The Indianapolis journal., 1886-06-22
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.


per cent
Indiana has now four dividend paying roads,
namely: the 7. 81. s. l.. the e. g. I. Il. the C.'
Il a D., and the c., l., St l.. & O.
Ths Board of Trade, of Columbus, O.. will on
khe 9th of next month. visit st. Paul, Mimi, 60
tng over the new l., B. & W. route.
Superintendent Clements, Of the New York,
2sansylvania & Ohio railroad, has resigned, to
become general manager of the new Erie Ex-
Dress Company.
". G. Cowgirl has been appointed general
freight and passenger agent of the Joliet, Aurora
q Northern company, with headquarters at Chi.
rage the appointment to take effect at once.
a s. Nickerson, formerly agent of the White
Line at Terre Haute will to-day be appointed
agsst of the Kankakee and B. & o. D ispatch at
that point Mr.. Nickerson has an excellent
record a freight man.
Tbe impre ssion is gaining foothold that to
make a success of the Indianapolis Weighing
Association it must be run on more businessike
principles, weighing all cars which arrive and
depart at this station.
aBaications are that the car works and loco
knDfsEe manufactures are to have plenty of work
khis fall and winter. This prediction is based on
tho Erge inquiries for new equipments and the
prospects for higher prices next year.
ms local freight committee meet this morning
20 seeept the the resignation Of j. A. Perkins
guseessor. It seems settled that j. @. Van
Wimkle, of the Bee line. will be elected chair
man
Carries Hewes, of the New York Central, who
went but few weeks ago, with five other men,
60 take places as conductors on the Panama rail
roa1. returned last week, the sole survivor of the
Bx, she others having died of the deadly fever of
ths eountry
There are intimations that the transconti-
nsaial lines may reach an understanding within
. fsg days. They will never fully restore rates,
hozsyer. Once down, always down, is the rule
IN these matters, although the new tariff may be
higher than the lowest cut.
There is an increasing demand for through
ears between indianapolis and South Bend. The
g0onsr the Big Four and Vandalia put on such
cars the better it will be appreciated. That it
VIII increase travel by this route no one who has
glsrn the matter thought will question.
Ramor has it that President Gowen of the
P1nladelphia q Reading road, has received an
1mgertant addition to his forces. The new conner
Is sAd to be Philip D. Armour, the Chicago pork
packer and meat dealer, who has lately entered
the sailroad world as a director of the Chicago,
Milwaukee & st. Paul
1Ae Pennsylvania Railroad Company has made
cOmplete arrangements for the annual encamp-
nGra of the Grand Army of the Republic, at
fisatgsburg, from July 2 to July Z. 1t is expect
sd shas one hundred thousand persons will attend
the sncampment. The reunion of the Third
Army Corps will be held on the first day, July 2.
Hsy Thomas K. Beecher, of Elmira, N. Y.
addressed the Order of Railroad Conductors and
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers at joint
pieHE which they held at Portage. N. Y, last
Wednesday. His brother, Henry Ward Beech
eT, had accepted an invitation to make the ad-
drrss. but. sailing for Europe, was obliged to re-
cal his acceptance
In conformity to the acts Of the Legislature of
Massachusetts,, the various roads in that State
lasS geek commenced paying employees weekly.
The Boston & Albany naugurated this method
OF paying employees in May last While it may be
'prAsGcal to pay on New England roads once
week. on the extensive Western systems it could
NOT we'll be carried out
The old Toledo, Cincinnati g. ST. Louis COM
pany. now Toledo, st. Louis & Kansas City, is
going ahead with the reconstruction Of the road
.as Standard gauge, and is now discussing the
question of laying sixty or seventy pound rails
bwitb the contractors s. H. Kneeland and asso-
sinfss. who take the bonds at the rate of 500 900
per mile, setting aside 5000 per mile for equip
SznenA
the citizens of Loganscurt are experiencing
sfhe same trouble that indianapolis has had in re-
|latscn to building new depot The Pennsvlva-
mia people desire to build new depot there but
q .TE individuals are doing all they can to defeat
f1t The citizens have at last aroused and have
apFcsnted committee to take such steps as to
ansnfe the improvement being pushed to COM
! plFE5on
Frank Newby, who has, for some months past,
bees running the Bee-line ticket Office on South
Illinois street. has retired, turning the business
ovrr 80 Mr.. Jordan, his partner who made the
prD2er official bond yesterday. It is stated that
Mr. Newby has been too liberal in the way of sell
lng nckets, to meet the views of competitors, who
haya entered complaint to the pool commission
er, md he retires it being the easiest way to
settle the matter.
Tae manner in which the question of reform
ing ahe powers of the railways over commerce is
forslng itself on public attention receives an IL
illustration by the first of series of social studies"
wkIsch occurs in the current issue Of Harper's
sMagAzine The writer is Prof. r. T. Ely of
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore and he
takes up rs first in Importance and magnitude
-'T'he Railway Problem" His first articleis well
written, and is not seemingly biased in favor of
IOr against the railroads.
The master mechanics at their annual conyen-
lion elected as officers for the ensuing year
President. William Woodcock, of the Central
railroad of New Jersey; vice presidents, Jacob
Johann. of the Chicago & Atlantic railroad and
R. FL Briggs, of the Chesapeake & Southwest
ern rairoad treasurer, Geo. Richards of the
Boston & Providence; secretary, j. H. Setchel
of bhe Boston locomotive works. The conven-
/ zion adjourned to the third Tuesday in June
1SeI- either in st. Paul or Minneapolis, as the
cxeeutlve committee may determine.
C E. Henderson who, while in Europe, looked
somewhat into railroad matters, says trains are
certainly run faster in European countries than
10 America and adds that there is no reason
that they should not be as the road-beds are ex-
celient, streets are all crossed above or below
grade, no person is allowed to walk on their
fraeks, no stock is roaming about, and the fast
sfralns never slow up when running through
towns. and the government protects the railroad
ecoDpanies and encourages them in running fast
trains. Fifty miles per hour is the usual speed
of she trains run between the larger cities.
p ID. Armour is showing up quite han ndsomely
I'm the railroad world. and all sorts of rumors
Fare being set ahoat The Pennsylvania has been
the principal carrier of Armours dressed beef
from the West 1t is said that as soon as the
present contract expires Mr. Armour will send
his shipments over the Lake Shore. New York
Central, and then the Pine Creek & Jer-
assy Shore over the Reading to Philadelphia He
viii also, it is said, take share in the South
Pennsylvania road, and carry it through to its
lcenneetion with the McKeesport & Youghiogheny
road. a branch of the Lake Shore. Another
IA that the Indi e. Va