The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-04-20
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.


TYPHOID fever.
IF. Ag.er. general agent OF the Union. PEI
cific is IN the city for day two. taxing Dusa-
ness soundings.
frank r. Campbell. who has been appointed
ona OF the Railroad Commissioners Of Iowa, as
veteran newspaper man.
Conductor Mitchell. of the Wabash, is in poor
health and has obtained months leave OF az
SERGE. aud will spend the time Ia Florida.
". W Vent jr.. assistant to e. Gallup.
general manager of The Lake shore ROAD. was
in the city, yesterday, visiting osd-time friends
Regular interchange of business between the
A. T. e S. F. and the Fort Worth & Denver
roads will be commenced on the lat OF next
month.
On Monday next an engineering corps will Dc
started out By the Indiana Midland 70 locate
thu line from their present terminus TO Rock
willie, Ind.
The Adams Express Company is looking for
ground on West Georgia or Maryland street on
which 20 erect large brick stable with room LOT
twenty horses and their wagons.
The twentieth annual convention of the Order
of Railway Conductors will begin at Ioronlo,
Ontario, on May g. The Indianapolis roads Will
be well represented at the session.
The Lafayette car-works. which have been
running light for few weeks, have resumed
| operations full handed and full time, and on
Monday next the car-wheel-works will be starbe0
mp
Commissioner Fink tells q friend that If he
can only fix up the immigrant business and D.
| few other pending knotty questions between the
trunk lines he will go TO Europe Tor two
months rest
Ths alliance between the Chicago s. Alton and
the Missouri Pacific is expected to be OF mutual
advantage, the former being as much IN need II
an outlet to Chicago as the Alton of an outlet
from Chicago west
For the last sixty DAYS the fast trains west
over the Pennsyivani lines have been making
the best time recorded in the history Of the road.
So seldom do they arrive late that 1T Is Gaining
ouE commendatory remarks
+. Rnrd iutandauk of the IrdiAuapO-
lis, Decatur 81 Western road. yesterday went TO
Dublin Ind.s to attend the funeral OF his father,
. prominent physician, whose death was rofed
day or two ago IN the Journal
President Hammond yesterday telegraphed
Auditor Neale that everything was now IN shape
to take the road out of the hands of a receiver,
and that he had the money at once commence
work on the proposed extension.
The friends OF the Evansville s. Richmond
road have not entirely abandoned the project
This leaders in the enterprise endeavoring 10
get the time for the subsidies extended which
were voted two years ago at townships along the
lins.
In the mouth Of March the Pennsylvania lines
handled 374, 354 tons OF anthracite Goals. The
first quarter of the year the lines handled $780,
55s tons. an increase OF 252. 2s4 tons over tom
mage handled In the three months of 1887 ending
March 81.
John S. Day, formerly superintendent OF the
Louisville, New Albany & Chicago road. has be-
come one of the wealthiest men in southern In
diana. When he left the road he purchased
large tract of timber land which has yielded
hira very handsome returns.
The Cincinnati Hamilton & Dayton people
will this enlarge their depots at Con-
nei'sville. and considerably improve the shipping
facilities in the way of giving more side-track
room. Connersville has become the best paying
station on the c., Ell. & |. division.
Albert Meter s. Co. have taken the entire is
sue of Dayton. Fort Wayne s. Chicago receiv-
erf' certificates authorized by the courts. This
would indicate that in time the Dayton. Fort
Wayne e. Chicago road will drop into hands
frisndly to the Cincinnati Hamilton g Dayton
interest
The first Monday in May the Cincinnati, Wa
bash 81 Michigan will put on line or combined
sleeping and reclining chair cars, to run between
Indianapolis and Grand Rapids. The cars will
leave Indianapolis at P. NJ, and arrive at Indi-
annapolis from the north at 10:45 A. NJ.
The Bee-Iine Gazette for Anril is an unusually
attractive and bright number. Among other
things, it illustrates and fully describes the
tibnle trains which are to be put on in few
weeks to run between St. Louis and New York,
over the Bee-line, th@ Lake Shore and the New
York Central
The Southern refrigsrator-car line established
about year ago by the c., T., St. L. e. G. and
the Queen e. Crescent route is proving a pay
ing institution. The line has two hundred large,
new cars, and they are constantly IN service.
carrying meats South and bringing Southern
fruits and vegetables North.
General Passenger Agent Lee, of the Lake
Erie d Western, proposes to do good deal this
sssson in the way of running excursions in here.
he Is or Tn6 opinion that these lOW-ratS eXcuf@
sions bring in people who never travel on full
rate ticket and that excursions are really so
much increase to the revenue of the road.
The new president of the Western New York
& Pennsylvania road is introducing rigid econ
omies. beginning by cutting down the salaries of
the officials fully 80 per cent. John Dougherty,
the old treasurer, has resigned. and Frank
Buell.. formerly treasurer of the Buffalo, New
York % Philadelphia 10 appointed his successor.
Freight rates from the East TO all Colorado
points were yesterday reduced 80 per cent This
unexpected action created considerable of a SEN
sation in Western railroad circles While these
new rates are of course important in measure,
thoy are net,apt 20 do any special harm to other
rates. for the reason that Colorado traffic is
comparatively light just now.
1t is quite possible that the headquarters of
W. NJ. Green, assistant to President Ingalls,
will be changed from Cincinnati to Indianapolis.
Mr.. Green has taken good deal of interest in
this city. and would make valuable citizen
he expresses the opinion that no city in the
Union has more promising outlook than has
indianapolis. and President ingalls, says it will
be no surprise TO him if indianapolis has 200, 900
population ID 1895.
There is a good deal of feeling on the part of
the express companies that the Union Railway
Company has made provisions for them in
the new station. With but little additional ex-
pense the baggage sheds could have been made
large enouge to have accommodated all the ex-
press companies. and from their rent the Union
some revenue had the accommodations been
such as were desirable.
The temperance apostle Murphy has been do
ing good work among railroad men at Louis
vile and JeHersonville, large numbers of them
having signed the pledge General Manager
Evans. of the Louisville. Evansville s. ST. Louis
road issued circular the effect that no drink
ing men would be employed on the road He
seems determined to enforce the circular On
"Wednesday two of the employees who had taken
the pledge were drunk, and he at once dis
charged them from service the road.
Wells-Fargo officials are inspecting the Offices
inrn cir m
through the purchase of the Erie express. Su-
perintendent Hancock denies the rumor that
tho Wells Fargo e Co. and the American ex-
press companies will be consolidated The
directors of the express companies, however,
have way OF consolidating their interests with
ous consulting their superintendents But three
days before the Wells, Fargo g. Co. Express
Company gathered in the Erie Express, one of
the sunerintendents of the Erie Express hooted
at the idea that such thing could occur
The Mapleton Mystery.