The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-29
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.

30 the basis OF 70 cents per 100 pounds from
Chicago to New York
The Ave Western lines last week brought into
this station g. $40 loaded cars, against g. 525 in the
week ending March 20, and against 5,557 in the
corresponding week of 1885,
Albert Rokusek has been appointed general
freight and passenger agent of the Cleveland &
Canton Railroad Company. with headquarters at
No. 341 Ontario street. Cleveland, o.
James Beach, brother of Gaylord Beach, gen
eral manager Of the Decline system. died at
cleveland yesterday, at the residence OF the lat
ter The deceased was single man. some sixty
gears of age.
Under the new coal combination the Pennsyl-
yania Railroad Company gets 10 per cent. against
B. which was allotted to it last year, and each
ecrnpaHy is to pay so cents per ton on all ceal it
produces above It's quota.
j. j. Fletcher, general freight and passenger
agent of the Cairo, Vincennes & Chicago rail
foad, gives notice that G. A. Cripps is appointed
travelling passenger agent of this line, with head
quarters at Vincennes, Ind.
General passenger agents are bewailing the
Btrike trouble fully as much as are general
freight agents as all lines passenger earnings
Bre footing rp unfavorably, people not being in
rlined to travel, especially any long distance,
under the present state of affairs.
III. w. Brown. private secretary of Superin-
fendent Peters, of the Little Miami road, has
eylvania lines at Cincinnati. vice s. L. Baker re-
signed W. T. Wolf succeeds Mr.. Brown as
private secretary of Superintendent Peters.
There will be no more grumbling about the
Indianapolis rate-sheet, as hereafter the work OF
compiling it is to be done by Commissioner DAN
icls, of the Central Traffic Association he acting
ss he thinks best on any suggestion general pas
eenger agents of the respective roads may make
In its monthly revision.
IL is officially announced that Commissioner
Fink and the investigating committee have dis
missed the charges of rate-cutting against the
Delaware Lackawanna 81 Western road The
Erie and Pennsylvania companies have been no
titled that the charges were improved. There is
mo further meeting called.
The New York Mail and Express says that old
Eolored woman over the river who found
freight car on her breakfast table--whch car
had just come through the roof from a neighbor-
ing trestle-can perhaps scarcely understand the
complaints made in these days about the diff
Guilty OF moving freight"
s. III. Kneeland, and j. M. Quigley, who rep
resent the syndicate which purchased the Toledo,
Cincinnati q st. Louis road are in the city.
One of the objects of their visit is to secure
tain stock of the Frankfort g. Kokomo Railroad
Company, which is in the hands of the court
until certain conditions are carried out
Report has it that Charles Mendenhali, su-
perintendent of the Ohio 81 Mississippi Ex-
press Company, is to be retired. Such rumor
has been in circulation before, but never
materialized. Were the parties who set them
hhoat we'll posted as to who Mr.. Mendenhall has
for hackers they would cease crediting any such
&alk.
Friends of the Missouri Pacific say that this
eompany is suffering very little by the strike, as
It gets from the Texas pool 81 per cent. of the
Texas freight traffic anyway, whether it carries
any OF the freight not, and it also gets % per
cent. of the Nebraska 81 Kansas business. If
this be true new reason for railroad pools has
come to the front.
The strikers at East ST. Louis are discriminate
Ing They allowed the Vandalia, yesterday az
ternoon to make up two traine and send them
out, while they pulled the pins on the c., B. g.
@. trains A man, however. who would inter-
fere with the running Of trains a road of
which William r. McKeen is president must be
OF pretty small calibre
Steps will be taken this week to organize a
local ticket and passenger agents association on
D solid basis, and adopt such rules as will insure
D maintenance of rates. Il is proposed that each
ticket agent shall deposit $25. which shall be
paid to the agent who proves that any agent has
cut rate the rate-cutter, as well, to redeem the
Ticket sold, at full tariff rates.
r For several DAYS past thirty TO thirty-fve
freight engines on the Beeline system have been
etanding idle in the round-house at Brightwood,
owing to the strike troubles, which have de-
creased largely the freight movement. One Of
the officials of the road, who has been employed
on it over twenty five years. says he never be-
Fore knew so many Bee-hne engines idle at one
time.
George H. Daniels. commissioner eff the depart
Enent of passenger service of the roads In the
Central Traffic Association, has requested the
general passenger agents to take steps at once to
organize local associations of the ticket and pas
eenger agents at all important railroad centers
In the territory covered by this association with
D view thereby 20 secure a better maintenance OF
rates.
The L., N. A. & C. officials have fully decided.
ARRANGEMENTS.
TO put on a morning train out of Indianapolis
Tor Chicago, leaving Indianapolis at a. NJ,
reaching Chicago at P. M: returning. leaving
Chicago at P. NJ, reach indianapolis at IL p.
a. Superintendent Woodland thinks that. in
time, these trains will become the best paying
on the road. Trains will be run from and to La
kayette to connect with these trains
G. o. Scull for long time assistant general
passenger agent of the Pennsylvania railroad,
/. left Friday night for short stay in New York
before assuming the general passenger agency
of an Eastern road. number OF the clerks in
The passenger department of the Pennsylvania
Offices followed the gentleman out to the train.
and just as Mr.. Scull was stepping on the train,
already moving out of the Pittsburg depot, his
FORMER private secretery, James Dillon, handed
him an elegant diamond ring. saying This is
from the boys, Mr. Scull." Mr.. Scull said
nothing, but waved his hand as the train moved
but
The executive committee of the Union Rail-
way Company have secured options on all pieces
bf property which they DESIRE and the question
Sf location will doubtless be settled within the
next forty eight hours. The owners of several
pieces Of property who had held them at exor-
bitant prices. have yielded to the pressure
brought to bear upon them, and in a number of
cases options have been given to the Union Rail-
way Company at very reasonable figures In
one instance an option is given at just one half
the price demanded for the property one week
ago; in another the price has been cut down IS
Der cent, in fact, there has been a general re-
nuction all along the line, and as a result the
depot will remain near its present location.
Below is shown the east-bound car movement
pver the four leading Eastern lines in the week
ending March 81 compared with the week end
ing March 20, and as compared with the CORE
spending week 1856