The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-27
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.


Personai ana Local.
The non-pool roads out Of Chicago, last week,
carried larger eastbound tonnage than did the
roads in the pool
Thirty days from nowhere viii be practically
a uniform track gauge and train time on all rail
roads of this country.
Paymaster Sheldon, of the Decline system,
reached here last evening on his monthly round.
de is now paying for March services
Traffic over the Decline is again assuming
nearly olden time proportions seven a. or eiRn'
Aeavy freight trains are now sent east daily
Commissioner George L. Carmen says that he
did not decline the position OF commissioner OF
9he new Des Moines lumber pool, but only re-
fused to serve as arbitrator:
The c.. T.. St L. g. c. is this week receiving
ten miles of steel rails, weighing sinsy-ses sa
pounds to the yard most OF wnicn VIII Do us
kributed east of Greensburg
Financial clouds still hang over the Indianapo-
lis Eel River & Western railroad enterprise,
and present indications are that no dirt will be
3hrown by construction men this year.
The wabash has equipped several chair
with wrought-iron wheels. This class Of wheels
is in use most English roads and also on the
Grand Trunk. Many experts hold that it is the
Best wheel in use.
Columbus Brockenbrough, of Lafayette, has
been appointed city passenger agent of the
louisville, New Albany 81 Chicago railway az
Cincinnati. Mr.. Brockenbrough has been ticket
agent at Lafayette for number of years.
If reports are true, it would be well for Com
missioner Doherty, of the east-bound pool, to
give little attention to Elevator "a" There is
said to be underbilling going on there. Posi-
bly, the proprietors not aware of it, il such is
Lhe ease.
Certain grain shippers at this point have
learned that they could not bride one of the
yardmasters into letting cars go out underbilled.
This scheme was played recently on the New
York Central, and the head of one of the oldest
yardmasters on that road tumblad into the bas-
kst
General Manager Finney, of the Wisconsin
Central road, says that the first through
train between Chicago and st. Paul will be run
over the road June 15. It is the company's in
, Eention to start in with fast train service and
the time schedule will provide for thirteen-hour
Eun.
w. D. Ewings title is to be general manager
OF the roads in control of the Mackey syndicate.
Until yesterday it was supposed his title would
not be higher sounding than that of general super
hntendent He is perfectly competent to fill
either position, and is still developing rail
road man.
The Decline people will, May 16. change
their running time, and will land passengers who
leave Indianapolis at A M. three hours earlier
than they do in New York and four hours
eaFiier in Boston. The Bee-line people will
this year work New England business for all
there is in it.
railroad exchange, with headquarters at the
terested and work through, would be great
convenience, and will really be necessity. when
Fhe telephone service ceases to be. The expense
60 each road of such an arrangement would be
1Tifing, and the benefits great
Secretary Sanger reports 356 members as
having been enrolled in the Yardmasters' Mutual
Benefit Association of the United States this
year. The business year closes April 30. Mr..
Sanger hopes to swell the number to 375 before
The year closes. AS secretary he has his heart
nd ha doua "a laSt
Roadmaster Wright of the Airline division of
Ehe L., N A. q c., begins to boast of their track,
nnd says he soon will be in shape to compare 1t
with the best of roads This week sixteen miles of
steel rail and SO 900 cross ties will be distributed
on the Airline division. Mr.. Wright states that
not q wheel has been off in the last eight months
on this division.
An official of The Indianapolis Rolling mill
Company stated yesterday that arrangements
were about perfected to put both mills into oper
alton. 1t will take some little time to make
changes proposed in the machinery to manufact-
ure the description of iron work they expect to,
but when the mills start up they will give en-
ployment to three hundred or more men. It is
stated that the management now see their way
clear 20 make a little money by putting the mills
IN operation. which they could not have done at
any time before since the new mill was COM
pleted
A fast-freieht line agent. whose line is, of
course, a competitor of the Lackawanna line,
plains to have satisfactory evidence that the
latter is cutting rates on the property going out
Of here over the c., e. g. l. He believes that
the roads over which it reaches the Lackawanna
road are securing their full proportion Of tariff
rates, and that the Lackawanna road proper is,
In some manner. favoring the consienees at the
Eastern terminal. There is little freight going
Forward that 1t hardly pays to investigate the
matter. 1t is quite certain that the Indianapo
lis agent Is not aware Of any rate-cutting.
Just now Chicago roads doing east-bound bust
ness seem to be getting neither tonnage nor rev.
enue. Joint Agent T. G. Moore's table for the
week ending April "a, was as follows: