The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-22
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and I.oeal

agent OF the West Shore will retire from the position
ID june l.
brand Trunk road, will sail for Europe June 8. to
ee absent several months.
o The Wabash earned the second week in May S 1885,
tOO. an increase of nearly $1,000 over earnings
Tor the corresponding week 1888.
President Strong, of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa
Fe has been New York for day or two. aiding an
patching up the rranscontinental lice troubles
The next regular meeting of the Western As:oca,
held at the Grand Pacific Hotel Chicago, on Weones-
day, June g.
w. j. Craig late receiver of the Toledo Cincinnati
e. St Louis has it is said some idea OF taking an In
ferest in daily paper published in the orthern part
Of the State.
The more prudent of the travelling passenger agents
are remans close at home aee Jpn ans e
not pay them much above the regular salaries
while travel Is so light.
Tho c., ST. H. & P. from Richmond to Columbus,
o.. via Dayton and Xenia has been fully repaired
fnd trains running usual except that the Pitts
burg sleeper out of Indianapolis viii run through via
Bradford Junction for few weeks.
The Chicago Times says the Chesapeake g. Ohio
has finished its so 600 bush shipment TO Newport
News sending it via Illinois Central aud Cincinnati.
Indianapolis. st. Louis & Chicago. and is open
Tor further disturbing engagements
j. N Mccullough vice-president of the Pennsylva-
pa Company, is in New York He tells the trunk
line executive committee that there is good deal of
exaggeration to the extent to which rate-cuttng
On eastbound business is carried on.
George L. Carman arbitrator. is in st. Louis labor
tng with tho Wabash people, with view OF securing
their allegiance to the proposed Des Mones lumber
pool to which they object because they are not
allowed 10 per cent. of the business.
The officials of the road which is being built
between st. Louis and Kansas City, in which N K.
Elliott, of the Vandalia, and Harry Drew, of this
sity. interested expect to have trains running
over portion of the road by the LIST of june
The Pennsylvania Company and Vanoalia people
yesterday comforting by telegraph proposed
aoffh he ehedr la of THAR
30 meet the shorter time the Beene Lake Shore and
Eew York Central propose to make commencing with
May 30. Evidently there is fun ahead.
William Orr. secretary of the North and South
Lumber Association, has issued call for meeting at
Chicago June /. The committee. Messrs Richard
plan Of governing lumber rates from Michigan COM
Petitve points, which will be submitted at the meet
Ing.
The early part of this week tbirty,fve carloads Of
Hylyania lines. which had been delayed by washouts
was run through in time to be sold on the regular
market day From Indianapolis to Jersey City the
brain hauled at average speed OF twenty
miles per hour.
Atelegram from Springfield I'LL. says that ''Upon
Pie application of G. w. Fairbanks. counselor of the
bondholders of the ST. Louis Central Railroad Com
pany. the United States Circuit Court yesterday en-
tered decree for the sale of the road and the prop
brty of the company. The sale will take place the
latter part of june"
Commissioners Doherty, of the bound pool who
Is also joint agent of the Indianapolis Passenger Sub
central Traffic Association called the passenger men
together yesterday to talk the situation. Mr.
Doherty is quite anxious that the agents should aban
don their scapng methods of doing business and ad
here closely to tariff rates.
Chief Engineer Morris, of the O., L. ST. L. & c..
has received instructions to gravel the bed of the
western division depth of fifteen inches twelve
Inches under the cross ties. Next week three gravel
trains will be put There is but forty five miles of
what is known mud-road. on the main line. and
that is between Templeton and Kankakee, where the
improvement is to be made.
e. I. Lomax. assistant general passenger agent
Chicago. Burlington & Quincy railroad. Chicago. and
j. A. S. Reed general travelling agent Burlington
route were in the city yesterday prospecting for bust
ness. Neither of these gentlemen speak encourag
tngly of the prospects for business the coming
mer. but expect general revival in the early fall
The Terre Haute Gazette states that R. g. Sweeney.
telegraph repairer of the Vandalia and e. q. aters
the patentees of the telegraph switch board which is
IN in Chief Tran-dispatcher A. B. Woolseys
Office. have received word from the Patent Office at
Washington that their patents have been awarded
all claims. The papers will be here in few days.
A number of superntendents OF Indiana roads met
yesterday at the Denison House to take the premi-
nary steps to organize subassociation of the Cen
trail Association of Railroad Superntendents, After
few hours conference. they adjourned to meet May
20 at the same place. when, it is expected perma.
nent organization will oe perfected. Ii is expected
that the members of the sub will frequent
L. meet to talk railroad matters. and that much
good will result therefrom.
It. j. Potter general manager of the c., B. & O.,
who has been in Boston several days, returned to
Chicago Thursday night, and is said to have been
somewhat diSpleaSed to hear that certain had
iltimated his possible intention of leaving the Bur
lington road to assume the presidency of the Bee
line Now that both NJ K. ingalls, and Mr.. Potter
decline to accept the position who will be successor
Of the late j. III. Devereux is much problem
The circular published in yesterdays Journal aim
Ing to place check upon underblling was signed by
the managers of the Grand Trunk New York Central.
West Shore, Lackawanna. Erie. Pennsylvania. and
Baltimore & Ohio railroads. The Lehigh Valley is
the only road not party TO the notice. The refusal
of the latter TO join the combination does not augur
well for of the boycotting and espion
system to be established by the other trunk lines
June l.
The Wabash and Lehigh Valley lines it is stated,
have for the last few weeks taken about % per cent
of the total aral shipments from Chicago and will
no doubt continue do so. This diversion of traffic
the trunk lines prevent by any step they might
take unless they should ultimately succeed in induc
Ing the Lehigh Valley to join the combination. The
latter. however will not do unless the trunk lines
grant it much larger percentage of the business than
they can afford to give.
Philadelphia manufacturers are again ND in arms
over alleged DETERMINATIONS against that city by the
edelphia to Nashville frst-class freight is $1OY
per 100 pounds The rate for the same goods over
the same railroad from New York to Nashville is 73
cents per 100 pounds Although the Philadelphia
manufacture cheapy as his Now York rival the
Nashville merchant can money by buying in New
York. and he buys there.
The indianapolis g. VIncennes road is surprising
the friends of the road at the handsome increase
In business the last twelve months Superintendent
Mansfield states that the passenger earnings the last
six months have been 20 cent larger than in the
corresponding period 1885, while the freight earnings
have increased fully 80 per cent. He attributes the
handsome improvement largely to the good crops
the line astyear compared with either of the three
preceding years. In these times when many rail
roads under cloud statements of the above
character cheering.
The fact that the Union Railway Company have
Issued bonds for s. 600 600 and paying at the
present time interest that money is pretty good
evidence that they propose to expend it in improve
in this city of ell that can say
The Union Railway Company does not owe dollar
outside of these bonds except for monthly current
expenses and Messrs. McKeen, Ingalls,. Mccullough
and Malott not men who would borrow money for
the sake of having it lie idle in the bank Improve
tuents will be made with it which will be credit to
tho roads. the city and the State.
The recent meeting of the National Railway Ticket
Brokers Association. held at Cincinnati met with
elosed doors. but it has leaked out that resolution