The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-19
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.

Personal and Local.
All the important railroads yet reporting for
the first week in January show considerable in
crsases in earnings.
Last week s, 754 cars were transferred over the
BELT road and L. OLA carloads of live stock were
received at the Indianapolis yards
Agents of the Commercial Express fastfreight
line have been notified that the offices of this
aine at Buffalo, N. Y and PEORIA Ill, have been
closed
W. D. Wilson, agent of the Lackawanna fast
freight line at this point, WILL Feb l. remove
his Office from the Union Block to room 90
South Illinois street
Douglas Frazer. the former joint auditor of
the Boston s. Maine and Eastern, has been ap-
pointed assistant to General Manager Furber, of
the Boston & Maine, vice Lucius futile, re-
signed.
The Bee-line last week forwarded from In
dianapolis /, 078 loaded cars, the c.. St L. & p
T65, the O., II. a. /. 326, J., b. e. W. 2S4; total
z, 49, Increase over number forwarded IN the
preceding week, 81 cars.
The backbone of the severe railroading seems
to have been broken and express trains begin TO
arrive nearer schedule time, and by to-day it
was thought last evening, trains would be run
ming with their usual promptness.
In the week ending Jan. IL the five western
1oAds brought into Indianapolis 1886 loaded
cars, as follows: c., l. ST l.. & c., !, 287: Van
dalia, LOCI; Indianapolis & ST Louis, 1,1O7; l.,
b. 81 W., Peoria division, 232 st. Louis
division, 149 IL the week ending Jan. TO- the
same roads brought in 4, 1S3 loaded cars; de-
crease last week, 347 cars.
Yesterday thirty-two freight trains were
moved over the G., l., St l.. e. C. road In the
forenoon between the hours of A. NJ. and 10 A.
N, twelve through freight trains, averaging
twenty three loaded cars to train, were trans
ferred over the Belt road, seven east-bound, five
west bound, and the freight movement on all
reads was heavy.
1t is stated that of 20, 600 population in Altoona
there are $4,000 persons directly supported by
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. and the
other two thousand persons probably indirectly
live of Of the $4,000. The shops at this point,
besides building the locomotives and doing all re-
pair work on the system east of Pittsburg, are
yearly doing more and more work for the lines
west of Pittsburg.
The opposition to the new style of commercial
mileage tickets is bringing to light, through rail
road officials, some gross abuses of fayers A
representative of one of the Chicago roads states
that during two years one conductor had taken
up no less than 147 of the old style Of tickets
from parties not entitled to use them, and that
they were called for by the proper parties in a
very few instances.
Jan. q the following changes in agencies on
the c., c., G. e. /. road take effect j. H. S.
Keller, agent at Winchester, vice W. A.
VIE feSlgneU; noSS w ara, agent dG YER
Eailies, vice J. H. S. Keller. transferred; D.
Roberts, agent at La Rue, vice r. Ward, trans
fered; e. b. Patrick agent at Rushsylvania,
vice ID. r. Roberts, transferred; S. j. Morrow,
agent at Pemberton, vice S. Rudy, resigned.
The roads interested in the Green-line pool
have issued an order changing the classification
of -four in way to affect great deal of trade
to Green-lne points. The rate on sacked flour
is higher than that on flour in barrels; but flour
IN burlaps has heretofoA been carried at little
over half the rate on bafreled -four the CLASH
6cation is changed now SO as to put -four in bur-
laps on the same basis as -four in sacks-more
than doubling the former tariff. Usually there
is very little flour packed in burlaps, but under
the former classification large amount of low
grade stuff has been shipped to the South in
these packages. Buraps will probably go out of
fashion now.
Indications point to general Generalization
OF east.bound freight rates the coming week. 1t
eau hardly be expected that Indianapolis roads
viii let Chicago roads slaughter rates, and be
loekers-on. Already St Louis has partially met
the rates made by Chicago lines. Up to Satur-
day night, however, Indianapolis roads were ad
herring 20 tariff rates Once during last week it
was alleged that the White line met rates of the
West Shore and the Lackawanna until they
went below a cut of cents,p per hundred pounds;
the White line then abandoned the fight The
understanding is that unless Chicago, Pc
Oria and st. Louis roads to-day restore rates.
the Indianapolis roads will take a hand. To an
outsider it looks as if the trunk line pool would
not be able to Withstand the strain it is now to
be subjected to, unless signs fail.