The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-07
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.

r. ~ cooper, formerly superintendent OF the
indianapolis car works. has been appointed SUI
perintendent of the Union Railway and Belt
road at Chattanooga, Tenn.
W. c. Rinearson. district passenger agent of
che p. c. 6 st. L., has resigned to accept the
position of general Northern passenger agent
of the Erie road. with headquarters at Buffalo,
he succeeding Joe Bartlett, resigned.
Persons who read the .sbull" articles on the
Wabash road which appear from time to time in
ahe New York Mail and Express would DO well
80 bear in mind that Cyrus w. Field is one OF
ahe largest stockholders of that paper
The Pennsylvania railroad officials take but
little stock in the rumor that the pennsylvania
people will be bidders at the foreclosure sale of
khe Illinois Midland on Sept. 3d. Doubtless it
will be bid in by the first mortgage bondholders
There is one favorable feature in railroading
Df late worthy of mention; that is, that the num-
Der Of employees is being gradually increased
On most indianapolis lines there are now 5 to 10
Der cent. more men employed than there were
twelve months ago.
The holiday travel of this Fourth was the
Aargest of any year, it is said, since 1880 with
most of the roads, which indicates that people
hare more money to spend when money is
CLOSE no branch of business feels it quicker than
hoEs railroad travel
The c.. H. g. L have distributed some FIVE
CARS On THIS OlRlSlOE tnlB week. Dfepdra-
tory to moving the wheat crop, which is very
heavy all along the line The company expect
TO load some fifty cars per day for Toledo when
ahe new wheat begins to move
The meeting of the Middle and Western
States Classification Association, called to meet
pnth further notice. There were no representa-
fiyes of ST. Louis roads here, and that was as
eigned as the reason for the postponement.
A good deal of interest is taken in the future
OF the Chicago, ST. Louis and Missouri River
Passenger Association, which expires to-mor-
rog- The meeting called for July is looked
forward to as an important event, that will
possibly throw oil upon the troubled waters.
The rate at which the l., B. & W. is taking
grakR via Sandusky is disturbing east-b bound
rates somewhat. The manner it is done, how
ever. does not admit of interference by the
4rnnkline executive committee. yet it promises
40 lend to a decentralization in east-bound rates.
OF late it is becoming quite fashionable for
Boards of railroad directors to appoint general
AuaIsor whose business shall be to check up
auditors and treasurers. Especially are they
Instructed to examine vouchers The person
iADpDEated to fill this position is some veteran
Statistical accountant
Parties in quite respectable numbers left on
khe several western trains at yesterday on
khe school marms'" " excursion rates for Kan
pas points. One superintendent says, however,
khaa u cost the railroad companies $50 per head
Dor every person which availed themselves of the
Aow gnte ($15.50) for the round trip.
An effort is to be made to brace up grain rates
70 Toledo and Detroit TO cents per 100 pounds.
Uhs Wabash has already taken the initiatory
step IN the matter. The g., H. e D. seems to
hold back. For some unexplained reason it is
believed that wheat would as soon go to this
market at Scent rate as at 5-cent rate.
d. &c. ingalls,, while in the city on Monday,
prdgred that general repairs be made to the
Fletcher & Sharpe Block Among other things.
ehe elevator is to be- re-equiped with four new
eaoses the engine to be rebuilt, and the speed of
She elevator increased to treble its present move
Bnsnk He proposes to All the block up with rail-
ecad Offices as fast as practicable
The passenger department. of the Richmond e.
,DanvsIle system, e. B. Thomas roads, have
4ssRea Ia book form a work entitled where to
Spend the summer and how TO reach the resorts
of Virginia, North Carolina and Georgia via the
9ie4mont lines" Mechanically it is very neatly
gotten up and In the numerous illustrations the
romantic scenery on the road is prominently set
forth.
Ths management of the l.. d. & s. are feeling
quite nicely oyer the business the road is doing.
etnd they have reason to be elated. The earn
l1ags for June were $2S IA S6, against $24 l52 81
Gor she corresponding month of 1885; increase
sluaFser ending June 80 was $15.276.2S. in
sgnoaths as follows: April, $707513; May,
$35TS, 49, June, 81, 621.97.
WAile trunk-line freight rates are not as firm
tRs they should be, there seems to be no danger
pf Rny war. Each line is fearful of provoking
the snemity of the other, and So while there are
constantly recurring leaks in the tariff, as soon as
4hRY are well discovered they puttied up
Pool commissioners credit Indianapolis roads
with adhering closer to tariff than do the roads
bat Ishicago, st. Louis or Peoria.
Eke Union Railway Company expect that this
week the city civil engineer will get his plans
and estimates for the viaduct and Ilineis-street
&uunei so far advanced that the company will
kneE what is expected of them AS soon as he
rs rBMdy Mr.. Malott will get the presidents and
general managers together to take further &C
lion rs to accepting the ordinances passed by
the city, and the commencement of the proposed
Emproyement
There are three locomotive engineers on trains
Eunuing out of Providence who have held their
positions over a quarter of century, namely:
MIR. George Payne. who has handled the throttle
Tor over thirty-six years; Mr.. Thomas Capron,
freight engineer who has stood at his post for
4hiTsy three years; and Mr. John N. Shay, a
veteran engineer of over twenty-five years stand
5ng, now on the steamboat train, whose railroad
aifa with this company extends back thirty five
years
II B. Hammond, receiver Of the l., d. 81 S.
roaa, and president of the l., ID. 81 S. company,
says that unless the city of Decatur Ill gives
DIsH rght-of way through the city which will
alley OF his building on to Springfield ILL.,,
villain the next thirty days, work will be begun
IN building around Decatur Property owners
On the newly surveyed right-of-way, which
leaves the l.. D. & s. main line some nine miles
this size OF Decatur. are urging Mr.. Hammond
70 take this route, and not only offer him the
right of-way, but. we'll. intimate that they
VIII give handsome subsidies rather than fail in
seenring the extension through their townships
President Ingalls, of the c.. l., ST L. & c., on
Monday, after passing through the immense
fields of wheat. corn and oats which lined the l.
Ia. e S. road its entire length, said This is a
sight which Wall street should see. 1t would
soem railroad stocks and securities" V. IT,
MAlott, who accompanied the party as far as De-
cainr. came back more than ever impressed with
the immensely of the crop prospects. He also
rckurns impressed with the belief that the l., d.
& s. is one of the best roads that man often
rides over. The run from Indianapolis to De-
eater was made in three hours and twelve min
utcss distance, 152 miles. Out of this time thir-
11sn minutes 10 to be deducted for stops.