The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-11-23
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.


ANdnhSsANthE D~-f - -
abandoned.
The Litchfeld car works will this week com
mence delivering cars to the Bee-line on the con-
tract to build 600 box cars for the road
Geo Warfel, Southern passenger agent of the
3. & o. and c., w. e. B. roads. is in the city on
business connected with his department
Isaac Bortle, an old-time indianapolis railroad
mar, has been in the city for day or two, visit
Ing friends. He is now the general agent of the
West Shore road at New York city.
Every train now run between Peoria and
Columbus. o. over the L., b. W.. hauis
combined Woodruff sleeping and chalr-car, there
being four hauled each way daily, sundays eA-
eepted
The Grand Rapids & Northern Indiana Rail
road Company is in the market this week for oOO
box cars to be thirty four feet in length. twenty
Ions carving capacity, and to be equipped with
the Wagner car-door.
The Pullman Car Company yesterday com
menced a contract to build 600 box cars,
Ewenty-ton capacity equipped with the Wagner
par-door, for the Newport 81 Mississippi Valley
road, Huntingtons line
" T. Malott. general manager of the Union
Railway Company, left last evening for Clncln-
natl where he to-day will meet the executive
building committee of the Union Depot, and
confer regarding the bids for the work.
atine with J. H Vajen for the northwest corner
Df Meridian and Louisiana streets Mr. Va1en
wants $50. 600 for the property which the express
people think rather steep when the character OF
the building is considered.
H w. Hibbard general freight agent Of the
Vandalia, spent yesterday in the city. Mr..
Hubbard, as are all the general freight agents. is
at his wits ends to get hold of enough to
handle their local business, through business
now being secondary with all Western roads.
The Philadelphia Inquirer says: at is not
regarded rs at all probable that the Baltimore &
Ohio will agree To the Pennsylvania
tracks to New York, but some agreement may
be made that will prevent ruinous competl-
ton between the two lines for Washington and
Western business"
John Martin, district passenger agent of the
c. H. St L. 81 O. road, is anxious that Presi-
dent Ingalls, demand an increase in percentages
In the Indianapolis and Louisville pool Under
The allotment the Big Four gets but per cent. of
the business, while last week the line carried one
passenger between the points named.
Tomorrow it is understood, the arbitrators
will announce the percentages in the east bound
pool out of st. Louis. Considerable interest is
manifested in the decision of the arbtrators,
some of the roads not having been satisfied with
the awards of two former arbitrations This
time there will be no going back on the award.
The L. B. 81 W. company are arranging TO
open office at Louisville. KY, similar in char
acter to the one opened yesterday at Pittsburg.
They claim that they obliged to do this to
protect their business at that point, the Penn
sylvania and other roads not being willing TO
place on sale the tickets reading over any of
their lines.
NJ Fl. Spades has given the United States Ex-
press Company option on the property ad
Joining that recently purchased by the Adams
Express Company. on South Meridian street, to
take the the ground and building at 5000, or
he offers to rent 1t to them for term OF years at
ST. 100 aQnum. The cOmUanV Will DrOOaDlY
purchase the property
H W. Hubbard, general freight agent Of the
Vandalia, will, on the 18th of next month, have
held that position twenty-oEe years. and has
agsnt the longest of any man holding that posi-
ton in this country. He commenced service on
the road when E. j. Peck was president and r.
c. Kicker general superintendent
An idea of the manner that general freight
agents holding on to their cars for local
service is shown in the fact that the Illinois Cen
trail has eighty-five loaded with cotton to go
East over the Vandalia, and the ROAD will not let
the cars go further east than Indianapolis, and
further, the scarcity of is shown in the fact
that the Illinois Central cars have been standing
here and on switches of the Vandala west of In
Siianapolis three or four days, awaiting cars of
the Eastern lines to load the cotton into.
President Corbin has inaugurated new sys-
tenn of management in the Reading that is cal
culated to improve the efficiency of the service
point in the new system is the elevation of the
general managers office into an executive de-
partment of large powers and responsibilities.
Hereafter the general manager, instead of per-
sonany supervising the movements of division
superintendents. will exercise authority through
q subordinate to be called the general superin-
Eendent.
1t is stated that the Wabash people, as result
Of the firm stand that Judge Gresham has taken
in the suit for new receivers. come down with
the $4 coo. 900 interest he suggested must be paid
If the company did not want new receivers ap-
pointed. Harry Crawford who pushed the suit
has been called to New York to see what can be
done in the way of adjusting this interest mat
ter. The manipu.ators Of the Wabash stocks
and boE6s well understand that the appointment
of new receivers means that they will lose their
grip on the property.
Rumor has it that the war on rates between
the express companies will close on the LIST of
December. but Western expressmen who are
we'll informed about the matter take little stock
in the rumor The Erie and the Baltimore g.
Ohio express companies have made contracts
which will not admit of this rumor proving true
Certainly the old express companies will not ad-
vance their rates while they have these low-con-
tract prices to contend with. The low rates
have thrown a great deal of heavy freight onto
the exp.ess companies which should go by fast
freight lines.
Regarding the interview, last week. between
Presidents Roberts and Garrett, the Phadel-
phla freSS says Nv nile there are many prece-
dents for the complete failure of overtures look
ing to amicable relations between these and
other railroad corportions, yet the eminent de-
sire OF oil concerned especially the share
holders of the different companies, that their re-
spectlve roads may be run to make money, and
the overwhelming evidence in the history of rail
roads that war means diminished earnings give
every hope that the present efforts for peace
will be- successful"
The Journal has the best of authority for say
ing that several of the Western roads are
strongly opposed to the advance in rates east
bound. ordered for Dec. l. and two leading
Western roads yesterday telegraphed to Com
missioner Fink, asking that the advance be de-
fered q few days at least. This, of couse. ia
done that these lines may have more time to
load all the cars they can command at present
rates. There is feeling nevertheless, among
some of the oldest and most experienced general
freight agents that the advance is unwise For