The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-21
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and LocaI.


The earnings of the Wabash. st. Louis & Pa
scihc for the second week in June were: 1886,
$4,000; 1885, 5000 GOO; increase s28,OOu
! President Roberts, of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road Company, has returned to his Office in Phil
adelphia after ten days vacation in New Eng
Hand.
Passenger men state that the travel OF the last
week has been the heaviest of any seven days
1his season. Both through and local show de-
rCided improvement
The FIVE Western roads last week brought into
This station 3l20 loaded cars, against 3, 740 in
tho week ending on June IL, and against 3, 456 In
the corresponding week of 1888.
The subscriptions to the new Pennsylvania
xaiBxoad stock are coming in rapidly. On
Wednesday $500, 900 was paid in. and on Thurs
day and Friday large amounts were received.
The present issue Is 81 OOOO00
While there has for three months been lighter
znoysment of live stock over the through lines,
local business of this character has been heavier
this year than in 1888, and the receipts of the
lIndianapolis Stockyards have handsomely ex-
cesasd those of the same period in 1885,
II rs reported that before Mr.. Gowen finishes
the testimony in the Reading foreclosure pro-
cerdngs he intends to examine Jay Gould. Geo.
3D. Roberts and the officers of the Standard Oil
Company. Every one will be interested to
4Bew how tie carcass of Reading was to have
gbesn apportioned.
! Ex-Governor English, of Connecticut has
sgissn up his proposed trip abroad this summer
On sccount OF pressing duties as one OF the man
jaevrs of the Adams Express Company. The
hoDorable gentleman is one of the largest hold
ysrs Il stock in this company, and takes much
,1ntsfest in its operations.
Bat little stock is taken in the rumor that .he
Snsw handlers of the Cincinnati. Hamilton g.
Dayton are to load il down with weak non pay
ing roads. Like the Wabash of itself the c.,
u. i D. is valuable property, but 1t Will soon
be ms much of wreck as was the Wabash If 1t
undertakes to spread over all creation.
TIE Lake Shore & Michigan Southern rail-
way authorities on Saturday threw another
bomb among their passenger conductors between
sfossdo and Chicago by requesting seven of them
To hand In their designations without assigning
any cause. Four of them reside at Elkhart Ind
1t h5s some who have been in the company's en-
iPley for a long period of years.
7As fact that different persons were elected
presidents of the three roads constituting the
c. n. 81 ID. system is matter over which there
C., III. & L, is a Chesapeake Sc Ohio man; of the
C. z. & c., man whose interests are with the
rhe Pennsylvania. The president of the c., H.
g d. proper represents the capitalists who have
Sbesh paying such wild figures for the stock
There are those who express the opinion that
fahe Union Railway Company has not got up the
fplaEs for its new union depot on a scale ex
HeusSve enough, and that twenty-five years from
mos it will fall as far short of being sufficiently
seonmodous as is the present structure to handle
nhs business done, especially should the roads
enepqrage the building of suburban towns by
Euhang suburban trains. 1t is best to borrow
me srouble on that score. If the Union Depot
son she present plan can be once built 1t will be
We 6nest structure of the character in this coun-
Hry, and will have more track under cover than
mny depot in the world.
Sam Stevenson general passenger agent of the
q. Il. & D.. has rendered his resignation, to take
leffest On June 1. The Cincinnati Enquirer of
Sunday says Dave Edwards, who is known in
passenger crcles.as the ''sck slasher" of rates,
Es 70 be Mr. Stevenson's successor. If So there
has been change of programme las Rock
wr8 auditor Of the c., Fl. g. D.. who has been
aiFDeral Manager Waite's right bower, is promi
nensy mentioned for the position. 1t is said that,
sthis department. has been run for some time past
jnfisr his notions, Mr.. Waite often asking advice
,-of him. OF course this is complimentary to Mr.
Rockwell. who received his railroad education
i1lDder v T. Malott when general manager of the
a., p. e. G..
Jay Gould is working his old tactics still He,
sOr, at least, his representatives announce that
F1he international 81 Great Northern Railroad
jEoDpany will build line from Longview to
lsfeKarkana, making connection with the Iron
S(nnntain and Missouri Pacific roads. AT the
same time the East-line e. Red River road will
widen its gauge from Jefersonville to Greenvile,
Tex. 1t is stated that the construction of these
I1iEes, about l20 miles, will enable Mr.. Gould to
isso business in all parts of eastern aud southern
Texas without the Texas Pacific Gould says he
1sas been compelled to project these lines because
OF competition of the Atchison This latest move
lnn the part of Gould is looked upon blu Fl to
force the Rio Grande bondholders into his reor
sGaEization scheme.
Below is given the number of cars forwarded
,OrkT the five direct eastern lines in the week
enAitng June ~, as compared with the week pre-
lceding and with the corresponding week 1885:
nopd;ne,