The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-11-02
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Person al and Local.

&. w. Fairbanks has gone East on matters
connected with the Cleveland & Canton road.
V. T. Malott is in New York looking after
matters connected with the coming sale of the
Indianapolis. Peru s. Chicago road.
To-day the Woodruff sleeping-coaches between
Chicago and Louisville, over the O., 1T 81. % L.
and j., NJ. & J., come off, and elegant Pullman
ears take their place.
John r. Elder, president of the Shell Beach
road. returned Yesterday from New Orleans. He
reports everything regarding the extension Oh
Shis road as moving along smoothly.
As predicted that it would by the friends OF
the G.. c.. G.. e. l. road bee liue). the stock on
Nov. was the upper side of ~, reaching yester-
day 7I5--the highest value in the last three
years
In the month of October %. AGO. 62 pounds of
freight were handled at the city freight depots
of the Pennsylvania Company. or 1851 car
loads of freight, some 300 more carloads than
in October, 1885
George W. Boyd, assistant general passenger
agent of the Pennsylvania lines east of Pitts
burg and number of his friends passed
through the city yesterday, en- route for Illinois
for two-weeks hunt.
The directors of the Pennsy lyania Railroad
Company held special meeting yesterday and
declared a semi-annual dividend of q per cent.
upon the capital stock of the company out or the
profits, and payable in cash.
In the month of September seven locomotive
engineers were killed on the roads In the United
States, and five fremen. Usually larger num-
Der of fremen than engineers are killed, but
this month was an exception.
The fact that the officers and friends of the L..
n. A. e. c. who came West. few days ago, to
Suspect the property, their return to New
York are large buyers of the stock, shows that
Shey have great faith in the future of the road.
The hotel cars, six in number, which have
been for the last twelve years running between
St. Louis and New York, over the Vandalia and
Pennsylvania lines, have been taken off and ele-
CANT buffet cars substituted, the first coming
East last night
Mr.. Albert Trego has been appointed special
agent of the B. & o. Express Company at Phila-
delphia. Pa Mr.. Trego has made enviable
Secord in the passenger department of the B. &
o., and WILL without doubt, make name for
himself in his field
Official notice of the changes on the L., N A.
81 c.. as published in the journal last week,
have been sent out Without doubt Mr. McDoel
will make very able traffic manager, and Mr.
Mccormick will that the passenger depart
ment does its part toward swelling the earnings
of the road.
The Boston Journal SAYS: "The reason that
stocks of New England roads generally sell
higher than Western roads paying the same
amount of dividend, is not alone that they are
home roads, and more under the eye of their
stockholders but that the dividend is paid, free
of tax on the shares"
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company is build
ing three new trains entire, to run as limited
trains between New York and Chicago in place
of tho present equipments, which are now among
The best run In this country. 1t is proposed to
make the new trains the handsomest and most
perfect coaches in every particular in the world.
Under tho revision of the bylaws of the Broth
@rhood of Locomotive Engineers the So, 900 life
end accident policies divided into two policies
Of 81 500 each, the assessments TO be so cents for
Azch doa4h Of fharc llama
limits the age in taking risks to forty-ive years
and only to members. The change will 90 into
@ffec, May l. 1887
The Philadelphia Record says: ''It is not be-
Eeved that the Reading organization scheme
will be published before the Corbin- Scully crowd
has loaded up with what securities it wants !"
This gives color to the assertion that in due
time links will be built which will connect the
r. & r. with the l., B. & W., and make the lat
Ser more valuable property.
The general passenger agents interested in
Che roads which carry the Florida travel are to
hold meeting at Chicago, on Thursday. to con-
Fer regards reduction in passenger rates.
AS the matter now stand, the rates so low
to the Pacific coast that both health and pleas
ure seekers are going in that direction. This
meeting is called to see what can be done to
check the stampede.
The New York Star congratulates General
Hahn and the people of New York that he has
had the courage to resist the very tempting offer
MADE TO MIN Oy the HhllaQeIphla q Reading
Railroad Company. Under General Hams able
and efficient management the elevated railroad
system of New York has been made what il
pever was until he took charge, paying, SAFE
eheap, convenient and comfortable conduit be-
1ween home and work for rich and poor alike
The roads which have sweled their per cents
70 the east-bound pool by shading rates will have
Pm opportunity to pay over money to the rate
maintaining lines. The Bee-line on the last two
months business will receive some Sc, 900 to even
mp per cents. The last few days, since rates have
been better maintained the Bee.line has been
earning its percentage in the pool The L. B.
& W., as we'll, is holding its own in its pool per-
eentage.
The handsome increase in travel the last ten
DAYS Of October did much toward overcoming
the deficit in earnings OF this department in the
Carly part of the MONTH and after all, the earn
Sngs of the passenger departments of Indianapo-
lis roads last month will compare favorably with
those of October 1885. In fact, some roads have
done better this year. At the Bee line uptown
Office the receipts from sales of tickets we're con-
siderably in excess of those in October 1885
Considerable interest is taken in the future of
the Toledo, Peoria q Western road, known in
railroad circles as the tired, poor and worn out
road" 1t Is believed that the present owners
will enteg into some arrangement to work with
the Pennsylvania interest or with the c. L. St
b. 81 G. To either it would be a valuable FEEDER
but in connection with the c., T., St. L. & c.
the T., ?. & W. would likely reap the most bone
fit. as the C., J., St L. & c. would likely turn
more business over to the T., p. 81 W., in return
for traffic turned over to the Big Four than the
Pennsylvania would be inclined to-
Papers in the anthracite coal regions report
that anthracite coal shippers are still struggling
With lha problem of how to get cars enough to
move their output. Consumers are becoming
Elnmorous for long-delayed shipments. but the
railroad companies seem powerless to provide
Che equipment needed Platform cars while
frequently made to do duty as coal carriers are
now needed for their legitimate purposes. so
great is the amount Of all kinds of freight offer
ING. Comparatively few orders are now being
Received by the companies except from places
which can readily be reached at all seasons of
the year
The American Express Company yesterday
pnt on 4. line of refrigerator cars between New
York and st. Louis via Indianapolis to be run
daily. These ears will be hauled on the train
adj m rphnlIv of which