The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-02-05
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.


ness of two OF the Chicago morning daily papers
seems 20 be TO circulate reports Of ratio wars.
Receiver Kimball, of the Chicago & Great
Southern. is in the city. He reports work on the
extension to Brazil to be moving along briskly
II. B. Hammond. receiver of the l.. d. & s.
road telegranhs from New York that be cannot
come to indianapolis before the 9th or lUth OF
the month.
1t is stated officially that there was not a pas
senger train run over the c.. st. L. d. T. road
last year which did not average to pay over 81 10
per mile run.
District Passenger Agent Wade and General
Agent Lynn. of the l.. p. 81 O., tWabash), open
for business this morning, In their new offices
nnder the Bates House.
W. H Clough. of Staten Island has been ap-
pointed superintendent of bridges on the Balti-
more e. Ohio railroad. Mr.. Ciough is a native
and was formerly resident of Enfield, N. Ell.
Editor r. M. Pulsfer. of the Boston Daily
Herald. has been elected president of the Mari
etta & Georgia railroad. Colonel Pulsifer has
given the principles of railroading much study.
Commissioners Richardson has called meeting
Of the lines interested in the making of north and
south freight rates between all Ohio river points
and points north. to be held at Louisville to day.
The night express trains. rule. run over
the G., l.. St l.. & G. in 1855 paid better than
the day through trains. The best paying train
II.
Cincinnati. leaving Indianapolis at $50 P. NJ.
Freight men incline to the belief that there
viii be trouble in establishing pools and ar
: ranging per cents. at ST. Louis, Indianapolis,
Peoria Terre Haute Lafayette and Cincinnati
as soon as Chicago is well within the pool traces
The Wabash, ST. Louis & Pacific is to be sold
on the Gath of April 1t is to the interest of all
persons concerned that the sale occur on the
earliest possible day. but some matters other
than the legal term of publication make neces-
sary the delay to the day named.
The suddeuness with which Hancock 81 CO.,
heavy grain dealers, have turned all their ship
ments over TO Erie lines. is exciting much COM
ment in freight circles. Competltc of the
Erie lines were searching every .,ok and
corner to ascertain, if possible, what irduce-
ment was offered.
The business of the White line is assuming
olden time proportions, running up to l25 to 100
ears per day east over the Bee-ine. On Tues
day one Indianapolis elevator loaded one hum
dred cars to go forward by this line, and yester-
day another hundred were backed into the same
elevator 70 be loaded to-day.
The Chicago correspondent of the New York
Post writes "As regards cutting rates from St
Louis, Peoria, and Southeastern points. your
correspondent is not in condition to give an
opinion either way, but if the statements have
no better basis than those emanating here
they are not worth much"
e. T. Scott trustee of the bondholders of the
J.. P. & G. (Wabash), spent yesterday in the
city, and is in excellent spirits The tenor OF
his conversation is that the l., p. c. will
eventually become an independent line. as in
plden times. when 1t did good business and
WAS handsome paying investment to the bond
holders
A telegram from T. A. Lewis. of the Erie
lines, received Yesterday. announces his safe
arrival. with his family, at Riverside. Cal.
Mr.. Lewis stood the trip we'll and was feeling as
well could be expected under the circum
stances His friends are hoping that he will be
greatly benefited by sojourn in that mild and
bracing climate.
A railroad official who has been through the
ordeal of reorganizing two or three railroad
companies, remarked last evening that the
Wabash DeOpe were making great mistake in
reorganizing on the proposed basis. as under it
their mortgage debt will be $780, 600 600 on the
main line 1t should be scaled down one third;
yes one half would do better
j. W. Craig. Samuel Anderson and w. T..
Prather will leave Greensburg next Monday. to
superiutend large corpS of surveyors to locate
the line of the railroad from Columbus west to
Bedford. it being an extension of the Columbus,
Hope e. Greensburg branch of the Big Four,
leading from Greensburg direct to st. Louis,
making a.much shorter line than the present
route via the Vandaiia.
One of the most able of the corps Of superin-
tendents on the Pennsylvania lines says that in
Producing electric headlights upon locomotives
Is step backward. The best method to avoid
accidents was to keep the road-bed and equip
ment in the best possible condition. the road
we'll fenced against cattle switches well lighted
and place distinct signals at all cur YES of import
lance Such precautions are d better insurance
against accidents than can an electric headlight
be.
The c., st. L. & p comes to the front with a
fast train-No. 105-which is composed of three
mail and three express cars. which run through
from New York to St. Louis. Regular running
time between Columbus and Indianapolis. 1873
miles, is four hours and thirty minutes. and it is
oftener made in four hours, as seldom the train
reaches Columbus on time from the East One
night last week the 1873 miles were covered in
three hours and twenty-five minutes by this
train.
strong pressure will be brought to bear upon
President Mackey to induce him to build a road
from Washington. on the O. q NJ, to lndianap-
oils. on the old indianapolis g. Evansville
Straght-line survey. Railroad men of good
Judgment believe that this would be one Of the
best paying local roads in the State. and would
open to Indianapolis valuable coal mines, stone
quarries. etc. The original survey of the
straieht-line passes through good towns which
now have railroad facilities
The Logansnort Pharos says: ''The manage
ment of the w., St L. & p. evidently has no
intention of allowing the Michigan Central and
Indianapolis division to revert hack into the
control of the stockholders. as the Wabash folks
have begun laying steel rails from Denver north
1t is said the work will continue until the north
ern terminal is reached. The road bed is in ex-
cellent condition, and as soon as the new rails
are laid the division referred to will be equal in
smoo.hness to that of the main linen As stated
by the Pharos. the road is being extensively i'm
proved, but it is not the Wabash people, but E.
T. Scott, trustee OF the bondholders, who sees
that something must be done with the road to
make it safe to run trains over it,
The Sixth Pool.
The general freight agents of the roads in the
Chicago & Ohio River pool met in Chicago on
Wednesday. President Mackey still sticks to
his refusal to enter the pool, and this action