The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-20
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.

There transferred over the Belt road last week
10 s15 cars, against 1919 the corresponding week,
1885.
The yandalia to be getting it's share ct bust
In the week ending the 18th this road brought
in to Indianapolis 1850 loaded cars
The l.. D. & s. road earned the first half of Deem
Der, $26 800 3d. an increase earnings the cor
responding fifteen days of 1885 of 81, 1906.
The indianapolis car works turning. out
at the rate of $50 per month, beside doing
good deal of repair work for the fastfreight lines
The c.. l.. St. L. & G. earned the first half of De-
cember SOL S37 10 against 1916 800 the correspond
ing fifteen days, 1885. Increase this year so 9l7lo
S. II. Stevens, recently conductor on one of the
Wabash trains. has received the appointment of night
yardmaster for the c. 81 E. and l., B. W. roads at
Danvllle.
The new owners of the Illinois Midland will not
take control of the property until March l. The road
bed and equipments viii then be put in irstcass con.
dition physically
The Beeline is doing heavy west bound business.
This road brought into indianapolis last week LIS
loaded cars most of it classes of freight which 1t pays
well to transport
The Wabash has Just issued one of the finest and
most original Christmas cards of the season. This
enterprisng road will sell round-trip holiday tickets
at one and onethird fare for the round trip to al
points the system
The FIVE Western lines brought into this station, in
the week ending Dec. 49, $500 loaded cars, against
a $50 in the week ending Dec i, and against 2O6
the corresponding week in 1885. and 1861 the cor
responding week in 1884.
Judge Hill of the United States court at OK ard
Miss. has appointed Ben Wilson, of Memphis, LATELY
connected with the Chesapeake, Ohio Southwestern
railroad, receiver of the Mobile & Northwestern rail
road, narrow guage in Mississippi
NJ Mcdonald, the general manager of the
Cairo Vincennes & Chicago road is adopting Corbins
tactics on the Philadelphia & Reading road. only
smaller scale. Since he took hold OF the Co. V. q @.
he has been discharging men at the rate of twenty
five per day and still is not ready to quit.
The seven roads which carry east-bound business
out of Indianapolis last week forwarded total of
4,176 loaded cars as follows; The Bee-line l oO4;
the the T. B. p W $50; the e. H. & D. AS the Wa
bash, 2S3; the L., N A. & Q. tAir-line), 81.
The Pennsylvania Company have promised to give
Superintendent Mansfield of the indianapolis Vim
cennes road two frstclass freight engines soon
after the first of the year The fact that he is hiring
locomotives from the L., D. s. s. road is pretty good
evidence that he is greatly in need of additionapower
Engines 1910 and L 53I on the l., P. g. G. road,
have been equipped with the Barnes srark arrester
and smoke consumer. both of which work admirably,
performing all that it is claimed that they will do
passenger not the least annoyed by sparks smoke
riding train drawn by either of these locomo-
tives.
The c., H. s. L division of the c. II. & D. system
continues to do very heavy freight traffic and there
to be but little doubt that the earnings will
reach such amount to bring the road out at the
close of the fiscal year. without any deficit for the
first time since it became part of the c., d. & d.
system.
Wager Swayne the attorney for the purchasing
committee of the Wabash in the late proceedings be
fore Judge Gresham arrived IN st. Louis Saturday,
and will remain until Monday night. when he will 90
to Chicago His particular business there has not
TRANSFERRED but he has been in consultation with the
receivers of the Wabash.
The Fort Worth & New Orleans road, forty two
miles running from Fort Worth to Waxahahie to a
connection with the Houston & Texas Central, has
been sold to G. p Huntington for $546, 900. The
sale includes all franchises terminal facilities, roll
ing-stock ETC. This gives the Texas Central its own
line from Houston to Fort Worth.
E. H. Waldron. whose name has been frequently
mentioned in connection with the general manage
ment of the Lake Erie g. Western Railroad Company,
writes Lafayette friends that he knows nothing about
the plans of the new management, and he has
knowledge expectation of being rendered any posi-
ton in the management of the road.
S. III. a. Clark, the new vice-president and general
manager of the Missouri Pacific railway and leased
lines, arrived in st. Louis, yesterday, from Omaha,
aud will enter upon his duties at He is author
ty for the statement that the reports which have
Gently circulated that he will make changes
in executive officers on the system untrue
An nterlocking signal or some other character of
signal should at be put in position at the
ing of the j., M. & l. ~" and the c.. L. St. IT, & C.
tracks Twice during the past week there have been
escapes from what undoubtedly would have
been serious accidents and probably led to loss of
life. This 'Y" is now used more than ever for pas
senger well freight trains, and it is highly i'm
porant that the matter of signals at this point be
given prompt attention.
Superintendent Stevens of the eastern division of
the Wabash system has made further awards to the
foremen and section for the best piece of track
That between Peru and Antwerp, which embraces
fourteen sections the first prize taken by T. Cav
anaugh, foreman of section No. To- which extends
from New Haven to Fort Wayne and the second prize
to VIM Nevin, foreman of section No. "a from Bel
den to LaCiro The average OF Cavanaugh was eight
and two-tefths. Mr.. Nevin received the first prize
last yesr.
The railroad development and increased prosperity
of this important interest be easily traced in the
market for steel rails. An official statement shows
that the actual deliveries of American rails during
the eleven months ending Nov. 80 were l, 200. 600
tons, more than ths eatjre production of 1885.
The mills have recently made heavy contracts for
next years delivery. anda tho tendency of prices is
upward. Orders during the last week for 90
600 tons were booked at $780, as against $50 short
time ago.
The freight the eastern division of the T..
b. 81 W. offer to accept payment for their work the
time they laid out the road overtime, rather
than pay for the hours their trains scheduled To
illustrate they on Friday last laid out waiting
for trains three hours and half they state where
they could have the termni in fortythree min
utes On this road they paid only when the train
is moving SO much per hour or. in other words, so
much per trip made, regardless of whether they
day a week making it.
George r. Blanchard commissioner of the Central
Traffic Association composed of the most of the rail
roads between the Western ternini of the trunk lines
and the Mississippi river, has prepared an elaborate
statement of his views upon the interstate commerce
bill now pending in Congress. He declares that ne is
in earnest accord with the main scope and purposes
of the BILL but does not indorse the long and short
haul and pooling" clauses. He predicts that the
attempted grating of the Cullom and Reagan bills
upon another will result in hybrid and bitter
fruit"
This morning surveying parties in the employ of the
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul railway will start out
from Merrill Wis. The parties will be fitted out with
toboggans and shoes both of which articles are
necessary for winter surveying parties in the woods
dozen large toboggans will be used by the survey
ors, which their luggage will be carried about
three hundred pounds to each toboggan. 1t is evil
dent that the St Paul people expect to into the iron
country next season. By striking through the south
range in Ashland county and touching either Hurley
the new town of Hoyt, the st. Paul would be in
position to secure it's share of the iron business.
General Freight and Assistant General Freight
Agents Page. of the c., l., ST. J.. 81 c.; Mcleod of
the c., H. & D.. White, of the Decline and McCabe.
of the O.. ST. L. & p. to be in the city to-day to
meet III. G. Wicker, who here to arbitrate the
percentages in the astbound pool 1t is hardly prob
able he win recommend any changes, as, since the
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