The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-06
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.

Personal and Local.
W.T. Stark general superintendent of the
Dayton &c Union, was in the city yesterday on
bficial business.
The earnings of the T., ID. & S. road for Feb
ruary were $751; $685. 49, against 500 401 80 for 1885;
Increase this year, So, 596 85.
Il has leaked out that it is the c., B. & O. peo-
pie who are purchasing the l., B. & w. stock so
literally. The c., b. 81 @. is largely owned by
Boston capitalists
j. A. Grier general manager of the West Shore
and Hoosac Tunnel lines, gives notice that NJ. B.
Btotier is appointed joint agent OF these lines at
S. Joseph, Mo-, vice r. S. McAllister resigned.
George r. Thompson. who for the last six
years has been in the employ OF the Pullman
Car Company, but who was recently appointed
general Southern passenger agent OF the Penn
eyivania railroad, passed through here yesterday
with his family for his future home in New Or
leans
The trunk-line executive committee in New
York very sensibly agreed not to take any part
In the war OF rates going on among the Trans
continental lines. It is said that the whole
Paeifc traffic amounts to about 2 per cent to the
trunk lines, and therefore is Of no importance
whatever.
There is excellent authority for stating that
the Bee-line people are paying the expenses OF
the corps of civil engineers who are making
survey for railroad from Pana. on the l. q St
L. to Roodhouse on the Chicago 81 Alton road.
What object the Decline people can have in
building the cutoff is not apparent unless it is
done to get round the st. Louis pools and cut off
the heavy expenses at East st. Louis.
IN. Mccullough, vice-president of the Penn
Sylvania lines headquarters Pittsburg, last night
struck out for home. He remarked that he had
been riding round over the various lines the
greater part of three weeks, riding by night and
attending meetings by day. and he thought
be was entitled to few days rest.
So far as the improvements at Indianapolis are
concerned he said he had raised the money, now
the younger men could carry on the work He
should worry his brain no more about it.
A Pennsylvania railroad official who is the best
of authority says that without doubt the Penn
sylvania Company will sooner or later secure by
purchase or lease the Cincinnati e Richmond di-
vision of the c., FL. & d. system, and would
probably this season build what is known as the
Red Bank extension. 1t was really necessary
that the Pennsylvania Company have a Cincin-
matt outlet of their own, for the Grand Rapids
Fl Indiana and the O., St L. & p, Chicago di.
vision. and such result in the near future would
nnquestionably be brought about.
Several losses have been brought to the atten-
tion of railroad managers of late where parties
who hold annual passes have loaned them to 9TH
or persons In some cases ANNALS good over
the trunk lines have been used by others than the
party to whom issued. No one will question
chat this is an abuse of pass favors, and very
dishonorable, and withal it is risky business,
especially to travel on trunk line with an an
nual pass of another person, as in New York it
is criminal act if discovered, and the penalty
ID imprisonment.
The Denver News Says Col G. w. Fisher
has severed his connection with the Denver g.
New Orleans railroad, and has been succeeded
rs general manager by w. B. Grover. of
Portland, Ore, who assumes the duties OF the
position to-day. Colonel Fisher has been en-
ployed under contract with the company for the
past three years. and, as terms satisfactory to
himself could. not be agreed upon for the pres
ent year, he resigned. Colonel Fishers efficiency
as railroad manager is matter of general in.
formation in Colorado. He has done for the
road what few men could have done. The
Colonel, way back in the sixties, was an engineer
on the Bee-line.
General Manager Beach and Edgar Hill, gem
Rral freight agent of the Bee-line system, 60 to
NATION to-day to attempt to adjust the differ
ences betwesn the citizens of that place
and the Beeline. There is sin
gular fact connected with the complaints made
by the citizens of Nation. There are
to-day employed at NATION more men and q
larger sum of money is payed out monthly than
- any time since the /. 81 st. l.. road was
opened for business 'yet the citizens of Mat
toon.' says official of the road, 'are complain
ing, and alledge that we are not living up to our
contract with them in this matter"
While the representatives of the Pennsy lvania
lines at this point fretting and Tuning lest
the G., ST. l.. 81 P. will not get its full share Of
business or earn its per cent in the pool, and
Imagine, seemingly, that the welfare of the
great corporation is largely dependent on them,
which is certainly commendable it is interesting
70 study the annual report Of the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company, and note that of all the inn
mense tonnage carried by the road only 10 per
cent OF it was through business, 80 per cent of
IL being local traffic; and further. that but per
cent. of the through business from west of Pitts
burg was shipped from indianapolis and connec-
fions of the c., St L. e P. at Indianapolis
Vice. president MCCULLOUGH of the Pennsyl-
wanna lines, at the Union railway meeting, pro-
posed that rhe property holders who ask such
unreasonable amounts for the property the
Union railway wish to purchase should oe seen
end asked if they were willing to have the Union
railway executive committee select man.
the property owners q second, and the two men
selected a third, to fix the price the Union Rail-
way Company should pay for the property. He
suggested such men as 7. A. Morris, and John
R. Elder. Mr.. Mccullough thought this a more
practicable and easy manner to settle the matter
khan to condemn the property. The Union Rail-
way Company were willing TO pay every dollar
amy piece of property is worth. but were not
willing to pay for property not worth over
$1,000 GOO or $l25. 900 the sum of $3.50 900, which
lis asked for the Spencer House. There was too
much available ground for depot location to
pay such exorbitant figures.
Unfortunate for the Outsiders.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company has de-
eided that if it cannot insure all it's employees it
VIII not undertake to insure any of them. This
viii be a satisfaction to those organizations
which have been beforehand in establishing
mutual beneficial associations under their own
control It will, however, be unfortunate for