The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-11

within the territory of the central passenger
committee to seaboard and trunk-line points AS
Cincinnati Tuesday. Dec Is, they call on all
| interested to meet them at that time. whether
members Of the committee or not.
| Good crops in Ohio and Indiana are yielding
| good results in the way of railway earnings.
| Mention was made yesterday that the Vandalia
| at the Indianapolis station shows an increase of
over $2o, 200 In receipts compared with No
| vember, 1884. Now the Bee-line and !. e. St l..
| wheel into line with equally good results. At all
way stations in Ohio and Indiana o handsome
increase in receipts is shown At Union City, for
instance an increase of over 81, 900 on shipments
billed out is shown, and increase OF 81 100 on
receipts from freight received. Nation, Terre
| Haute, Indianapolis, Muncie, Marion and Belle
| fontaine. o., all show an equally favorable ex-
hibit In fact, there are hardly any stations
| which are exceptions
Through the courtesy of @. B. Lowry who
| holds all positions from general manager TO con-
ductor Journal representative, Wednesday,
| rode over the Louisville, New Albany & Corydon
| railway from Gresham, where connection is made
with the L., E. & St L. railway. to the old State
| capital. Corydon. The road passes through some
| beautiful country and scenery which is truly
| picturesque Arrangements are now being per
fected to exteL the road five miles further south
to Kings Cave, where extensive quantities of
stone from the same ledge which underlies Bed
ford are being quarried. This new business, to-
gether with the excellent traffic arrangement
now In effect with the L.. e. 81 St L. railway
will, it is predicted, make the road good pay
ing property.
The largest freight train and the greatest num-
Der of loaded cars ever hauled in this country by
| single locomotive. says a New Orleans dis
patch, Monday, came in over the Mississippi
Valley railroad to-day. The train started from
| Wilson with 62 cars of cotton and two caboose-
cars, In which were some passengers. AT Slaugh-
ter and Ethel SO cars we're picked up, making $50
| loaded freight-cars. OF these, 1874 cars were
loaded with cotton. 10 carried staves and the
other were loaded with general produce. The
mile and ninety feet The gross weight of the
freight and train was s. Az 031 pounds There
were 1920 bales of cotton on board. The above
item loses much of its Importance when it is
considered that for the entire distance the train
was hauled on down-grade, varying from % to
30 feet to the mile.
The Whereabouts of Old Bee-Line Men.
The Bee-lne Gazette for December is out
and by the by, is an unusually interesting
| issue. Among other articles is one giving the
whereabouts of officers who have done good
service on the road in former years, from which
we clip the following: Oscar Townsend, presi
dent of the c., c., G. & 1. railroad, prior to
General Devereux. is now general manager of
the Cleveland Loran 6 Wheeling railroad. and
burt, former president of the l. & ST L. railroad,
now rests from all earthly cares in beautiful
Lake View Cemetery. E. B. Mcclure, general
superintendent during his administration, has
also followed his chief through the ''valley of
the shadows" r. s. Flint, who for years was
general superintendent of the c., c. C. & l. rail-
way ls now retired from active business pursuits
ana lives quietly at his home in Cleveland. Frank
Ford, ex-chief engineer may be seen almost any
day at his beautiful Euclid-avenue home. He
is largely interested in mining industries and is
chief engineer of the new Garfield monument.
The earth yields its increase to c. G. Gale, the
former general superintendent of the L & St. l..
railway, on fine farm in the suburbs of Cleve-
land. Alfred Ely, who for dozen years or more
filled the position of auditor of the O.. c., c. g.
l. railway, has closed his accounts with this
earthly life. Russell Elliott, his co-worker on
the L u st. L., is now actively engaged in mer-
camille business at Kansas City. S. F. Pierson,
whose name may still be found on many
coupon tickets as general ticket agent,
is viee-chairman of the trunk-line passenger
the affairs of the Virgins Ferry Company
st. Louis, instead of the freight department of
the l. & St l.. railway. d. NJ. Kendrick, gen
eral passenger agent of the /. & st. l.. railroad
tenn, Is now the popular and efficient general pas
senger agent of the New York Central 81 Hud-
son River. c. G. Cobb, who preceded Mr. Ken
drick on the 1. 81 St L. railroad, has relieved
uhuaooh VI railway CARES anu RESPONSIVENESS.
and is taking pleasure out of life at his home in
New York city. John c. Moves, a former general
freight agent of the L & St L. railroad, is the
general manager of the Merchants Despatch
Transportation Company. z. King, treasurer
of the & St L. railroad when it was operated
Independently of the Decline, still claims In
dianapos as his home, and is not engaged in
any active business pursuits j. L. Miller ST.
mayor of Dayton, O.. filled for number Of
years the joint position of general ticket agent
cd nE %k4 p 4
Thomas but recently general manager of the
Decline. now conducts the affairs Of the Rich
mond & Danville railroad and it's allied lines as
chief managing officer
Begin Another Year Under Favorable Aus
pieces.
v. T. Malott president of the Chicago and
Ohio River pool remained in Chicago over yes
terday, and will return this morning. At the
meeting on Wednesday it was shown that the
percentages agreed upon were as nearly just as
could be determined beforehand The gross
earnings of the pool during the year had been
little over $l.5O0,0OO. and the discrepancy De-
tween earnings and the allotted percentages
amounted to but $23, 900. or less than per cont
divided between all the roads. The following
resolutions were adopted:
Resolved That 1t is the sense of this meeting that
the Chicago and Ohio River pool' be continued COM
mencing Jan. /, 1886 and continuing until Dec 81,
1885, and thereafter until thirty days notice of ter
mination in writing be given and that the statistics
presented this day and such other information may
be presented hereafter to such committee be referred to
acommittee composed of Chairman II. Malott, Com
missioner L. d. Richardson and Secretary B. e.
Hand with instructions to make such recommends
tons to the executive committee for the revision of
the existing agreed percentages in their Judgment
is equitable and right based upon the results Of the
year 1885 and such revision of percentages shall,
when adopted, date from Jan. l, 1886.
Resolved That the commissioner be requested at
to obtain, if possible agreement of the lines
to put the full all business carried to and
from pool territory by outside routes the to be
taken into consideration of the percentages which
they shall recommend to the executive committed
Resolved That the executive COMMITTEES of the Chi
cago and Ohio River pool be requested to meet with
the of the lines carrying Southern traffic
and from Chicago. via Cairo and Henderson routes,
such traffic.