The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-07
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal And Local.

3ersOnA anu Local
Decline stock, now quoted'at so cents on the
dollar. one year ago today was down to 27i.
c. e. Henderson, general manager of the l.,
b. & W.. sailed from Liverpool; England, on
Saturday, for home.
The five Western lines brought into this sta
tion 1912 loaded cars last week, against 3'6Ol In
the week ending May %. 1856. and against 3.O32
the corresponding week in 1885,
William p. Fishback, master in chancery, re-
turned from New York, yesterday, where he
was called in the l., D. G. s. case where the
validity of eghty-six bonds is raised. The case
has been postponed until June 70
J. A.. Perkins. who after July is to repre-
sent the Union and Green fast-freight lines at
Milwaukee, has represented the Pennsylvania
Company in this section seventeen years. not
seventeen months, as by mistake stated in the
Sunday Journal
Commissioners Doherty. OF the Indianapolis
East bound pool, returned from Chicago yester-
dag morning. He states that the chances that
the Chicago e. Atlantic will soon work in per-
feet harmony with the Central Traffic Associa-
ziDn are increasing
II is quite probable that the Pennsylvania
pecpie will make arrangements TO shorten their
ru1ning time between Indianapolis and Wash
ington, D. c.. and possibly put on a through
coach to Washington in place OF the sleeping
csash now run locally between Indianapolis and
Ptttsburg.
G. w. Smith, general manager of the Atchi-
scn. Topeka & Santa Fe road. says he has had
NO animation of meeting to be held In New
Yegk or elsewhere this week to settle the ques-
Eisn at Issue between the transcontinental lines.
Mr. Smith left yesterday for his headquarters.
Topeka Kan
George Burk. the Panhandle fireman who was
hurt in the wreck at Windfall. last week, is re-
ported In critical condition. His body and
bosh arms were terribly scalded, and it is feared
hs cannot recover. Hanging is not severe
easagh punishment for the scoundrels who
caased the wreck.
Fear. run by Conductor Withrow, was wrecked
AT Aroma. While pulling out of the gravel pit
6bs train jumped the track, rolled down an en-
baskment, carrying a dozen workmen with It.
OBs of them. Theodore Rushaw, of Clinton.
IN was killed instantly. Conductor Wlthrow
YVES also hurt slightly. The other men hurt
wess Murphy. Cry and Gray, of kankakee.
The Pennsylvania people, after carefully
mtDaying the situation, question the advlsaollity
0f shortening the running time of their trains
Between St Louis and New York. AS now run
ehry make as good time as do their competitors,
Apa instead OF shortening their time they Will
&ae&le the differential rate question. Ii their
sso1petitors propose to make the same time the
Pennsylvania people do, the latter will insist
UpDn allowing no diferential rates, and make
ned hot fight on the question.
As might be expected the rumor that the Illi-
noss Central was to gather in the G., l.. St L. 81
C. road proves to be false. On June / a
ssew traffic agreement, covering ninety
nine years, was entered into between
these two companies, under which the
Xlig Four gets even more favorable terms than
under the old arrangement. Under the new
agreement the Illinois Central agrees to haul all
passenger and freight trains between Kankakee
and Chicago at the same speed which they are
hand ad nv ha q Il, az
Below is given the east bound movement over
tho Ave leading lines for the week ending June
T. rs compared with the preceding week and
with the corresponding week 1885: