The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-10-25
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Person nj and Local.

ePOuuSaB "ooA laSb year.
Thursday of last week was field day with
the c., L, st. L. & c.. which handled on the
system that day 1920 loaded cars.
The friends of the Bee-line look for the stock
TO be the upper side of 20 this week. and by New
Years to be bearing hard on par
Sioux Falls. D. T., on the Burlington, Cedar
RAPIDS Gs Northern road will be opened for
business to-day, with ]. E. Conklin as agent.
The receipts of cattle at the Indianapolis stock
yards on Saturday last were the largest or any
Say In the history of the yards reaching seventy
0ight car loads.
The five Western lines last week brought into
this station 631 loaded cars. against 1850 in the
week ending the 10th, and against 3, 845 the cor
responding week, 1885.
The Indicator says combination with West
ern roads is now pending, which will include the
O., c., G. & l., and which will be the largest
that has occurred "a years.
Charles Francis Adams, of Quincy, Mass,
president of the Union Pacific railroad. is in San
Francisco. endeavoriug to aid in Strengthening
out the rate snarls at that point.
The Eve leading Eastern lines last week for
warded from this point ,6S6 loaded cars, against
4894 In the week ending the 10th, and against
1884 the corresponding week. 1880
The striking switchmen still continue to annoy
the Lake Shore officials by ditching engines.
The fast-mail engine the finest belonging to the
company, has been derailed several times IN the
past few weeks.
The Wabash stock continues little off, on a
report that Judge Gresham is inclined to grant
the stipulation for an independent receiver for
the Eastern lines, but no verifcation Of this
rumor can be obtained.
Traffic over the Bee-line continues very heavy.
There was forwarded from INDIANAPOLIS last
week 1.349 loaded cars against l. 1872 for the cor
responding week in 1885, and against 1, 457 for
Che corresponding week in 1884.
The L., N. A. & G. stock on Saturday struck
90, which is just 300 per cent. increase in value
Of the stock in eighteen months when it
selling at To- Some one seems to have a good
deal of faith In the future value of this property.
The Railroader, which has Seen greatly inn
proved under the publishers, will give
prize Of 500 to the contributor OF the best rail
road story, the competition to be closed Jan. l,
1887 To the second best $50 will be paid, and
to the third $25.
The c., Fl. g /. Is doing very handsome
east-bOund business. the largest in its history,
forwarding from this point last week $40 loaded
ears. For the corresponding week IN 1885 this
road forwarded but l78 loaded cars, and for the
corresponding week in 1884, 197 loaded oars from
indianapolis.
The full and candid manner in which Superin
tendent @. G. f. Bent showed up the physical
condition of the Ohio & Mississippi road has
made him friends in railroad circles. That there
Is not wreck every day on some sections OF the
road is a SURPRISE more especially on the Spring
field division.
The Chicago. Burlington g. Northern road will
DO opened for passenger traffic on Sunday. Oct.
81. It is the Intention of the company to run a
special train from Minneapolis and St Paul to
Chicago and return as a compliment to the news
paper fraternity, one week before the formal
opening of the line for through passenger traffic.
There are 800 delegates in attendance at the
annual convention of the Brotherhood of Loco
motive Engineers representing 70, 600 locomo-
tive engineers in every State in the Union, Can
ada Mexico and the Territories. Former con-
Ventions have sat DAYS, but delegates say
that the twenty-third annual convention will
not close its labors in two weeks.
Mr.. Tamage gave, In his talk to the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers, his idea of a
church with delicious freshness for well
seasoned q person He talked to them as
''brother engineers because everybody is in
some sense an engineer. Some are engineering
churches, others city politics, others commercial
and manufacturing establishments"
The impression prevails among freight men
that rates, which have been rather shaky for
thirty days past are to be restored and main
tanned. There is such a pressure of freight
traffic Offering that it ought to be easy matter
to get full tariff rates, and presently the close of
navigation will cut off competition by water
transit so that the roads will only have to agree
among themselves as to their charges.
Evidently the transcontinental lines have not
yet got their fill CT low rates. District Passen
ger Agent Hendry, of the A., T. Il S. F., yester
day received dispatch from headquarters an
made by the Union Pacific to excursionists who
take their trains out of Kansas City on Wednes-
day, the 9th. The rate is $50 FOR the round
trip, good to return in six months; accommoda-
tons frst-class.
The second week in October the O., st. L. 6
7. road brought into this station 1,043 loaded
earS the corresponding week. 1885, 100 loaded
cars. Of coal and coke. the road brought IN this
year but 50 carloads against 162 the correspond
Ing week. 1885, Under the head of merchandise,
376 carloads were brought in, against 372 the
corresponding week. 1885. This year 274 car
loads Of iron and rails were brought Ia, against
30 the corresponding week, 1885.
The committee appointed to arbtrate the per
cents. In the ST. Louis east-bound poos, III. 5.
DePew and H. G. Wicker. will this week choose
third arbitrator and then proceed to business.
The new award will take effect from Feb. /.
1885, whether it is satisfactory all lines not
Under the recent award the per cent of the Van
daiia was increased, and it IS believed that the
new arbtrators will take the position that the
Vandalia Is entitled to mere than 20 per cent of
the business out of ST. Louis.
And now comes j. NJ Peters, chairman of the
committee on transportation of the National
Druggists Association which met at Minneapo-
lis on the 18th of last month, with circular"
to the trade on the subject of railroad rates
he intlmated that the Central Traffic Associa-
ton did not give his association the rate they
asked, and he is mad, or. at any rate talks like
it. After scoring the Central Traffic people to his
hearts content he admits that he got a round
trip ticket for one and one-fifth fare through
Mr. e. +. Richardson. of the c., NJ & ST p.
road, who promptly responded"
At last the business men of Boston have
taken the matter in hand. and propose TO
find out why it is that passengers for Boston
are compelled to wait four hours aud a half in
Albany, while those bound for New York 90
through without delay. The reply of the ALBANY
road will be received with interest In business
circles. Hours precious in modern business
and an arrangement which enables passenger
for New York to get to that city in three hours
and half from Albany, while Boston bound
companion does not reach his destination until
six or seven hours later, bears heavily upon the
trade of shat city. And yet the distance from
Albany to Boston is only sixty miles more than
from Albany to New York
1t now looks as if the general passenger agents