The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-25
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
nnrsnnaI and Local.

Moore
rails west from Noblesville on the Midiand'
formerly the Anderson, Lebanon q st. Louis
road
The Evansville & Terre Haute road. the sec
ond week in August, earned $l8,23S, against
S2l. 42j for the corresponding week of 1884 and
$40 300 in 1888.
1t is limited that the T. B. & W. people. now
that their earnings begin to improve, will cease
to make them public through the press. This
would be a serious mistake
The indianapolis, Bloomington & Western
earnings for the second week of August 1880
were $6l.2I3; for the corresponding week last
year, $56, 066; increase, So 49,
J. A. Hendry. travelling passenger agent of the
Burlington & Missouri road. is spending a rev
days in the city. the guest of T. A. Hendry, who
represents the A., T. 81 S. +. in this section.
p J. Flynn, contracting agent of the Atchi-
Son Topeka & Santa Fe, was in the city yester-
day. He has just closed contract Tor trans
porting IA carloads of sewer pire from Chatta-
nooga ann. TO San Francisco, Cal. oyer his
road and the Southern Pacific
T. A Ford, of Pittsburg, general passenger
agent of the Pennsylvania railroad lines west OF
Pitisburg, and his family. are spending the
month of August at the Profile House, Franco
mia Notch. They paid the Office of Among the
Gieads' visit on Monday last.
II is but fair to the G., st. L. & P. people to
state that their falling off in bound business
is in part due to the fact that the l., B. & W.
people haul sll Union-ine off the western
division to Columbus O.. before turning them
over to the Pennsylvania lines.
The picnic of the Pttsbure, Fit. Wayne q
Chicago railroad employees, at Rock Point, last
Saturday, was attended by 1880 people. 1t took
ihSrty three coaches to carry the picnlckers.
The Great Western Band was in attendance,
md all had very enjoyable time.
Augustus Wright on Sept. takes the position
of general roadmaster of the L., n. A. q o. sys-
TEN Mr.. Wright ranks among the best as a
foadmaSter. holding that position for fifteen years
on she Bee-.Ine prior to the consolidation of the
Office of roadmaser with that of chief engineer
IL has just got through the craniums of several
OF she overrontident passenger agents IN the
local association that from the day the agree
1neRt was signed that no road in the ASSOCIATION
wonl1 pay commissions to scalpers two proml-
nnBs roads in the association have been doing so,
regardless of said agreement
The Vandalia is crowded with business, and,
fortunately for the road President Mckeen and
has subordinate officials did not mount the econ
omy hobby to such an extent as to allow their
equipments to down. Every locomotive on
shs road is in number-one condition. and the
same is true of the freight and passenger equip
inert entire.
Present Indications are that many of the roads
which in their efforts to economize have allowed
their shipments deteriorate, will be obliged to
send them to car works to be repaired. Car
shops of the respective roads working
fun time and ful-handed but such is the demand
for cars that they are unable to turn them out
fast enough. Especially will this remark apply to
fASt-freight line cars.
About GO per cent. of the grain cars which
have been standing side-tracks for months
fnrn up short of their grain doors. and in some
cases the inside boards have been torn out and
used for kindling. There is fortune in store
for man who devises grain door of perma-
nsnt character-One which an AK crowbar
cannot break from its moorngs. By the by
what objection could be raised to iron door
unless it be the extra weight The fact is that
supplying doors for grain cars is heavy
pense on the railroads. so common is 1t for them
20 disappear in some mysterious manner.
rumor which originated in New York says
Henry Monett, general passenger agent of the
West Shore road, has been offered the position
of general passenger agent Of the Cincinnati,
Hamilton q DAYTON lines andh its acceptance
under consideration. Should Mr.. Monett accept
competitors of the c., II. g. d. in all directions
may look for competition, John
Egan. of the c., l. st. L. & c., especially. Mr.
Monetts experiences the last eighteen months
the West Shore, coupled with his earlier
experience Western roads, has educated
him that he will stir up matters wherever he
takes hand.
Pittsburg is now much disturbed over the
alleged discrimination on the part of the Penn
Byiyania railroad in freight rates against Pitts
burg in favor of Philadelphia merchants. Gen
eral Freight Agent Wilson consulted on the
subject ami said that the discrimination had
not, he was confident, been ordered by the
officials of the company. Their rule, as he said,
WAS invariably to give every place the benefit of
its geographical position Under their rules the
rates for short distances were not allowed to
exceed proportionally those for long ones. but in
the eases specified in reference to places in Ohio
the apparent discrimination might be due to
local rates, over which the through rates would
exercise modifying influence.
AS soon as the location of the new Union
Depot is definitely decided uron, a number of
needed Improvements will follow. One is the
erection Of a block by William H. English on the
ground adjoining the Weddell House on the
south in place of the old traps that cover
this ground. This block is to be fitted up
specially for railroad offices-not for scalping
o2ices, (which are go common OH South Illinois
street. but for the better class of Offices. such
rs Ben Tnhey, of the B. e. o. Hendry of the
A.chison. Topeka & Santa Fe; Murdrough, of the
d. 81. & St. p; Blackburn, of the Union Pa
eiic Perry, of the Chicago q Alton; Dennev, of
Abe Missouri Pacific, and last, but not least,
Vanderbilt. of the Northern Pacific.
If the Kaights of Labor on the Wabash, one
OF whom resides at Indianapolis, do not hurry
Hp in giving their final order or authoritative
command which is to nave 'paralyZlnC effect
on ahe commerce of the Nation" the imminence
OF she strike will soon be interpreted as the
impotence of the national executive committee
OF ahe knights While the reports that the
excitement was instigated TO affect the price of
railroad stocks are no doubt sensational. the
&hreats of a strike out of proportion to any
rpsi or imaginary cause that was given. The
Brooklyn Union says 1T looks more and more
like the work of committee which made a
misjudgment of its power. 1t has already
iSsued two orders for the strike to be begun,
aEd it is difficult to understand what final or
Authoritative order now accomplish"
"A Foreign View of the West Shore Deal
We repeat 10 day, says the London Financial
Ness, what we have said for weeks past. that
as far rs it is possible to judge from the facts
before the public, there is no reason to believe
that the investment values of American railway