So ne
roads have claims of this character against this
bankrupt affair dating back to March.
There are roads in Ohio and Indiana which
are now doing good business but suffer great
ly through overtaxation, some of them paying %
par cent of their gross earning out for taxes.
To add to the distress of the Mexican Central,
G~DeFal Manager Robinson. whose conduct of
the business has been much praised, has resigned
On account of his health, to take effect Dec. 81
Cat down expenses is again the cry all along
The Penn sylvaiia lines west of Pittsburg. Cir
cEstArs nave been issued from headquarters or
dorTng 10 per cent reduction in forces In all
departments.
All the locomotives on the l.. d. e. S. road
ara to be thoroughly overhauled, and will come
ozs OF the shops with wheels and smoke stacks
painted red, as when they were shipped west
from the locomotive works.
Al Eastern lines yesterday restored rates from
Indianapolis to the seaboard to fourteen cents on
grim, and eighteen and one-half cents per 100
on provisions. and no agent. it is said, showed
= disposition to go below these figures
8 b. FELTON,, vice president of the Erie road,
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eoaa are now handled daily on their system.
this branch alone of their traffic paying the
rnG8s operating expenses Never before has
tA@zr business of this character been so heavy.
The petty squabblins between tho local pas
sanger agents for theatrical business has been
referred to the general managers of the roads
whsch have been carrying on the disgraceful
work, and if some heads don't tumble into the
basket as a result, there will hardly be any more
OF a.
TIE l., B. e. W. people will discontinue the
position of west travelling passenger agent,
wt4fa has been filed for couple of years past
wzsA so much ability by Col VIM b Shaw, who
hAx been appointed joint ticket agent at this
poias of the l., ID. & S. and the c., FL. 81 /.
roadA
a member of the Bedford Stone Company,
wh6rh COMPANY has the contract for furnishing
sire stone for the Texas State house. now build
ID: As Austin, said: 1T will require five thou
saHl loads of stone TO fill the contract" This
wSia yield handsome revenue to the L., n. A.
Ii e. road.
W FL. Gunzleman, night train dispatcher of
tho o., H d l., and his bride returned last night
fro9a their wedding trip His friends on the road
szSsas8d the happy pair to n surprise. presenting
than on their return with an elegant walnut
bed room set entire, and also handsomely en-
ggATed pair of silver pkin rings.
Expert Judges of road bed who have recently
passed over the Pennsylvania proper and over
the indianapolis division of the c., St l.. & P,
state that the latters track is in better condition
than that of the parent line. and is un9nestion-
ably the best 1873 miles of track west of the
Allegheny mountains.
THE limited trains on the Vandalia and Bee
lire are no longer an experiment. but u grand
success. Night the berths in the sleeping
coaches all occupied, and to secure berths
ID 70 necessary to engage them day or two
ahead. In fact east bound l. is necessary to do
80 on all trains hauling sleeping coaches. so
heavy Is travel eastward.
On the Fourth Of July Mr.. James n Prince
OF Dedham, will complete forty years of service
the Boston & Providence railroad as a loco
motive engineer, nearly al the time in the pas
Eeager service between Boston and Dedham.
No life has ever been lost of his trains
although he has probably handled more passen-
gers than any other man in New England
The Wabash people have at last struck one
who could head them off. They stripped
che Cairo division of everything which was moy-
able except 300 900 cross ties which they had
purchased and raid for The new management
do NOT object TO the Wabash people taking them.
bat they charge such high rates that it won't pay
sas Wabash people to have them shipped so great
n distance.
TAe Indiana, Bloomington e Western road is
really at the mercy of the l. 81 st. L. road and
thS L, d. & 5. people as regards an entrance
into indianapolis from the west. They do not
oSH or control one foot of track this side of
White river bridge to connection with the
they roach their ground south of the Vandalia
freight depot.
Saturday last the Baltimore and Ohio treated
the Eastern delegates of the American Society
Of civil engineers to some very fast riding.
From Deer Park to Washington, 200 miles the
ran was made in five and one quarter hours,
the actual running time being fifty miles an hour,
A distance of l02 miles was made in l153 min
mites. and another of forty-three and u half miles
Su forty nine minutes
Mr. S. G. Fulton has been appointed assistant
general freight agent of the Northern Pacific
with Headquarters at Portland. Ore. vice A. ID.
Edgar resigned on account of continued i'll
health. He will also have general supervision of
the through freight traffic in Oregon and Wash
ingEOn Territory. A l.. Stokes has beer ap-
ppiated general agent of this company with office
az Helena, Mont, vice s. G. Fulton transferred.
The Vandalia people are now hauling their
fAss mail trains with the five engines which were
bnils more especially to haul their live stock
fast trains These engines weigh 81 900 pounds.
hss7e an 1924 inch cylinder and five foot three
Ynch driving wheel. one equipped with air
brakes and all other modern improvements,
they handle these heavy fast mail trains of
from eleven to thirteen cars with perfect ease.
often attaining speed of fifty six miles per
hoNr, up hill and down.
The general managers Of the roads in the Chi
cage, ST Louis and Missouri River Passenger
Association will meet at Arbitrator Hiland's
oh9ee next Friday, to consider various PROPOSE
items TO correct and amend the pooling agree
nEsDt- One Of the most mportant sub iects to be
discussed will be the abolition of the commission
system. Since the Eastern roads have agreed
to stop the payment of commissions for the sale
o. slckets to scalpers and others, many OF the
Western roads desire to have the system ahol-
i$bed ON their lines, but it cannot be done unless
b. unanimous action.
The great Importance of having good steel
rsals III track was aptly illustrated n night or
tsO since on the c.. st. l. & p. road. Near New
Paris there was a wash out some twelve feet in
width which was not seen until the train was
over Is The heavy engine hauling the fast mail
train and the entire train passed safely.
The rails bent III TO such depth that the engine
was broken loose from the train and as each car
passed over the bel ded track the ends of the
tracks would strike the coaches with such force
raise the Annr tn