The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-03
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Parsnnal and Local.


Joseph Chapman, for the past ten years divis-
ion superintendent of the Chicago, Milwaukee &
st. Paul road at Dubuque. has rendered his
resignation.
J. C. Furster has been appointed general
freight agent of the Milwaukee & Northern vice
J. j. Coleman resigned to accept similar place
on the Louisville, New Albany & Chicago.
The Chicago and Ohio River pool authorizes
special rate of cents per 100 pounds less than
third-ciass rates on domestics in boxes or bales
in car loads, from Chicago to pooled points: Is
not this discriminating against Indianapolis
d. J. Flynn, for three years past the assistant
to A. B. Farnsworth. who represents the Rock
Island route in New York, has been appointed
assistant to Charles H. Cum mipgs, general East
ern passenger agent Of the Lehigh Valley road.
There were transferred over the Belt road in
the month Of November. a. l31 cars. against
AZ, 293 in 1885, against 3S,067 in 1884, against
81 623 In 1888 against &c. 730 in 1882, and against
%. 926 in 1882, the first year the road was oper-
ated
The freight department. of the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company has notified connecting lines
that all special rates and agreements on freight
traffic now in effect will expire Dec. 81, unless
they have been made to cover a special time or
tonnage.
The Wabash, ST. Louis & p &c went into
| the hands of receivers in 1884, Az. the common
and preferred stocks have sold at II and "a re-
| spectively during the present year. In 1881
| Wabash common sold at 60, and Wabash pre-
| ferred at &C.
In the month of November the l.. B. & W.
carried % ITO of the eastbound business out of
Indianapolis. the Bee-line 81 6-10. the c., St L.
& P 10 $40, the G., l., st. L. & G. 10 2-l0, the
Wabash 10, the L., n. A & G. $50, and the
c., H. & D. 64-10.
Charles Milliard, president of the indianapolis
| car works returned yesterday from New York.
While absent he was awarded the contract to
bald Co. h. 81 Oh
to be GO, 900 pounds capacity and built up to the
highest standard in every respect.
l., B. & w. stock sold above par in April 1881
and IS now Is. The Boston Advertiser says: ut
is wholesome to glance over the past career OF
the fifty railroads which went into the hands of
receivers in 1885, and note the buoyant hopes
which were cherished in regard to many of them
in 1881"
The United States Express Company is now
| running it's through messengers between Gin
cinnati and Chicago the c., H. & d. and
| the L., n. A. & G. roads. Between Indianapolis
and Chicago this company does no local bust
| ness, it being in territory controlled by the
American Express Company.
Loaning tickets to members Of theatrical
troupes to check baggage that they may save
charges on excess baggage is becoming entirely
too common The rates that theatrical troupes
are carried at, and the extra accommodations
| given them should suffice without the local pas
senger aiding them in underhanded schemes to
get their baggage carried free.
The Central Trust Company, of New York,
filed bill in the United States Circuit Court, on
Wednesday. against the Central Iowa Railway
Company, of Iowa, and the Central Iowa Rail
way Company of Illinois, to forecose mort
gage for ST. SIT 900 the Illinois division of the
Central Iowa The road runs in Illinois from
Peoria to Keithsburg, on the Mississippi river
A London cable says: A committee of the At
lantic & Great Western has called meeting of
the shareholders to discuss the question Of dis
solving the trust, the stockholders to obtain the
| amount OF their bonds in Cleveland. Columbus
81 Cincinnati shares, with certificates emitting
them to all sums recovered from the Erie for
arrears on the guaranteed per cent.
George Eltz, for many years superintendent
of transportation and superintendent of the main
line of the Reading road, has resigned. He will
be succeeded by j. Fl. Olhausen, superintendent
of the Mahanoy & Susquehanna division. This
division will be subdivided and Messrs Hesser
and Rinehart, formerly assistant superntend-
ents, will be placed in charge of the two portions
The c., l., ST. L. & c. continues to surprise
the freight men OF the roads running east from
Chicago in the volume Of business it is carving
When Mr.. ingalls, talked about fixing the award
of the Big -Four at per cent of the tonnage for
warded, the older lines hooted the idea; yet for |
two months past this road has been taking per
cent of the east-bound business out of Chicago
Over his own signature Jay Gould officially
announces the election of S. FL. H. Clark to the
vice presidency and general managershp of the
Missouri Pacific railway to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of H. NJ. Hoxie Mr.. Clark
began railroad service as a conductor of con-
struction on the Central road, New Jersey. and |
passed through the various grades of railroad |
service to the position of general manager of the
Union Pacific.
The Lake Erie e Western railroad will be |
sold at Muncie, Ind, Dec. ID, by decree of the
United States Court, Western division, Northern |
Ohio, on foreclosure by the Central Trust |
Company of New York, as trustees. W. f. |
Goodspeed. of Cleveland, as special master will |
sell the Sandusky division. The lowest bid on |
this portion will be $780, O0O and bidders will be |
required if requested, to deposit $40, 900. The |
main line will be sold at the same time and |
place.
The Philadelphia Record says: "The prun-
ing knife is again being freely applied by the re-
ceiyers of the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad |
Company. Dec. Charles Weston, who has for |
years been general agent of the company at |
Port Richmond was dismissed, and j. O. Keim |
appointed to fill the vacancy at reduced salary
with the title of shipping agent. Other salaries |
Port Richmond. Three clerks have been dis |
missed from the engineers Office in Philadelphia. |
The general agencies have been abolished at |
Broad street, Willow street, Noble street and |
pier No. g."
The Wabash is at its old game of undertaking
freight. and freight circles are good deal dis
turbed over the matter. 1t is stated that grain |
has been shipped out of here for one firm under
billed 1000 pounds to the car and quite num-
Der 1000 60 1900 pounds per car Commissioner
Doherty bad the general agent on the green car
pet yesterday and called In the general agents
of the other Eastern lines to confer about the
matter. Commissioner Doherty will have to
reach higher than the general agent to put a
check on this method OF cutting rates Before
he gets through he will find he has "Sweet"
job on hand.
The arrangements Of railways are not attach
ing sufficient Importance to many of the minor
details of successful railroading Take for in
stance, switch signals How few of them are
kept properly painted and SO located that the
eye of the men on the foot-board will catch in
simultaneously the position of the switch as he
approaches it at speed Of twenty five miles per
hour, the average speed that the express trains
run over switches at way stations. Large and
high targets do not cost much, and as the Rail-
road Gazette says, if the crop of red and white