The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-02-13
PeraonaI. Local and state Note.

Personal, Local and State Notes
J. L. Moore has assumed the duties of acting
general manager Of the Cincinnati, Sandusky g.
Cleveland road.
The vandalia will soon be in the market for
four heavy passenger engines TO haul their
heavy through trains
The indianapolis g. st. Louis in January
earned $16O,639 increase over earnings CORE
spending month of 1887, $500.
There were transferred over the Belt road last
week 1l,377 cars, against 1O,3O7 In the CORE
spending week. 1887; increase this year, 1,070.
The Ohio, Indiana & Western will to-day
commence reettsring their equipments from
that Of the Indiana, Bloomington & Western to
the new title.
The Ohio & Mississippi shows decrease in
January, 1887, of S.. 295; the Ohio, Indiana g.
Western a decrease of $l5,2
Ell. b. Hammond president Of the Indianapo-
lis, Decatur & Western road, liz expected West
in dav or two. Some definite action as regards
extensions may then be looked for.
The Chicago & Indiana Coal Company, which
is operated in the interest of the Chicago e.
Indiana Coal road. last week struck coal at
Clay City, Clay county. at eighty feet.
The livestock movement is at a very low ebb,
the ruinous rates via Chicago drawing all the
business in that direction. Last week Belt
road engines handled but $40 carloads.
r. G.. Hervey. who built the, Illinois Midland
road (now the Terre Haute g. Peoria), ia build
his time in New York. however, looking after
the financial part of the enterprise.
r. e. Kicker. who few days ago resigned as
general superintendent of the Denver 81 Rio
Grande road. has been appointed general super
intendent of the St Louis e. Iron Mountain
road and all the Texas roads controlled by Jay
Gould.
The cold shoulder which Austin Corbin has
been giving the Ohio, Indiana & Western road
since the company was reorganized has He'd to
the belief that he and his friends have unoaded
the road is drifting into further financial
troubles.
The ten passenger conductors who were dis
charged on the Wabash road a short time ago
demanded n hearing before Receiver McNulta.
After hearing their side of the story he has re-
instated seven of the number. Such would often
be the where spoilers" work road. as
they often make cases on very slim founda-
ton.
Thirty-three per cent of the employees in the
Ohio Falls car-works have been dropped from
the pay-rolls as the works crowded with
orders in the freight department. 1t is init
mated that some of the discharged employees
were about TO demand more wages, and the
managers thought the discharge of few of
them would relieve the pressure in that direc-
ton.
The New York Central has notified Western
roads that hereafter they will not receive or for
ward cars loaded g 900 or more pounds in excess
OF the marked capacity of the Cars over
loaded will be transferred a car of sufficient
capacity at the expense of the conslgnee. The
order Is issued on account of the frequency with
which overloaded cars break down and cause
accidents.
All of the freight from Indianapolis 70 points
the Evansville & Indianapolis road is now
sent to Brazil over tho Vandalia, thence south
over the south branch over the Evansville e.
Indianapolis. saving carrying the freight sixteen
miles further to Terre Haute, and then twelve
miles east the old Terre Haute & South
eastern road. All shipments off this road east
also come via Brazil
The regularity with which the through trains
of the Pennsylvania from the east have been
late, the last few months, has attracted the at
tention of e. A. Ford, general passenger agent,
and he has undertaken to bring about a reform,
and really has helped matters considerably.
Last week nearly all their trains ran into the
Union Depot on time. which demonstrates that
time can be made if due diligence is exercised.
The Walters Sweeney patent telegraph switch
is now In at twenty stations the Van
dalia lines. By it's use one set of instruments
can be made to send messages over most any
number of wires by just changing the switch
board to the wire 10 Is proposed TO USE It now
looks as If the young who devised and
patented it will reap a rich harvest as some of
the largest roads in the country placing the
switch in their Offices. Quite recently the
Aichison, Topeka 81 Santa Fe and Chesapeake
Il Ohio have ordered a number OF the instru-
ments.
The monthly statement Of the Central Traffic
Association shows that in the month Of January
the Bee-liue carried 80 % per cent. of the east
bound business out OF Indianapolis the Chicago,
ST. Louis q Pittsbnrg, 10 so per cent; the Gin
cnnati. Indianapolis, ST. Louis q Chicago IA %
per cent; tie Lake Erie & Western, IL AZ per
cent; the Louisville New Albany & Chicago.
9 02 per cent: the Ohio, Indiana & Western,
TIA per cent. and the Cincinnati, Hamilton &c
indianapolis. O. 81 per cent This is the best ex-
the poorest the Cincinnati. Hamilton 81 Indian
apolis has made in the last three years.