The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-12
AFFAIRS or THE RAILWAYS.


Paymaster Snee, of the Pennsylvania lines,
paid on the c., ST L. & P. yesterday, and will
pay on the L g. V. to-day.
A. Donaldson. assistant to John King, presi-
Ident of the Erie road, is West. He Is called
here to attend the funeral Of brother.
Heavy shipments of corn from this market to
Toledo are being made Yesterday the l.. p. &
c. (Wabash) hauled out Of here thirty three car
loads
A movement is on foot to close the Offices Of
lthe general freight and fastfreight line agents
lat P. H. on Saturdays. 1t is an Eastern IDEA
imported West
Notwithstanding the fact that the B. & w.
rs rated as the champion ratecutter. 1t never
drops to rates low enough to catch any OF the
Theatrical troupes to its credit
While the Dunkards' meeting at Rossville is in
progress the Frankfort accommodation train.
leaving here at 4:45 p NJ over the L., N. A. u
&C, will be run through to Monon.
East Dayton, located on the Cincinnati dvis-
Son of the Decline, has been changed to Harsh
man. Viewers, located on the Dayton 81 Union
railroad. has been changed to Air Hill.
The Bes-line Gazette is received. While in
tended as an advertising medium. some excellent
And interesting reading matter is scattered along
IN its pages, and mechanically it presents fine
appearance.
T. H. Scott. general manager OF the l., 2. IL
&C, was in the city yesterday. He says the fu-
ture of their property is difficult to predict as
at any time since it passed out of the Malott
management
Robert Ingersol is to fll the position of presi-
dent of the Toledo, st. Louis e. Kansas road
but temporarily. His income from his legalp
fession annually is said to exceed the earnings
lof any year of the T., c. 81 St L. road since
IOpBaed for business.
Il is stated that the Erie railroads May state
anent will be the best issued in five years. 1t
bis gratifying to see this road, which has been the
milk cow of dozen or more railroad wreckers,
getting its head above water under the present
excellent management
The indianapolis, Decatur & Springfield road
Tor the first week in June increased earnings
pvsr the corresponding week in 1885 ST. .O62
The Indianapolis 81 ST Louis's earnings in
creased $5 l01 for the same period.
AN alderman is preparing ordinance to in
troduce before that body, which Will require not
only tcket-scalpers to take out license to do
business, but ticket agents at the outside Offices
as we'll The ordinance is said to be of sweep
sng character, taking in peddlers of all classes.
Commissioners Blanchard has been in consulta-
1ion with President Benedict in New York this
week, looking to the admission of the Chicago q
Atlantic. The Wabash contract with the G. 81
~ does not expire until next February and the
vital question is whether the pool will assume
the burden.
A A. Zion, chief train dispatcher. who Is in St
Paul attending the yardmasters' convention,
He has been elected school commissioner of the
western suburb of Indianapolis, and must be
sworn in to-day lest the position should be de-
clared vacant,
One of our Western railway systems, whose
lines aggregate over z. 100 miles, increased Its
mileage to pint of oil from 10 SO miles last year
TO 3Ol miles in the year recently ended. This
gain of 2 az miles represented saving in cash OF
$4,000. This shows what careful inspection and
strict enforcement Of reasonable rules will &C
Eompiish.
The B. 81 o. KanKakce Dispatch, which
opened for business on June /, is doing grandly
This week 1t has delivered an average at Gin
eianati, forty three cars per day and west bound
the movement is over twenty cars per day.
When well in operation it promises to be a valu-
Hbls acquisition to the business of the G., l.,
St L. 81 g.
The travelling public will be gratiHed to learn
fhst the so-called parlorcar No. 25 which for
months past has been running over the j.. M. q
j. and G., St L. IL r.. between Louisville, KY,
and Chicago. will to-day go out of service. and
an elegant new parior car takes its place. No.
rs will make irst-class caboose or sleeping
car TO be run on work trains.
The annual address of President Campbell
before the yardmasters' convention is said to
have been very able one. The member
ship mas now reached ], 100. and 100 delegates
were in attendance at the meeting. The presi-
dent in referring to the labor troubles. said the
association had pulled through the terrible
deal unscathed, tho members having stuck to
this accompanies
Sock of Indianapolis roads seem to be work
ing on toward par Here is the c., J., ST. L. e.
C. ND to eighty six cents on the dollar, the Bee
line has advanced three and a half points in the
last forty-eight hours She L., N. A. 81 q. trebled
In value in the last few weeks, and the L. FL. q
L, which never fails to pay 8 per cent semi
annual dividend, is way above par, with none
offered for sale.
The Baldwin locomotive works have taken an
for the New York, Lake Erie e. Western road
r. III. Soule. superintendent of motive power of
that road, has furnished general specifications
for the engines These include, among other
things, Woott an boilers. These engines when
completed, it is expected, will be the fastest run
pers with o train Of ten or twelve cars in use in
ahis country.
Parties well informed are of the opinion that
the l., r. 81 @. road has deprecated in value so
per cent. since the day it passed into the hands
q eIuf on the management, but is attributed to
new competition it now has to meet through the
building of the L.. n. A. 81 c. Airline, the ex-
tension of the Vandalia to South Bend. and of
the Chicago & West Michigan to Lacrosse
The Pennsylvania railroads now seashore
line, extending from Manahawkin, on the Tuck
ertOn railroad, southeast TO Long Branch. thence
north to Barnegat City and south to Beach
Haven. has been completely graded, and the
track laying will be finished next week. Tenn
porary stations will be put up, and the road will
be opened for traffic July l. The line will be
twenty two miles long. and on reaching Long
Branch one branch will run north to Barnegat
City and the other south to Beach Haven. The
bridge over Barnegat Bay is q mile and quarter
long.
Commissioner Daniels. of the passenger de-
parsment OF the Central Traffic Association has
come to the position of III. NJ Bronson, pre-
scented in a letter which appeared ia the journal
of Monday last He authorizes the southern
Rnd central roads (which includes indianapolis
roadsI to base their rates on those of Chicago
roads to the West or Northwest As conse-
auonce the travelling public gain nothing by go