The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-26
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.

E. A. Ford, general passenger agent Of tn
Pennsylvania lines west of Pittsburs, is IN the
city.
John Browning, passenger conductor on the
L., n. A d c. Airline has been so i'll for few
days as to confne him at his home.
The Eastern lines last week for warded from
indianapolis but 2,07l loaded cars. as follows
Bee line, 975; c., st. l.. & P, SAT; G., Fl. & l.,
295; l., B. & w, 254
General II. S. Huidekoper of Philadelphia.
Pa, is in the city. He is West looking after the
affairs of the Western Car Company, of which
he is general manager.
The Louisville New Albany & Chicago will
hereafter dispense with the pay-car service.
Hereafter station agents will pay section men
and other employees at their respective stations.
The five Western roads last week brought into
indianapolis 3 SO loaded cars as follows: /. &
St. L., LILO; c., |. St. l.. & c.. $50; Vandalia,
900; L. B. d w. Peoria division), $50; st. Louis
division, lS3
The Wabash last night put on a new line Of
sleepers between Chicago and Peoria, leaving
Chicago at 8:35 P. NJ, and arriving at Peoria at
655 A. NJ Returning. the train will leave PEG
ria at I:l0 p M, arriving at Chicago at Ilo A NJ
Negotiations are pending for running the line
of Woodruff sleeping cars now running between
Detroit and indianapolis over the Wabash
!. road Close connections would be made both
ways at indianapolis.
A Pennsylvania official states that the receipts
of the dining cars run on the Pennsylvania
limited express for the year 1854 were $4,000,
yet they yielded no revenue above operating ex-
penses, as nothing is left undone to render the
table service first class in all respects
In answer to what is the situation with east
bound pools to-day, Commissioner Doherty said:
They are resting their arms awaiting devel-
opments. To the question. do you think that
certain lines outside the pool are cutting below
the IL cents per 100 pound rate to the seaboard,
he answered: / fear they are, from outside indi-
cations.
A new trouble has arisen in the trunk-line
pool. Commissioner Fink refuses to comply
with the demand of some of the roads to have
the pool percentages eveDed up at the cut rates
for the time that such rates are being made, and
insists that the percentages must be equaliZed
at full tariff rates 1t would be pleasant indeed
for the c., st. L. & p, for instance, to bring up
its per cent of averages in the Indianapolis East
bound pool at present rates, when the Bee-line
and the G., Ell. 4 d.. which is ahead in its per
cents, carried the property at full tariff rates.
Saturdays business over the Belt road gives
evidence that the snow blockade is lifted, as
there were 1895 loaded cars transferred over
the Belt, it being the banner day in the history
of the road, and the movement yesterday was
nearly as heavy. The train dispatchers on Sat
ufudV 0dnulSO -LD0 tfdluS WIFI IUdfkGu dUillJy.
During the day ffty-eight trains were handled
on the single track east Of the c., St L. & p.
crossing, and fifty nine trains on the single track
west of the /. g. st. l.. crossing. To this move,
ment is to be added the trains handled on the
double track by Belt road engines.
The court has ordered that the Toledo & Indi
annapolis road be sold Feb %. This road was begun
with the intention of running it from Toledo to
Indianapolis 1t was constructed from Toledo
as far as Findlay, and there stopped for lack of
funds to carry on the work. There were $500, 600
of bonds issued as collateral for the indebted
ness with $500 900 of prior lien bonds for the
right Of way. There is no appraisal Of the prop
e1ty, real and personal which is to be sold as an
entirety for not less than $50, 600. IL the en-
tire amount of the bid is not paid in cash. the
sum paid must be $50 900, with the balance
In first mortgage bonds.
There is good authority for the statement that
unless there is an early settlement of the rate
war the Pennsylvania people will take another
aggressive step, and shorten the running time Of
all their express trains. action which they have
not taken heretofore for the reason that threats
were made by competitors that they would meet
the shorter time with 1wer rates. Now this is
no excuse, as passenger rates both east and west
bound are more or less demoralized. The bad
Men" troupe eleven in number we're taken to
New York at SIS per head, the agreed rate for
theatrical troupes being $500 and the longer
lines are cutting regular rates s. to S.