The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-21
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.

AFFAIRS UF The RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.
Freight traffic over the vandalia Is again up
% ats usual proportions. and all effects of the
eerike at East St Louis are disappearing.
IL R Dering, assistant general passenger
eEent Of the Pennsylvania lines west of Pitts
surg, and family have gons to Florida for two
wesks' tarry.
Anformation has been received Of the safe fear ar
rival at London, England, of c. E. Henderson,
general manager of the L., b. q W., anu ais
wife, who accompanied him.
J. G. McQiston's health has much inn
proved that he has returned 20 Atchison to as
SRme again the position of roadmasser OF the
sentral branch of the Union Pacific
Edward a. Hubbard, general Western passen-
ger agent of the Lackawanna has resigned. Ira
81 Beers, formerly agent at Emra, has been APP
pointed acting Western passenger agent.
For several days past the c., l.. St L. & G.
has been hauling into Cincinnati an average of
2Oe loaded cars per day. A large percent. of the
business is turned over to the Baltimore g. Ohio
at Cincinnati
St L. & G. road, and his assistants are inspect
ing each division of the roads roadway on a
haBdcar. The propellng power Is q couple of
buriy Irishmen.
Under the new deal, the tonnage Of any freight
billed through Indianapolis direct Is not TO be
billed in here and then rebilled is to be reported
20 the pool as heretofore.
Ii appears that the sale of the c., FL. & d. has
besn completed and it is now practically In the
hands of the Pitts6urg, Fit. Wayne & Chicago
railroad, virtually the Pittsburg, St Louis &
CAScago Panhandle system.
The waters of the Ohio and Big Miami have
fully reeeded from the bottoms around Law
rsneeburg, and the fear being over they are
EnsDing their attention TO protecting their bust
ness center. The railroads this year suffered but
little from the high water.
.. e. ingalls,, president Of the C., l., ST L. &
L, and Il. Il. Cable, of the Chicago & Rock Is
land have gone to New York to talk business
With Commissioner Fink. The East bound bust
ness of these roads, in connection with Balti-
more % Ohio, worries competitors.
The c., L. St L. & 9. and Vandalia jointly
have placed on sale tickets good for ten round
kxips to Lake Maxinkuckee for $25. Not only
nre the owners of cottages and their families
gwen these low rates. but all parties who make
kbls pleasure resort each summer
The Erie people making earnest effort
70 build up their passenger business, both
through and local, and they are behaving very
handsomely toward their western connections,
khe l., B. 81 W. being Of the number showing a
willingness to run trains to meet the travel de-
mAnd.
J. E. Lockwood, general passenger and ticket
Agent of the Kansas City Fort Scott 81 Gulf. the
Kansas City, Springfield & Memphis. and Kan
Bas City, Clinton 81 Springfield roads, gives no.
1see that hereafter these lines will be advertised
aad known as the sGulf Route" which title will
be used in connection with star.
L. T. Scott, trustee of the bondholders and
general manager of the l., p e. G. road, has
enrned from New York BY the By, the impress
sion is ont that this road is to be sold under the
Wabash foreclosure sale on April 26. This is a
mistake. The time to sell the road has not been
Gxed upon, and there are so many legal snar1s
a Out hat ha dau MAJ ho or Al far
distant
The c.. l.. St L. & c. Railway Company are
about to aid the city of Lawrenceburg materi
ally In preventing the overflow of that city by
foods, by elevating their tracks along the river
embankment, and also are to build, at very dis
eant date, fine new brick depot The citizens
are meeting this enterprising company in COM
Nendable manner, and will be greatly benefited
Ehereby.
Railway employees at this point are doing them
selyss credit All are quietly doing their work,
ena trains are handled as promptly as usual
Btrikes at other points are deprecated by ma
bority of the employees in the yards, about the
nepcts, and by the trainmen as we'll Indianap-
blis Is fortunate In one respect, considerable
por cent of the men owning little homes that
make them interested in the welfare of the city.
The Wabash. road has completed arrange
5nents whereby it will run its trains over the
tracks of the Rock Island road from OttImwa
to Harvey, Ia, connecting at Givin with the
O1ntfal iowa ROAD. InrOugn Trains VIII pc run
from St Louis and Kansas City to ST. Paul, on
the Wabash to Givin, the Central Iowa from
Eiyin to Lyle and the Minnesota &c North
western road from Lyle to St Paul.
Division Freight Agent Sweet of the Wabash
was in the city yesterday In answer to the
question, had the road turned over 500 tons of
Freight to tho c., FL. 81 L to even up pool per
rents, he said, the Wabash e., P. & C. were get
ting no east-bound business themselves, and could
hardly divert freight to other roads under such
conditions. However the c., III. g. /, will bring
mp its own per cents if its business continues as
good as now for few days.
The L., N. A. 81 G. management states that
should their business the remaining eight
months of the year be as heavy as thus far this
year. the earnings of the road will be largely in
excess OF those of any year in the history of the
read. Their through traffic is quite satisfactory,
bnt their local business shows the handsomest
Improvements The stone-quarries are now be-
ing worked to the best advantage. and from this
source they derive a large revenue.
New life is being infused into the Indiana g.
Illinois Southern marrow gaugel. which runs
between Edingham, ILL.,, and Switz City. Ind.
A new standard gauge bridge has just been com
pieted across the Wabash river at Palestine, and
the entire Indiana division is being rebuilt with
, view OF widening the gauge in the near future
Two new locomotives have already arrived and
, full equipment of coaches and cars are in
course of construction. When in good condition
this road will run In connection with the L.. N
= & c.. which it meets at Switz City. and form
through line from central Illinois to Louis
vile, KY.
More Fast Trains.
The Chicago & Northwestern lines are catch
ing the fastlimited- train mania. A few yeare
ago speed of twenty one miles per hour was the
hoight of their ambition, now they are talking
about forty miles per hour In fact, the Chica-
SO, Milwaukee e. ST. Paul road has completed