The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-03
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.

Personal and Local.
Freight rates have been practically restored; pas
senger rates to receive attention.
w. H. Vanderbilt is quoted saying that by Satur-
day next there will not remain unsettled single point
or question between the trunk lines
The c., FL. & D. conductors, Padger, Ridenberg and
Coakey, left last night for Denver, attend the
surance Association.
p. S. Gilmore has been appointed Northwestern
passenger agent of the Cincinnati, New Orleans 81
Texas Pacific railway Queen and Crescent route) with
headquarters at Chicago.
Gospel services will be held Sunday evening in the
virgiuia-avenue Rink, especially for railroad en-
ployes. r. v. Hunter viii be assisted by John G..
Blake in conducting the services.
livestock train the c., H. g. T., yes
terday, at passenger train speed. The from In
danapolis to Hamilton, 100 miles, was made in
three hours and fftyeight minutes.
O. O. f. Bent the retiring master Of transp ortation
of the L., N. A. & G. road will spend most of this
month with friends in the East and will on Nov. /
accept good position a Western road which has
recently been rendered him.
The Bedford & Bloomfield road is coming out of the
kinks The business of the line is steadily increasing
1t is stated that the earnings of August were some
ST, 200 in excess of those of the corresponding
month, 1884, and September earnings will make fully
as favorable an exhibit.
Several official changes in the Texas g. St. Louis
road took effect Oct l. Treasurer L. B. Fish is made
agent for the receivers; H. g. Alis appointed comp
troler, with charge of the finances; Auditor E. +.
Walker resigned, and the position is abolished; j. w.
Dickinson appointed superintendent vice H Flanders,
resigned.
to advance east-bound to full tariff Sunday,
Oct. a. Colonel Shaw, of the c. FL. & d. who, it is
alleged, was instrumental in bringing about the de-
moraization, took positive grounds in favor of the
advance and defends himself nobly against the charge
that ne was the first to knife rates.
THE boyish in which railroad mana ayers, the
last few months have conducted their business
an oldtime railroader, has caused the railroad COM
panes to lose all sympathy of all honorable investors
and OF their patrons welland what is still more,
they have lost their vantage ground and
store rates to a handsome paying basis.
The engineers on the Indianapolis division of the
Bee-line, and on the /. 81 ST. L. division, not
mechanic of the shops at Brightwood, and have ap-
pointed committee to wait Superintendent Evan
and T. W. Burrows and state their grievances before
taking any more definite action in the matter.
correspondent of the Philadelphia Record pre-
diets that the time is coming when there will be only
three trunk lines out of New York. DO you see
how it is coming about2 There is Central which
means Central Erie and West Shore; 'Pennsylva
which means Pennsylvania and Baltimore 81 Ohio;
there remains the third Lackawanna which is not in
position do harm, because it has outlet of
Buffalo
Western coal dealers pleased well surprised
receive notices from the general freight agents Of
the roads which anthracite Goals shipped to
western markets. to the effect that the low rates
which have prevailed for months past will continue in
force through October 1t is stated that shipments of
hard GOALS to Western markets for September were
fully 70 per cent in of those of September,
1854 and through October the increase in ton
mage Is anticipated.
The Chicago Times says the quasi-consent of twenty
Western roads was needed before the advance in
| bound rates could made. nd
yes on the proposition when the question first
ferred to them, with the exception of the Michigan
Central and Lake Shore. great light burst in upon
these two roads after the receipt of short telegram
from New York, which intimated that it would be
better for the present to ignore the derentia
ton on export business
An indianapolis railroad official yesterday received
a telegram from superior officer located in New
York to the effect that trunkline differences prac
and let live and that the New York Central has given
its claim to abrogaon of the dferental rates in
return for assurances that the Baltimore Ohio will
not seek to cut into the New York traffic by making
lower through rates than will be charged by the Van
derbilt lines for the service.
Superintendent Whitcomb, Marshall Manning and
their assistants deserving of commendatory notice
that serious accidents have occurred at the Union
Depot, the past week, when, the old con,
Wtb peoDe and has
however, that all this and adjoining States the
depot is looked upon as death hole" and people
who enter it fortunately keep their eyes and ears
wide open until the trains which they go out are
fairly out OF the dark, dismal building.
Manager McCrea in speaking of the improvement
in business on the Indianapolis vncennes road, re-
marked that 80 per cent. of the business they were
Whom the road was first built, their i:
business from shipments of lumber, stone, tim
Der. ETC., principally; their heaviest tonnage
comes from shipments of coal and stone both of
which industries have increased wonderfully the last
three years, and the improvement in years to come
promises, he says, to be even more remarkable.
There are nany 1ndianapO1is neop1e no would ha
glad to attend the State fair at st. Louis, Mo- next
week were any reduction made in rates. Unfortu-
natey indianapolis is thrtyeight miles east of Green
CASTLE and while the latter point Terre Haute and
fact, all points west of Greencaste are given a
very low rate-less than cent mile
Indianapolis Is shown favor in this direction Why
General Passenger Agent Ford. of the Vandalia and
Smith, of the & ST. L., discriminate against In
dianapos is a matter over which there is much I'M
favorable comment
George Darling general manager of the White
line who left out in the cold through the consolda-
ton of the Red, the White and the Midland fast
freight lines, has been with the White line since 1861
and is considered very bright, competent railroad
man. and fortunately be is well fixed financially as the
saying is. Mr. Davis. general manager of the
Midland line. who is also left out in the
cold by the consolidation has held that
position since the line organized some four
years ago. Prior to accepting that position he was
chief clerk of Lucien Hills late general freight agent
of the Bee-line.
Numerous official changes took effect Oct. on the
Milwaukee, Lake Shore & Western road. G. V. Nc
IAlbey TO De general passenger agent OF
the road. Five years ago Mr.. Mckinley was a divi-
sion freight agent on the Chicago g. North western
having resigned that position to accept the general
freight and passenger agency of the Wheeling &
Lake Erie. For the last year he has been with a
Florida road resigning his position there to engage
with the Milwaukee, Lake Shore g. Western. The
other appointments, which went into effect on that
date, and which have previously been announced are
those OF H. E. Whitcomb as general manager to sue
seed II. g. Il. Reed, resigned and E. J. Seymour as
assistant general freight agent.
Miscellaneous Notes.
There is rigid quarantine enforced against Grand
Trunk railway passengers and employees who seek to
enter Vermont from Montreal.
The story that the Atchison and the Atlantic &
Pacific about to invade the Southern Pacific s