The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-09-23
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and L.,e..I

C.. passed through the city last night en- route
90 Chicago.
C. w. Scott has been appointed division freight
agent of the Union Pacific railway for the Terri
aOry of Montana, also general agent of the pas
senger and ticket departments for District No.
Y with headquarters at Butte City. M. 7.
w. p. Iiams superintendent of the stock
yards and auditor of the Union Railway Com
pacy, is arranging to remove his family from
Terrs Harte to Indianapolis to remain during
kae busy months which require the closest atten-
tsOn of Mr. Iiams
Reports of fifty roads for August, given by the
Railroad Gazette, show decrease of per cent.
or, leaving out the Wabash of 81 per cent. This
Is IN spite of large gains the Southern Atlan-
tie coast roads and handsome increases by the
Southwestern lines.
The track of the Evansville worthington &
Brazil road has reached Newburg. and regular
trains were put on Yesterday By the 2oth inst
1t ~ expected trains will run from Terre Haute
10 Bloomington and by Nov. i the road VIII be
completed, and the through trains from Evans
VILE to Terre Hante will be rum
The Vandalia Yesterday delivered thirty-five
carloads of material at Brazil. to he used in
constructing the Tiece of road running north
from Brazil, which will connect what was
formerly known as the Indiana North and South
road, row the L.. NJ & b. road Construction
Nork ls now 10 ue puShed vigorously.
C w. Fairbanks left last night for the East
whore he goes to look after matters connected
with the foreclosure sale of the Danville, Olney
& Ohio River road. 1t is expected that the de-
tree for the sale of the road will be issued within
3he next twenty days. The property will doubt
less be bid in by the first-mortgaee bondholders.
The sharp reductions made by the trunk lines
IN rates, while temporarily damaging to the
profits, are of advantage in preventing the
making of longtime contracts. which have
always proved stumbling block in the way of
bringing about definite advance in freight
rates without giving long notice beforehand
Said leading business man yesterday: when
railway managers do business on the same plan
THAI commercial man does they will experience
lass trouble in maintaining rates. So long as
rOais mount the hobby of protecting shippers.
no matter If they do it at loss, just SO long will
shippers have railway managers under their
thumb"
manager. general superintendent and division
sUbsriRtendehts of the Pennsylvania railroad
began yesterday and will occupy the greater
part of the week. The inspecting party will
Rtart from Pttsburg and go over the entire main
line between Pittshurg and New York The
branch lines will not be inspected as heretofore.
j. w. Richie master of transportation for
the middle division of tine Wabash. St. Louis e
Pacific railroad, and who has been connected
with the road for eight years severed his con
hecti0n with the road yesterday. w. b. Beam
er, formerly with the Fort Wayne. Whitewater,
Cincinnati & Louisville road succeeds him. MIR.
Ritehie has been rendered several good positions
with other roads,
One who thinks he has the inside on the COM
ing changes on the Pennsylvania lines says the
PENNSYLVANIA people always make superintend-
ents out of their engineers of maintenance of
way; consequently he predicts that Mr.. Mans
field, engineer of maintenance OF way on the c..
St IL. UP, will be appointed superintendent of
NJ ROAD in nj nf Il
j. Turner, promoted, and that Harry Miller
will assume his old position in the maintenance
Of way department
The Erie people are credited with having been
the hrst to move in restoring passenger rates ont
OF St. Louis. the Vandaiia and L e. st. l..
promptly falling into line. The roads readopted
the agreement of July 2, with the understand
ing that the irst-class New York rate should be
$22 that the Ohio & Mississippi and the Wabash
should be allowed to sell at $40 rate, and that
the other companies should be permitted to dis
pose of tickets at the same figure if they found
1t necessary to do so.
The project of a bridge over the Mssiss-
Bippt river has been formally brought before the
Merchants Exchange, Of ST. Louis and is rec
Commended as escape from the clutches of Jay
Gould, from the injustice of the Illinois Railroad
Commissioners, from the existing bridge arbi-
frary and other evils 1t is said that the New
YORK. Central and Pennsylvania people are quite
anxions that the Improvement should be made,
believing that it would be of advantage to their
interests in this direction
Louisville, Evansville 8 st. Louis.
This property is what is familiary known as
Jonas Frenchs road" The plan for its reor-
gahization names Jonas H. French, Isaac T.
Burr and William T. Hart. of Boston, as trus-
tees aud contains the following propositions
First-There shall he issued new mortgage
of 81 600 600 of which 81 LOCO 900 shall be known
ag ssSarips and shall draw iutarac+ or r ~.