The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-24
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.

wanna Nomp6ny Is now OuHuiuS arc bWo AuuuACu
commodieus refrigerator cars.
The l., B. s. w. earned, in the second week OF
September $50, ISL increase earnings cor
responding week last year. 81, 206.
George Gould saws the earnings Of the Mis-
souri Pacific road were $735, 900 the second week
of September, gain of $l57, 900 over 1885.
w. p. Reynolds, formerly of the L., N. A. Is
@. road, has been appointed joint agent OF the
L., N. A. 81 G. and the Baltimore, at Aida
James F. Swain, train dispatcher on the
West Shore railroad, and Miss Mary OBrien
were married at Lafayette on Wednesday morn
Eng
R. D. Smith, agent of the Chicago & Eastern
Illinois road at Gessie has resigned to take
position on the road, aud John Hayworth has
been appointed agent at that point.
Michigan City has become so important a rail-
road center that the Daily Dispatch of that city
has commenced publishing railroad depart
ment, which is quite bright and newsy.
It is stated tha. should G. c. Waite leave the
Cincinnati Hamilton 81 Dayton road, the posi-
ton of general manager of system of roads
covering 1900 piles awaits his acceptance.
Commissioner Doherty, of the indianapolis
east bound pool. has ordered the L., N A. e. c.
to divert 300 tons of freight to the l., B. g. W.,
which, like the Beeline is behind in its pool per
cottages.
W. Pearson Hardee has been appointed gener-
al freight and passenger agent of the Savannah,
Florida g. Western Railroad Company, snd j.
M. Lee has been selected for the position of
treasurer.
The Ridenour Carcoupling Company. Of In
dianapolis, was incorporated Yesterday, with a
capital stock of 100000. The directors are John
L. Share, John Ridenour, g. V. Msnzies, John
7. McCullun and Richard Sellers.
G. c. Couch has been appointed assistant gen.
eral manager of the Lake Shore & Michigan
Southern railroad. Tracy Niles, Etrain dispatch
err of Buffalo, succeeds Mr.. Couch superin-
tendent of the Cleveland and Buffalo division Of
the road.
The Wabash, now that it is ordered to turn
over business to the Bee-line, drops out of the
market and gracefully says, we have no east
bound freight to turn over. In railroad circles
this is taken evidence that TIE business that
has been going over that road Of late was carried
at cut rates.
The Empire line. on Wednesday. took out Of
Terre Haute, in one shipment, twenty five car
loads of -four for export, and now the question
Is, did this line go below the rates made
recent large shipment from that point around
via the Chicago & Eastern Illinois road to secure
this businessY
The Journal has good authority for stating
that the PENNSYLVANIA Company WILL in the ear
" spring, put up additional shops in the eastern
part of the city, carrying out the original plan.
The shops will then have double their present
capacity, as only half of the buildings were
erected last year
Seldom day passes that there is not some of
che former employees Of the Missouri Pacific in
the city hunting for railroad positions. OF the
4. TOO men who followed Martin Irons in his
warranted strike the Gould system of rail
roads in the Southwest, but 200 have found re-
employment on the roads.
The superintendent of one of the Indianapolis
Eoa6s one day last week received requests for
128 passes. To his credit he granted but seven-
&een although he is one of the most generous
superintendent in this matter OF granting
passes There is disposition nowadays to run
the pass begging business In the ground.
George T. NJ Davis and e. T. Scott, trustees
of the first mortgage bondholders of the Indian
apolis, Peru & Chicago road, are in the city, and
Judge Swayne is to be here to-day. They ex
pect that the decree for foreclosure sale of the
portion of tbs l.. P. 8 G lying between Indian
apolis and Peru, and Peru and LaPorte, will be
issued aud the day of sale of the respective di-
visions fixed upon while they are in the city
The tenor of the remarks of the presidents of
She trunk lines Is that there is to be no trouble
in the trunk-line pool They seem convinced
TO keep together as they have done for the last
ten months Nothing is yet said of discontinu-
ing the pool on Jan. i, and if such notice be Civ
en- by any company on Oct. l. as agreement calls
fOA the matter will probably be amicably ad-
justed.
1t is said that F. B. Gowen received from Lon
don cable dispatch, few hours after he yielded
his position upon the Reading, offering him the
support of one of the strongest banking houses
sn the world Mr. Gowen could not in honor re-
treat from the surrender he had made, although
he had signed no papers His London hackers,
who have been very much boasted of, seem to
have waited till their client was past help.
Probably they will lose nothing by the delay.
General Passenger Agent Rockwell promises
Superintendent Nelson that if he will make the
Connersvle accommodation train a through
train to Hamilton he will make it paying train.
Mr. Rockwell proposes to have the train connect
at Hamilton with one of the trains into Cincin-
natl at night, and leave Hamilton for Indianap-
oils at A. NJ. reaching this city an hour later
than the Connersvie accommodation train now
does. The probabilities are that the change will
be made.
Tie forty -fve-ton engines recently received on
the Indianapolis division of the c., st. L. IL P.
to haul the heavy express trains are performing
admirably, and in these times when travel is 80
heavy, come we'll in hand. There are now nine
of these monster passenger engines in service
on this division These engines have only a Ave
foot driving wheel. yet they attain remarkable
speed. One of them, few daysago. ran several
consecutive miles at an average speed of mile
In fifty two second, hauling six cars
The Toledo. Cincinnati g. st. Louis narrow
gauge road is still bonanza for the legal frater
nifty. Colonel Ingersoll, w. w. Mcfarland. and
D half dozen other lawyers are now in Cleveland
O., in the United States Circuit Court to argue
the case of Kneeland VS.. the Toledo, Cincinnati s.
St Louis company, involving $500, 900; the road
had two mortgages. the main line mortgage and
terminal mortgage. Kneeland purchased the
road under the main line mortgage and claims
the valuable terminal property, which claim is
resisted.
The estimated cost of the collision on the j..
~. & |. tracks of the c., ST. L. & P engines a
few days ago. was 81. 600. and it actually cost it
Is officially stated but $3.50 to repair one engine
and $40 to repair the other. and as it would cost
$26 per day to run extra switching engine to
aid In pushing trains around this curve, and, as
It is the first accident of this character the mas
Ter of trains argues that it is cheaper to the
risk attendant upon the present method of rush
ing trains around this curve than to keep an ex
ira switching engine in service.
The employees Of the several railroads forming
She New York Central system met in Mr.. Cor
uelius Vandarbiits Office, at the Grand Central
station and presented him with a set of hand