The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-21
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.


The indianapolis Il Vincennes road. to the
turprise of the management, passed through the
Aigh water OF last week safely. At one point
Dnly did the track get under water
President Platt OF the United States Express
Company, says 1t will be $3.50 900 year in the
treasury of this express company, transferring
their business from the Erie to the Lackawanna
read
John Muir. who recently resigned as general
manager of the Oregon Railway and Navigation
Company, has gone to New York to consult WITH
Mr. C. p Huntington regarding the acceptance
of the position of general traffic manager OF the
chesapeake 81 Ohio
The Illinois division of the National Assocla-
Kion of Railroad Agents held its annual meeting
mt the Sherman House, Chicago, Wednesday
nfknrnoon. and elected officers and selected ten
delegates TO the national convention to be held
ut Indianapolis, June u
Commissioner Doherty OF the east-bound
pool. had the local agents on the green carpet
He has caught on to some Irregularities not only
"a Weighing freights, but n billing out, which
Bhpw that some OF the agents are still disposed
90 Grade the pool if possible.
Commissioner Doherty has discovered more
crcokedness in the way of underbilling, and Is
Notwithstanding the matters. The same grain
dealers are said to be implicated who attempted
Afew weeks ago to get four Empire line cars out
nDderbilled 1000 pounds each.
A j. Thomas, receiver, has just returned
Erpn an inspection of the Champaign 81 Havana
lima He found that the physical condition of
she property had been greatly improved in the
last few months, and he speaks in the most COM
plimentary terms of the present management.
so far as reported passenger earnings over
Western roads for May thus far have fallen 20
10 10 per cent below the earnings OF the hrst
half of May, 1885. and, what is more. there Is
NO indication of az early Improvement West
b0nnd travel shows the most marked falling of
The Palmerton wrecking frog owing to the
psGy squabbles between the owners OF the
paasnt, is making little progress toward BRING
ing it into general use The invention Is valu-
abe one, and its use would become universal on
railroads if parties Of energy had hold OF the
Esyice.
The pay-cars are on their monthly rounds
paying for April service. and the employees on
khp roads which were affected by the strikes find
Ahssr monthly wages sharply reduced. Hun
Klfe1s of men will suffer in their pocket books
Ezho opposed the strikes and were true TO the
rosds employing them
". d. Wilson, agent of the Lackawanna fast
krsight lines, states that if any shipper Of lum-
bar in his territory holds a letter purporting to
ARse been written by him, in which he offers
Gus-rate of even one-half cent per 100 pounds,
1hs letter is a forgery, he never having written
n asster of such character.
The l., B. q w. will be in clover next month,
ns she Dunkards hold their annual meeting at
Eikisburg, o., point on their road 1t is ex-
pessed 80, 900 Dunkards will be in attendance.
Ecnnection of the l., b. q W., which reach out
anso Kansas Iowa. Missouri and Nebraska. are
waking arrangements to run through coaches to
Ehs ground.
The managers of the indianapolis Weighing
Association resorting to all kinds OF ex
pesasnts TO force agents into billing cars out
aeSnAl weight. The latest scheme Is to weigh
ears of one road on the scales OF another, and IN
the last day or two some gross mistakes have
been shown up The agents in each case claim
&c was not intended.
The chaircar which has been running over the
Bss-line system between st. Louis and Dayton
has been taken off, and sleeping substi-
based, which runs from St Louis to Buffalo, N. Y.
Passengers taking the $3.50 P. M. train east out of
Indianapolis reach Buffalo at 7:3O next morning,
ind there take fast express over the New York
Central by daylight
There are some encouraging features. Local
frsight traffic, both in and out bound, is sell
dom heavier at this season than this year From
aI6 10 300 cars are loaded out daily at the city
freight depoes, and on both Tuesday and
Wednesday some 400 cars were unloaded at the
nifty freight depots. Some of this business was
freights which had been delayed by washouts.
The superintendent of a railroad in Connect
INA is copying after E. j. Peek, who, some years
egD. was president of the Terre Haute & Indian
aExolis road. He denies himself the luxury OF a
NriVate palace car, and makes practice of going
EseF the whole line every year on foot. In order
ahAs he may critically examine everything per-
EARing to the road-bed
Nov that the Wabash river has receded to
within its banks the 1. & st. L. people find that
The approaches to the Wabash bridge just west
NJ Terre Haute were considerably damaged.
An immense amount of stone which had been
khrown in to protect the banks and several
Thousand yards of dirt are washed out and the
fronble would doubtless have been serious had
Tim heavy rains continued
The United States express people say it will
- H. A. T,so
Erpwd their company off the l., B. & W. road
The relations of the Erie people are such with
khs l., B. 81 w. that the latter naturally favors
anything which makes their interests more iden-
aieAl In freight and passenger business the two
roads haye traffic agreements which make them
close allies.
The Chicago Inter Ocean says; chairman
a. ID. Richardson and Secretary William Orr, of
khe North and South Lines Lumber Association,
hare finally completed their report on lumber
rates and differentlals, work upon which they
have been engaged for six months. They will
present their report at meeting'to DO held here
Tuesday, June l. The report contains about
ma thousand rates.
New items come to the front daily where
strikes have done harm. Owing to the Pullman
Tar Companys strike. the Bee-line will not, on
June /, expected, get in their six new and
elegant coaches, which the Pullman Car Com
pany are building for the New York Sleeping
Ear Company, to run between st. Louis and New
England and ST. Louis and New York These
esaehes will contain twelve section state-rooms
md all other modern improvements.
The belief prevails that the late sale OF Wa
bash will be declared off. The Purchasing com
miltee expected to get it for song. They ex-
pecged to avoid the payment of some prior claims
Rggregating between $4,000 900 and $8000,000
Judge Treat has unequivocally informed them
khas the sale would not be confirmed until some
arrangement was made for the satisfaction of
these claims. 1t is even said that Jay Gould is
now giving the sale a cold shoulder, and will
make no effort TO have it confirmed.
The Cleveland Leader says no call for meet
lnx of the Beelne directory has been issued
hur Is there any knowledge among the Cleveland
directors that meeting will be called soon.
This may be true, yet the position of president
M the system has doubtless been rendered Gen
sral Manager Potter, of the c., B. & Q. II
neither Mr. ingalls, nor Mr.. Potter accepts the