The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-02-10
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.


II. w. GAYS, former general Irelgut agent Oh
bel s. st. L. road, spent yesterday in the city.
has gone East to talk over pool matters with his
directors.
There has been a special meeting of the Cen
tral Passenger committee called for the 10Th at
Cleveland. o.
e w. Sloane, division superintendent of the
American Express Company, has gone toflorida
Tor the benefit of his health.
WHAT is known as the Closser-Bee line rebate
putt is to be carried to the Supreme Court. The
lower court gave Judgment against the c., c.. {.
II 1. people for $500.
]. FL. Steiner, general agent of the Erie De-
ppateh at Memphis. Tenn. is in the city. He
expects his wife to accompany him on his return
Cor a few weeks tarry in Memphis.
Ramon has it that the Indiana Midland, for
merry the Anderson, Lebanon & St Louis road,
has run against another financial snag, and for
SSch reason construction of the extension was
stopped.
Preparations are in progress to remove the
ear accountants Office of the Erie fast-freight
Zines from this city to Chicago. Edward Lewis
has already gone TO Chicago to aid In arranging
the Offices.
Il. III. Poppelton, general solicitor of the c..
e, c. & l., is in the city looking after the litlga-
4ion pending between the Bee-line and the In
diana Midland, formerly the Anderson, Lebanon
Nj 81. Louis road.
It is understood that the Western Passenger
Agents Association, which convenes to-day at
Lsuisville. will pass out of existence, its inter
EEas to be merged into the central passenger COM
ERlttee organization.
agents is that rates are being we'll maintained
by all indianapolis roads. and a majority of them
Rre carrying all the business they can comfort
ably handle at tariff rates.
Passenger men report a handsome increase in
Aravel with the coming of milder weathe There
MRA mn un oraaa pruirfa O for rafoo <n Mnrt uvacropp
points. The tide of immigration seems t. be
turning this year to Dakota and Iowa.
Is. Y. Comstock, of New York, who has been
In the city several days, returned last evening.
lie came West to look after $40, 900 of bonds of
the Frankfort q Kokomo road, now part of the
It., C. & St L.. in whi:h he is interested.
The East Tennessee. Virginia & Georgia road
announces the appointment eff e. FL. Barnes
ms superintendent of the Georgia division, vice
D. w. Fry. resigned to accept a position on the
Mobile & Ohio railroad, the appointment taking
affect yesterday.
carloads Of grain for indianapolis proper.
Freight men have been somewhat anxious lest,
with the milder weather, country roads would
again become impossible, and thus would prob
ably affect shipments.
The thirteenth annual report of the Commis-
si0ner of Railroads for the State of Michigan has
been made public. 1t is a bulky volume, and
gives evidence of careful and well-directed work
on the part of the Commissioner. A valuable
sectional township and county map of the State
accompanies the report.
The National Yard Masters Association has
been called upon already this year to pay insur-
ance on the death of four of their members.
Phe legal heirs of the deceased member receive
$1,000. In so healthy a condition is the associa-
<son's treasury that the insurance has been paid
without assessing the members.
In the last ten DAYS there has been FIVE acct
dents on the Evansville g. Terre Haute road,
three of which, it is stated, were traceable to the
spreading of the track. President Mackey claims
10 be fully maintaining this property on AZ per
cent of the gross earnings, which a majority of
practical railroad men say cannot be done.
In placing the Ohio s. Mississippi road in the
hands of q receiver, and then taking it out of q
receivers hands, it is stated the lawyers fees of
the various interests amounted to 1886, 900. In
dications now are that the legal fees by the time
the T., G. 81 ST. L. is we'll out of the hands of the
court will reach one-half the above amount.
Before the Frankfort g. Kokomo road was
bighted through being made a part of the T., c.
d St l.. narrow gauge road it was a paying in
vestment. 1t was then standard gauge, bonded
for only So, 900 a mile. paid its fixed charges and
operating expenses, and then had surplus to pay
: 8 per cent. per annum on the stock was realized.
President Orland Smith. of the Central Traffic
Association, has called a meeting at Cincinnati
next Friday morning. for the purpose of reorgan-
1zing the east-bound freight pool At the meet
ing the formation of the indianapolis pool will
also be considered. Commissioners Doherty
will leave this evening for Cincinnati to attend
the meeting.
George Blanchard, through Commissioner
18th of all the general passenger agents inter-
ested in the passenger committee of the Central
Traffic Association. The meeting is called TO
ascertain the views of the general passenger
agents regarding the bringing about of a restora-
ton and maintenance of rates.
Gordr,nfor Toun NTipnp of fho T p g. l.,
troubled lest the item in Saturdays Journal will
be misconstrued. He dropped the remark that
his train, In the year 1885, never failed to reach
fsrmini on schedule time, more to the credit of
the roadbed and equipment than himself.
Further, he says. the engineer is the last man
whom he would fail to credit with his full i'm
portance in making good time.
Steel axles, for locomotives, cannot be written
or argued out of use, in view of the experiments
nade by the Pennsylvania Company. In a club
discussion in Boston, Mass, the other day, Mr..
Lander observed that while the majority of those
present considered steel an unsuitable material
FOR axles, the Pennsylvania Railroad, with its
corps of experts. skilled in making tests of every
kind and description, after years of care, research
and observation. and with a multitude of facts
and figures at their disposal. had recently placed
acontract for a large lot of steel axles.
Judge~Ayres, of the Circuit Court, has fixed
upon Feb. rs as the day on which he will have
a hearing upon the question regarding rental.
pending between the Union Railway Company
and the c., III. & d. The suit has more than or
binary interest, as the Union Railway Company
have made it a hobby on which to dilly-dalfy in
the building of the Union Depot. The c.. H. e.
u. people seem fully as anxious as the Union
Railway Company to settle the matter. Both
claim 1t is a friendly suit. If so, both sides have
said things which were better left unsaid.
The growth of confidence in the future of rail-
road interests, remarks an observing railroad Of
Acial, is fairly indicated by the eagerness with
which the report of an alliance by which the
Pennsylvania was to dictate the future policy of
Beading, was accepted. Under some other cir
substances few believers would have been found
Tor a story that the Pennsylvania railroad inter-
ests had acquired a controlling interest in the
general mortgage bonds of the Reading, and
would dictate the terms of foreclosure; but the
mRpHifnda of the schama did not maka anuona