The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-11


George Blanchard, commissioner Of the Gem
tral Traffic Association and Commissioners Rich
Rrdson, Of the Chicago and Ohio River pool,
were liz Cincinnati yesterday, fixing per cents.
for the Cincinnati pool
j. B. Muliken, general manager Of the De-
troit, Lansing & Northern and the Chicago q
West Michigan roads, left on Friday IN private
car with his family for a trip to Oregon and
Alaska. He will be absent three months.
A correspondent Of the Boston Advertiser
states that l.. B. & w. has not been earning its
fixed charges for some time past, and that as
Mr. Corbin has loaned the road about 81 ,0OO,-
600, the application for a receivership has been
ready for year past.
As some surprise is shown that w. c. Renear
son should leave the Pennsylvania lines to &C
cept position on the Erie. it is proper to state
that it was the salary that drew him. On the
Erie he receives So 500 year. while on the Penn
sylvania his salary was but 81, 800 per year.
The new Erie Express Company will be opened
for business at Chicago Monday superseding
the United States Express Company as far as
the running OF express lines over the roads In
the Erie system is concerned. The limo will run
out Of Chicago over the Baltimore e. Ohio road.
William g. Cannon, private secretary to V. T.
Malott general manager of the Union railway
and Belt road has, during the past week, been
severely afflicted by the death Of his bright and
promising twin children. In this hour Of his
bereavement he and his companion will have the
The Baltimore & Ohio railroad Thursday be-
gan the shipment of through freight over the
Baltimore 81 Philadelphia extension, and have
scheduled two fast trains daily over the road.
Tie Philadelphia terminus is at Grays Ferry,
where the cars are transferred to the Reading
roai. 1t is probable that the road will be IN full
running order by Oct. J.
The Railway Age says: Good times are at
hand. The grain and stock markets are climb
ing upward, railway building is going on with
great vigor, manufacturers are busy, money Is
plenty and cheap, the labor question Is settling
new railway receiverships are few and far be-
tween. Good times are here"
There is now some talk that the speculative
directors in the warning Northwestern roads
have made money enough to summer over and
will patch up truce. This will probably last
until near Christmas time, when they will get
up another war to speculate on and accumulate
money enough TO see them through the holidays.
This is pleasant subject for the consideration
of the stakeholder.
The illness of genial President H. G. Nntt of
the Atlantic e. Pacific railway has been known
and regretted for some time past, but the asser-
tion that the A. d. p. management has been
''unreasona ply criticized for not issuing
nual report is unwarranted. The principle criti-
csm of the Atlantic 81 Pacific is that it does not
publish its earnings But, moro than that. the
publication of an annual report has been skipped
for whole year in the past when Colonel Mutt
was not i'll.
Speaking of the recent illness of President
William B. Strong, of the Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fe Railroad Company, the Mexican FL
nancier, in its last received issue, says: Presi-
dent Strong, of the Atchisou, Topeka 81 Santa
Re Railway Company, carries tremendous bur
den of care and responsibility, and, although
aided by as efficient corps of experienced rail
way officials as is to be found on this continent,
yet he has the heavy work of railway finan-
cering to perform. 1t is, therefore, with little
wonder that we hear of his recent illness, and
join with his friends in hoping for his entire
covery.'
The elegant and costly hotel of the Atchison,
Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Company at Las
Vegas Hot Springs, n. d., has risen again from
its ashes, and the romantic but ill-fated name.
''The Montezuma,' has been replaced by that of
1.-The Phoenix" for the restored structure. A
neat, eight-page little book with colored illustra
tons, Just issued, shows that the glory of the
new equals, if it does not exceed, that of the old
structure, which attained such extended fame
and ministered to the comfort of so many thou
sands of people before its destruction by fire
about a year ago.
The Mexican Financier gays: 1.-THE Atchison,
Topeka 81 Santa Fe system will, with its new
connection with the Gulf of Mexico. embrace
nearly 1000 miles of road and has an interest in
the welfare Of this Republic through its line via
the State of Sonora to Guaymas We have
hoped that the government of Sonora would
which puts that State in connection with the
outside world, and if it has not already been
done, we would strenuously urge the State gov
eminent to abolish the transit duty on through
freight carried by the Sonora road. Sonora can
not afford to deal illiberally with the great cor
poration mentioned"
The Hour says "Mr Cornelius Vanderbilt
need not fear for his roads and rolling stock
when the next railroad strike occurs; it might
almost be said that he need not fear that the
cfriHn teal will nh fho Gorhil do
Strikes generally have their origin in suspicion
that employers are a lot of close listed scoun-
drels, bat who can suspect man who Is SO open
handed as to erect and furnish a large building,
as Mr.. Vanderbilt asks permission to do, for the
sole benefit and recreation of his employees The
house which Mr.. Vanderbilt describes will be in
reality free club-house-large and more COM
plete than any club in New York owned seventy
five years ago, and better than some popular
clubs occupy at the present time"
The Railway Age of the oh contains an ex-
celent likeness of III. E. ingalls,, president of
the c., L., St. l.. & g., whose line is peculiarly
known as the big Four" referring TO the four
great cities which form its name. The Age
says: Mr.. ingalls, is in the prime of life, in the
enjoyment, evidently, of the most perfect
health, and is regarded by his fellow-citizens of
Cincinnati as one of the most pnblic-s pirited,
progressive, broad minded and clear-headed men
of that metropolis. He may well be con. dered
a prominent illustration of the tendency toward
the intellectual in railway work, posses
sing, as he does, a methodical and highly
cultivated mind. great mental force and
strong will, amounting almost to stubbornress
when brought face to face with error and evil
practices. His popularity with the employees of
his road Of every grade has been a subject of
remark for years past; his sense of justice in all
his dealings with them and his disposition to
speak kind word and do kind act whenever
opportunity offers, having won for him their
universal love- In the deliberations of railway
conventions and other meetings of an impor-
tant nature he is especially prominent
and his work is always productive of good
to the railway and commercial interests of his
section and of the entire country. not only
because of his intellectual strength and
familiarity with these interests of his ability as
| speaker but also because his integrity is IN
questioned and he is known to be superior to the
narrow prejudice and unworthy trickery which