The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-24
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.


this week making an inspection trip over the en-
tlfe Northern Pacific system.
The l., B. & W., the first week of June, earned
s53534, against $44 239 the corresponding week
Of 1885. Increase this year. SO. 295.
Tue Vandalia this week received from the
pikssburg locomotive works another monster
freight engine. It is numbered 49, and will be
Rus in service on the T. Fl. g. l.. division
The wisdom of Superintendent Bender, of the
l., D. &c S.. discharging the conductors of their
nzxed trains, it is stated has been made quite
apDarent by the increase in earnings the last
Ehkr4y days of these trains.
Gossip is busy trying to determine whether
tia July dividend of the North Chicago rolling
szain viii be SIS or 81. The February dividend
was So This is good evidence that the estab-
iishment is highly prosperous
President King. of the Erie, states that the
fspnrt that the Erie will pay dividend on the
preferred stock is not true. The May state
Snsnt has not been published yet but the Erie is
1nsBg as we'll as any of the trunk lines.
g. NJ Pierson, telegraph operator in the Union
rniigay Office, leaves on July l. to take position
IN the Office of Ell. III. Hoxie, first vice president
. ahe Wabash. Mr.. Pierson is spoken of as be-
ing m expert with telegraph instrument
TAe Vandalia is putting in couple. of miles
aamsonal track, leading to the Clay county
black coal mines Already there is some thirty
fwsmiles of tracks running off to the various
caas mines IN that section from the main line Of
thsT. FL. 81 I.
TAe new board of directors will take possess
t0m Of the East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia
0n3uly l next. Receiver Fink will turn over
his charge. The directors will probably elect
Gsnsral Thomas president, and Major Fink
general manager.
e Al. Ford, general passenger agent of the
Pennsylvania lines west Of Pittsburg, spent yes
<esaay In the city. Mr.. Ford is of the opinion
thza passenger business is to be good for q few
his belief that rates to be restored to tariff in
thu territory covered by the Central Traffic Asso
cinahon, and then lived up to.
The L.. N. A. & G. people are already putting
tbs stone quarries on the Bedford 81 Bloomfield
ross a recently acquired property, to good serv-
les. Their yards at the more prominent points
AD being ballasted with broken stone, and it is
$hR intention of the company to, as soon as prac-
tica3 ballast the entire main line with broken
stae. hauled from the ouarries on this division.
Ais stated that the percentages demanded by
tbs Chicago s. Atlantic and the Wabash from
&he Central Traffic Association were larger than
ths 0ther roads were willing to grant. The At
7auk5c it is understood, wants IL Is per cent,
AMI the Wabash or 8 per cent of the east
bosnd business from Chicago. Mr.. Benedict is
pEfsang quite as unmanageable as Mr.. Jewett
Was
Ia Union Railway Company has requested
ths atty authorities to enforce the laws against
msa and boys jumping onto moving trains. In
TIM last day or two there has been two narrow
escapes, where boys came near falling under
1raias when in motion, and, in either case had
EAs boy lost limb or been crushed to death
EhaR parents would doubtless have brought suits
agzsnst the Union Railway Company for dam
agE&
The Pit.sburg Dispatch says ''Hon. Chaun-
ceF Id. Depew has determined to reform the
brzkemen on the New York Central railroad so
6kka they will announce the stations with intel
si=1le articulation. Now if the brakemen will
only determine to reform the president of the
TOs3 SO that he will refrain from getting up
Cambinations earn dividends on watered
stsaks there will be hope for general era Of
1mgsovement
The Terre Haute Gazette saws President
Mnckey is pushing forward with utmost haste
Nsw new twelve-mile coal branch on the E. 81 T.
III connecting Riley with Farmersburg It will
% acne in about sixty days Already Harder e.
Haer have opened mine in Sullivan county
GrEaa which they are taking large quantities of
rna The vein is seven feet thick. They guar
saDsse twenty five cars Of coal to the new road
pef day for one year.
There is excellent authority for saying that
ths position of general superintendent Of the
N r., p 81 o., made vacant by the resignation
OF ". M. Clements, has been offered to G. G. F.
BsAs. now general superintendent of the O. 81
n road. 1t is more than probable that Mr.
3sFat will accept, as S. NJ FELTON,, vce-president
Of she Erie system, is warm personal friend of
M Bent, and we'll understands his qualifca-
tisns for sucn position.
Wabash stock and securities are leaping up
uzras. That the Wabash proper is good prop
ersy 40 one will question. The way the finances
OF kAe company have been managed the last few
yO3ss would wreck any property, no matter how
wa& 10 was managed. That the road. with a
reasonable bonded debt, would pay fixed charges,
@1rp n.1 Dhnh1 IT, 1~s1~ l.
mms be admitted by all who are informed re-
gzxing the position it occupies and the advant-
aEFs it possesses.
gne Chicago Inter Ocean says: "Some highly
interesting correspondence has recently passed
bskvsen Mr.. James Charlton. general passenger
assas of the Alton road, and Mr. E. p. Wilson,
arbitrator of the Chicago, st. Louis and Missouri
RsEer Passenger Association. Mr.. Charlton
takss exceptions to Mr. Wilson's decisions in the
casse of the Hannibal &c st. Joseph road against
fhR Rock Island and the Hannibal d. St. Joseph
rona against the Alton road"
Receiver Bradley, of the Michigan g. Ohio
rns8, says the report that Mr. O. W. Bell, gen.
ersa superintendent of the Peoria, Decatur &
KEansyille has resigned to take similar posi-
sism on the Michigan & Ohio, with headquarters
An Toledo. is at least premature. To cap this
ruzb0r comes report from Chicago to the effect
tins. Mr. FL. G. Parker, formerly traffic manager
Cd sAe Peoria. Decatur d Evansville, will become
gsnsral freight and passenger agent of the Mich
lexn 81 Ohio
Work on the Elinor and Eldorado extension of
4hB Chicago, Kansas & Western railway is pro-
ermsing rapidly tho grading having been COM
pieasd to the new town of Richards, in Chase
cDznty, Kansas. The grading between Douglas
and Winfield has been completed. and in a short
tEfns solid trains will be running from the nte-
ring OF Oklahoma, via Arkansas City and Edo
rasa TO connect with the Santa Fe. It is ex-
posted that the Santa Fe's new outlet TO Calves
ton will be opened for traffic within six months
he Cleveland Leader says "The news that
8aaeral Superintendent Clements of the N.Y.
pnBa, had resigned to accept the general man
nEEznent of the new Erie Express created con-
SldRrable surprise among his friends in that
cry. none of them had any inkling that the
frMnsfer was contemplated. 1t is evidently the
fBfsntion of the Erie road to make the new ex-
prsas company permanent success. Mr.. Glenn
erkR whom they have decided TO place in charge
OF 30 has had thorough preparation for posi-
tlzs OF Just this kind. Before he began his rail-
n IF ia