The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-01
Miscellaneous Notes.

The meeting of the freight agents of th
Southern roads, which was to have been held at
Louisville to-day, under the recent pooling agree
| ment in New York, has been postponed until
Jan. 10.
The Chicago e Northwestern has extended its
line westward, within 300 miles of Ogden, during
| the past year and is pushing on at an average
rate of mile a day toward that point By in
creased facilities of construction IL intends to
connect with the Central Pacific before the end
of the next six months.
All the officials of the Fitchburg who are
connected with the traffic and treasury depart
ments, all of the twenty-five station agents and
forty three conductors. have given bonds to the
company ranging from $500 to 5000 EACH A
guarantee company becomes surety, and the
premium for this is paid by the railroad COM
pany.
The Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company
yesterday sued the Kentucky Central road for
| sums amounting to about $4,000. The plaintiff
claims to have built the line between Living
stone and Jellico, on the Knoxville branch and
that defendants were to have certain traffic
rights. for which they were to pay the amounts
for which the suit is brought.
The New York Central directors yesterday de-
clared dividend of l per cent The Lake
| Shore directors decided to pass the dividend
The statement for the year 1885, partly esti-
mated, shows gross earnings of $14, 088 457;
operating expenses $9,247 08l; net earnings,
81 S41 1885, all charges, So 1893 900. leaving a sur
plus of $94S, $40, nearly per cent. on the cap
ital stock.
Master Car-builder Adams, of the Boston &
Albany. is preserving the trimmings of each
steeltired wheel which is put on the lathe. They
are put in bottle labeled with the mileage
made by the wheels and other facts concerning
it, and it is intended ultimately to have an
analysis made to determine, as far possible,
the relation between chemical constitution and
wearing qualities.
Lively work is being done on the Cascade d.
vision of the Northern Pacific. and the construc-
| ton will be continued without intermisson. On
the Yakima division forty miles are being laid
with steel rails and the grading is practically
completed. A through line between Yakima
| and Ellsworth will be finished by next spring
The tunnel work will be begun this winter, a
location having been made over the Cascade
range.
Engine No. %, of the Illinois Central road,
built in 1853, has run 1.029 965 miles, or over
80 900 miles per year. No. Is has run LOOT, 1893
miles; No. 80 has run 1.015,3S8 miles. The aver
age life of passenger locomotives on the Penn
sylvana railroad is stated to be thirteen years.
and that of freight engines thirteen and half
years. the average mileage per year being, tor
passenger engines 3l.707; for freight engines
80, 231 miles.
At the Academy of Music gathering, in Phla-
delphia, which he addressed few weeks
ago, ex-President Gowen blamed the Read
ing receivers for not exacting an ad-
ried on the Reading railroad alleging that if
they had obtained higher prices they could
have saved the property from foreclosure. Be-
fore three weeks have elapsed Mr.. Gowen an
nounces that when he resumes the presidency of
the Reading Railroad Company he will tight for
a reduction in the price of manufacturing sizes
of COAL on the principle that it will benet trade
and nelp labor