The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-19
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.


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corresponding week of 1885.
A. c. Michaelis has been appointed general
freight and passenger agent of the Mexican Gen.
fral Railway Company, with headquarters. In
the City Of Mexico.
r. A. Campbell, general agent of the Evans
vile & Terre Haute. is in the city. He reports
business light on the z. & T. H.. but prospects
arc favorable to an early Improvement
Freight traffic has improved considerably the
last fortv-eight hours. On Sunday l,3l7 cars
were transferred over the Belt road, it being the
largest movement of any day thus far this year.
Freight agents of the Western and Northern
roads report that there was a brisk demand for
cars yesterday, and should the country roads
remain solid earnings will again make a favora-
bic showing.
Il. r.. Duval. general manager of the Florida
Railway d Navigation Company, who has been
spending a couple Of days with T. A. Lewis, will
return TO Florida this evening. Mr.. Lewis and
family leave for the Pacific coast tomorrow.
Charles N. knight, Northwestern passenger
agent of the East Tennessee, Virginia g.
45corgia railroad. headquarters Chicago. has
been appointed division passenger agent OF the
same company, with headquarters at Atlanta,
ga.
William r. McKeen, president Of the Wanda
lis, and D. w. Minshall. of Terre Haute. were
An the city yesterday for q conference with 81.
r. Duval and T. A. Lewis regarding the car
4rust matter, in which they are all more or less
interested.
Major w. w. vass last week celebrated the
fortieth anniversary of his election to the Office
company. Major Vass is still an active and
vigorous officer, and promises to hold his posi-
lion for many years to come.
The plucky railroad excursion agent, Ben
Blanchard, who a few months since left Terre
Haute under a financial cloud, and who recently
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ing that on Jan. &c he will again inaugurate his
Kansas semi-monthly excursions.
AS a result of the reduction in lumber rates
lumber dealers are bestirring themselves, hoping
now to effect some sales, which will reduce their
large stocks. Lumber is now carried on the
same rates that slaves and stave timber are.
This should have been the case for years past.
At the present time probably no road in this
territory is more closely adhering to tariff rates
fh&n is the l., b. & w. President CoTbin says
he is determined that should another war on
rates break out the l., B. & w. shall not be
chargeable with having fallen short of living up
70 ITS agreement to the letter.
Roads in the Davenport, Rock Island and Mo-
Zine Association have received the following from
Commissioner J. n. Faithorn: Notice is here
10y given that rate No. AZ, in special notice No. 3.
of Dec. ], 1885, authorizing certain rates from
Seneca to Davenport, Rock Island and Moline,
will only apply upon shipments coming from
points on the c., l., st. l.. & G. railroad.
The interest in the come-oIt of the fight be-
tween the Pennsylvania and the Baltimore &
Ohio heightens as the war progresses, without
giving evidence of an early settlement Ticket
scaIpers enjoy the situation greatly, as they in
cline to the belief that the trunk lines cannot
carry out their pooling sche mes SO long as the
frouble between the Pennsylvania and B. & O.
exists.
District passenger agents apparently are in
better demand than are general managers and
gaperintendenrs. TIL latter go months without
being able to secure positions, while an Indian
Mpolis district passenger agent who was left out
En the cold on the 18th Of the present month has
mine or more positions open to him, and nearly
avery northern mail brings him a letter asking
@n what terms his services can be secured.
I Passenger agents of indianapolis lines south
were notified yesterday that the tunnel on the
East Tennessee, Virginia q Chattanooga rail-
road. which caved in last Wednesday, has been
repaired, and trains resumed running last night.
Arrangements were perfected Saturday whereby
through passenger trains on this road will be
taken to Dalton over the Western & Atlantic,
and from that poiIt go east and south over the
East Tennessee lines.
The Vandalia will this week receive from the
Pittsburg locomotive works one of the five en-
gines recently contracted for. Four areten-wheel
freight engines. weighing forty-seven tons, and
one a heavy passenger engine, weighing forty
i've tons. All modern improvements of any
value are to be introduced in their construction.
They are built on Master Mechanic Prescott's
SPECIFICATIONS, anu IL Is Chained Will % Tue U0St
proportioned engines run IN the West.
There is excellent authority For stating that
the item which appeared in a Chicago paper to
the effect that Commissioner Fink was opposed
10 the selection of George r. Blanchard as COM
missioner Of the Western trunk-line pool has not
the least foundation. The fact is that when Mr..
Fink resigned and intended to give up his con-
nection with the trunk-line combination entire
~, Mr.. Blanchard was almost the only person
spoken Of for his successor, and was recon-
mended as such by Mr.. Fink himself.
As soon as practicable the superintendent of
Indianapolis roads will meet to take action for the
establishing of a weighing association, the
local agents having got the matter so far ad-
vanced as to understand its benefits. That
weighing ali outgoing or incoming loaded cars
Nyill yield thousands of dollars to the roads which
s4hey now lose is admitted even by the yard-mas-
sters, who seem TO be the most vigorous kickers
against the arrangement. In no manner are the
roads greater sufferers in their revenue than
through the common practice of underbilling.
Passenger agents of Indianapolis lines running
-in connection with the Louisville & Nashville
road were yesterday notified that the through
Pullman buffet sleeper that has heretofore run
from st. Louis to Jacksonville by the way of
Nashville, Chattanooga, Atlanta and Savannah,
mas been changed and put on a fast run by the
way of Montgomery and Thomasville. All trains
from the north and west connect with this through
line. 1t Is a schedule that is easy to be made,
and trains are kept on time the entire run from
st. Louis or from indianapolis to Jacksonville.
The Chicago Times, in speaking of the rednc-
non In lumber rates, which took effect yester-
day. says: Early in the season the Chicago
roads asked the committee not to make an ad-
vance, as at thirty FIVE cents it was impossible
to compete with the Michigan roads out of the
Saginaw valley. The superior wisdom of the
New York officials prevailed, however, and on
Nov. % they forced into the tariff what has
proved to be q prohibitory rate. Two months
trial having convinced them OF their mistake,
the old rate is restored. Incidents of this char
netar have inspired the Western roads with a
wild desire to get cut from under the immediate
jurisdiction of Commissioner Fink and his com-
mittee.p The criticism upon Commissioner
Fink is very unjust. The Western roads had
just as much to say about the establishing of a
winter and summer tariff as did the trunk lines,
and Commissioner Fink simply carried out the
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