The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-03
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.


sails for Europe to day, TO be gone till autumn
Tho express companies in the month of June
did the largest business they have done In any
Rnoath of this year.
n E Ingalls, is arranging his affairs to spend
. month in Colorado He expects to be in In
dianapolis Oh Monday next
John F. Miller, general superintendent, and
III J. Becker, chief engineer of the Pennsyl-
vaaia lines west of Pittsburg, are in the city
The interest bearing bonds the l., B. & w.
are $50, 900 per mile on what is known as the
Peoria division, and $4,000 per mile on the
Middle division.
Official notice is given of the appointment OF
Sam Stevenson general baggage agent OF tne
G.. III. Is d. J. P. Cox, who retires, does 80 on
acsount of i'll health.
The Railway Register of June &c contains the
osiRion of Judge Miller in full in the suit of the
s. L. A. & T. II. vs. the l. & ST. /. Railroad
Gsmpany and others
TIE arrest of three boys for jumping on to
mDEing trains over the Union tracks has had
Wholesome effect. The train men are much less
enseyed by this reckless practice.
r. L. Gregory, agent of the l., B & w. at this
pOsat, has resigned, and goes TO Omaha to en-
gage in commercial pursuits. His successor as
Reeat has not yet been decided upon.
The passenger earnings of INDIANAPOLIS roads
knve favorably than in any month of the present
EeSy. Still they were not so large as 10 June,
l8a6
Cirrus Dixon, the ticket agent of the c., l., St
a Il Z. uptown Office, on Sunday deserts the
bAEhelor ranks. In forming this new relation he
vas have the best wishes of large circle of
ffaEnds.
c &c. Henderson, receiver of the l., B. & w,
has sent out circulars announcing his appoint
Ensss and giving notice that the same officials
ana agents will be continued in their respective
eosisions.
James Reed, the general travelling passenger
mgEat of the c., B. 81 O., is in the city PROJECT
Ing after Grand Army of the Republic business
Uf shich the c., B. & @. is to get its full share
hsnbtless
Bnsiness is looking up with the hide men and
THEW shipments are the increase, and now
El1gg are kicking because the railroad companies
AaEO not made their usual summer rates on hides
10 Eastern points, which is cents less than the
winter rate.
Tie report is confirmed that the English share
hoAEers in the Ohio & Mississippi road have
vntsd to make the road virtually an ally of the
afEis and the Baltimore 81 Ohio. thus retaining
iss independent position. This places the Pea
body faction again on top
3Ae plans OF the Union Railway Company cow
ara 20 remodel the Sherman House proper and
at % mp especially for the express companies of
1icsE It will be on the east side of the
wal utilized for any other purpose.
9Aere is little uneasiness among Indiana
GRAN shippers over the prices which of the
isaaing firms is paying for grain One thing is
eFsdent the firm cannot pay such figures and
maze both ends meet unless favored in some
DHsner in rates by the line which is carrying
the property.
TAe roads west of the Missouri river and the
trsnscontinental lines announce that the rates
ss1Fsn TO the Grand Army of the Republic will be
0pn to all parties The roads this side of the river
WIZ doubtless take similar action, which will
znHSe the rate from Indianapolis to San Fran
HiseO $64 round trip.
The Illinois Central management has per-
formed feat which the London Economist well
says is Unparalleled in the history of American
Railways" by disposipg of an issue of 81 per
ceDa bonds In London at par. No other Afueri-
rs@ railway company has ever placed, or even at
tH1pted to place. 81 per cent. bonds.
The Chicago & Atlantic, the l.. B. g. w. and
tbs Lake Erie 81 Western represented at
Ths Cresson meeting and each signifed its will
xngness TO assume full mem bership upon compli-
naso with certain prerequisites. The conditions,
hsgever, were not acceded to, and the question
sf their membership is still open for action.
General Manager Gault, of the Cincinnati
Nsw Orleans & Texas Pacific company, has
sysxen notice of the withdrawal of his road from
Ghs traffic agreement Of the Associated Roads
Eof Kentucky, Tennessee, and Alabama This
aEsSOn is owing to the claim of the Louisville &
Nashville for dfferentials to points in the South
At reunion of the Brotherhood of Loconso-
&iss Engineers at Madison, Wis, Chief Engineer
Il. "a. Arthur, referring TO the strike of switch
msn on the Lake Shore road, said "Apy union
Tins would resort to violence to cause the dis
EhEgge OF non-union men is paving the way to
SIS own destruction These are sensible words
The Weighing Association report for June
BbaHs that there were 1882 cars weighed, and
thzse cars weighed 1928, $40 pounds more than
thry were billed out at. AS this is but a small
Der cent of the number of cars handled it is
quae evident that the roads haul thousands of
cars monthly which are billed out about 70 per
ceEk of the actual weight carried.
The st. Louis cable road. which is owned
largely By Indianapolis capitalists, is proving to
oe big investment. In the short time the road
has been opened it has carried over one million
passengers. On week days an average of thir-
EeeE thousand people are carried and on Sun
AnyB the number is limited to the companys
eQupment capacity to carry them.
There are numerous pointers going to show
Bhs the present directory of the O., III. 6S d.
rDaa is disposed to work its traffic in connection
W1aA the Erie people on more friendly terms than
did she retiring directors. who were more or less
camrolled by H. j. Jewett That the c., Fl. 81
ID . practically an indispensable outlet to the
SBrAh west for the Erie will not for moment be
Questioned. 1t bears much the same relation to
the Erie which the Vandalia does to the Penn
&yagana lines
AM0 dgreemeDb Cuak was entered into aDOuC q
fortnight ago by the St Louis east bound lines,
to maintain freight rates until July l. has ex-
pirsd by limitation and. although the agreement
Of last spring is supposed TO be in effect the
lines not really bound by any com
paes to maintain any given schedule rates The
agrpement of two weeks ago admission
thEa none existed at that time, and limiting its
authority to the last half of June was in effect a
nptseo that its provisions would not be binding
Rffsr the expiration of that period.
ne Chicago Inter Ocean says: 1.-THE monthly
meeting of the Chicago, st. Louis and Missouri
River Passenger Association. held at Arbitrator
IL p Wilson's Office, did last very long Mr.
Janes Charlton, of the Alton road, made the
statement that il would be useless to transact
dnwal would take effect on July z, and that the
nasasiation would no doubt end at that time.
9hn meating was enliyened by some remarks