The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-11
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.


IL -. ooWctbs preSluent OF the W u. % ~
lines. will pass through the city this morning. en-
route from Chicago to Cincinnati
Ivory Dale is the name of a new ticket, freight
and telegraph station which has been estao-
aished on the c., H. g. D. G. II. Deitz has been
appointed agent.
Secretary Sanger, of the Mutual Yardmas-
paid ont this year SIT 900 in benefits The fiscal
year closes April 3d.
The condition of the Toledo, Cincinnati q St
Louis track may be understood by the fact that
In the month of January 800 broken rails were
reported TO Receiver McNulta
In railroad circles the impression prevails that
sths present labor strike is not likely to deveope
antc anything like the great strike of 1877, in
(which there was a large amount of property de-
stroyed in Pittsburg.
The chair-cars on the G., H. e. I. road, which
are the most elegant on American roads. are be-
ginning to catch on with the travelling public.
General Superintendent Nelson says they are
already paying institution.
J. c. McQuiston. formerly roadmaster Of the
G., L, st. L. 81 c., now on the Missouri Pacific,
is spending few days with friends here. He
has not so far recovered from bodily injuries he
received few weeks ago as to be able to work.
The indianapolis, Peru & Chicago road shows
an increase ia earnings last month over those of
Ehe corresponding month in 1885 of $l2, Az.
Under the present excellent management this
road will soon reach its olden time earning Ca
pacity
Monday last James L. Smith entered upon his
new position as associated ticket agent at the
Cleveland. o. Mr.. Smith has for several years
filed the position of ticket agent at the Union
depot
The T., B. 6 W. people have received three
more of the ten consol engines they recently con-
tracted for. With these in service the l., B. q
W. will have thirty-four consol engines, and will
be in shape to handle all the business they are
likely to catch on to.
The T., d. 81 S. road earned in the first week
OF March So. $50. "a, an increase of So, l58 over
earnings for the corresponding week in 1885.
Receiver Hammond left for New York last eve
Zig much encouraged over the outlook for this
rad.
For some days past the c., l., st. L. & c., at
their yards in this city, have been transferring
from Chicago & Rock Island to South Shore cars
some fifty carloads of export -four per day.
Some excellent time, it is stated is made from
Minnesota points TO the seaboard over this
route
Commissioner Blanchard will spend to-day and
20 morrow in Louisville, KY, and next week in
New York city. He does not expect that the ar
bitraton of per cents. of the several pools will
be ready to report before June l. Meantime Mr..
Blanchard will meet the officials of the roads in
the respective pools and discuss any questions
which may arise.
J. Fl. Devereux, president of the Bee-line, is
failing in health rapidly and is so feeble that he is
eonfEed to his bed partakes of but little nour-
ishment, and is a great sufferer from a cancer in
vital part. His numerous friends will regret
to hear such unfavorable news, as It had been
hoped that his trip across the water had been of
some benefit to him.
J. N. Quigley who represents the syndicate
which purchased the T., c. 6 St. L., says that
the next STEP now that they have control of the
property, will be the reorganization of the COM
pany. which he thinks will be accomplished
within thirty days This done, the converting
Of the road to standard gauge, and properly
equipping it, will be considered.
In the Floyd Circuit Court the jury in the
Mrs. Emma Sanford 80 600 damage suit against
the L., n A. & G. Railway Company, for the
death of her husband Charles Sanford. in the
Blue-river bridge disaster, near Salem, Dec Ia,
1884, gave her verdict for So, 500. The verdict
was compromise some OF the jury favoring a
verdict for the full SIC. 900 sued for.
Passenger agents at Columbus, o., seem de-
termined to build up for themselves reputation
On par with that of Indianapolis passenger
agents, in the way of rate-cutters The situa-
ton at that point is said to be not at all assuring
1t was resolved at the late Chicago meeting that
rates be restored at Columbus Monday The
roads there maintain that they are abiding by
the regular tariff. but each charges the other
with cutting and the widest incredulity OF firm
rates prevails.
J. O. Matthews, of Superintendent Sherwood's
Office, was yesterday transferred to the train
dispatchers Office of the c., l., St L. & O. In
this Office there are three sets of train dispatch
ers- Each is on duty but eight of the twenty
four hours, and on no road in the country do
trains run nearer schedule time than on the Big
Four, and road of the country is there
greater exemption from accidents. On Amer-
lean railways entirely too many accidents can be
traced TO overworked train dspatchers
NJ L. Doherty, commissioner of the Indianapo-
lis east bound pool, returned from Chicago yes
terday morning. The Indianapolis livestock
dealers, nineteen In number, have sent the fol-
lowing protest to Commissioners Doherty: eden
titled as we are with the livestock interest of
the country at large, and feeling that we have
in the past been at a great disadvantage and
that our business interests have been seriously
impaired on account Of unjust, and we believe
unintentional discrimination in favor of the
dressed beef interests of the country in the
matter of rates of freight, do hereby petition
your honorable body to maintain the present
comparative rates.
There is considerable anxiety among railroad
mon as to the result of the present labor troub-
les, as employees who have slight grievances in
such times are apt to make mountains out of
mole hills The roads have just begun to mako
little money, and there is a disposition shown
to advance the pay of employees as soon as the
conditions will Justify so doing and they fear
these troubles will interfere with their business,
just at the time when it had begun to recover.
Already travel is becoming affected, lest travel
ers may be caught away from home and detained
by strike. Then. shippers are more or less dis
turbed, lest they cannot ship freight per con-
tract. Without question railroads constitute
about as good an index Of the prosperity of the
country as can be found. When general bust
ness prospers the railroads prosper and when
the railroads suffer it is because of the depres
Pion in the material interests ard the general
business of the country The country makes
business for the railroads. and the railroads do
the business. The railroads furnish the facili-
lies through which the country is enabled to in
Grease and extend its business almost indef-
hitely.
complimentary to the Management.
The stockholders of the Shell Beach (NIissis-
sippi, Terre-aux-Beuf and Lake, Railroad Com
pany held a meeting in the st. Charles Hotel