The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-02-06
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.


Personal and Local.
The old board of directors of the Beech Creek
railroad has been reelected. and Gen. GeorgeJ.
Magee made general manager of the road.
The earnings of the c.. l. Sc. L. & c. for JAN
nary were $184 52s 10 against $203 443 rs for the
corresponding month of 1885; decrease this year,
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A. e. Schrader traffic manager of the Illinois
midland road, was in the city yesterday. ne
states that there are still immense quantitieS VI
corn on that road to be marketed
A called meeting of all the lines interested in
passenger traffic westward bound from Chicago
and adjacent gateways TO st. Paul and Minneap-
oils is to be held at Chicago next tuesday.
Travel is increasing somewhat, and earnings
begin to foot up more favorably. The last week
in ganuary the C., L. ST. L. & c. earned $l6.-
$50 Is against $16 l76 81 for the corresponding
week in 1886
The Wabash road announces that all percent
age divisions to and from Durand. Mich, have
been cancelled On and after above date the
Chicago 81 Grand Trunk and Detroit Grand
Haven q Milwaukee railways will require full
local rates to and from that point
Two of the five Baldwin passenger engines for
the Chicago e. Great Southern road have ar
rived this week. and the ffty-ton slack burning
freight engine will be delivered this month
These engines have an 18x24-inch cylinder and
an Sx9-foot ire-box. Burning this kind of coal
necessitates large heating fire-box surface.
Several changes in agencies on the Decline
proper took effect yesterday. e. c. Scarf has
been transferred from Sidney to Bellefontaine
taking the place of s. II. Apple, resigned d.
Roberts has been transferred from Quincy to
Rushsylvania and A. T.. Trip succeeds him as
agent. and A. Williams has been transferred
from Farmland to Sidney
Thomas Minor, conductor of one of the fast ex-
press trains over the l. & ST L.. road. boasts
that in the year 1885 he never failed once in
reaching st Louis and Indianapolis on schedule
tims with his train. That's all right Tommy"
but who were the men the footboardT The
engineer and fireman the ones to be largely
credited for the excellent record.
The health of J. H. Devereux was such on his
return from Europe that it was minated that,
at the coming election of the c.. c., G. & l.. in
March, he would retire from the presidency.
His numerous friends will be gratifed to learn
that there has been such decided improvement
in bis physical condition in the last thirty days
that all tears in this direction have been re-
moved.
large meeting of general managers, general
superintendent. and the heads of the transporta-
ton, roadway and motive power departments OF
Southern roads was held in Atlanta, this week,
TO discuss. the question of making the roads
south of the Ohio river of one gauge. Some
thirty roads were represented The convention,
by unanimous consent, adopted the Pennsylvania
standard gauge for the track and trucks.
Eighteen firms of fruit preseryers in Detroit,
Cincinnati, Indianapolis PEORIA st. Louis and
Chicago were represented at a meeting held at
the fremont House, Chicago on Thursday, for
the purpose of forming association similar to
those of other manufacturing industries. The
objects sought are the regulation of prices and
The modification Of the classification Of the goods
bg the railroad companies This is not the last
class of shippers 20 seek lower rates One Indian
apolis house recently shipped seven carloads of
canned goods which the road underbillcd 900
pounds to the car to secure the business it is
said.
Judge Gresham yesterday afternoon turned
his attention for brief period from the T., G. &
St. L. case to the Chicago e. Great Southern,
calling Receiver Kimball on to the green carpet,
in railroad parlance. 1t seems Receiver Kim
ball has been making more improvements to the
property than circumstances would warrant,
Judge Gresham naming some improvements he
had made which were really not necessary To
put upon the road. aud when Receiver kimball
retired from the Judges presence, doubtless, he
was convinced that it was the duty of the court
40 preserve the property that comes under its
Jurisdiction, not to make improvements beyond
shat point.
The New York correspondent Of the Cleveland
Leader writes that paper that President Garrett,
of the Baltimore & Ohio, is spending few days
in New York, where he is a central figure. Not
only does Wall street scrutinize his every utter
0nce 2nd business act accessible, but In purely
railroad circles his visit is held to be fraught
that he is about to re enter the trunkine fold.
from the blessing of which he had departed by
his recent diversion in passenger rates, or 1t may
mean that he is strengthening his plans to fight
the whole pool single-handed. The former seems
10 be the most likely outcome, judging by the
drift of current talk.
Coductor McAiains and Engineer Cones,
through whose mistake the head collision on
the l.. B. e. W., near Covington. occurred
Wednesday night. were on the green carpet yes
farfla and a of tipat ionh hot
were suspended. They claimed that they got
lost with their train, knew that their order
TO meet the opposite train on certain switch,
but in the dark ran by it. In this case two of
the monster consol engines coded, and with
their prominent 'deadwoods" the effect. it is
stated was like two immense logs butting
against each other. The chief damage done to
the locomotives was the breaking off of one of
the immense cylinders. The cars were really
more damaged than were the locomotives
''Whenever party of railroad surveyors are
out exploring a route for a new railroad from
one point to another" says the Boston Adver
tlser, there Is always great curiosity to know
what big corporation is at the back of it. and if
the fact cannot be ascertained. it seems general
ly considered safe ont West to call it the Bur-
lington. A party of surveyors reached Rood
house. H., saying they were exploring the
route for new railroad. to be called the Indian
apolis & Kansas City Airline. The road has
absorbed the franchises of two other projected
lines which were surveyed, and on one of which
there was considerable amount of grading and
bridge building. 1t was therefore supposed that
the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy was interest
ed in the new line. intending to get short route
20 Kansas City, although the surveyors pro-
Tossed entire ignorance concerning the natter
General Manager Tucker, in commenting
upon the ST. Paul road withdrawing from
the Missouri Valley Association. says that
sit is no sudden freak-our withdrawal We
endeavcred by every means in our power
10 have an agreement arrived at which
should include Northwestern business, and it
was not until we found this could not be done
that we withdrew. It was simply impossible for
ms TO remain as we were. While,w were tied
up by this agreement regarded Southwestern
business. we were being cut to pieces in the mat
Ter Of Northwestern business and left without
any means of retaliation. Now we are foot
loose, and can do we please. 1t is mistake
Aa hat i 1nor