The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-24
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal aud Local.

road. is spending day or two with his numer-
Gus friends in this city.
III. r. Dering assistant general passenger
agent of the Pennsylvania lines. has been SO ill
for several Gays as to confne him at home.
s. B. Liggett, of the Pennsylvania Company,
on last evening teleeraphed that the inspection
party had changed their programme and would
not spend the Sabbath in Indianapolis
r. w Lee in charge of the newspaper and ad-
vertisng service of the Burlington route, c., b.
& O. railroad of Chicago, was in the city yester-
day prospecting and calling on old-time friends.
Commissioners Fink is formulating the new
trunk lire pool The discussions and agreements
among the roads give him the details so that
when finally presented there will be little delay IN
its adoption.
T. G. Denney, district passenger agent of the
Missouri Pacific road headquarters lndianapo-
lis is so ill that hopes are entertained OF ms
recovery He is lying at the residence OF his
mother IN Greenville, Ill.
c. H. Briggs formerly passenger conductor on
the Indianapolis 81 Viucennes road, now located
In Dallas, Tex, was in the city yesterday, en-
route for Chicago to attend the annual meeting
of the Passenger Conductors Association.
Lumber rates east-bound will advance Nov. l,
1885, to the basis of 80 cents per 100 pounds,
Chicago to New York. Slaves. heading, hoop
poles. rough slaves. etc. to the basis OF ~
cents per 100 pounds, Chicago to New York.
Engine number 14O, which for years past has
hauled the Vandalia pay car and was one OF the
first engines purchased by the Terre Haute d
Indianapolis Railroad Company, has been sold
so the z. & G. K. road TO be used In construction
work.
E. B Thomas the new general manager of the
Richmond & Danviile road, is said to have all
the money he wants behind him to put the road
bed and equipments in the hest possible condition.
1t in SAFE consequently. to predict that eighteen
months from now the road will be of uniform
gauge and well equipped.
There is considerable excitement in Western
freight circles. strictly are the trunk lines
carrying out their programme in the matter OF
setting UP rates and charging them back on the
originating road where the shipments were not
ut the western termni of the trunk lines on or.
before the 10Th of October.
1t is stated at Cleveland, on good authority,
that the five Vanderbilt fastfreight lines will
soon be consolidated. The Red, White and Mid
land have already been united with headquar
tiers at Buffalo. The North Shore and Mer-
chants Dispatch lines will be consolidated with
these, the details to be arranged hereafter.
J. J. Fletcher has assumed the duties of gen
eral freight and ticket agent OF the Cairo, Vim
cennes q Chicago road. The young mans abil-
ity a railroad will now be thoroughly
tested, as there are but few harder roads to work
successfully than is the c., V. q c., which is
crossed between Cairo ana Danville by fifteen
railroads
The night express trains, both east and west
bound, are now so heavy over the Vandalia sys
tenn that they are arranging to run the train
both ways in two sections. The first train from
the west will reach Indianapolis at $50 A. NJ.
the second at 4:l0 A. M. The noon train west is
also heavily loaded with passengers mail and
express matter.
1t is intimated that as one of the results of the
harmony now in prospect between the trunk
lines, the New York Central and Pennsylvania
companies will abandon their fast limited express
trains and close up expensive freight and pas
Benger offices. Such steps, President Depew
estimates. will save the companies millions of
dollars year, which will 60 the stockholders.
A veteran railroad man, whose predictions are
usually verified, remarked yesterday that as soon
a the fast freight line consolidation schemes
were perfected railway managers would turn
their attention to cutting down the expenses of
the passenger departments, which are now run
entirely on a too high-pressure scale. There
would be closing up of large number of Off
ces. and their rate-cuttng agents would drop as
do the leaves from the trees after frost.
The Decline shops at all points are working
on full time and full-handed, there being some
$50 men employed in the several departments at
Brightwood. Master Mechanic Garstrang is
building two mogul engines entirely new. and at
the Cleveland shops ten-whee engine is in
process of construction. General Master Me-
chinic Turreff says they the last locomo
tives they will build in their own shops. as they
can buy from locomotive works to better advan-
tage.
The application of General McNulta, receiver
of the t., G. q St l.. narrow-gauge road for
authority to issue a large amount of receivers
certificates to raise money to repair the road,
denied. Judge Gresham said that if the
receiver was prepared to make affidavit or state
In court that the state of the road imperied life
or limb he would stop the road at once The
receiver was not prepared to go so far as this.
The court said he determined tn Mac
any more burdens on the road before the sale.
Judge Gresham will sit with Judge Baxter at
Cincinnati, Nov. g. to consider the masters report
in this case The Corbn syndicate makes a
good point through this action on the part of the
United States Court
One feature of the new money pool to be put
In operation by the Eastern trunk lines is that
of forfeit fund to be made up of $780, 600 de-
posted by each of the trunk lines aggregating
sum of SO, 600, 000 The Pennsylvania Company
has insisted upon this from the start just how
much is to be forfeited for each violation of
agreement has not transpired, but the fact that
it is, rather will be, on deposit to draw from
In case road is adjudged guilty, it is supposed,
will have restraining influence that pledges do
not exercise The ability of the Pennsylvania,
New York Central and Baltimore & Ohio to
spare $500000 each for this purpose is not ques-
toned Then, there is the West Shore, the Erie
and Lackawanna to near from.
reports from all departments show that after
years of squabbns between former officials, the
utmost harmony now exists between the officials
of the Louisville, New Albany g. Chicago road
Petty jealousies and squaboling between railroad
men are even more destructive to railroads
prosperity than is the cutting of rates The
harmony of action between the present officers
of the road is already showing good results
General Freight Agent McDoel states that mat
tiers moving along very smoothly in all de-
partments Their great trouble now is to furn-
ish cars to move the business offered, most of
which is of a local character Never before, he
says, have through and local rates on the road
beer more strictly adhered to- and with the
heavy traffic, the earnings begin to foot up hand
somely
passenger men at this point to the effect that the
general passenger agents of the trunk lines have
completed the plans which they propose for the
new pool in passenger traffic and the executive