The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-01
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.



Randalia, is in the city, and will remain until
neon to-day
Oan Perry. agent of the Pennsylvania at this
point. is expected homo from his Eastern pleas
mss arip to-day
The cut in freight rates by the Northwestern
ainas is regarded in railroad circles as of much
z0osD Importance than the strikes.
q w. Kittredge to-day takes the position of
,nnSineer of maintenance of way of the j., d. %
J, Rad. vice ]. E. Weiss resigned
The Little Monon route, formerly the Bedford
a bloomfield road in proportion to the invest
msAA, is the bess paying division in the L., N. A
<s g system.
President Hammond says road 152 miles in
asngsh in this section cuts figure, andEshat the
,axasasion of the l., d. g S. viii not stop at
Bpsingfeld, III.
1As Wabash earned, the third week in June,
82sE 900, an increase over the earnings of the
corresponding week of 1885 of $751; 00 Since
Jnn an increase of 1921, 495 is shown.
a freight car with sixteen wheels under it
Ajusa double the usual number) passed over the
pXEnaalia Monday. 1t was laden with the cable
for Ahe St. Louis cable railway and weighed
GhizAy-fve tons.
/ a. Perkins. late chairman of the Local
Fraght Association, yesterday turned his books
paEsxs, ETC., over to j. O. Vanwinkle, the newly
eieSled chairman, with 60 cents, which was in
tbs sxeasury Of the association.
As soon as Commissioners Doherty gets his
snsabound pool per cents. arranged he should
4ur1 his attention to the indianapolis Weighing
Association, which is in danger of going to
gieses for want of systematized methods of man
aging it.
~ &. Doherty, commissioner, and Fl. G. Diehl,
Jss8sral freight agent of the l.. B. &-W., yester
dHx returned from the railroad meeting in Ores
ss0E. Pa They say considerable advance was
Nnxss toward placing the Central association on
sgors footing.
Tie following Vandalia officials are on an in
BpeEaion tour of the Eastern SYSTEM Col j.
Hsss superintendent; n K. Elliott, superintend-
ena Of transportation; r. B. Woolsey, chief
arHa dispatcher and A. j. Gibbons, assistant
ChE8 engineer.
HA0 most important business transacted at the
zDsSsing of presidents and railway managers, in
GsGSon, Pa, on Tuesday, was an agreement be-
Twssn the trunk lines and the Central Traffic
Association to hereafter weigh and charge actual
7wslght on all shipments of live stock
gAe best evidence that il was wise move on
Ahs part of the Decline management to change
2kSH running time is shown by the handsome in
aErszes in the travel on the through trains which
has followed. Never in the history of the road
Tao new lumber rates from Chicago to points
10 Ohio, Indiana. Michigan, Pennsylvania,
VISIT Virginia and Kentucky will go into effect
today. The rates are on the basis of l04
,cezss to Cincinnati, 13 to Cleveland. 12k TO
Essa Saginaw, ia to Louisville; to Toledo, 8
Gezaa
The l., P s. c. management seem to have
actne to their senses regarding the IT, N. A. 81
C. Rsing their terminal facilities at this point
guazkly. just now the 81, 600 per month rental
wlanh the L., N. A. & G. pays helps the l., p. g.
G. wOnderfully in paying their operating ex-
pEgses.
"A railroad official who for twenty-five years
hss kept record Of accidents at railroad cross
tngs in this country, states that of thirty cases
'SExsre accidents have proved fatal, in twenty
twD the parties driving the trains run into were
x1uEer the influence of liquor at the time of the
ssus6aent
The recent open letters which have been ad-
'dgsssed to the Atchison, Topeka e. Santa Fe
management. containing inquiries and criticisms
znsge or less respectfully presented, raise the in
ssssssting question of how much information a
s1Enxd of railroad directors owa to their stock
'hohaers and the public.
As might be expected with thirty or forty rail
E0sa freight agents in the South hunting up
%hR WATERMELON shippers. rates have become de-
xI0Ralized. Melons are perishabe and would be
sf he patches Why there need be any rate
casting Gu this traffic is problem.
The arrest of three boys for jumping on and
SAB 81 moving trains has brought out a flaw in
In law on that point While it is criminal of
&Ease to get on train when moving. it is not
against the statute to jump off of moving train,
SaR on this weak place in the law three boys
Usse discharged last week by Mayor Denny.
h is not surprising that Mumford & McKen-
ssR feel somewhat sore that the Ticket Brokers'
Association will not allow them to open an office
al sAis point. Some four years ago they left this
fHnch asrn NJ
fieR taken by another scaper who has
amsDaged to lay by since taking hold here some
BzgsO0
Messrs. A. Lechat, G. r. Brabant. L. Visnet
AnB p Case, four prominent French railway
znaa4 have arrived at Quebec. They are travel
sng aver the continent as delegates from eastern
ann western railways in France for the purpose
OF mquiring into the American and Canadian
zsysesm of railway management. and to make
'shEnselves acquainted with all the latest inn
.pFessments
5ndge S. Burke has accepted the presidency
OF sac Columbus. Hooking Valley & Toledo, it is
sfased by the Cleveland Leader with the hope
Ehas Mr.. Greenes health will again be suffi-
EiNsaly restored to permit him to assume the
s1Bkles of the presidency President Burke will
retain his Office at Cleveland. the active manage.
mrns of the property devolving upon the new
EsEE@ral manager.
Conductors the Indiana roads ere again
EnnsA annoyed by tramps stealing rides. Con-
tuEaor Flnefrock, on the @, St. L. d p, has hit
mpRa good plan to rid himself of this nuisance
He has large hickory club. and the first tramp
Whb boards his train he gives the club to him
aazl puts him on the front end of the train.
promising him free ride if he will keep all 9th
sr Gamps off, There were few hard fights at
1issG, which the railroaders, not having to join
an rather enjoyed and that settled it The
SEMnps now give them wide berth.
Gsae of the most attractive places about Indi-
Auspoiis to-day Is the shops and grounds of the
Pennsylvania Company in the eastern part of
Shs eity. About the shops cleanliness cheerful
and activity impress one with the value of
dang things well, while the spacious grounds
nDshing has bean left undone to make them at
kraealve. Thers are grass plats and flower beds
which equal in grandeur those of Central Park,
Nag York. TIE numerous shops are all reached
b. conveniently laid.out cinder sidewalks. and