The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-03-07

is OIL, 9e3. 599. IL, making the total az enc
standing TO the credit Of profit ard Iosss pIfoVo,
p47.52 The increase In the gross revenues o.
the entire system. and especially or the lines
west of Pittsbdrg, during the summer montns.
nrisinr from the unusual prosperity OF the
manufacturing industries OF the country, seem
30 warrant the board in declaring dividend OF
3 per cent. In November, mAkine Ior Ins year.
a total div deud of 81 per cent as against D per
cent. in 1856.
Personal. Local and State Notes.
Most of the trains run the Detroit division
Of the Lake Shore road are now heated By steam
from the locomotive
Al O. Wright, road-master OF the L.. n. A 81
C.. n few days ago. jumped from moving train
and received injuries which crippled him that
he is confined to his room.
The Lafayette car-works are delivering cars
to the Lake Erie e. Western road at the rate of
nine day. These cars are thirtyfour feet in
length and of very superior build.
Receiver McNulta's cut-rate methods OF doing
business BEGIN to show seriously in the earn
ings. In February they fell $72 265 below those
of the corresponding month in 1857
All Nickel-plate freights now 90 out of Indian
npolis over the OHIO, Indiana e Western as far
rs Springfield. and are then turned over to the
Decline. The line percentages have been ar
ranged for that route
The Lake Erie Il Western has surprised its
friends by the handsome earnings shown for
February amounting to SAG, 377 10. an increase
over 1887 of $9.584.62. The increase came
largely from the passenger department.
It is stated that new postal route will be
established April ! between Chicago and
Nashville. Tenn. over the Chicago q Eastern
Illinois and the Louisville & Nashville roads
Two lines of postal cars will be run each way
daily.
Preparatory to the opening of the line through
20 Peoria ffcManager Parker. of the Lake
Erie e Western, has fixed the full line OF per-
centages with their connections at Peoria, the
chief of which the G., d. & O., the c.. Il. /.
81 p. and the Central Iowa
The railroad companies are not satisfied with
he If HaaG VIII ire Ir11nn ed
them for delays In mail trains, and have brought
the matter to the attention of the Postmaster
general The roads urge that under the present
method OF fines mi Justice is often done.
The records show that the Pennsylvania fast
trains have for thirty days past been arriving
nearer on schedule time than in any like period
In the last four years. demonstrating that it is
perfectly practical to make the present schedule
time between New York and Indianapolis.
j. z. Hannegan. passenger-aRent of the
Darlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern road is
In the city. prospecting for business. 1t Is
quite probable this company will locate a rep
resentative at this point, whose business shall
be TO look after both freight and passe niger
Irafic
Western road, now in Florida, tslegraphed
General Manager Bradbury that he would be In
Indianapolis on the 18th Of this month. He has
pot been in this city since the Lake Erie d
Western took control of the l., p 81 c. road and
made 50 many fine improvements.
Railway managers and fnaneiers may as well
prepare for disappointing earnings this month,
as compared with March, 1887. Last year ship
ments in all directions were large, in anticpa-
ton Of the taking effect of the Interstate COM
meTce law, being the heaviest ever known on
30 per cent Of the roads in this territory.
The experiment OF running no trains west
over the Indianapolis. Decatur e Western road
until late in the afternoon of each day is GER
tainlv a novelty in railroading, and the results
will be watched with interest nv those who
disconnected by the arrangement This is
another road which has through business on the
brain, regardless of its local traffic.
General Manager Bradbury. of the Lake Erie
& Western. yesterday awarded the contract to
furnish 4 600 tons of steel rails to be delivered
in March. April, May and June. at the rate OF
LOCO tons per month. The Indianapolis steel
rail mill secures part OF the contract. Two
thousand tons Of the steel will be laid on
the old L. P. & O. portion of the system.
It is stated that the engineers and firemen on
the general manager of the line to to haul
g., B. & @. business over the l. & St L. or to
permit the o.. B. & @. to use their tracks be-
tween Wann and ST. Louis Should the L &
st. L. management grant their request it would
shut the c., B. & @. out of st. Louis.
Prospects are favorable for Michigan City be-
coming much more important point for
handling timber than in former years. Both
the L., N. A. 81 G and the Il. r. e w. are max
Ing rAses to lumbermen and offering facilities
for forwarding their freichts southwark which
will Iraw business, and improvements are con-
templsted at that terminal which will greatly
expedite the unloading Of lumber from lake ves-
sells.
A circular announces that the Cleveland San
dusky g. Cincinnati railway homogeneous will
take possession of the road to-day. The official
roster is to be: ]. L. Moore. general MANAGER;
II. M Bronson, general ticket and passenger
agent: A. D. Mcleod general freight agent;
Thomas Reynolds. master OF TRANSPORTATION; F..
Woodbridre, chief engineer; F. G. Schoheld.
purchasing agent; j. M. OBoyle. auditor;
Thomas Porter. master mechanic: G. B. Hahn.
chief train dispatcher. Messrs. Hahn and Rey-
uolds viii be located at Springfield; the other
officials ut Sandusky.
The stockholders of the G., c., G. & bee
line) hold their annual meeting in Cleveland to-
day. The Cleveland Leader says: cit is not
expected that the English stockholders, who
have been growing little through Mr.. Nc
Henry and others, will have anything to say at
the meeting. In fact, the English stock has
been voted but once since 1881. the Vanderbilts,
through their own holdings and the proxies they
control, being able to vote a majority exclusive
of the English stock. Five directors to be
elected for three years, to succeed Messrs. C.
Vanderbilt w. K Vanderbilt, G. NJ Depew Fl.
Mex Twombly aud Amos Townsend"
1t would be well for the railway managers
who are disposed to operate their roads chiefly
for through business to read and ponder over the
annual statement of the Chicsgo & Alton road
tor the year 1887, which is attracting much at
tentou. so gratifying were the results. While
the road handled 1,039 708 tons of through
freight. it handled 3. 0S3 412 Of local freight
Both the local and the through freight the late
year was the largest ever carried by the
pany. but the relative proportions of the two
have not been materially changed, and of the
AI202O tons increase over the year preceding
1856 369. 966 tons local and 102, 054 tons
through freight In tie OF passengers the
proportion Of local is even greater, having been
9lt per cent of the whole in 1887.
Rev. IT, w. Asbury's Death
Rev. j. w. Asbury. Of the Oldest Metho-
dist divinss in thu State, died on Monday at
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