The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-02-04
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.


Tho t., ii. % l., IN the month OF January,
brought into Indianapolis 1,245 carloads of
block coal.
GGeneral Manager Miller Superintendent Turn
Or and J. III. Becker. chief engineer of the Penn
eyyania lines are in the city on official business
The Conrad syndicate pays $500, 900 for the
Cincinnati, Wabash s. Michigan road. 1t is ex-
pected that they will take full control on the
18th of this month.
In the month of January the Pennsylvania
Company handled II. 800 loaded cars in the lndi-
annapolis yards This statement includes D., H.
& I. and l. & v. business.
The report that the Pennsylvania railroad has
eut grain rates from Chicago Ave cents Is denied
Mt the Office of the company. where it is stated
s4hat no change of any kind has been made.
President Ingalls, has just purchased 2 900 tons
of steel rails. weighing sixty seven pounds TO the
yard When this is in the track there viii be
100 miles of the main line laid with heavy steel
In the month of December last the freightcar
mileage on the c.. l., St L. & c. reached ,4O9.-
483 miles OF this mileage, sc 30 per cent. was
made by loaded cars; ID. 20 empty cars. Tels
record is certainly very creditable one.
George Bender. late superintendent of the
Kentucky Central. says: 1.-THE placing Of the
kentucky Central in the hands OF a receiver
means foreclosure under the mortgage and reor-
Of the Ohio at Cincinnati.
Locomotive No. GIG. on the j., NJ. & I. rail
road, pulled twenty six loaded freightcars from
indianapolis to Louisville one day last week in
four hours any fifteen minutes. The distance is
Ito miles, and the run was a remarkably fast
one for freight train to make.
w. r. Stark superintendent Of the DAYTON 81
Union road, spent yesterday in the city. Mr.
Stark states that the d. & U. showed quite
handsome increase IN earnings in January over
corresponding month 1885. The sales of tickets
at the Dayton Office this year exceeded those of
1885 some $500.
General Passenger Agent Baldwin was called
upon to pay $40 into the Chicago 81 Ohio River
pool on the complaint brought by General Pas
senger Agent HILL of the Chicago &c Eastern
Illinois road. An L.. N A & G.. agent sold a
shippers ticket in this case to party on a dcti-
tious name. there being no shipper in Chicago
OF such name.
Traffic Manager Lazarus, of the l., d. & S.
road, has notified Commissioner Daniels, OF the
Central Passenger Committee that while the
financial condition of the L., d. & s. was not
such as to justify the road being member of
the association and sharing the expenses, he
would carry out the spirit of the agreement to a
letter and strictly maintain rates.
Mr.. Eckman. inspector of weights for the In
dianapolis association. is getting down to bust
ness. The agents and yardmasters show
dlsnositIon to aid him in his work. Yesterday
IN one yard he found three which were
derbied some 1000 pounds, the billing having
been made on the shippers weight, and num-
Der of other cases OF less Importance were dis
covered.
and promises to he so for weeks to come. The
J.. B. e. w. is so situated, being in the heaviest
Of the corn belt. and well fixed to work through
Indianapolis elevators. that its tonnage is now
very large. The /. 81 St l.. and Bee-line are
also doing good business. while the l.. D. & S.
is surprising EVENTS best friends over the vol
ume of business of all kinds it is bringing into
Indianapolis
There is to be such large array of eminent
legal talent in the city to morrow to be present
at the confirmation sale of the T., g. d st. L.
narrow guage road that it indicates more trouble
for the purchasers. From the time the first
dirt was thrown in the construction of the road
to the present the developments have been q
series of surprises, and it will be surprise If
the sale is confirmed and possession given to
parties who bid the ro9d
Col. j. W. Kennedy, superintendent of the
Bedford IL Bloomfield narrow-gauge railway.
was presented with beautiful cane by the EN-
ployes of the line on the evening OF the LIST of
February The Colonel is justly proud of his
testimonial. showing the high esteem in which
he is held by the men in his employ He has
proven himself courteous and competent Of
fetal. and during his service of six years has put
the road in frst-cass condition. This road Is
owned entirely by Indianapolis parties. and is
directly through the celebrated Bedford lime
stone deposits
Theodore Brown leaves for his new field this
morning. General Passenger Agent Egan, of
the G., l., ST. L. 81 c., has issued the following
circular. under date of Feb. L: Theodore f.
Brown has been appointed Southern travelling
passenger agent of this company headquarters
at Chattanooga. Tenn, to succeed Grant K.
Lowry, deceased. We solicit for Mr. Brown the
good will and assistance of all connected with
the passenger business of his territory, which
will embrace all lines in the States of Kentucky,
Tennessee, North Carolina and south thereof"
Mr.. Brown has done such good work in Indian
apos territory that many think 1t an unwise
move to make this change.
Train No. 5 over the New York Central, the
Lake Shore and the Bee-line, which is made up
wholly of American Express cars, is of the
fast trains Of this country. 1t leaves New York
nightly at $50 P. NJ. Sunday night excepted),
reaches Cleveland at 135 p NJ. next day. dis
tance 625 miles. At Cleveland tho train is di-
vided part going to Chicago the Bee line
taking the express cars, two in number,
runs them special to Union, where the fast night
express is overtaken, which leaves Cleve
land over one hour earlier. These cars are then
attached to that train. reach Indianapolis at
l0sl5 p NJ. and st. Louis at 7:30 A. NJ, making
the run from New Xork to ST. Louis in thirty
I'VE hours; or the entire distance is made at an
average speed of thirty four miles per hour.
The fastest time is made west of Cleveland,
when often speed of fifty miles per hour is
maintained for considerable distance
Encouraging Statistics.
The Eastern financial journals take cheerful
view of the December report of the Pennsylva-
mia railroad, published Monday 1t is regarded as
better than any other monthly exhibit in a long