The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-11-20
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.


rate from indianapolis to New Orleans at $21,
Eound trip tickets good to return for forty days.
Sales of American Express stock were made
on Wednesday at $l-03 1t was quoted last year,
ut the corresponding date, at 81 cents on the
dollar
L. d. Richardson, commissioner. and B. E.
Hand, secretary, of the Chicago 81 Ohio River
pool, are In the city, attending the Scottish Rite
ceremonies.
The Wabash is not carrying its allotted per-
centage in the Chicago west-bound pool, and the
Western pool will be re-alotted and new di-
VISION formed.
David Brown has been appointed assistant
general freight agent of the Chicago & Grand
Trunk and Detroit g. Grand Haven roads, with
headquarters at Chicago
The Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati & In
dianapois stock, selling at 64 points, sold at
she corresponding period 1884, at 81 cents in
l6s3 at rs cents on the dollar.
Within short time the Chicago s. Atlantic
road will probably be placed in the hands of
receiver, under proceedings begun by the first
bendholders to foreclose their mortgage.
Within the last week hundred or more
carloads of fine fat cattle, from points ON the
western division of the c., l., ST. l.. & c., have
bBsn shipped in here and then forwarded to
Buffalo the Decline.
The increased earnings of many of the rail
roads in October are followed by very encour
aging figures for the first half of November.
The Increased tariff is likely to continue this i'm
proyement for the present
cablegPam was received at Cleveland,
Wednesday from J. Fl. Devereux president of
the Bee-line, announcing his safe arrival in
Europe, and that his health had been improved
by his trip across the water.
The traffic receipts of the Canadian Pacific
railroad for the week ending Nov. IA were $685.
16O, an increase of $4,000 over the correspond
ing week last year The company has now in
operation 1897 miles of line.
The Cleveland Leader Says ''This is to be
the winter of discomfort for passenger agents
who have been accustomed to a comfortable
commission of So each on every through ticket
sold. No more of that after Jan. l."
The advance in east-bound rates on hogs,
which takes effect Nov. %, is based on 80
cents per 100 pounds, an advance on present
rates of cents This makes the rate about one
half what it was on hogs three years ago.
C. S. Sawyer, general manager of the Cont
mental line was in the city yesterda. From
person we'll posted in his affairs is learned that
there grounds for the rumor Thu Mr. Saw
yer would tender his resignation in the near
future
New York business men, who fear that the ad
vance il east-bound rates ordered on grain Nov.
% is an unwse move have been urging the
trunkne presidents to withdraw the order. but
yet the latter show disposition, it is stated,
TO take a backward STEP
Somebody seems to be buying stock of the
Indiana. Bloomington 81 Western road, paying
PA cents on the dollar for it. One year ago it
sold at cents on the dollar. The amount which
is changing hands indicates that some of the
original holders of the stock are unloading now
that there is demand for it.
The reorganization scheme Of the Wabash
system is now in fair way to be carried out.
The friends Of the road say that the reorganiza-
tion of the Wabash company will place this
property on very firm basis. 1t is believed
that the Wabash road will have an independent
Eastern outlet at no distant day.
1t is said to be quite probable that the c., /.
St l.. & G. will, the coming year, lay track of
their own between Lafayette and Templeton.
They now run over the Lake Erie e Western,
the distance being eighteen miles. By cutting
cross lots, as the saying is, the c. |. st. L. q G.
Fan reduce the distance to fourteen miles, and
not be at the mercy of the Lake Erie & Western
people.
The c., H. & T. people have temporary
bridge constructed in place of the crossing
Big Buck creek, which went down Wednesday
morning, that trains begun running over it at
2P NJ. yesterday. The engineer and fireman,
who were injured, are as comfortable could
be expected, while the brakeman proves to have
been more seriously injured than at first sup
posed, and was yesterday suffering severely.
The passenger-rate war between the Southern
goSds having ended, fast-time fight has been
inaugurated Passengers can now leave In
dianapolis at A. NJ and be in New Orleans at
fore the fast-time schedule was adopted, and the
run from indianapolis to Jacksonville, Fla, is
made six hours quicker thansformerly. The af
ternoon trains out of Indianapolis south make
equally good time.
A prominent trunk line official, in talk with
a reporter of tae New York Tribune, said: "We
have great hopes that the east bound tariff will
be maintained. We generally have good win
ter movement, and have little difficulty in
uphoiding the tariff Now the siren 9Th of the
situation is fortified by the presidents agree
ment, and the fact that the roads realize that
they can go no nearer bankruptcy than they
have gone without passing the edge"
President Cable of Rock Island, says: II GER
sainiy have no objection to higher rates on the
Eastern lines If | am sure that the rivals of Rock
Island will be given no advantage over it. / am
glad that the trunk lines are in position where
they can insist upon profitable rates for trans
portation. They have had hard time of it for
the last few years, and now perhaps they will be
able to make some money" Mr. Cables glori-
fcatioE has meaning. Neither he nor Presi-
dent ingalls,. of the c., L., st. l.. & c.. are salts
he6 with the per cents the trunk lines award in
connection with their east-bound business via
Seneca.
The most conservative Of railroad men agree
that matters are assuming very serious look in
the West, and that the chances for the lines be-
coming involved in a bitter rate war were never
better than at the present writing. For all
practical purposes the Western Freight Associ-
alton, controlling and pooling the Council
Bluffs Omaha the Nebraska and the Union
Pacific territory business on through freight.
has become imperative, and for any present
ends that it is serving, might just as we'll not
exist. Balances are unpaid, roads have ceased
10 report. and the members have come to regard
the deadlock in its affairs as permanent.
Spoilers have been working the New York
Central quite vigorously, and as result con-
siderable number of passenger conduct tors are
now ont of jobs The spoilers were not directly
employed by the railroad company, but by the
Duplex Ticket Company By the regulations of
the road, conductors obliged to use duplex
tickets when passengers have not purchased reg
mar tickets One of the tickets is given to the
passenger and the stub left in the book has the
number of miles and the amount of fare col
lected from each of these passengers. Among
those who have been dropped in the last few
days are number of the oldest conductors on
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