The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-09-28
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local,

General Freight Agent Williams, of the Day
Zen & Ironton road, spent the Sabbath with
friends in this city.
The grand secretary of the Brotherhood of
locomotive Firemen, Mr. Debs, receives $1,000.
and Grand Organizer Stephens 81, 500 per annum
salary.
The stockholders of the South Pennsylvania
who have opposed the transfer of the road have
accepted Vanderbilt's Offer and Dr. Hostetter
returned from New York on Saturday list.
The few coal cars, $4,000 pound capacity.
which the vandalia built recently with three
sets of four-wheeled trucks under them are
doing satisfactorily that the company will at
once commence building 200 more of the same
pattern.
An idea of the business the Decline people are
doing on the main line is shown in the fact that
on Friday last train No. met passed eighty
seven trains in making the run from Cleveland
to Indianapolis, and it was not specially heavy
days traffic.
The prospects that stockholders will next year
receive any dividends growing beautifully
less daily. In October and November the earn
ines to pay dividends with usually made.
This year rates are so demoralized that road
which is earning operating expenses Is doing
well
The five Western roads last week brought
& st. L., 1908; Vandalia, u.s. g., L.. st. L. q
c., 93S; T., b. g. w, ATS; l.. d. q S.. 2l7 The
same roads. in the week ending Sept. 10. 1885.
brought in 3. 905 loaded cars; increase last week.
&c cars.
The American Express Company has fitted up
four rooms over the First National Bank in
convenient and attractive manner for Offices,
which will be occupied for the first time to-day
by Division Superintendent Sloane. Assistant
Superintendent Fargo, and general utility man,
Captain Raschig.
1t is announced from London that an addition
nj number of Wabash general mortgage bond
holders have assented to the new reorganization
scheme. The amount of bonds which have
agreed to the new plan both in Europe and the
United States, aggregates So, 600, 600, ST. 000,
more than a majority
The Vandalia people are looking for large
Southern tourist travel over the Terre Haute 81
Logansport division the coming fall and winter
months from northern Michigan. There is only
one change Of cars to Nashville, New Orleans
and Florida points after leaving South Bend via
Evansville and Nashville
The C., l., st. L. e. G. earned in the third
week of September $52.68 The decrease as
compared with corresponding week. 1884. was
$5.3l487. OF this falling off. So. 245. rs was in
passenger earnings, and "a, 064 70 in foreign
ffeIghts. The earnings from local freight car
ried increased this year 81, 25l 80.
Vice.president and General Manager Malott,
o. the Union Railway Company, has asked the
presidents and general managers of the roads
which compose the Union Railway Company to
meet here Wednesday of this week. instead
of Thursday On Thursday the roads in the
Chicago and Ohio River pool hold meeting in
this city.
Since Receiver Hammond resumed control of
the Indianapolis, Decatur & Springfield road,
lGa miles of new steel rails have been placed in
the track and twenty miles additional has
been purchased. to be delivered within the next
sixty days. These rails being laid the
western division-the old Illinois & Indiana Cen
trsl road.
The Decline last week forwarded from In
dianapoiis eastward 1903 loaded ears the c.,
St. l.. & p 851 the l., b. & w. 404. the c., III. g.
d. 29f The same roads last year in the
order above mentioned, forwarded respectively
$50 852 385 and 1888, the four roads this year
forwarding total of 2. 857 loaded cars against
2 5TI the corresponding week 1884 and 2 $50 in
1883
The Cleveland Plain Dealer is bitterly opposed
TO the Nckleplate plea that the road is illegal,
and says the Vanderbilts ought to be the last to
set the Ohio railroad law in motion, for it has
prevented one pet consolidation, that of the Bee
line and o., H. 81 D.. and may grow sorafnpant
not only to divorce Nickle plate and Lake
Shore, but also tear the Lake Shore system so
pieces
The agreement between the Erie road and the
Decline. by which the latter is to form the Erie
outlet from Dayton to Cincinnati has been
practically settled Ii is not yet ready for an
nouncement One thing seems certain: it can
not go into effect Oct. l. as has been repeatedly
said Neither the Decline nor the Nypano.
officials have made any preparations for the
change in the way of arranging for the time of
trains will any arrangements be made until
the matter is fully settled between the two
reads
Heavy Traffic Over Indianapolis Lines.
Is will be seen from the statement below that,
sofar as tonnageiS concerned, indianapolis roads
Rre doing grandly-seldom better Fortunately
the increase in traffic last week over that
OF the preceding week was in
local business, which pays something
for handingit The prospect of an advance in
east-bound rates to-day does not seem to have
increased shipments last week, as might have
been expected. and it is questionable, il rates
advance or remain NOW, whether there
viii be an increase until the
corn crop begins to- move. West
bound shipments were never heavier in Septem-
her than they have been this year. Whether the
advance in rates. which takes effect Oct s. will
check shipments in this direction is question
The advance comes right at the time when
merchants must have goods. North and
south roads not crowded with
business, but are all carrying an average Sep
TENDER tonnage, and wisely securing good
rates for such service. Local business is heavy
both in and out bound, and the weather be-
comes cooler it promises to increase rather than
diminished in volume. Below is given the num-
Der of cars received and handled at this point in