The Indianapolis journal., 1885-12-28
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Locas.

Personal and Local.
Henry Z. Watcham has been appointed city
passenger agent of the Pennsylvania Company
and Panhandle lines, in place of Frank l.. Noad,
resigned.
The Railroad and Warehouse Commissioners
OF Illinois have published their new schedule OF
Freight and passenger rates to be charged in that
State after JAN !, 1856
lThe c., T., ST L. & c. road is reaching the
Aast-year volume Of business again On several
fIays last week they handled in the neighborhood
spf 1000 cars on the main line
William L. Hull, superintendent of bridges
and buildings of the L.. E. & st. L. Airline has
tresigned. w. r. Dammon. of the Wabash, takes
hhe place made vacant by Mr.. Hulls resignation.
Commencing with to-day, coffee, in carload
1ets. enly takes the same rate as does sugar,
which reduces the rate from thirty three to
twenty four cents per hundred pounds from the
lSeaboard to Indianapolis.
The T.. B. g. W., Eastern division, handled
more loaded cars last week than in any week IN
lihe history of the road forwarding from India
napolis $50 loaded cars, bringing in 49l. making
a total of 1850 loaded cars.
The volume of west-hound business over the
Pennsylvania line is heavy beyond parallel:
sOn Friday last at time there were over 900
Ioaded cars in transit between Columbus and
Chicago and Columbus and St Louis, loaded
Esyith antharcite coal and coke.
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freight business handling at this point COZ
headed cars. The freight men attribute this
decided Improvement to the fact that they are
fortunate in having larger supply OF empty
scars at their command than have their ccmpeti-
tors
William Henderson agent of the Adams Ex-
suress at this point reports that in previous
Iholday season has the Adams Express Company
carried so many presents to and from the city as
41nring the present. On Thursday Az prepaid
packages were sent out from the uptown office
saione.
- The five Western roads last week brought into
t&bis station q, ,399 loaded cars, the G., L., ST. L.
E& c., the first time many months, leading off
With L, 1856; Vandalia l. 127: l. ST. L. 1,052; l. B.
Il W., 100: l., d. & S., 376 The roads
Sbrought in the week ending Dec 19, 1906 The
corresponding week. 1854, 3,1S4 loaded cars.
Chicago roads as we'll as Indianapolis lines. are
having trouble over the capacity Of cars carry
ing live stock The roads owning large care
Ehaving had the advantage in making ates, 1t Is
rEow proposed at Chicago, and the movement
Syili doubtless become general at v stern ship.
ping points, that the Eastern roads weigh out
stock by the hundred pounds, and the Western
zines propose to the stockyards company to put
in scales at their own expense and do the same
thing. IL the stockyards company signifies Its
assent the matter will be regulated at once.
The Bee-line last week forwarded East 932
loaded. cars against 1,062 in the preceding week,
and against 633 the corresponding week. 1884
yPhe t. B. e. w. forwarded $50. against 738 in
fhe preceding week, and against 263 the corre-
spending week. 1884. The c., st. l.. & z. for
zxarded 68S against 768 in the preceding week.
and against 712 the corresponding week, 1884
The c., III. & l. forwarded 500, against 80 in the
preceding week. and against 237 the correspond
ing week, 1884. 1t will be noticed that with the
exception of the c., St L. e. F.. each road shows
Il larger east bound movement last week than in
the corresponding week, 1884
The existence of the Chicago and Ohio River
pool is in jeopardy unless the L., n. A. Il G.
people pay more attention to the pooling agree
ment, more especially the passenger department.
Competing roads claim to have ample evidence
that they (the L., n. A. Il c. are reserting to
the dishonorable method of selling passes The
passenger agent at Cincinnati, for instance, sells
q regular ticket over the c. H. & l. to Indian
apolis, then furnishes pass bearing some ficti-
tious name, at a cut of ST. to So, from Cincinnati
10 Chicago, noting ON the pass that 1t is given at
"a reduced rate for advertising, as an advance
agent of some theatrical troupe. Competitors of
the L., n A. & c. aege that this method of do
ing business is being carried on to an extent
Ehat will certainly bring a rate-war between
the pooled roads.
;, Eonsignees are making great mistake in not
unloading promptly. Such action simply
hastens tho time when the railroad companies
yill take action which will seem arbitrary in the
Sway of insisting upon damage charges after a
reasonable time is allowed for unloading cars
Only day or two since one indianapolis coal
sdealer was boastng that he had forty y-Seven cars
of one road standing in his yard loaded with
coal which had been there about thirty days. He
remarked that the company was so liberal in this
matter thatshe gave this road all the business he
could and the very road is to-day in straits to
kurnish cars to fill its orders. IT, is claimed.
these busy times cag is worth $40 per day to a
road 1t is not surprising that there are reasons
that the above -alluded-to road is on the of
going into the hands of q receiver. At any rate,
securing business by allowing to make
ssore-houses of cars is expensive.