The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-02
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.

Personal and Local.
Passenger agents have agreed to maintain
yates from New York TO Buffalo
Pittsburg. Fort Wayne & Chicago stock sold
yesterday on the New York Stock Exchange at
1881.
Charles Collier was yesterday appointed
master car builder of the l., n. A. e. c., head
quarters New Albany.
The Pennsylvania road, with loss of over
800, 600 in April. gross, is said to be handling
larger volume Of business than it ever before
had.
Sir Henry Tyler, president of the Grand Trunk
road now in this country is said TO be very en-
Enthusiastically in favor of recognizing the trunk
lire pool.
Railroad are reported to have sent in protests to
che management against their recent policy re-
gardng rates.
The Pennsylvania Company now gather up
all their old cross-ties, cut them In two, split
them up and when dry use them in firing up
their engines
The Decline limited trains yesterday handled
coming west between Dayton and Indianapolis
III passengers; going east between those points,
Ito passengers.
For several years past there has been June
boom in railroad stocks, although the fun was
short lived Indications now are that 1883 Is to
be an exception.
John r. Elder president of the New Orleans
Shell Beach road returned from New Orleans
yesterday, and will remain North during the
summer months
Some of the trunk line presidents stin profess
30 believe that the prospects are good for gen.
efAl restoration before the 18th of June, when
Che old agreement terminates.
The earnings of the Indiana, Bloomington &
Western Railroad Company for the third week
in May were $40. 800; for the corresponding time
last year, $43, POI; increase, $6OS.
Geo. Sullivan, contracting agent Of the Bee
line at this point. is arranging to, within few
weeks, remove TO Los Angeles. where he viii 60
into the business of oraDge-growing.
w. r. Woodland, superintendent OF the L.,
N. A. & G. road, gives notice that hereafter the
car department will be separated from the me-
chanical department, and will be in charge eff
the master car-builder.
ID. M. Donough, ticket agent at the Union De-
pot, received letter. yesterday, from Marshal
Manning, ii which he states that he is some
better, and thinks he will derive permanent
benefit from his stay at West Baden Springs.
Col. Oran Perry, agent of the several Pennsyl
vania lines at this point has fitted up in the east
end of the c., st. L. q p. depot pleasant rooms
for the clerical forces of the j., M. e. l. road,
which forces came under his control yesterday.
By an agreement between the officials and the
shop men at various points on the Wabash, re-
ductien of force is to be made by the suspension
OF all shop employees hired since the 10Th of Feb
ruary, and the shops are to be closed the last
three working days OF the month.
Cardinal Woolsey chief train dispatcher of the
Vandalia lines. is in the city. He states that on
Saturday the limited train west-bound left
Terre Haute twenty three minutes late, and ar
rived at Effingham one minute ahead of time.
The distance is 63 7-l0 miles, and it was run In
t9ighty-six minutes; time taken for making two
stops at railroad crossings and two county seat
stations to be deducted.
The condition of passenger rates west of Pitts
burg and Buffalo, and of east bound fares from
Western points to the seaboard, is much better
than that of the trunk-line and through west
bound fares The roads in the Central Passen-
ger Committee have not been able to agree on
some important points, but they keep the rates
up tolerably well, and have done so much better
and longer than was expected when the Cincin-
natl meeting was held.
There are indications that passenger rates are
again shaky, al least the relations between the
local passenger agents are seriously strained. 1t
is alleged that the l., b. q w. is allowing pas
sengers travelling secend-class tickets to occu-
by chair-cars. Then, again, there is soreness
that the Vandala soliciting passenger agents
ioiter about the offices of their competitors and
have some method by which they snatch passen-
gers from such competitors.
The negotiations which have been pending for
some days between the Chicago & Eastern Him
OILS people and the receiver of the Cairo, Vim
cennes & Chicago line have resulted favoraby,
thus forming close alliance for traffic both
freight and passenger, for all kinds of business
to and from the South via Cairo. The Cairo
Vincennes & Chicago line runs from Danyllie to
Cairo, with a branch line from St Francisville to
Vincennes, and passes through a very fertile and
productive country
Such men as j. N. Mccullough, vice president
of the Pennsylvania Company, M. e. ingalls,,
president of the c.. l., st. L. & c., V. T. Malott,
manager of the Union Railway Company Hon.
J. FL. Devereux, president of the Bee-line. pre-
dict that the next three months is to be trying
time to the railroads of this country. Very few
roads, even the strongest and Oldest, are now
earning their expenses, and unless rate wars
shall cease and traffic increase not few Of
them will be bankrupted
The local members of the indianapolis east
bound pool met at Commissioner Dohertys office
yesterday afternoon. Little was done except of
routine character The question of establish
ing the Car-weighing Association was limited at,
which caused smile to pass around among
those present The factis, there is not local
agent dare come out strongly in favor of it, al
though all know that tons of freight are
daily forwarded from this point for carry
ing which the companies receive no revenue.
A. A. Talmage, general manager of the Wa
bash, goes to New York to-day. He will be &C.
companied by G. T. Davis, trustee of the bond
holders of the northern division of the Indianap-
oils, Peru & Chicago road No arrangement has
yet been made between the trustee and the Wa
bash people as to operating the northern division,
which will pass into the hands of the bond
holders June 8. and it looks if the Wabash
people were taking advantage of the situation,
hoping in the end to retain in their control the
portion of the road lying between indianapolis
and Peru.
The statements made in the press, that in the
case of Lang vs.. The c., l., st. L. IL q. railway.
at Lawrenceburg. Ind, last week, the plaintiff
was awarded verdict against the company for
$l0,8OO, was erroneous. The jury only found
special verdict TO the facts, and did not apply
the law, under the instruction of the court, to
their finding. Their recommendation that
under the facts as found, if it proves to be the
law that the plaintiff be awarded $40 900. must
yet undergo the application of the law by the
courts before any judgment is reached On the
facts as found. they hold the company liable for
failure to notify its section hands and trackmen