The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-09-09
higher officials says that he is satisfied that
there is big row" brewing between these two


there is "big row" brewing between these two
roads.
Railroad companies are replacing wooden
bridge structures with iron, and this gives
great deal of work to structural iron-makers and
bridge builders.
On motion of Solicitor Scott, of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Company, the South Pennsyl-
vania railway and Beach Creek railway
injunction suits 60 over to Sept. %.
The New York Central Sleeping Car Company
has assumed entire charge of the dining car
| system all of the Vanderbilt roads Buffalo
| will become the supply station. Ihe store
| house at present is at Detroit
The Philadelphia Record says: 1.-THE situation
is so blue concerning railroad corporations that
| the idea is entertained by many that it has been
made purposely so by the Vanderbilt hirelings in
order to facilitate the purchase of such shares
/ their master desires to buy"
The market for steel rails remains firm in
tone, with good demand still reported and the
lowest price at Eastern mills twenty nine dollars
per ton. Very few, if any rails, can now be
had for delivery this year, and agents of three
mills report being sold up for the first quarter
of next year"
The Press says the Philadelphia g. Reading
railroad perplexity is very easily stated. but not
so easily solved The question is how to pay
SIG, $50, 000of fixed charges with $12 900 OF
earnings. There are only two ways out of the
woods. Either the earnings must be increased
VI tHe ueUt reduced.
On the great incline on the Canadian Pacific
between Donald and Stephen several switches
are constructed running sharply up hill,
at which men are stationed to run in and stop
portions of trains breaking away on the heavy
grade. The plan has worked well, and it is
claimed that several trains have been saved from
dashing to pieces by the device adopted.
The Cattle King Railway Company has been
organized in Western Kansas and will run into
the range region heretofore dependent for trans
p ortation facilities upon the Atchison, Topeka 81
Santa Fe road. The combination of cattle kings
back of the road is said to represent 500 600 900
of capital, and they expect to have their road
ready to ship cattle from Dodge City at this time
next year.
The freight traffic in southern California, es-
pecially in fruit. is growing into almost un
manageable proportions. Superintendent Hewitt,
of Los Angeles, stated to San Francisco agent
day or two since that he has made acquisitions
on all the lines at his disposal for freightng
facilities, and was unable, with fifty Cars to ship
what fruit he then had on hand. Other kinds of
freight are on the increase, though not In the
same proportion
The railroads east of the Mississippi and south
of the Ohio have appointed committee to de-
eide upon day when the gauges of all the lines
within this territory will be changed from five
feet to four feet nine inches. This committee
consists of general managers and it is believed,
Will make report of the day selected at the
next general meeting of the lines interested. The
change, 1t Is understood, will not take place I'M
til spring, probably early in May.
Under the head, 1T May Be-" the Boston Ad-
vertser says: "a we'll known railroad man pre-
diets that inside of ten years there would be but
five large railroad systems terminating in Boston.
This would result from the already accomplished
consolidation of the Eastern and Boston &
Maine. the union of the Fitchburg and Albany.
and of the Providence and the New York &
New England. These, with the Old Colony and
the Lowell systems would thus control our en-
tire land approaches"
Manager jackson writes the capitalists inter
ested in the property, that while the rolling
stock and rails of the Mexican Central are in
good condition, the wooden ties, which cost 81
apiece, will have to be at replaced large
portion of the road and the wooden bridges on
the northern division will have to be replaced
with new structures On the basis of 2,640 ties
to the mile at ST. apiece, the renewal in the
future of the ties alone will, on 1850 miles of
road, involve an expense exceeding So, $780, 0O
A St Paul, Mimi, special says Nearly all
the representatives of the lines in the trans
continental association arrived yesterday. The
association will hold meeting this afternoon
and the meeting will probably last until Friday
The passenger agents will have for consideration
the sale of tickets intended for duly accredited
emigrants to local passengers by the eastern
lines, while the main question before the freight
agents will be the demands of the Southern
Pacific, which will likely provoke lively dis
cusSiUn."