The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-08-10
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.

%. $780,
Harry wetsell, general agent of the yandalia
at this point, mas gone East for couple Of
weeks rest
L D. Baldwin, district passenger agent Of the
L., N. A. 6 c., is at French Lick springs. rims
sng the malaria out Of him.
1t is expected that the decree for the foreclos-
lure sale Of the Indianapolis. Decatur & Spring
held will be issued in September
!. There is plentituda of rate wars now in vogue
out 1t will be noticed thnt are of any great
importance and largely local in character.
!. w. r. McKeen, president OF the vandaia,
hhs goes East on pleasure trip de VIII JOIN ms
family there and will be absent some two weeks.
Commencing with Aug i, all live stock ship
ments will be weighed and billed out at actual
weight, thus stopping another leak In the reve-
nue..
Shipments of wheat from. Indianapolis and
points on the C., Fl. & l. continue to be heavy to
Toledo reaching sixty-fi to seventy -nse cars
per day.
Now that the net earnings of the Pennsylva-
MIA road are footing up so handsomely, the
stockholders are beginning to howl for increased
dividends.
Peremptory orders have been sent by the
trunk lines to their Western agents not to make
special rates in any case; the regular and full
rates'must be firmly maintained.
G. N Souther, who has for some years been
assistant freight agent in the city Office of the
c., NJ e. st. L.. railway, at Chicago, has just
been appointed freight agent to succeed a. Z.
Laing, vino becomes city passenger agent.
The Wabash is now taking a large portion of
its shipments of wheat to the Detroit market,
the inspection at that point being moro satisfac-
tory TO shippers in this section than the Toledo
inspection.
Friends of the Pennsylvania say that the gross
earnings for July will greatly exceed those for
June. while the comparative increase may not
be as great because July of last year was more
favorable month than June
A bitter war has broken out between the
Atchinson and the Missouri Pacific on business
between Chicago and points in southern Kan
sas. The reduction amounts already to 90 per
cent. and the end is not yet.
Thomas Peck, chief clerk of District Passen-
ger Agent Nichols, of the Decline, has taken the
position Of soliciting agent of the Whiteline at
this point Johnny Lands will succeed Mr.
Peck IN the passenger department
The ensire passenger equipment of the Cincin-
cinnat Wabash & Michigan road is In almost
constant service so heavy is travel to pleasure
resorts reached by that line Benton Harbor
and Cedar lake are the most sought for resorts
President Newell, of the Lake Shore road.
has officially notified Commissioner Fink and
the trunk-line presidents that there is no truth
IN the statement that his company ia making
contracts at concessions, or cutting rates In any
manner
THE passenger earnings of the l., B. g. W.
are now running $500 to 81, 900 per week ahead
of those of the corresponding weeks in 1885, in
fact General Passenger Agent Bronson says
never before has their business from week to
week been as heavy
Commissioners Daniels announces reduced
rates to the annual Quaker meetings at Rich
mond and Plainfeld over all lines in the Central
AccA nf0ksA n1r 30 Af
the Knights Templars at Akron, o., and st. Louis,
which occur next month
Commissioner Fink seems satisfied that all
lines are living up to the pooling agreement, and
that all this talk regarding rate-cutting, either
directly or indirectly arises In the brain OF some
line agent who happens to get left on some ship
nnent. which is doubtless true.
In the month of July there were 30, 1856 pieces
OF baggage handled at the Union Depot: of this
number 10, 949 were checked out There were
1920 more pieces of baggage checked out than
in the corresponding month, 1885, which shows
that travel was decidedly heavier this than st
year.
Theo F. Brown, who represents the c., l.. St
L. & C. at Chattanooga Tenn, is in the city for
day or two That he~is good man for the
place is evidenced in the fact that the passenger
business from that section which has come on to
the c., L., St l.. IL c. has increased nearly 80
per cent.
Parties we'll informed state that the parties
who expect to control the Wabash road in the
future are leaving no stone unturned to retain
as part OF the system the portion of the In
dianapolis, Peru 81 Chicago south of Peru. They
are said to be Indifferent as regards controlling
the portion of the road north of Peru, Ind.
A. Y. H. Carpenter, general passenger agent
Of the Chicago Milwaukee & st. Paul, always
remembers the travelling passenger agents. They
held their convention at Lake Minnetonka this
week, and Mr. Carpenter gave them a special
and firm cHod
ty their meals in the dining car free of charge
It is officially denied that the Pennsyl-
vania Company is cutting either freight or pas
senger rates. On the contrary, it is trying to
strengthen the backs of the trunk lines which
unquestionably have been cutting rates. 1t is
announced that the talk of reduction in
through freight rates is entirely unfounded
The Daily Stakeholder says the difficulty with
the Indiana, Bloomington & Western and its
leased lines is the low rate of traffic charges pre-
vailing among the roads Of Ohio and Indiana,
and the high rate at which they are capitalized
must he advanced or capitalization reduced, and
since the former is impossible the latter is in
evitable.
st. Louis is experiencing genuine business
and building boom. improvements on a grand
scale are going on and the business men are
reaching out for business in all directions The
new life which is making itself manifest in that
city Is credited to the fact that the business men
nave CONS to the conclusion that it is something
more than river town and is really an import
ant railroad center, or in other words, the rail-
ways are bringing the old fogy town to the
front with rapidity which attracts attention.
Those who are well nosted In the affairs of the
Beehne talk very bullish regarding the future
of the property. Should the present rate of
earnings continue the deficit of 1855 will be more
than made M. There are those who predict that
by Jan. l. 1887, the stock will be up to 80 or 90
points. and are backing this belief by purchasing
the stock so far as their means will allow, and it
is further believed that should the directors be
fortunate in the selection of q president the Bee
line will next year take its position among the
dividend paying roads.
French engineer is building locomotive
with driving wheels eight feet in diameter
which he expects TO propel at a speed of sew
senty eight miles an hour In speaking of this