The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-09-03
Miscellaneous Notes.

This week work is in progress on the Chicago
Burlington d Northern line all the way from
Bluff Siding, opposite Winona, to the Wiscon-
sin river
The opening of the new Waterloo route from
Chicago to st. Paul, has been postponed to Sept
10. Double daily trains will be run between
these cities in both directions.
The fBritish) Vera Cruz railroad in Mexico
meets the challenge of the American lines and
has come down from $54 to $40 per ton to Mexico
City on important classes of freight.
Vicepresident Sykes, of the Chicago & North
western railway, says that there is no truth in
the report that his company contemplates the
construction of line to Kansas City
With steel rails going up at the rate of dollar
a week, and the mills filled with orders for the
rest of the year. it seems safe to accept it as a
settled fact that the tight times are over with
the rail mills.
Yesterday the Minnesota e. Northwestern road
commenced running local trains on it's road be-
tween West ST. Paul and Mona. Through trains
will not be put on until the bridge is finished,
which will be about the Goth proximo.
The Philadelphia Times says that the South
Pennsylvania will be slowly completed by the
Pennsylvania railroad; that the Pennsylvania
will in court admit that it ia purchaser, and will
not claim that third parties bought 1T.
Arbitrator Wilson. of the Chicago. st. Louis
81 Missouri River Passenger Association, has
just rendered decisions in three cases where the
t l.
agreements entered into with the association.
The cases were all dismissed.
The Southern Pacific Railway Company has
obtained control of the New York, Texas e. Mex
lean railway. which runs from Rosenberg juno
tion to Victoria, nlnety-two miles. The road
will be operated in conjunction with the Gulf,
Western Texas & Pacific railway.
The fact that tea does not bear rough handling
is urged against the project of transporting it
overland from the Pacific ports to the Atlantic
seaboard 1t is said that the Earring and iolting
of the railway cars breaks and crumbles the brit
tie leaves so that what may be gained in time
over all water transportation is lost on the mer
chantabe quality of the tea on its delivery.
The coal companies seem to be pulling and
hauling good deal. The Pennsylvania and
Delaware & Hudson have further reduced their
prices; the Philadelphia d Reading has advanced
its local rate 10 cents $50. so for egg and chest
nut, So 70 for stove). but these prices are 10
cents lower than they were June l. The Lehigh
Valley has reduced its freight rate to tide water
20 cents, or to ST. As per ton to New York.
The official statement off the Louisville 6
Nashville railroad for the month of July shows
gross earnings of $l.057, 1892 and operating ex-
penses of $695. S87, leaving net earnings of $780,
AS. From the sum last mentioned there is de-
Quoted $40 974 for construction. making the net
balance $340, 400 This is a decrease in gross
earnings. as compared with the same month last
year, of s.. IT, and an increase in operating ex-
pensts of ST.. Ole. making decrease in net earn
ing of $40, 769.
Commenting upon Vanderbilt's selling out the
Pittsburg & Lake Erie road, the Pittsburg Dis
patch says: 1t must be apparent to all who
contemplate the subject that capitalists in no
case construct railways for the accommodation
or advancement OF any community or common
wealth Railways are built for the profit of
those who control the enterprise; and if more
profit can be made out of selling than operating
them they will be sold rather than operated by
the majority in interest.
Experiments are being made with drawing.
room cars on New York train. on which are
placed six incandescent lamps to burn compressed
gas. The gas is made from crude petroleum
and is less expensive than common Illuminating
gas They are fifty candle power each and sup
ply such illumination that the car is as light
as day, and person can read In any part of it.
A cylinder ten feet in length and fifteen inches
in diameter, under the car, carries the COM
pressed gas with pressue of 500 to 600 pounds
to the square inch.
The Southern Pacific com pany which now
controls the Sunset route (all the lines of the
Southern Pacifc) and also the Central Pacific is
charged with pursuing course that has been
characterized as downright hoggishness" toward
the other transcontinental lines The method
has been to refuse to join the Transcontinental
Association. and then TO anis~ov shippers over it's
Shot Central Pacific to and from tho Union
Pacific so tf,,at they would send over it's long
Southern Pacific instead, thereby securing a
much greater mileage and an increasing tonnage
The Philadelphia Times says: 1.-THE steel
rail- manufacturers have held a convention and
decided to try the experiment of pool in order
TO make their business more profitable They
have assumed that the demand for the coming
year will amount to u.s. 900 TONS and have allowed
committee 10 parcel out this assumed demand
among the fourteen rail making firms now in
operation AS the meeting was held with closed
doors. and there are yet four months before the
agreement goes into operation, it may prove that
price was fixed which will be promulgated in good
time, however"