The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-08
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.

Hamilton & Dayton system, are again aaoat
John r. Elder, president of the Shell Beach
Eoad, who has been East several days looking
after the interests of the extension, is expected
home today.
T. A Ford, general passenger agent OF the
PENNSYLVANIA lines west of Pittsburg, is ex-
pected in the city to-day and will probably re-
main until tomorrow.
There is good authority for stating that at the
Recent conference of the trunk lines in New
York the advisabili;y of abolshing free passes
After Jan. l, by united action. was discussed.
The American Express Company have turned
over the express business on the Grand Rapids
q Indiana road between Grand Rapids and
Kalamazoo to the United States express
g. g. Carson, general manager of the L. n. A.
Hswers that the Western roads are to have q
Efeavy traffo through the winter-in fact, all
ehey can well take care of.
Charles Fargo, general manager of the Amcr-
can Express Company, headquarters Chicago
spent yesterday in the city looking over matters
Ind canvassing the ACCESSIBILITY of the company's
Purchasing property for offices near the Union
Depot
John g. Day, State Senator-elect from Floyd
county, was, a few years ago, superintendent of
the L.. N. A. & O. road. He began on this road
In 1855, as a messenger boy, and worked up to
eoad in 1880.
The St Louis, Alton & Terre Haute Railroad
Company have leased the ST. Louis Southern
railroad for 900 years, and the latter will here
after DO operated as part of the former road
The leased line extends from Pinckneyville, Ill. 4,
10 Marion, H., distance of 81 miles.
The car famine is loosening its grip somewhat
The trunk lines are not using the cars of the
Western roads in them local traffic to so great
Rn extent and, as q result, these cars are COM
ing back loaded with the anthracite Goals, much
to the relief of the coal dealers and the Western
roads. which greatly need the cars at the present
time
President Samuel Sloan, of the Delaware.
Lackawanna q Western Railroad Company, de-
pies the rumor that his company was about to
dismiss all the unmarried men employed by it in
order to give those who have families to SUD-
port a chance to make up the time they have lost
during the summer when they were working on
short hours"
The good people of Lafayette are having
another rumpus with the L., N. A. q g. road,
and to hear their side Of the story it would seem
unfortunate that the road was ever built through
that city. Under the time card, 1t is claimed,
trains are so run that it discriminates against
that town, driving all business on the north end
of the road from Lafayette to Chicago. There is
talk OF sharp retaliation
The affairs of the Indianapolis division of the
National Switchmen's Aid Association are not
moving along very smoothly, IL reports are true
There is connected with the association an i'm
surance department., and some of the new mem
beers have been asked TO pay assessments or
dered before they became members. Naturally
they object, and number threaten co withdraw
from the association if this unjust demand is to
r be enforced
There are 518 miles Of track In the L., n. A.
g. c. system most of which lies In Indiana.
The main line, Chicago to Louisville, is 1923
miles In ongth the Airline division, Mopon to
Indianapolis, ninety five miles; Monon to Michi-
gan City. ffty-nlne miles, and the line from
Bedford to Switz City. forty miles. When
the branch is finished to French Lick and JAS
per some forty miles additional will be added to
the system.
The name "Monon." as applied to the L., N.
A. q G. railroad. has significance which Is
probably very little understood by those who
travel over the road ard by those who have
Is q small stream whose waters are very swift
running. The Indians Of that section probably
the Shawnees, named the brook by this word,
which means swift running 1t is from this
word that the road takes It's name
The general passenger agents of lines in the
Northwestern Passenger Association have issued
a joint circular, addressed to their own agents
and to connecting lines. announcing the adoption
of the following resolution.
Resolved, That from Dee /, 1886, to Jan. !, 1887,
the present truce passenger business be continued
and that the commissions be made 81 heretofore;
that any line found paying commissions in of
or cutting regular established tariff rates
senger business between Chicago and St Paul Min
neapons Ashland and Duluth be fined $25 on each
ticket such fines to be collected by the acting commits
eioner.
Ths /. B. & W. yesterday received 500 tons
OF steel rails from the Cambria works which
vii be laid the Peoria division. Genreal
Roadmaster Sloane reports that 200 tons of
new steel was laid last month on the system and
that if the weather wNl admit, 5000 tons will be
laid this month A large per cent Of the pres
N 1n nj tha ali MARA
ting expenses Receiver Henderson ia expanding
In improving the physical condition of the prop
erty, which surOly is wise on his part, as the
money for this class of impro vements can never
be more freely reached than when a road is in
the hands of q receiver.
Slate-makers busy arranging, to their own
satsfastiop, the lists of general officers for the
/, P. b @. railway. But there Is one name
which we have reason to believe stands well to
the front with those who will have the SAY so"
when It comes to making the appointments
We refer to Mr. L. n. Andrews, who filed the
position of general freight agent Of the l., p g.
G. for period OF eighteen years. and shippers
recognized in him a Thoroughly honest, straight
forward man, who while working for the best
interests Of his road, never lost sight of the In
terests Of the roads patrons, and they would be
pleased to see Mr.. Andrews occupying his old
position.
There is an increasing belief in railroad and
stock circles that the Norfolk 81 Western rail-
road has either lease4ser obtained control of the
East Tennessee, Virginia s Georgia system. If
this proves to be the fact 1t will be the initial
step IN the formation of new southern system
which 10 believed to be under the control of the
newly-formed Richmond & West Point terminal
syndicate Some even believe thar the Penusvl-
yania railroad will use this aggregation of rail-
road interests for It's long-talked-of Southern
connections, although high Pennsylvania rail
road official yesterday denied any such intention.
The East Tennessee. Virginia & Georgia oper.
ates 104 miles of road, Of which it owns 1867
miles
George Daniels, commissioner of the passen
ger department of the Central Traffic Associa-
ton, has called rate meeting to be held at
Is to bring about greater uniformity in the quot
ing of rates in joint rate Sheets and also to pre-
vent needless reductions in rates, which fire.
quently result from figuring rates by imprac-
tieable routes. cordial invitation is extended
to all general passenger and ticket agents COM
nIlnrs ard clarke In the tarritnrv dasc had