The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-30
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.


AFFAIRS UF The RAlLWAlNs
Personal and Local.
A. G. Nickerson, for many years agent Of the
White line at Terre Haute is seriously i'll
w. M Pennington has been appointed Joint
agent OF the White and Midland fast-freight
Zines at Terre Haute, Ind.
III. K. Deyereux, land register of the Bee-line.
ls in the city for day or two hooking after
property belonging to the company.
p. A. Hewitt, auditor of the Bee-line SYSTEM.
viii this week call upon all agents along the
lines and inspect their Offices books. ETC.
Division Superintendents of the Pennsylvania
Jines Turner, Watts. Peters, Black and Mans
field, yesterday were in conference In this city.
The health of George Butler district passen-
ger agent of the l., b. 81 W., is so much Inn
sprOved that he was at his Office few moments
yesterday
James Murray, formerly agent of the Empire
S1ins at this point, but now general agent, head
fqaarters Buffalo, n Y, is spending day or two
IN the city.
Manager Moore. of the Indiana Midland road,
yesterday made arrangements with the Western
fU8Son to erect poles and string wires between
Anderson and Lebanon. Ind
The New York & New Haven Railroad Com
Peny has, without solicitation decided to raise
I4he pay of laborers all divisions of its road
zrOm $l.35 to $3.50 day, beginning April ].
r. c. j. Pendleton has accepted an important
ypssition the freight department of the Next
leAn Central road. His headquarters will be the
tCsty of Mexico. Mr.. Pendleton will leave for his
bDess field April 10.
a. A. Mcdonald, general manager of the
iCAampagn & Western, is in the city. He re-
lpuwts business little off on this line. Receipts
al grain are light at way stations, farmers being
btDo busy to haul it
The telegraph operators. baggage and express
,snsn and other employees of the Reading railway,
bwAcse salaries were reduced 10 per cent in 1885.
Nave been notified that the wages paid previous
taD the cut will be restored.
G. o. Wilder has been appointed superintend-
lens OF the indianapolis car works. Mr. Wilder
has for some years past been superintendent OF
the Boston & Albany car works, and has an ex-
esiasnt reputation as a car-builder.
Negotiations will be resumed in New York to-
day for a settlement of the transcontinenta1
Ea4s war. President Huntington, who has been
B@zth ten days, has returned, ard President
STRONG is In that city awaiting his arrival
The present limit of capital of the Pennsylva-
MA Company is $l50000, 600 It now has $94,-
5TTsS50 There are So, 600, 900 authorized and not
issued, and SIS, 600, 900 asked for, which will
;snnke total additional stock of $18, 000. 000
The Ohio Valley railway will be opened for
&usiness between Henderson and Corydon April
a. 1886. Two passenger trains will be run each
Way daily, except Sundays. These trains make
eGxU8o e0H06eEl99
vzla.
Gov S. T. Hauser, of Montana Territory,
president of the Helena e. Wickes railroad, has
Just left New York for Helena having consum-
znased arrangements with the Northern Pacific
sniiroad for the building of several branch roads
1Ds that system, which are TO start from Helena
The passenger rate war has broken out anew
ms Columbus, o. The Columbus & Cincinnati
Midland has withdrawn from the passenger COM
mittee. the l., b. d w. has practically done so.
The Hooking Valley and Chicago e. Atlantic are
paying attention to tariff rates and all hands
.6efCr to meet any rate made by competitors.
Tho Board of Trade have discovered that the
Skipper who, the secretary of the l., d. & s. ele-
vAtor alleges forged his name to certificates on
1Dr Empire-line cars, which were underbilled,
rs understood, will be dropped until 81. B. Ham
encDd receiver Of the l., D. g. S. road comes
West. Mr.. Pierce. attorney of the road, says
xAs alleged crookedness should be investigated
Dry the courts.
In spite of the smalness of business at present
carried the Eastern trunk lines and their con-
neetions seem 60 be generally maintaining rates
M . gratifying manner. While occasional COM
plant of leakage is heard, the general condi-
hon is that of honorable maintenance of agree
znents, and the railways of the country saw
ing millions Of dollars which might easily be
wasted In rate-cutting. So far as indianapolis
roads are concerned, Commissioner Doherty
says he is satisfied that tariff rates strictly
The efforts of George P Daniels, commission
ieref the passenger department to bring about a
restoration and maintenanceof rates of the roads
I'm the Central Traffic Association. should meet
with the approval of railway arrangements gen.
IawAIly The passenger business of the roads in
che Central Passenger Committee aggregates
$40 000, 600 year. 1t would not take much of a
war of rates to make way with say 81 per cent
ID shis or 81, 900, 900. A scratch of the pen by
AJs angry passenger agent, if the association did
not exist. might precipitate this result
The Railroad Gazette reports total Of ninety
lssght railroad accidents in this country in the
month of February, in which twenty-one per-
Sons were killed and 157 hurt. AS compared
with February of last year, there is a decrease
OF 118 accidents, of twenty three killed and of
702 injured. The two months of the current
year, to the end of February, show total of 1872
accidents, sixty-two killed and 247 hurt an av-
erage per month of ninety six accidents. thirty
one killed and 124 injured. Six of the accidents
secured on Indiana roads, two on Indianapolis
Hines
Great Bridges in Construction.
The material for nine of the largest bridges in
abe United States is being tested in Pittsburg,
says the American Manufacturer, Of that city,
by the Pittsburg testing laboratory. The cost
Of the bridges will range from $500, 900 down to
N50000 One is the Saint Paul bridge across
4hs Mississippi river. It will be a suspension