The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-08-18
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES neWlbt, OF bne Lafayette car
works, has rendered his resignation in order to
Accept similar but more lucrative position In
Chicago.
The Bedford 4 bloomfield division Of the L.,
IN. A. & c. road-"Little Monons--is said to be
Ia 20 per cent paying investment for the L., n.
"A. & G. company
The ticket scalpers are complaining of quiet
Eimess which Is the best of evidence that the
hocai passenger agents doing less scalping
than In times past.
The Wabash seems to be In clover Yesterday
General Agent Lynn placed seventy-fve cars at
ecne elevator to be loaded for Toledo, and thirty
at another elevator TO be loaded for Detroit
The Woodruff Sieeping-car Company has three
fine cars in readiness TO put on to the cairo,
yinceunes & Chicago road, to run between Cairo
and Chicago bat some hitch in negotiations is
delaying matters
The L., N. A. & c. people propose to push the
Jasper extension as fast as practical, and Will
have trains running to Paoli by Nov. /, and In
the spring will push on to Jasper, where connec-
ton will be made with the L.. e. e. St L. Air
line.
Matters with the indianapolis East bound
Pool are moving along very smoothly. Every
road, with the exception OF the feline. Is earn
ing its allotted per cent, and the Bse-lne will
doubtless bring up all arrearages before the
month closes.
The c., ST. L. & P. is now moving good
deal of property that does not come under the
pool. being of local character, ana business
Is heavy with them. With the slackening Of
their through traffic, the charge that the Penn.
sylvania lines were cutting rates has ceased
@. M. Beach, general manager of the Beelne,
has notified the committee on arrangements that
all hremen employed on that or any other road
will befurnished free transportation to the rail
road fair TO be given by the Brotherhood Of Lo
connective Firemen in the City Hall Sept. Z, 8, 9
and TO-
The stock of the c., L. St Z. G. @. road Is now
quoted at 90 points, and it is said would 90 to
par were 1t thrown freely on the market Mr..
angalls is quoted saying he did not wish the
stock to go to par until he was paying q per
cent. annually in dividends, which he expects to
do in 1887
The stockholders of the c., a. & d. hold
special meeting at the Office in Cincinnati, Aug.
26, to vote on the proposed issue of preferred
stock retire the outstanding bonds. 1t is under
stood that parties are ready TO take the entire
issue, should the action be favorable to such
movement
cinnah company's petition to the court win be
heard in Cincinnati, where the court Is asked to
order Receiver Henderson, of the L. B. e W.,
to pay rental under lease, as construed by the
Supreme Court of Ohio, or surrender the prop
erty to its owners.
The leasing roads are complaining more Bit
tsrly than ever over their lack of accommoda-
tons at the Union Depot They are paying their
rent promptly, and large rent, too, for the &C
commodations Furnished. and are becoming
eorely vexed over the slow movements of the
'UEion Railway Company In the erection of
new depot
There is good deal Of growing that the L &
St. L. has no chair car of any description out OF
Indianapolis at II P. NJ. for st. Louis. Passen-
gers who take their train must wait until the
Beedins train arrives from the East and run the
rick of securing seeping-car berth. This. it
Js claimed. is driving travel from the road, which
better Accommodations would secure.
A stakeholder of the Cleveland. Sandusky &
Cincinnati road pertinently says: II notice thas
Receiver Henderson in his report asks that IN
case that the court orders the c.. S. g. c. surren-
4ered to the G., s. & G. company that he be al
lowed ample time before giving up the prop
erty. Now, if the road is so burdensome, why
ask any time to get rid of bad bargainW
The Railway Reporter has been consolidated
with the Railway Lantern, the latter of which
will be monthly illustrated sixteen-page jour-
nal, Mr.. G. N. Wilson, former proprietor and ed
Stor of the Reporter, remaining with the Lam
tern. The consolidation of the two papers will
doubtless result In giving Indianapolis q monthly
railway publication which will be creditahle to
so important a railroad center.
Andrew Casey, ono of the oldest and best
known expressmen in this country, died at Cor
ry Pa, Saturday last. He entered the service
In 1860 as agent of the Adams and American Elk
press companies. In 1876 he was made travel
ing auditor of the Adams Express Company,
Mntii 1882, when his health failed him, and he
took the easier life of agent Of the company at
cleveland. o.
Passenger Agents c. C. Stoell and Perry Griffin
of the Chicago & Rock Island, are to be in the
city to-day on official business The passenger
traffic of the Chicago g. Rock Island continues to
increase with it's branching out In different direc
lions with rapidly which surprises the most
Fanguine friends of the property The manner
this road is operated and the character of the
men which are employed in the various depart
Snents make friends to the road wherever they
do business
John B. Carson, general manager of the L.,
~. A. 81 @. road, has become much interested in
the French Lick Springs, southern Indiana, and
will probably organize a company to develop
this water cure and put up buildings which will
accommodate the people that will likely seek
this health resort when 1t can be reached by
rail The L., N. A. & c. extension, when COM
spleted. will pass close by these springs, which
scan now be reached only by stage line sixteen
miles in length.
The grain men are pressing the general freight
agents to reduce seaboard rates on grain, and
say that a three-cent per 100 pound reduction
would create boom in the grain movement It
Is noticeable, however. that these same grain
men say that they have made more money in
the few months that rates have been maintained
than at any time for years and admit that pay
9ng and steady rates are much preferable to nom
paying uncertain rates. Now the small grain
dealer of limited capital has some show for his
side of the house.
1t is rather amusing to read in the Cleveland
Leader, the Pittsburg Dispatch and the Buffalo
LExpress. the sad havoc the ticket scalpers over
the country are making in the passenger traffic
of the Pennsylvania lines, then turn to the
monthly statement of earnings of the system
and read that increase of nearly 81. 900 900 is
shown In The month of July that of July.
1885, and that in every month of this year
handsome increase is shown the passenger de-
partment coming in for its full share for so
creditable an exhibit.
The grain buyers at Detroit continue to report
short weights grain shipped from Indianap-
olts, and there is evidence that there is some
rascality going on somewhere. Several cars
which were billed from Indianapolis on public
elevator weights were returned yesterday as be-