The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-08
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.


Burlington G. Northern road and H. T. keenan,
live stock agent
Unless grossly misrepresented, the Wabash is
not maintaining either passenger or freight rates
at any point they touch in as honorable man
ner as during the first six months of the year.
r. d. Hughes superintendent of the Ohio d.
vision of the American Express Company.
In the city yesterday, in conference with Il. w.
Sloane, superintendent of the Indiana division.
Indianapolis agents have been notified that the
ST Louis 81 San Francisco road, Frisco line,
being completed to Geuca Springs South daven
and Caldwell, Kan. it now ready to receive bust
ness for those points
H. E. Ingalls, president of the c., l.. St L. q
c., who is still East on his summer vacation, left
Watch Hill for the White mountains yesterday,
where he will remain until the early part of next
week, when he will start homeward.
The l.. B. & W. is ID per cent. ahead of its al
Iotment in the east bound pool, and the O. ST L.
& p per cent. ahead. The Beelne and the
c., IL g. I. are behind in their per cents, while
the Wabash Is just earning its per cent
PENNSYLVANIA railroad official Is quoted as
saying "Tne Baltimore & OHIO is beginning
general competition with at all points If a
fight must come we are in an unusually good
position, because our Western lines are doing
well this year"
An engineer, F. G. Colburn, of Springfield,
Mass, who had been on the Boston d Albany
road for over thirty years. was overcome by
excitement while trying to drive away boys who
were foraging among fruit trees on his premises
that he dropped dead.
John r Elder, president of the Shell Beach
road yesterday received notice that the steel
rails with which to extend the road thirty eight
and half miles had been purchased in Europe,
and would be Immediately shipped to New Or
leans. The price paid is not stated.
It is stated that the officers of the Missouri
Pacific employing detectives to catch all
strikers who were implicated in the destruction
of property during the last strike. A good many
of the active in the strike have already left,
and others are being frightened out
The new railroad track laid during the past
two months exceeds that of the previous six.
The total last year was 3, l3l miles, and there
has been laid already this year 3, AIS miles. The
work of the last four months bids fair to exceed
in amount that of any similar period of any
year
1t is stated that Charles Finney, who few
weeks ago left the city to go to Kansas CITY to
represent the White line, will be transferred
TO Indianapolis to represent the line here, as Mr.
Peck, who succeeded Edward Cost, is to go back
into the passenger department as local ticket
agent
H. r. Duval, receiver and general manager of
the Florida Railway ana Navigation Company,
asks for bids for Building the extension of this
companys southern division, from the Little
Wthlacoochee to Plant City Fla, on the South
Florida road. and the contracts will probably be
awarded early in the present month.
It is said that Mr. Vanderbilt-that is, the old
Commodore, grandfather of the present races
the only one who successfully manipulated cor
ners and he did so because he desired to own
the properties, and had the money to paw for the
whole business If he had attempted to sell out
after he had made the 'bears" cover, there
would have been almost no market for the Sc
curites
Amended articles of incorporation of the Bur-
Gngton, Lafayette e. Western railway, increas
Ia tai FOR mi and
naming the following officers and directors. were
filed with the Secretary of State yesterday
President, g. B. Henderson; secretary, Carl Q.
Winter; directors, Geo. w. Terrence, Carl G.
Winter, Thos. j. Crapp, Ezra Triangle and Da-
Vid Hite
It is stated that there are forty-fve different
kinds of drawbars in on the cars of this
country, varying from sixteen inches to four
feet in length The stock of drawbars which
each of the principal roads has to keep on hand
for repairs to foreign cars is, in some cases,
startiingly large Is not the adoption of stand
ard length of drawbar question important
enough for the convention Of the Master Car
builders Association
take action to bring about lower rates, while the
Russian government has interviewed to prevent
certain railroads from making rates too low.
The statement of the case we find is that some
of the greater companies sometimes "slaugh-
tered the rates. in order to compete with shorter
routes to the seaboard and divert traffic from
them, though this policy has brought them to
che border of destruction.
The freight agents have competed their
work aud Terre Haute now has tariff sheet
Heretofore agents have had hap-hazzard way
of naming rates. Now they are based on mile
age as at Indianapolis St Louis or Chicago,
which gives that commercial center moro i'm
portance as shipping point This, well
means better maintenance of east-bound rates
at Terre Haute, which has borne the reputation
of being bad ratecutting railroad center.
The Whitewater Valley road seems to be
under cloud. One of the bridges is gone and
only portion OF the road is Operated and the
property seems to be steadily decreasing in
value. The belief prevails that at no distant
day the road north of Connersville will be aban-
doned. The Fort Wayne Louisville e. Cincn-
natl is turning the bulk of its business on to the
Rushville branch of the c. l., St. l.. & CT
especially is travel taking that route to Cincin-
natl and Louisville
Work on the c., ST. L. & P. branch line is be-
ing pushed This branch leaves the main line at
Lansing, ILL.,, twenuy-seven miles from Chicago
and runs northwest to South Chicago where it
connects with the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & chi
cago road. This line is intended to give this
road short connection with the Fort Wayne
road and direct line to the Union Depot in
Chicago. 1t will also reach some large manu-
featuring establishments, including the United
States Rolling Stock Company's shops at Hege-
wisch
Engine GIL, on the j., NJ. & l. read made
4nother dig run yesterday. The afternoon ex-
press should leave the Union Depot at $3.50 p M
but did not get off until 4:40 p. NJ Engine Gil
hauled this train of five cars into the depot at
Louisville, at 7:15 p. NJ, making the run of ITO
miles ia two hours and thrty-iv minutes. Five
stops We're made at stations and railroad cross
ings. The records will show that faster runs
have been made on the j., NJ. & /. road than
have been made other roads in this country,
and the one here mentioned would be difficult to
much excel
fha in inn.
norman, who was elected president of tho Gin
cinnati. Hamilton & Indianapolis Railroad Com
pany, remarked that ne could see no good reason
Why the G. Fl. & l., or this division of the c.. Fl.
81 ID. system, should not show surplus of $780,
600 rather than a deficit of that amount. 1t
How looks as though his remark night be verified