The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-09-15
Personal. Local ana state Notes.

Personal. Local and state Notes.
General Manager Carson. of the IT, N A. &
c., is off on a three pleasure trip.
Fred Ellison has severed his connection with
the Vandalia as travelling agent to accept more
important position on one OF the Eastern lines.
Passenger men at this point have been mott
fed that the Louisville & Nashville has opened
Its new branch running between Louisville and
Birmingham. Ala
Receiver McNulta comforts the first mortgage
bondholders of the Wabash, st. Louis II Pacific
by promising to pay of their coupons Nov.
i, ard another Dec. 81.
The prospects that the Cincinnati. Wabash e.
Michigan will reach Rushville or any other
point the c.. II. & /. road this year, are be-
coming decidedly slim.
H. f. Guthrie, commercial agent Of the
Wabash. with headquarters at Cincinnati, has
been in the city for day or two looking after
the interests OF that road at this point
e. E. Rodenberg, formerly a conductor on the
C., II. & l., and more recently on the Nickel
plate road has gone South to take charge Of the
construction of the Memphis & Atlanta road.
Edgar Hill, general freight agent Of the Bee
line, speat yesterday in the city. He expresses
tho opinion that the east bound rates ca grain
will be restored to tariff by the frat Of October.
The Pennsylvania Company will to day issue
q notice that on the 24th inst. east bound rates
on cattle will be advanced TO Il cents per 100
pounds This is still ii cents below tariff rates
General Solicitor Friedlsy. of the L.. N. A. d
C.. says that the management has fully deter
mined to move the shops from New Albany to .
more central point on the lines, probably La
fayette.
General Manager Beckley, Of the Cincinnati.
Wabash * Michigan, who has been off for few
weeks on account OF i'll health, has returned
feeling better than ever. and is looking after his
usual duties.
The Nebraska Railroad Commission is taking
of "a dut in n mi ann VIII rh rndf ateQ
fairness They have asked for statements OF
the present value of railroad property owned
by the various companies in the State, with
view Of making . reasonable tariff.
The coke and coal shippers in the Pittsburg
district have asked the Pennsylvania, the Bsti-
more & Ohio and the Lake Erie roads TO make
another reduction in rates TO Western points
1t is thought probable that the general freight
agents viii comply with their request
Freight circles were disturbed yesterday over
a rumor coming from Chicago 70 the effect that
one of the roads had cut both the provision and
grain rates another two cents, making the grain
rate from CHICAGO to the ssaboard 16 cents per
100 hundred pounds. However, careful inquiry
failed to confirm the report
The Lake Erie & Western seem to have stolen
a march on its competitors for East bound bust
ness out Of Peoria, by quietly reducing the rat,
TO q proportonate basis with that of the roads
out Of Chicago Yesterday the Ohio. Indiana &
Western became apprised Of the fact and re-
duced its rates 10 the same made by the l.. E. &
w.
The Western lnss delivered at Chicago, last
week, 900 car loads of grain, against G, 200 car
loads in the corresponding week OF last year
OF this number the Chicago. Burlington &
Quincy delivered $50. the largest number de-
lfvered by any road entering Chicago. The
Chicago & Northwestern came second, deliver
ing 1,540.
The managers Of the lines outside OF the Cen.
trail Traffic Association in the territory covered
by this association will hold meeting in Chi
cago on the 10th OF this month, when effort il
to be made 10 harmonic matters, and induce
the outs 20 become members Of the Central
Traffic Association.
Gaylord Beach, General manager of the Bee
line yesterday closed his third year as man sger
of tina: property. Since he took charge the Bee
line proper has been improved fully % per cent.
in It's ply scal condition. and the Indianapolis q
St. Louis has practically been made a new road
west Of Terre Haute. q
President Galloway, of the Toledo, ST. Louis
and Kansas City road is comforting the Bos-
tonians who have SUNK so much money in this
| road by telling them that the whole length
OF the road there is the heaviest corn crop ever
| known, that il is now out Of the way OF tho
frosts, and that he looks for great earnings dur
| ing the FILL and winter months
Said veteran railroader Yesterday: when
such roads Us the Chicago, Milwaukee 4 ST
| Paul are obliged, owing 10 low rates and sharp
| competition, TO reduce their dividend on both
preferred and common stock per cent, il is
! time for railway managers to call halt before
| the best roads OF the country are bankrupted
| For twenty years this stock has been paying Z
per cent dividends
The report that the e., B. e. Q. is to lease the
| Springfield division of the Ohio & Mississippi:
| road is officially denied. The report grew out
| of the fact that the c.. B. e O. people are de-
| sirous Of obtaining more Southern and South
| eastern traffic Notwithstanding the denial
there are intimations from o. 6 NJ. sources that
| the deal has recently been talked of, but no
| positive inform alton is forthcoming.
| The Pennsylvania Company has issued cir.
| cular, naming the divisions west of Columbus as
| follows: Eastern division, extending from Co
| lumbus 10 Indianapolis, Office Of superintendent
| at Indianapolis; Western division, extending
| from Bradford TO State line and Chicago Office
| of SUPERINTENDENT at Logansport: Southern d.
| vision, extending from Anoka junction to Red
Bank junction, Office OF superintendent at Rich
mond, lid.
! There is growing belief that the Pspnsylya'
MIA cut 10 east bound rates is made for the pur-
| pose of forcing the weaker lines into some agree
| ment. The Pan -hendle lines have for sometime
been making milling in transit rates to all local
| points in the territory covered by the Central
Traffic Association, and this has tended TO dis
| turb rates in the West, while between the trunk
| lines there is an ugly feeling and the Pennsyl-
! vania Company now W ants to even mp with
! everybody
Superintendent Boyd of the Indianapolis, De-
catur q Western road, takes exceptions to the
item which appeared in Yesterday Journal
where complaint was made that the porters on
| their chair cars had been charging twenty five
cents for chairs. He states that on the LIST of
| August the company commenced charging twen-
| ty-fve cents for such accommodations, but it
seems to not have become we'll advertised, and
! it has caused GOOD deal of complaint. All their
new bills mention that the company charges for
] this service, but people are misled by the old
| bills. Mr.. Boyd justly rays that road should
run fine chair cars and give persons exclusive
right to seat without charge The l., d. e.
| w. has good equipments, excellent track
| runs as fast as any road in the West and there
| is reason that they should not make the same
rates in every respect as do their much more
pretentious compelitors