The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-04
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Parannal and Lnoal.

Quoted as saying: eve are for peace, but will
not pay too much for L."
A. J. Smith, general agent Of the Decline re
turned yesterday from three weeks vacation.
he spent most of the time on Cape Cod.
President McKeen's private car came out of
the shops. this week. rebuilt in fine style. Mr.
McKeen. however rides in it but little unless his
family or some of his friends accompany him.
An l., B. & W. official, in response yesterday
20 the question, Has the Central Iowa restored
rates to the North west in connection with the l.,
b. & W.. as proposed answered. That's q con-
undrum which we cannot answer here
A. c. Tumy, traffic manager of the Chicago
St Louis road which is branch, practically, of
the l. g. ST. l.. leaving this road at Litchheld, is
In the city taking business. When completed
the road will run from Litchfeld to Pekin, LII.
s. F. Stocker was yesterday appointed agent
OF the c., H. 81 l. at Rushviie. Mr. Stocker
for three years past has been clerk In the ONCE
OF f. g. Stiles, agent of the c.. a. 81 d. at this
point, and will make faithful. wide awake
agent.
The Pennsylvania people are preparing to
push the building of the piece of road between
RED Oak and Hamilton. which is to form part
of their Chicago line General Superintendent
Miller Is devoting much of his time 10 getting
the work under way.
The September number Of the Firemen's Mag
azne is out and is an unusually interesting
number. An editorial article in which several
strong points are made 10 addressed to the Rev.
Y. Dewitt Talmage, relating to his proposed so
luton of the labor problem.
The fact that ticket scalpers are complaining
OF dull times, while at the Union Depot and out
side ticketoices sales are largely ahead of those
OF the corresponding time last year, is good evil
dence thai rates are not being cut SO deeply by
the outside local ticket agents.
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much buster earning its per cents in the Chicago
81 Ohio River pool. The passenger department
begins to show increased earnings over the cor
responding period of 1885, notwithstanding the
strong competition it now has to meet
The Toledo Blade hints ominousy at general
decapitation of Lake Shore officials by President
Newell, even to the general superintendent after
which, making Mr.. Newell himself incapable OF
further change, is to resign. The change in the
division SUPPLEMENTARY at Toledo has led the
Blade to predict these appalling occurrences.
Rock Island officials in Chicago to-day stated
that the road had every car in motion. and that
business was heavier than for years. The 81.
Paul and Northwestern officials say the same
the latter adding that gross earnings'for June,
Jnly and August will beat last year about
$500, 900. The same statement will apply to In
diana roads, SO far as August is concerned, but
1t is hardly probable that September traffic will
be as heavy.
The board OF control of the southern freight
pool, at their meeting at Old Point Comfort, de-
cided TO extend the agreement This removes
for the present the danger Of dissolution of the
pool and of bitter freight rate war between the
Louisville e. Nashville and Cincinnati Southern.
e. B. Thomas, general manager of the Rich
mond & Danville system, is credited with having
done much to bring about more harmonious re-
lations between the southern roads
Mr. G. V. Lewis has been appointed assistant
general freight agent Of the Missouri Pacific
railway, with Office at Kansas City. Mo. He will
have charge of the freight traffic originating on
the lines in Kansas, Missouri and the Indian
Territory. Mr. W. G. Smith has been appointed
assistant general freight agent with Office at
St Louis, Mo. He will have charge of the
freight traffic on the lines in Missouri and
Arkansas, excepting those under the charge of
Mr.. Lewis.
F1.t,-:1 the last two days General Manseer
Malott, of the Union Railway Compsny has
diSbursed in the neighborhood of $45, 900 among
the property holders from whom they are buy
ing property to make room for the new Union
Depot They now own all the property they
propose to purchase on the north side of the
Union tracks with one exception; that is owned
by Mr.. Falley, and is now occupied by fruit
( staId and the kankakee South Illinois street
ticket Office. On the south side they have yet
to secure the property known as the Essike
Block
The section men on the Pennsylvania system
on the 1st of the month commenced putting
though it is some weeks before the trip will be
made, the section men propose to put things in
order. 1t requires some time to polish the banks
of the cuts clear the bitches. get the gravel and
stone ballast in perfect line and do the forty or
more things required. While 1t is not really es-
sential that the road bed should be as clean and
Inviting well-kept kitchen. person rides
over such track with more pleasure than over
a road where these things are neglected
Pool reports are the best criterion by which to
all xvht IF dc In %ha ltx,;~
nearest to tariff rates. In July we notice that
the three legitimate Chicago lines sold TIT tick
cts reading from Indianapolis to Chicago. One
road sold 348 tickets, the average rate on which
was 1926 per ticket A second road sold 148
tickets, on which the average rate was So Is per
ticket The third, 221 tickets, the average rate
being 81 20 per ticket. Still you charge the
road which showed the lowest average with cut
ting rates, and the general and district passen-
ger agents come near going into 'conniption
fts"
Since Jan. !, 1885, the Railway Age shows
that no less than g. ATS miles of main line track,
not including sidings, or additional tracks Rave
been laid in thirtysix of the forty fou. tates
and Territories. upon 1853 railroad lines. Ouring
AEe whole of 1885 only 3, l31 miles of railway
were built, and already in the first eight months
of 1886, this has been exceeded by nearly $50
miles. 1t seems certain that the total for the
year will largely exceed 5000 miles Thus far.
Kansas leads all the other States in activity of
railway extension, about 600 miles of track hav-
Ing already been laid on eighteen different lines
OF this mileage but thirty Ave miles were laid
IN Indiana. The mania for railroad building in
this State is Just coming on, and by next year,
unless conditions change a good deal, Indiana
will do its share of railroad building
The Boston Advertiser says: "Western people
are so fond of Bostonians that far better facil-
ttes are afforded for travelling from this city to
chicago than for returning from the latter city.
The traveller who leaves Boston at o'clock in
the afternoon finds himself in Chicago at $50 p
D. of the following day, journey of 30k hours
but there Is no train running between Chicago
and Boston in less than two days and one night,
or two nights and one day." The same remarks
will apply to Indianapolis and ST. Louis with
equal force The fault, however, is not with
Western roads. The Bee-lne runs its trains like
sJehu" between ST. Louis and Cleveland. The
Hhe Lake Shore and New York Central move
them along quite 6riskly, but when they reach a