The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-17
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.

Personal and Local
Considerable opposition Is said to be develop
Ing towards President Cables grand pooling
scheme
NJ look has accepted the position of engineer
of maintenance of way on the J. & " road and
takes hold July 20.
Bushrod w Taylor has been appointed en-
gineer of maintenance of way of the Cincinnati
& Muskineum Valley road.
The executive committee of the trunk lines
met yesterday, at Fries request, at Commits
sioner Finks Office and formed dressed-beef
pool
James McCrea. general manag er of the Penn
sylvania lines west of Pittsburg, has gone to the
Isle OF Shoals on pleasure trip. DE expects 10
be absent three weeks
1t is estimated by the passenger department. OF
the Pennsylvania lines that the business Is TAR IN
excess of that done last year at this time ana Is
taxing the capacity of the companys cars.
The passenger receipts of the L., n. A. d C's
outside Office at Indianapolis. in the month OF
June, exceeded those of any month since the
office was opened for business nearly $40O.
The c.. ST. l.. & p Indianapolis division, yes
1erday received two more of the monster pas
benger engines which the Pennsylvania Compa-
ny is building for this division at Altoona, Pa
The limited No. over the Beeline on Thurs
Cleveland seventy-one passengers for New I'm
gland points Travel in this direction was never
heavier than at the present time.
AS soon as Commissioner Blanchard has the
pools at Indianapolis. St Louis, Peoria, Chicago,
louisville and Cincinnati in good working or
der. which will be in few days. he proposes to
tackle Toledo, Detroit Cleveland and Sandusky
L. A. Ford general passenger and ticket
agent of the Pennsylvania lines west of Pitts
burg and H. R. Dering and John Chesborough.
assistant passenger agents, returned yesterday
from Lake Gogebic They had grand time,
and return IL fine trim.
James McCrea, general manager OF the Penn
gylvania lines has been notified that letters
patent would be granted on his crossing signal
This crossing is said to be much superior to the
hnion signal in several respects. and Will be
adopted on the entire Pennsylvania system at
Dnce.
The L., N. A. & G. are so anxious for business
that they are taking freight out Of Indianapolis
for points on the Bedford e. Bloomfield road
9orth to Monon, then south TO Bedford. This
Socks certainly like straining point to get bust
ness.
the Nebraska roads as to the payment of COM
missions on sales of tickets will reduce the in
come from that source of two of the agents at
outside Offices in this city from $3.50 to 5000 per
atonth
The report that the c., H e. d. Railroad Com
their stock is confirmed. 1t is stated that the
system, but for extraordinary repairs, would
last year have paid IA per cent. dividend on its
present stock capitalization.
The sequel of the big rental case of the c., S.
Il c. railroad vs. the l.. b. d w. company has
come in the fling of q suit to recover rental
plnimed to be due, with interest from April L,
1882, 60 July l, 1885, amounting to $254,675 1t
D. thought the result will be that the c., S. & G.
will regain possession of its old lines.
II = 49, AZ Az.
@ylvania railroad companys business for june
which will be compiled next week, will show a
larger Improvement than for any month of the
year. 1t is said that the gain in the gross earn
tngs viii be fully half a million, and the increase
In the net about four hundred thousand dollars
A railroad official who has kept careful rec
ord Of accidents on his road, states that GO per
cent of the wrecks of freight trains on their
road have been directly traceable to overlooking
cars But a few days ago freight car broke
down and wrecked train, doing fully ST, 800
damage to equipments and investigation showed
HAT, although the was rated at 30, 600 pounds
she car when 1t broke down was carrying So, 900
nsunds.
There is a seemingly well-authenticated rumor
that Jay Gould is to cast in his lot with the
Toledo st. Louis & Kansas City reorganized IT,,
&. & St l.. road, and that as soon the road is
converted into standard guage he will turn
over to tie t., ST. l.. & K. G. the business of the
Missouri Pacific which now is handled by the
Wabash 1t is said that he does this to punish
the English bondholders of the Wabash who, he
alleges have treated him shabbily in his plans
for reorganizing the Wabash. st. Louis & Pa
cifc road
The L., N A. s. c. people are said to be con-
eRiderably ratified over the possibility that the
Chicago q West Michigan will get control of the
Indianapolis, Peru 81 Chicago road Did they.
not only would it work against the L.. N. A. &
c. in regard to its terminal facilities at Indian
apolis, but it would doubtless be severe blow
on the lumber traffic of the L., N. A. & c. This
5eads to the belief that there is something In this
talk that the L., ~ A. q G. people are quietly
endeavoring to put themselves in position to be
bidders for the L. p. 81 G. whenever it shall be
sold at foreclosure sale.
Speaking of the Indiana Bloomington &
Western and Cincinnati, Sandusky & Cleveland
controversy, the Daily Indicator says: st is
possible that the result will be consolidation
of the two roads. This would be the most
desirable result for everybody Another alterna-
live would be the abandonment of the Sandusky
gease ana the reorganization of the Indiana,
Bloomington a. Western, in which case the
6andusky people would be left completely in the
cold, while the Indiana, Bloomington & Western
would be the gamer. This alternative can be
avoided by a reversal in the federal courts of
fhe judgment obtained in the Ohio courts and
upon this mission the Indiana, Bloomington e.
Western is now bent with determined purpose
Commissioner George r. Blanchard. of the
Central Traffic Association, calls attention to the
fact that the following resolutions were adopted
by this association at it's meeting, at Cresson
Springs June % 1856:
Resolved, That the commissioner shall examine into
the facilities and systems of weighing all classes of
live stock at the trunklne termni ami at Indanapo-
lis, Cincinnati, st. Louis and Louisville and when
ever In his judgment the methods and facilities at all
those points found TO be such uniform
actual weights he is is hereby authorized to fix and
announce the date which the shall go into eff
feet and the parties to observe the same then
and thereafter all live stock coming under the CON
tracts of this association If the sioner finds
shat no uniformity of rule and practice can be en-.
9oced he shall report the fact to the association for
further action.
General Superintendent Miller, of the Penn.
sylvania has ordered the switching engines on
his several divisions equipped with the Bowling
automatic car-coupler, which now seems to be
In the lead in these valuable devices as it
handles cars with so little jar aud trouble The