The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-02-15
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.



Livestock traffic is at a low ebb. The T. e.
st &. last week brought in but eS carloads, the
vandalia but SO carloads, the lightest movement
an many months
The five Western roads last week brought into
fhis station 5000 loaded cars against 1863 in the
week ending Feb 6, and against 1926 CORE
Spreading week 1885.
Westbound tonnage is again assuming large
proportions, the Decline last week bringing IN
j940 loaded cars the c., St L. & p, 1888. On the
latter road the west bound movement exceeded
l4he astbound movement 206 cars
Tt is stated that the Baltimore & Ohio people
are more liberal in giving passes to politicians
than is any other road in this country. This is
said to have been characteristic of the man
Mgement since the road was opened for business.
The c., J.. st. L. & C. last week brought in
Arom the west 1928 loaded cars, being the larg-
ct Unbound movement la the history of the
Eoad. Just now the c., l.. st. L. 81 G. seems TO
De feeder to all the lines east out of Indianap-
oais delivering to the Bee-line and l.. B. 81 W.
East week over 500 loaded cars.
The l., d. e. s. last week placed in their track
tAslast of the twenty eight miles of new steel they
reeently received. Roadmaster Diddle reports
that of the l52 miles of main line all is steel rail-
weighing sixty pounds to the yard, except thirty
miles on the west end, and with the exception
nj forty miles, all is heavily ballastcd with
gravel
W. p. Jerome and O. Fl. Jenkins. who repre-
sent the passenger department of the New York
Nentrai read, have been travelling extensively
ths last thirty days in Texas, Louisiana, Florida
ard other Southern States and the passenger
5nsn generally complain that travel has been
light and disappointing through the fall and
winter months.
The movement of cotton thus far this season
<Ans not reached usual proportions. D. ii. Steiner,
general agent of the Erie Dispatch, at Memphis
Tenn, attributes the fact to the disposition of
Southern dealers tc hold on for better prices
and ne predicts that the roads in due time will
get more than the yearly average tonnage. but
mt will be later 10 going forward.
Receiver Kimball, of the Chicago & Great
Southern road, last week contracted for four
more heavy freight engines, making sixteen he
mas ordered in the last ninety days. The Pull
coaches for the road. Two new passenger en-
zines reached Attica on Friday last They are
said to be nobby-looking locomotives
The Wabash Pacific Railway Company is
Offering new stock under the collateral trust
agreement for old stock, at So per share on the
preferred and So on the common stock; the first
payment was to be made Saturday of So on the
Dreferred and So on the common These pay
ments are to be made running up to June 10.
The sale of the road will be on April &c No ar
Engagement can be made for the funding of the
accrued interest on the various divisional bonds
till after the foreclosure sale.
Nation merchants complain bitterly at the
discrimination made against them by the rail-
reads. The following incident is an illustrations
A few weeks ago Bridgeport, O.. stove manu-
featuring firm contracted to lay down a stock of
stoves in NATION for local dealer They had
rates to Charleston, a station twelve miles east
on the /. 81 ST. L.. and thought the rate to Mat
tO0E would, of course, be but little more. How
ever, when the shipment was to Ue made, they
found that the rate to Charleston was twenty
one cents a hundred, and to Mattoon forty seven
cents They shipped to Charleston, and then re-
shipped to Nation, saving thirteen cents
hundred by the decentralization.
The Bee-line and l., B. & w. seem to be lock-
ing horns on east-bound tonnage. The pool re-
ports of the last twelve months show that
the Beelne and l., B. q w. have each car
xied 81 80 per cent. of the east bound tonnage
out OF indianapolis, or 62 Clio per cent of the
whole This movement is legitimate The l.,
Icy Peoria divison) and the I. g. st. l..
--Jwesterile dlvision of the Bee-linel are in the
Santer of the corn belt, and naturally the bust
ness over the western divisions the last few
months has been heavy, and any property either
got hold Of they held on to, carrying over the
eastern as we'll as western division.
The Bee-line forwarded last week 1,076 loaded
cars, against /, 1874 in the week ending Feb g,
iand against 1,272 corresponding week 1885. The
J., B. 81 w. Oil last week. against 673 in the
week ending'Feb. 6, and against 400 correspond
ing week 1885 The c., St Il. 81 p forwarded
632 last week, against SIG in the preceding week,
and against GA corresponding week 1885 The
c., Il. & l. forwarded last week AL loaded cars,
against 305 in the preceding week. and against
S1S corresponding week 1885. 1t will be noticed
that with the exception of the Bee-line all show
an increased east-bound movement last week
over the preceding week, and also over the cor
responding week 1885,
Business Improving with Chicago Roads.
The shipments of grain, flour and provisions
from Chicago to Eastern through stations by the
pool lires during the week ending Saturday,
Feb 10, amounted to sc, SOB TONS against 33. Ito
tons during the preceding week, an increase of
1888 tons, and against 46041 tons during the
corresponding week of 1885, a decrease of 1888
TONS The following table gives the details.