The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-10-04

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Personal. Local and State Notes.
Chairman Blanchard, Of the Central Traffic
Association, will sail for Europe on the 18th OF
this mouth.
TIE Michigan Central 10 substituting the cleo
trio bell on ali its passenger trains Tor the old
time bell-cord.
H.. c. Parker, traffic manager of the Lake
Erie e. Western road, has gone East for o few
days to visit his parents.
The Tsrre Haute car-works are delivering 200
box cars to the Cincinnati, Sandusky & Cleve-
land road at the rate OF SIX a day.
Il. I. Soliday, ticket receiver for the Pennsyl-
vaLia lines at this point, has resigned, ana Z. j.
Crane has been appointed to the place.
| The indianapolis car-works have been award
ed the contract to build 100 box cars and 200
coal cars for the New York & Ohio road. a new
line running from Kinsman to Kent. o.
(. A. Ford, general passenger agent OF the
Pennsylvania lines west Of Pittsburg, and Of the
Vandalia, Is West, looking matters over.
The earnings of the Lake Erie & Western road
for September were S224, ESQ 40; increase over
earnings corresponding month, 1887, $l3. 600 20.
G.. W.. Kennard, agent Of the Indianapolis &
Vincsnnes road at Gosport, Ind, has resigned to
accept the position OF assistant ticket receiver
OF the Pennsylvania lines az indianapolis.
An important meeting of the Southern and
South western lines has been called 20 meet in
Louisville on the 9th Of this month. Rate mat
ters Or importance are TO come up for discus
sion.
The superintendents OF the roads centeriug
here meet the engineers, hremen aud switch
men employed In the local yards tomorrow, 10
settle the question of al advance In their
wages.
Indications are that the roads will be taxed TO
their utmost capacity on the I1th of this month
to bring in the people TO the Blaine demoDstEa-
tion. Most Of the roads will make q 1-cent-per-
mile rate.
Charles Hoffman. auditor Of the Fort Wayne.
Cincinnati IL Louisville road. has resigned 20
go into business in Denver. He is succeeded by
j. N. Evans, who bas for some years been his
chief clerk.
J. L. Moore. general manager Of the Cirein-
natl, Sanduskv a. Cleveland road. 10 in the city.
DE says that the Boston people are fully justi-
fed In predicting dividends He ssys its bas.-
ness outlook could hardly be better.
Business with the express companies 10 falling
of. Their fruit transportation this year has
been considerably in excess OF any former year.
The light traffic with them. however, viii be of
short duration as holiday goods VIII soon begin
70 move.
1t 10 thought in freight circles that the ad-
vance 10 east-bound rates on fourth. fifth and
eixth-class freiehts will soon be followed by an
advance on grain rates. Ia fact, it is stated that
but one Of the trunk lines objects to such an ad-
vance st once.
Western general freight agents are complain
ING that the trunk lines get their cars on 10
their lines and theD use them in hauling grain
from the lakes to New York and New England
points. This is given as one Of tn reasons of
the scarcity or cars in this section.
The Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton company
own 103 %engiues, 50 per cent of which are in
frst-class working condition. superintendent
| Nelson SAYS that they could use twenty more
heavy engines TO great advantage were the COM
pany IN shape financially just now TO purchase
them.
NJ Uz.l -. A.
Fort Wayne, Lafayetts G. Chicago road is to DO
absorbed by the Atchison, Topeka e. Santa Fe
company. The Fort Wayne. Louisville & Gin
ciDnati is probably the road alluded TO. but
what the Santa Fe people want Of that road is a
problem.
Several fremen on the Louisville, New Albany
81 Chicago road nave recently ossn %romoted 70
engineers. There are now a good many veteran
engineers retiring from the foot board to engage
In less srGuous OCCUPATIONS, and the roads are
invariably filing their positions by promoting
the most worthy Of the hrsmen.
The stockholders OF the Lake Erie & West
ern road held their annual meeting at Bloom
ington, Illinois, yesterday for the election Of
three directors; Those chosen were Geo F:
baker, Nelson Robinson and Edward Tuck, ali
residents of New York. No other business was
transacted The fiscal year of the company
now ends Dec. 81.
s. T. Pierson. chairman Of the passenger de-
partment of the trunk lines, and George Dan
lNlt, Cudirmbu'Oi tuo passenger department OF
the Central Traffic Association, have issued a
joint circular announcing that the next meeting
of the passenger committees OF the two associ-
stions will be held in Buffalo, n. Y, Wednes-
day. Oct "A. Ii is thought that the present de-
moralization In passenger rates will continue
until this conference has been held end some
way out or the troubles IS found.
Reports of orders for new cars ana INSULT
cheney OF equipment are heard from all quarters,
and the only thing needed now seems to be q
A Rlafnrnt!nn M n O. q MIN ha.fa 20 axu-1l
the revenues OF the roads. A movement in that
direction is now noticeable. The refusal Of the
Interstate Commission to interfere in the matter
of rate cutting has impressed managers that it
is abont time to try to help themselves and save
the whole Western railroad territory from a par
a'yzing contest. prolonged indefinitely.
Rats-wars are common things enough on
Western roads, but New England roads do not
often indulge IN such business. for this reason;
the little unpleasantness which the Fitch
burg road, and all rail lines to New York on the
other hand are engaged IN, is creating o good
deal of talk with the Eastern papers. This
year the Old Colony and the New York & New
England have taken a hand in what they call
excursion business and the people of New Eng.
land who seldom visit New York are going in
large numbers on the low excursion rates.
Notwithstanding the low passenger rates
which have prevailed in the Central Traffic As
ISOLATION territory for several months past. the
passenger earnings of the various roads all
show . handsome increase over those OF any
corresponding months in former years. The
Bee-line is said to close the ninth month Of the
year with an increase of over $4,000 over the
earnings OF the corresponding months of 1887,
and the Pennsylvania lines. for several months
past. have been running $500 o to $50, coo a
month ahead of the average of several years
past. The c. l., ST. L. az c., and the c., II. q
D.. as well, show very handsome increases in
earnings.
AS stated a few DAYS ago the rsts-war now 60
ing on between the Vandalis, the /. e st. L.,
and the Beeline and the Pennsylvania lines arises
from q desire on the part Of the Pennsylvania
Company to put an end to the allowing of differ
entails. One of the officials OF the latter, in con-
v%ersation over the low rates at which business is
now carried. said he could see no signs ofa cesss-
ton OF tho rate war until the two dollar differ
entail rate allowed the ]. g. st. l.. on passen-
ger business out of st. Louis WAS abolished.
The latter had as good equipments as the Van
dalia and Pennsylvania lines, and with their
best trains made as good time as they did. The
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