The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-11-30
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.

: A cable received on Saturday from President Dew
areux, Of the Beeline, states that lie viii sail for
hume Dec. 10, on the Servia.
A simple spark arrester, the device of Master Me-
ehanic Leeds, is doing excellent service on the Indi-
annapolis, Decatur & Springfield road.
Abraham Gould, a brother of Jay Gould, has been
appointed purchasing agent of the Missouri Pacific
railroad system, and will assume the duties of his po-
EisiDn on Dec. L.
n S. WATSON. formerly division freight agent Of
1hs l. & st. L., has been appointed agent of the White
line at st. Louis. Mr.. WATSON is a very competent
Sreight man and will faithfully represent the line,
without doubt.
Tia Beeline last week forwarded east /, 248 loaded
GAEes against 1 ,219 in the week ending Nov. 81, the
C.. 81. L. e. P. LOOP, against l, 012, the l.. B. g. w.
69l. against 424, the c.. H. & I. 252, against 1877 in
4Ae week ending Nov. 81.
Hyanes McHenry will study the statements of
earnings of the West Shore road the last two years he
WIZ be convinced that in the United States carrying
passengers at 1 cent per mile does not increase travel,
but It bankrupts railways.
Tune is demonstrating that what is known as the
hog engines are too heavy for a road with a So
pound o-the-yard steel rail. Roadmasters find it i'm
possible 10 keep the track smooth and solid where
&hese engines are in service.
The impression prevails that under the reorganiza-
ton of the Wabash, A. A. Talmage will be made pres
1dsDk, Il III. Wade general manager, George w,
Stsgens master of transportation, and James Good
sach will succeed Mr.. Stevens to the superi ntendency
OF the Eastern division.
-Four agents holding good positions on one of the
roads crossing Ohio have been discharged recently for
billing cars out short weight, and then dividing what
would have been tie amount. if billed at actual weight
and full rates. with the shippers. The sums they had
to divide, it is stated, varied from $40 to $2O per car.
Receiver Thomas, of the Cairo, Vincennes g. Chica-
go road. has purchased another 5000 tons of stee'
amount from the Joliet mills. He says that within
kbe next eight months of the 272 miles 1856 will be
laid with steel and new cross-ties.
The five Western lines last week brought into this
1899; Vandalia, 1 2O8; c., l., ST. L.. & g.. 300; l.,
i. & W.. ITO; l., ID. & s., 284. The same roads
brorght into this station in the week ending Nov. 81
1922 loaded cars; the corresponding week 1884,
8hsy brought in 3, 9S4 loaded cars.
The tra;nmen on the G.. H. & D. lines are credited
with wearing the neatest and best fitting uniforms
Union Depot, and as a rule they are among the most
careful and accommodating train officials running in
here. Like Beeline men. they have learned that
road which employs them handsomely.
Trainmen on the c., H.. & D., are puzzled to under
stand why If spoilers, known as ticket agents, on the
road are Sc necessary they should not run as do other
passenger trainnen. Engineers, fremen, brakemen
and conductors never thought of laying off Thanks
giving day. BY the by it is said that these ticket
agents are employed at the suggestion of the auditor,
800 ~ NAtN~" ShNS PNS H~S NANSNNH6 NNN
with the matter.
The Big Four again takes the position of a dividend
paying road. On Saturday the directors met. and after
hearing the report of the business of the last four
months voted to declare a l per cent. dividend, paya-
bio Dec. 10, President Ingalls's prediction that
She G; J. St. L. & c. would pay dividends before Jan.
!, 1886. being verified. This is the first dividend the
road has paid since the heavy damage done to the
property by the high water of 1882. Now the stock
should move up to par.
Reports from all railroad centers are to the effect
thai rSaac aye solid and IL ia Cuita anpaTppt that this
the fifteenth time in the last five years, that the rail
road officials have agreed to restore rates and then
than have any of the preceding agreements, and if
freight men will continue in the good work it is safe
to expect the handsomest earnings in the month be-
ginning tomorrow of any month for some years.
The new and elegant Woodruff combined sleeping
and dining room cars which are to be run between
Cincinnati and Peoria over the c., l., st. L. 81 @. and
l., B. & w: have arrived, and GO into service this
evening. Both coaches are model affairs, and will be
appreciated by the travelling public. These cars will
accommodate three classes, viz: sleeping-car, parlor-
var and reclining chair passengers. They are equipped
with elegant Bullets, electric bells and all other mod
arn improvements. The Woodruff com pany deserve
much credit for the enterprise they are showing.
A freight man of large experience says that there is
mot road in the country which would not derive
great benefit from the weighing of every carload of
freight which passes over the road. He is of the opin-
ION that at every station of Importance the weighing
of cars, when loaded, would add to the revenue for
hauling it, within q few months, sufficient to pay
the cost of putting in car scales. That such is the
81 ne Ill Uy SG1JluB budI, IL 6tl nrt Vi
loaded at one station on their road. within twelve
days but three of the cars were billed near the
actual weight carried-the overlooking varying from
1000 to 5000 pounds on each car.
The louisville, New Albany & Chicago road has
ISSUED the following notice: MIR. A. j. O'Reilly, gen.
eraI Southern agent, at present in charge of the freight
and passenger business of this company in the terri
tory south of the Ohio river, has resigned his connec-
lion with the passenger department and Mr.. John H.
Garrison. district passenger agent at Cincinnati, is
appointed general Southern passenger agent, with
headquarters at Louisville, KY, and will relieve Mr..
OReilly of his duties in connection with this depart
ment Dec. l, 1885. Mr.. Garrison will have charge of
tie passenger interests of the company in the territory
south of the Ohio river, in the State of Ohio. and at
Jacksonville. Ind, and at New Albany, Ind"
Railroad stocks continue to advance, stocks of sec
4endciass roads showing the most rapid strides. For
two years the public was steadily liquidating its holdings
of railroad securities, because of the utter loss of con-
fdence that followed the policy of management that
has now commenced to reinvest because confidence
has been restored, and hence spectators are surprised
Tied the market beyond their control. The prosperity
OF the enormous transportation system of the coun-
try that railroads represent is one of the most potent
factors with respect to commercial and industrial &C.
tivity, and the course of the stock market, therefore,
Is not without significance in its relation to the hope
full temper of trade that SO generally prevails. One
of the mysteries is why stock of roads like the Lake
Erie 81 Western, which was selling at 1l2 cent on the
dollar, sixty days ago, should now sell at 1872.
VIM. r. McKeen, president of the Vandalia. comes
out strongly in favor of going ahead with the new
Union depot. He assigns several reasons therefor.
First. the money to build it can now be raised on
bonds. at a lower rate of interest, doubtless, than it
can even twelve months from now. In fact, it is
ytated that the bonds cannot be foated now at the
Rzyno interest they could ninety DAYS ago, and one-half
cent on a million dollars of bonds. TO run fifty years.
makes $3.50. 900 in the interest which would be paid
IA that period. Then. again, material is steadily in
.zrasing in price. 1t is said over a million feet of
lumber will be used in the structure. In the last sixty
DAYS lumber has advanced 81. 25 per l 900 feet. and
Indications are to a further advance. Then iron, much
of which will be used in the building, is steadily ad-
vsncing in price. and with the improvement in bust
ness generally, the price of labor will advance, and
with the cost of other material in the same proper
ton The chief engineer of one of the roads expresses
tho opinion that to-day the material and work could
not be contracted for at less than an advance of 5 per
cent ON what it could have been carried out three
months ago.
Increase I'm Business with Chicago Roads,
Tbs shipments of grain. -four and provisions over
Hrs lines in the Chicago east-bound pool during the