The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-20
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.

Il. a. Lewis, general manager OF the Erie fast
freight lines, has gone to New York. IS
Eleven pools ard traffic associations have their
headquarters in Chicago, within a radius of two
blocks.
George Smith, general Western agent OF the
Merchants Dispatch is in the city on official
business
John Francis has been appointed assistant
general ticket agent of the Burlington & Mis-
souri River road
In the month of May the Pennsylvania lines
handled 39l, 575 tons of anthracite coal against
20, O65 in May. 1884
Mr. Louis dc la Croix has been appointed
Western passenger agent of the Pittsburg Rail
road Company. with headquarters at 70 South
Clark street. Chicago.
Sir Henry Tyler. president of the Grand
Trunk; Joseph Hckson, presidento OF the Chicago
s. Grand Trunk, and accompanying party,
reached Chicago last night
General freight agents of Indianapolis roads
say they are now carrying larger tonnage than
IN June 1884, yet the revenue derived there
from is less, so low are rates.
Geo w. Pangborn. who represents the A., T.
& Santa Fe road IN the Ohio district, Is IN the
city: also Perry Griffin, who looks after the in
ferests of the C. g. r. !. in this section.
General Freight Agent Grammar, of the z. &
r. e.. says that the road earned 81 600 more the
first week of May, 1885, than in the first week of
May, 1884, but he fears the improvement will
noa continue through the month.
There is good authority for stating that the
Exse people are negotiating with the c., c., G. &
J. management to gain entrance for the n Y,
r. q o. to Cincinnati over the Bee-line, cutting
looee entirely from the c., III. 81 D.
Negotiations are now pending looking to put
ting on of through coaches between indianapolis
md South Bend over the c., l.. st. L. & G. and
Vandalia The travel this route will Ger
tasniy justify such an arrangement.
President Devereux, of the Beel line system,
TO the question, will anything be done this sum
HisT in the new union depot matter, answered
yea Good progress is now making toward Sc
curing the funds to make the improvement with.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
vii attend the funeral of S. w. Walker. on
Sunday, in body, and they have asked the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen to join
Them In paying the last sad rites to this veteran
engineer
The Ia, n. A. & c. Airline express was re-
ported yesterday afternoon to be twenty minutes
late, and the speed at which the train was run
within the city limits would lead one to believe
that the engineer proposed to make up the lost
time after striking the Union tracks.
The Quieley syndicate seems to be heading off
The l.. B. 81 w. people in their plans to secure
control of the Toledo Cincinnati e. st. Louis
road W. J. Craig, receiver, resigned, and it is
understood a man of the choice of the Quigley
syndicate will be appointed to the position to-
day.
Shippers who are promised rebates should
settle once month--not wait year, as did the
Tuscola shippers the l., d. & s. road Rail
roads change officers too frequently, or drop into
the hands of a receiver to take any general
freight agents promise On rebates more than
thirty days.
al o1a Nd
ger agent of the c., III. & D. lines, speEt yester-
day in the city, and, as result of his visit, q
full line of tickets over the c. II. 81 ID. lines will
be put on sale at the L. D. & S. Office, on South
Illinois street. AS yet, the c., II. g. d. has not
profted to the extent they had expected through
their connection with the L., N. A. & G. Air
line, at least far as passenger business is
cerned.
The new parties who have taken hold of the
indianapolis, Eel River & Southwestern road
nre talking still, and quite boastfully, but are
throwing no dirt, and the belief is gaining
strength that they are playing bluff game, and
want the Pennsylvania people to buy them off.
The latter don't scare worth a cent. and would
doubtless sell them the Indianapolis 81 Vincennes
road for less sum than it will cost to build the
Eel River road.
IT is intimated that the recent visit at st.
Louis of President Devereux, of the Beeline
system, had for one of it's objects the forming of
O closer traffic alliance with the Missouri Pa
ciic. Among other things, it is proposed to put
on line of through coaches between New York
city and Kansas City, and it looks now as if the
Bee-line people would outgeneral the Pennsyl-
vania and Vandaia people in this matter That
such an Arrangement would be good thing for
the Decline no one will question The aggressive
ness they have shown of late is certainly COM
mendable
Two years ago. in the June rise, stock of the
Decline sold at 81 against 80 at the present
time Yet there is not business man
or railroader, who is versed to the real
condition of the property. who will not say
that the real value of the stock. with the
improvements that have been put upon the Bee.
line proper and its /. & St L. division the last
Two years, make it worth higher figure than it
was in 1883. Mr. Devereux says the fact is that
there are but few shares on the market, and
stoek-manipulators toss these few shares over
among themselves more for amusement than
anything else.