The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-05-10

annapolis, st. Louis & Chicago 155, the Cincin-
natl, Hamilton & Indianapolis eighty mime, the
Ohio. Indiana 81 Western fifty.
The duties Of traffic manager on the Chesa-
peak & Ohio road have been divided between
General Passenger AGENT Harry Fuller and
General Freight Agent l.. ID. HotcLkiss. IL 10
quite evident that President ingalls, proposes to
run the C. & o. . more economical basis
than heretofore and do much OF the general
managing himself
yice-presldens Malott of the Union Railway
Company. yesterday afternoon ordered special
the Millers Association meeting. around the Belt
road They were favorably impressed with the
value of the road TO the roads centeriuR here.
but more impressed with the opportunity 1t Of
fers 70 manufacturers to locate.
Articles Of incorporation for another railroad
across northern Indiana were fled yesterday
with the Secretary of State. w. B. Sterrett.
one OF the leading men in the enterprise was IN
the city, yesterday, and says that the road Will
certainly be built and viii be link OF an i'm
portant trunk line. It is to be known as the
Ohio Indiana & Missouri River road.
w. c. Irwin. chief engineer of the Decline.
has gone to one OF the Carolinas for his health.
When he was taken sick few months ago he
weighed 2s4 pounds and was q picture of health;
be now weighs but 40 pounds. For some time
past General Manager Beach has been spending
a couple of hours each day at his old desk in the
chief engineers Office. and shus far has looked
after Mr. Twins duties, with the aid of assist
ants.
Now that the strikes in Pennsylvania are over.
the officials of the Pennsylvania lines look for a.
decided improvement in business. One of them
says that the people have no idea how deep
these labor troubles cut into the revenue from
freights At Pittsburg alone the Pennsylvania
Was handling twenty-five cars day IN May.
1887, against one day now or. ut least, against
one week ago. when business was at its lowest
ebb.
The Fashr Block promises to become the
RAILROAD block of the city. District passenger
agents of the Chicago e Alton. Atchison. Tope-
ka d Santa Fe. the Northern Pacific, the Mis-
sonri Pacific and the Wabash Western have all
taken rooms in the building. with frontage on
jackson place, and several of the ticket offices
on South Illinois street will be removed into
that building.
D. l.. Wing president of the ST. Louis & Chi
caeo road who has been East for soma time,
looking for money to build the road. has re-
turned much elated. Ii is proposed TO extend
the road from Springfield to Eureka, ITO miles,
and from Mt. Olive to st. Louis, thirty miles
About fifteen miles of the road ara now graded.
There is possibility that the building OF this
road will help the Indianapolis, Decatur e. West
ern when their line is completed to Springfield,
Ill.
President ingalls, states that as soon as the ex-
tension of the Chesapeake g. Ohio from Hunt
ington TO Cincinnati is completed, and the new
bridge across thehOhlo river, the company will
enter into the coal and coke traffic to Chicago
from the West Virginia mines, and will load the
/ cars on the return trip for Newport News with
grain. This. he says. will largely increase the
revenue of the G. e. o., and enable the road to
earn interest on the refunded bonded debt and
leave q surplus to be applied for dividends.
The outlook for traffic the remainder OF this
month is regarded as favorable. so far as volume
| 10 concerned, but comparisons with the average
rates the last few years justify the assertion
| that the roads compelled to dc q much larg-
| or business than ever before to earn an equal
amount of revenue While unfriendly legisla-
ton has had something TO do with reducing
rates TO the present low basis. the officials OF
the roads are not entirely blameless, as repeated
cuts, influenced in many instances by person
al considerations. has led o large class of people
TO think that the roads were charging exorbi
tant rates when such was not the fact.
f A. Ford. general passenger agent of the
Pennsylvania lines west or PIttsburg. who was
In the city yesterday, says he sees no signs Of q
restoration of passenger rates to tariff between
| Indianapolis and Chicago. The trouble is oil
| with the milesge books, and hundreds Of them
| have been sold to or placed in the hands OF
scalpers to sell, and Mr.. Ford SAYS can but be q
| disturbing element until the roads get together
| and vote TO make mileage tickets on-trausfera
/ BILE. Regarding the vesiibule trains between ST.
Louis and the seaboard, he says that it means
| the putting OF two trains each way in addi
| ton TO those run, and the Pennsylvania
| officials especially of the Pennsylvania road
proper. hesitate some as to the wisdom of put
ting such trains. and for the time being the
matter has been sheved