The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-11-24
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.

ager of the Decline. is such that he is again
ranging his affairs. TO 90 to the Pacific coast for
a several months tarry.
There is excellent authority for stating that
the Pennsylvania and Vandalia companies have
come out fiat footed against the proposed adj
vance in east bound rates Dec. l.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company has re-
9uested permission of the Jersey City aldermen
TO elevate its tracks through that city. The I'M
provement will cost the company about Sl,OOO :
The Bee-line people have established station
on the Cincinnati division, to be known as Ar
lington. The station on that division heretofore
known as ST. Bernard is hereafter to be called
1vorydale
Yesterday was field day on the Belt road and
at the stockyards. The transfers over the Belt
run over 200 cars, and 2l2 carloads of hogs
and forty-two of cattle were delivered at the
stockyards
The Baltimore e. Ohio management is clear
Eng its decks in all departments of men who use
Intoxicating liquors too freely. 1t is said their
strict orders in this matter will extend all over
their system.
l.. G. Cannobn is in Chicago looking after the
rhances of securing the position of COMMISSIONS
81 spme one or more of the several pools that
IRE ssout 70 be eaHizsd position he is high
u capable of filing.
1t is stated that the position of general super
lntendent or the Philadelphia Reading road
will absorb that of general ira ic manager, which
latter position been fileo tor the past nfteen
years by j. Lowrie Bell.
The Corbin syndicate expect that this week
aertain things will transpire largely in their ia
Vor regarding their relations with the Cleveland
e. Canton road. Or, in other words, what
Is known as the Blood syndicate will be practic-
ally frozen out.
Ben Blanchard, of railroad excursion fame,
was n the city yesterday prospecting for people
IA 90 Vast nd nOnulafa his tOWu-SOutn
Hutchinson. Kan. The young man is said to
have become quite wealthy through his West
ern adventures
Almost without exception Western roads now
have more power to haul their trains than they
have cars to make them up with. Never In the
history of rairoadng has the number of cars In
eervice fallen so far below the number required
to move the frelghts offered.
Il is stated that ". b. Shattuc. general pass
senker agent OF the Ohio e. Mississippi road, de-
clined the position of arbitrator of the Central
Traffic Association on the advice or his phvsl-
clan, who feared he could not stand the rough
climate of Chicago. which would be his head
quarters
A. F. Clatchey. general master mechanic of the
T.. N A. 81 c. road. has retired and James
long has been appointed his successor. Mr..
Long has, for few weeks past, been running a
locomotive on the Airline division of this road
He was formerly foreman of a department in the
Rogers locomotive works.
The Decatur pool has again been established.
and > T. Brown was yesterday selected by the
five companies doing business out of there as
commissioner. Mr. Brown is to check up the
pool monthly. He is now commissioner of six
of what are known as the interior pools, and is
said to Oe very capable railroad man.
foreclosure suit in the United State Court
at Oxford Miss, has been filed by S. Katzen-
berger Sons, of the Mechanics Bank, of Mem
phis against the Mobile G. Northwestern Rail
road Company, of which Col. T. A Lyons is
president. 1t is line of railroad fifty miles in
length, extending from Helera, Ark. southeast
toward Mobile
The Ohio Connecting Railroad Company was
chartered on Monday last. The capital stock is
81 600 900 The line will be- about thirtv-two
piles long. running from point on the Pitts
burg. Cincinnati d st. Louis railroad. near
Sheridan Station, In Allegheny county, across
the OHIO river by the most feasible route to New
Brighton, Beaver county.
l. A Sweigard who has just been appointed
general superintendent of the Philadelphia e.
Reading road, has been connected with the Read
ing for over twenty years, and has won a high
reputation among railroad men by his admirable
administration of the affairs of the North Penn
division, which is considered the most difficult
TO manage Of any of the divisions on the system
1t is said to be part os the basis of peace
between the Baltimore & Ohio and the Pennsyl,
vania companies that the extensive shipments
of, anthracite coal to Washington and Balti-
more, which are seriously interfering with the
trade of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company in
those cities. should be greatly restricted. These
Shipments have often amounted to 250 cars per
day.
Tbs Pennsylvania lines announce that, COM
menclng with to-day on tina A. M train out of
Indianapolis, berths will be reserved in both thu
New York and Washington through sleeping
coaches for passengers coming in from central
Illinois over the l.. d. & S. road Under this
arrangement % passenger can leave Springfield
0.50 and Ynaka clnsa xuith he
c.. ST. L. & P. train, which hsuls the through
sleeping coaches to the points named.
At Yesterdays meeting of the Pacific coast
passenger agents, at Chicago, the committee on
Eastern roads reported that an agreement could
not be reached owing to the refusal of the Balti-
more u Ohio road to consent to abolish the pay
ment of commissions. That company insisted
such agreement would be farce, as it's com
petitors had evaded pledges by making contracts
with outside agencies. No agreement would be
consented to until this was done away with.
Another meeting will be held to-day.
Another meeting of the Western Passenger
Association was begun In Chicago yes terday, the
deadlock which barred progress at the previous
meetings having been removed by an agreement
reached on the disputed points by committee
OF managers. The territorial bounds OF the pool
were settled by the St Paul agreeing to report
Its Milwaukee business; but the division of per-
centages could not be arranged, owing to the
vote of General Manager Talmage. of the Wa
bash, being necessary, and he was absent. An
other session will be held o-day.
The lost-car tracers are now busy and some of
them relate humorous and singular clrcum
Gtances connected with the finding of cars In
9ne case the agent of Ohio road found the
s1odS Ecar he was looking up in use as a sta
aion house on an Illinois road. 1t really fire.
quently takes expert detective work to get track
of lost cars, to such an extent is stealing cars
now carried. The paint brush is often used bv
the poorer roads to hide the identity of the car
yet to so fine point have. the agents reduced
the business that when they reach the last road
on which the car was used they discover it's
whereabouts, and if destroyed the road unless
I'm the hands of receiver, is made to pay what
She car valued at when it left the road to
vyhich it belonged.
Peace Declared.
The agents of the several express companies
which do business at Indianapolis were notified,
YeaterdaY. that dating from tn-day the Ameri.