The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-08-31
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.


The L, B. & W. earned the third week in Au-
gust $69.59S, an increase over earnings the Same
period, 1885. of 81, 85S
The Ohio & Mississippi earned the third week
OF August slU4 639, some ten thousand-dollar
Sncrease over corresponding period lassyear.
Gaylord Beach. general manager of the Bee
dine, past through the city last evening en- route
10 St Louis 1t is expected that he will return
to Indianapolis tomorrow.
c. w. Fairbanks, solicitor of the l., B, & W.
and several other roads. returned from Boston
yesterday, where he went to take testimony In
the Cleveland & Canton railroad litigation
The Wabash road earned the second week IN
August 1894 900, against $258, 600 the CORE
spending week. 1885 This road has earned
since jan l, 81. 7l0.988, increase over CORE
spending period last year of $780, ia
G. N Nesbit, the new agent of the Pennsylva-
mia lines at the South Illinoisstreet office,
takes hold to morrow VIM Berg. of Louisville.
son of VIM Berg, travelling passenger agent
of the Chesapeake & Ohio, has been selected as
his assistant, and will, WELL enter the service
OF the Pennsylvania Sept l.
Oscar Vanderbilt, formerly district passenger
agent of the Northern Pacific at this point, and
who left the city with his reputation somewhat
beclouded, short time since organized a band
of scouts to pursue Geronimo If reports are
true he is again out of job. Geronimo having
PENNSYLVANIA railroad official says the COM
Dany was never more troubled than now TO fur
nish cars to take care of its traffic. He added:
ave are building at this time two cars every
hear of the twenty four and expect to continue
30 70 do until New Years. In other words, they
were constructing 1000 cars as rapidly as posi-
Die.
Wolcott & Wright of this city, are delivering
60 the Pullman car works twenty car loads of
yellow pine stills for passenger coaches, which
are sixty feet in length. Within ninety days
this firm has shipped to the Pullman companys
shops, at Pullman and Detroit 100000 feet OF
yellow pine and Sd. 900 worth to Barney &
Smith, Dayton, Ohio.
The earnings of the Chicago & Eastern Illi-
nois continue to show up handsomely, notwlth-
standing their coal traffic. with all roads, has
been light of late. The third week in August
this road earned $44, $50, which is $685. more
IMAM the corresponding week last year. and the
increase in earnings since Jan. over CORE
spending period 1885 was $50, 63l
A new board of directors of the Chicago, Mil
waukee & ST. Paul company has just been or
ganized, consisting Of Thomas Lowery; ID. Y.
Shepard, contractor of the Chicago. Burlington
de Northern railroad W. r. Merriam; @. B. Har-
iris. manager of the Chicago, Burlin ton d
Northern: A. B. Stickney, president of the Min
Enesota 81 Northwestern railroad, and others.
Although j. H. Woodland formerly of this
city, who now represents the Wabash on the
Pacific slope. is a disturbing element in San
Francisco railroad circles. he finds some time TO
devote to politics. Last week he elected a
delegate from Oakland to the Republican State
convention, and is in fair way, 1T is stated TO
be sent as Congressman from the district In
which he resides
H. r. Dering assistant general passenger
agent of the Pennsylvania Company, who has
been off a pleasure trip for some three
weeks returned, yesterday. in fne trim for hard
work, Bub few of the railroad men are more
rapidly coming to the front than is Mr. Dering
He is cool, shrewd and honorable in his deal
5aEe, and q true gentleman. Those VINO pest
know him say that health permitting he has a
bright official future ahead of him.
It is expected that decree ordering the fore.
closure sale Of the portion of the indianapolis,
Peru g Chicago road lying between Peru and
JIaPorte will be made the early part OF Septem-
ber The outlook now is that the original l.. +.
50 c., will be cut in two at Peru. The Wabash
people, or the party which expects to take charge
of the Wabash system in the near future, IS said
to be Indifferent as regards securing control of
the portion of the l., P. & G. which lies between
Peru and Chicago.
It is now FIVE years since the Belt road opened
for business, and the j., M. & |. and j. IL v.
long trains continue to run over the Union
tracks. The only excuse given is that they have
not vet put in their connection s'Y" with the
Belt road. The Union Railway Company can
hardly expect leasing lines to move their through
business or run their cars sent TO elevators Oe
loaded over the Belt road while the trains of the
two first mentioned roads use the Union tracks rs
freely as they now do.
Charley Robinson who for MANY years was
superintendent of the Union tracks, and then
superintendent of the l., 2. 81 G. road, on Sun
day last was stricken with paralysis, and no
hopes are entertained of his recovery. few
weeks ago he lost his wife, and the afiiction bore
heavily upon him and DOUBTLESS had much to
do with bringing on his present illness For
some months past he has been engaged in the
lumber traffic at Monon, where his probable IA
tai illness came upon him.
Robert Garrett is on his way home from Eu-
rope, and on his arrival 1--WE shall what we
shall see in Baltimore e. Ohio affairs. 1t was
said in New York that Mr.. Garrett would come
back feeling very bitter, and holly disposed to
retaliRte the rebuffs that Baltimore % Ohio has
suffered during his absence, but personal feeling
does not have much to do with the control of
railroad policy in these days, and Mr. Garrett is
a railroad manager whose first impulse is TO
forward and protect the interests OF his road.
The question of striking back will not be one of
heated Indignation but of cold dollars and cents.
The switchmen of Indianapolis roads have
gapized q switchmen's association, and two of
the switchmen on the Union tracks have been
elected to the highest positions What the OBJ
ject of the association is has not been stated.
except that it for sef-protection The ex-
perience of the some thirty switchmen who
struck some four months ago makes it quite i'm
probable that strikes are contemplated. Some
of the switchmen who then struck are still hunt
Ing jobs. They went to Chicago and found they
were not wanted there Others are driving ice
wagons or picking up jobs here and there to keep
themselves and families from starvation, and
swo are lettering about Saloons depending upon
che boys who choose to now and then hand them
4 little spending money.
In answer to the question, s'What are the
prospects of business for railroads this fallg' a
prominent trunk line official is quoted as saying:
81 think the prospects for railroad traffic are
extremely good. The volume of business is
very large. and it is stimulated by the extremely
low rates which are generally obtainable
throughout the whole country. If the pool
rates are fairly maintained and aggressive
antagonisms appear, there is reason why
Rll the trunk lines should not make salts
factory results for the present year. Any
move on the part of any of the lines to
seriously interfere with the traffic, with