The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-03-15
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.



ton are to be IN the Rookery Building at
Chicago.
The returns of railway earnings for the
first week in March, so far as known, show
gains In nearly every instance
1t is stated that the friends of the Chesa-
peake & Ohio road are behind the project
ed, Charleston. Cincinnati a. Chicago road.
The Chesapeake g. Ohio has listed on the
New York Stock Exchange S1S.016,0cc first
consolidated mortgage 8 per cent. fifty-year
gold bonds
Express agents here have been notified
that the Wells-Fargo Express will COM
mence operating over the Pittsburg &
Western road to-day.
The Ohio 81 Mississippi Railroad Com
pany has asked the New York Exchange to
fist S4OsOO0 additional first mortgage gen.
eral per cent. bonds.
If reports are true, the new order OF the
Brotherhood of Railroad Conductors,
formed few months ago west of the Mis-
souri, river, Is making rapid gains In the
West.
Chairman Walker, of the Interstate AS
ISOLATION, is said to be very apprOachable
man. dignitied in his appearance, OF tine
physical proportions. and well informed as
regards railroad matters generally.
No. 642, frst-class passenger engine,
was placed in service on the Jacksonville,
Madison g. indianapolis road, yesterday.
1t is one of the cOmpany's heavy freight
The Chicago e. Eastern Illinois, with the
Chicago g. Indiana Coal road. earned in
March $500, against Sol $50 In the corre-
spending month of 1888. The increase of
the roads earnings for this year is $40, 400.
A notification has been sent to each of
the trunk lines to have representatives APP
pear before the interstate commission on
March 10, in Washington. ID. c.. for the pur-
pose of taking ND the export rate question.
Work on the Louisville southern extern
sion, from Lawrenceburg to Lexington;
KY, is being pushed vigorously. and Will
be ready to run trains over by Sept. 1. 1t
will be operated by the L., n. A. d L. peO-
pie.
1t begins to look as if the Indiana, De-
catur d Western is really to build Its ex-
tension westward. The surveying corps
has found a very feasible route, and ne
gotiations are pending for steel to lay the
track.
President Norton, of the Louisville &
Nashville, denies the report that the COM
pany is to make fight on the Interstate
law. The matter was not discussed five
minutes at the recent meeting of the d.
rectors.
The announcement that the Mackey peO-
pie would not build the Elnora & Richmond
road via Columbus still causes some COM
ment. There is a belief that it is ruse on
the part of ID. j. Mackey to obtain certain
ends, and as a result Columbus will get the
road.
Investigation has shown that Daniel
Holmes, who represents the c.. J., st. l.. o.
G.. and the Chesapeake 81 Ohio roads at
Cincinnati, was the ticket agent who sold
the tickets issued by the Big Four con-
trary to the spirit of the agreement be-
the several roads
telegram from New York, received yes
terday, stated that Austin Corbin, presi.
dent of the Ohio, Indiana IL Western and
a number of other roads, had fully recOy-
cred from his recent illness, and was at his
Office for q short time. He was threatened
with pneumonia.
The local scalpers are stocked up with
tickets to Western and Northwestern
points, reading out of here over the Ohio,
Indiana & Western and the Lake Erie q
Western roads. This bids fair to demOral-
iZe rates in the directions named for some
little time to come.
eral manager of the Chesapeake IL Ohio
road, has been inspecting the line, the
greater part of this week. Over a portion
of the system he was accompanied by }. w.
Sherwood, formerly superintendent of the
C., l., st. l.. IL G. road.
has placed steam shovel in its gravel
bank at Terre Haute, and will regravel the
road between Terre Haute and Greencastle,
q distance of thirty-five miles, increasing
roadbed several inches at points where it is
hardly up to standard width.
The Lake Shore and Decline have been
complaining of the lateness with which
they get their trains from the East, and at
last the management of the New York Cen
trail has taken the matter in hand, and en-
gineers on the New York Central will now
be allowed to make up lost time whenever
possible.
Owing to the mildness of the weather the
past winter the roads have made but little
progress in the improvements in the mode
of heating trains. The Decline is the only
Indiana road which has had its trains
equipped with apparatus to heat the
coaches by steam taken from the lOcOmO-
tive, and it has worked satisfactorily.
At all important railroad points the In
terstate Railway Association would do
well to have competent detective, one
who well understands the tricks which
shippers and ticket agents resort to to cur
~ favor with shipper or to shade paSSen-
ger rates. With such precaution the or
ganization will be much more effective than
without.
1t is highly probable that within the next
two years the track of the Jacksonville,
doubled between Columbus and Louisville,
and eventually between Indianapolis and
Louisville. All stone work put in and i'm
provements in the way of fills or cuts are
made of a width to suggest that such is the
intention.
General Superintendent Woodland and
several other of the officials of the L., n. A.
& C.. road have spent this week in going
over the road, carefully examining the
bridges. trestles. etc, on the entire system.
Yesterday they went over the Indianapolis
division. To-day General Manager Carson
will join the party at Louisville, and then
inspect the Louisville Southern road
A company has been organized, headed
by ID. j. Mackey and William Heilman. of
Evansville. to build a road from Belleville
to Mount Vernon in the interest of the
Louisville, Evansville & ST. Louis road.
The distance is about sixty miles and
through level country. 1t will pass
through the counties of st. Clair, Clinton,
Jefferson, Marion and Wayne in the State
of Illinois.
The trouble between the Cincinnati,
Jackson 81 Mackinaw Railroad Company
and the Construction Company is still I'M
settled. The matter was left to arbitration
last June, and the decision of the arbitra-
tors, just rendered, is not satisfactory to
&. l.. Marble, and he has made PROPOSE
tion to the directors of the c.. Nj. & j. road
to set aside the award and let the courts
settle the matter.
General McNulta. receiver of the Wabash,
denies the rum0rs that the Wabash will cut
rates to offset the fast time which the
Chicago & Alton and the c., b. & Q. make
between Chicago and Kansas City. He
takes a very sensible view of the matter.
His position is that if extra fast trains are
nut on extra fare should be charged as on
the limited trains run on Eastern roads,
and that such action Is amply provided for