The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-18
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
local and stnte Note..


Local and state Notes
T. j. Potter denies his runored resignation as
vice-prssident of the Union Pacific.
J. ID. Laying, OF New York president of the
2. G.. c. d J., (Bee-line) is West. looking over
matters.
Sugar Creek township. Boone county, has
voted subsidy OF Sl3, 500 to the Atlantic %
Mississippi railway
A glance over the rate-sheets on Pa
chic coast business shows that the advance in
freight is about 80 per cent.
J. W. Eean, OF the Manitoba road, WILL
the LIST prox. become general manager of the
Chicago, St. Paul & Kansas City road. at q sal
airy reported to be $4,000 year.
President Hammond, of the Indiana polls, De-
eatur & Western. writes West that the selling
u the road to the Mackey syndicate Is among
the things which were. The deal is off.
The Indiana Midland road has struck hard
Bleddine, and II is quite evident that the road
will needs be extended to where there Is
coal OF other freight to enable 1t to earn enough
70 pay operating expenses
The roads continue to prepare their tariffs
bhowing their export rates from the West to
European ports. They not referred to by
agents enough to pay for printing them, yet
cutting rates sufficiently to catch the business
The executive committees of the Hee-line
proper and of the l. & St l.. Mutual Benefit
Association meet here to-day TO take steps to
consolidate the two Associations. movement
which has been under consideration for two
years past.
The movement to make the different classes
Of tickets sold of different colors for the conven
fence of the conductors as well as the clerks in
the passenger departments, bids flair to become
general. Some sixty roads have already adopted
IT, This mode of designating tickets was first
suggested By the Journal
IF. Van Voorhees,. of Chrisman. ILL.,, is in the
sity for a conference with the J.. ID. e. w. rail-
road officials regarding the development of a
new mine to be opened at that point seven
El-s - 49, Il
and it is proposed to at once put in a shaft and
place the coal on the Indianapolis market
At the banquet of the travelling passenger
agents, last week, in Jacksonville, Florida. J.
g. Everest OF the c.. M. q st. p, made the
principal address. 1t is said to have been an
excellent one and full of good points much
larger number of the travelling passenger agents
we've in attendance at the annual convention
than at any former one and it was a very enjoy
able time.
President Wade, of the Cincinnati, Wabash g
Michigan, is authority for the statement that
the day has gone by that the Ives party
secure control of that road. Twice, at the
earnest request of Ives's creditors, has he ex-
tended the time OF payment of the sum above
the cash payment which Mr.. Ives to make,
and each time the creditors have failed TO meet
their obligations
Under the reorganization scheme the bonded
debt OF the Indiana Bloomington e. Western is
not reduced which is looked upon being
fortunate. it means that the management
will have the same trouble of meeting fixed
charges and operating expenses which it did
prior to the road dropping into the hands of
receiver However, the interest on the bonded
debt will be somewhat lower.
Norman Beckley, general manager Of the
Cincinnati Wabash e Michigan road, spsSs yes
terdav in the city. Since the first of the month
he has contracted with the Brooks locomotive
works for three powerful freight engines. with
the Muskegon car-works for $50 large box cars.
and with an Eastern car-works for three new
passenger coaches In the spring the company
will put on through coaches between Indian
apobs and Cedar Beach.
The harmonizing oe matters between the
roads carrying the east-bound passenger bust
ness out of St. Louis by giving differentials is
not likely TO prove as satisfactory az had been
anticipated. Giving the Ohio q Mississippi a
hifferentiaI of tour dollars against the Vandalia,
and three dollars against the l. 81 ST. L., when
IL runs through coaches between st. Louis and
New YORK, and makes the same time within
one hour and one-half is looked upon as being
exorbitant, and the arbitration is not likely to
stand.
The Financial Chronicle in its last issue gives
the earnings in the year 1887 of ITO roads, which
amounted to $3.50, 259, 567. Increase
ings in 1886 OF $44, 2l3. $50. But roads
show a decrease and this amounted TO only
1891 443 The roads in the middle and Western
section, which includes Indianapolis lines. make
an excellent exhibit. The best returns however,
come from the Southwestern lines. In this sec
ton Of the country traffic increases the most
rapidly.
Tho meeting of passenger agents to be held in
this city to-day is to be more important than
first intended. General Passenger Agents Ford,
of the Pennsylvania lines; Egan of the c.. L,
St L. e. c., and Martin. of the Decline, to
be in attendance, well the general and
local passenger agents Observation-Disclosures are
in Indianapolis. The rate-sheet is to be thor
oughly revised, and action taken looking to a
strict maintenance of rates. The usual resolu-
tions will doubtless be passed, then the outside
agents will return to their Offices and proceed to
cut rates by dividing their com missions with the
purchaser of the ticket as heretofore.
Last week Superintendent EVAN had occasion
to call one Of the old engineers on the Decline
on 20 the ''green carpet" for failing to make time
with the fast trains too frequently. Ii being the
hobby with the Bee-line to make up the time
coming west lost on the Lake Shore, Supern-
tendent Evan intimated that if he could not
make the time with No looming west he would
put man on his engine who would A night or
two ago this engineer took this train at Gallon
one hour and forty-fve minutes late, and in run
ming from Marion to Brightwood, 162 miles,
made mp one hour and thirty minutes. doing
fast running n portion of the distance
ever made the road. AT several points q
spsed of sixty FIVE miles per hour was made.
Even the trainmen alarmed the train
rushed through bridges, around curves and up
and down the grades between Marion and Union
City. IL his engine holds together the veteran
engineer proposes to hereafter make a speed
which will not cause any complaint, at least for
failure to make running time.