The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-22
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.



AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal. Local ana General Notes.
Austin Corbin, president of several West
ern lines, is expected home from Europe
this week.
The annual report of the Toledo. Peoria 81
Western road for its last fiscal year shows
a surplus of s19,0S4. against a deficit OF &c.
SS3 last year.
r. C. ]. Pendleton yesterday declined to
take the position of general agent of one of
the leading fast-freight lines, with head
quarters at Kansas City.
On the Goth of this month the Ohio &
Mississippi will let a contract to build 800
fiat cars. 10000 pounds capacity. adapted to
carry ing stone, logs or machinery.
The Northern Pacific people are to builds
100000 passenger station at Minneapolis.
The chief engineer of the road is now pre-
pairing the plans and specifications.
The Northern Pacific has created a g
position, that of superintendent of tariff.
+. >. Bell has been appointed to the posi-
ton, with headquarters at Mimi eapolis.
Mimi.
The Missouri Pacific, the vandalia and
the Illinois Central, it is stated. intend to
make a lively fight to get some of the bust
ness between Kansas City and Chicago,
over their new line.
w. F. Home, who for some years had
charge of the Southern fast mail run over
the Central and Atlanta. 81 West Point
lines, has been appointed r0admaster OF
this system of roads.
General Manager Mcdonald, of the
Pittsbqrg & Western road, was in the city
yesterday. That the road with which he is
connected is rapidly coming into prOmi-
nence must be admitted.
Richard Ray. the general freight agent
of the Southern Pacific company, has
been appointed general traffic manager of
thu p,nop vine n Srrhko rnoirnnd
The appointment will take effect Nov. L.
James S. Knox, of the auditors depart
meet of the Grand RaDids & Indiana road.
has resigned to take charge of the Grand
Rapids branch of the National Building and
Loan Association, of Minneapolis, Mimi.
". H. Newman, third vice-president of
the Missouri Pacific. will retire from that
position on the first of next month, and has
accepted the position of second ~vice-presi-
dent of the Chicago e. Northwestern COM
pany.
The Manitoba has given the necessary
ninety days notice to the United States
and American express companies that their
contracts will not be renewed and that it
proposes to handle its own express business
after Jan. Is, 1890.
The Eastern lines out of st. Louis are
somewhat exercised over a report that one
grain on Friday last, by cutting the rate 3
cents per 100 pounds. The matter is now
undergoing investigation. --s,
The dining cars put on ever the Vandalla
and the Pennsylvania lines, to run between
ST. Louis and Columbus. are paying invest
ments. and the officials of the roads named
say that as soon as the eight new dining
cars are completed, all through trains will
haul a dlning-car.
The Union Pacific recently made the beat
time ever made over the transcOntinental
| lines, with one exception. With the Cali
4 fnrnIof tnmrnonharU q nd THAR frlnn6c nnm-
boring 240 persons, a train of seven Pullman
cars was hauled from Cheyenne to Grand
Island, 362 miles, in a little less than eight
hours. =
.E.A. Ford. general passenger agent of
the Pennsylvania and the Vandalia lines,
was in the city yesterday. and in the even
ing went to Terre Haute to confer with
President McKeen and other officials of
the Vandalia, as to the proposed shorten
ing OF time OF train No. 20, going east, and
No. going west.
The important position of controllership
of the New York Central road has been
filled by the promotion of j. G. Christensen.
assistant teasurer of the road. This posi-
ton has been vacant for several weeks. it
being made so by the death of i. p. Cham
bers, who had held that position for over
twenty-five years.
With the Vandalia getting into ST. Joe
by way of South Bend, the Cincinnati, Wa
bash & Michigan is to get a sharp COM
Petitor for business, more especially in the
lumber traffic. The bess feature of open
ing this extension of the Vandalia is the
excellent outlet it will furnishfo the Goals
mined on the line of the Vandalia.
Going west, the express trains of the Big
Four now make the run from Cincinnati to
Chicago in nine hours and fourteen min
utes; returning, the run from Chicago to
Cincinnati is made in nine hours and
twenty-six minutes. Between Indianapolis
and Chicago. the running time of these
trains is five hours and fifty minutes.
The new management of the Ohio, Indi-
ana 4 Western is making good progress to-
ward putting on a through sleeping coach
between Peoria and New York, in connec-
ton with the Erie road. Between Indian
apolis and New York. both ways, the coach
will make the same time as is mad by the
regular express trains of other easJ-and.
west lines.
The inspection of the Pennsylvania lines
east OF Plttsburg commences this morning.
The Northwestern system will be inspected
this, week, and the Southwestern next
week: superintendent Bennett and Mans.
field left. last night, for Pittsburg, to join
the inspection party. which is composed OF
the engineers of maintenance of way, the
superintendent and the rOad-masters.
The popularity of train No. 20, over the
Vandalia, and which makes the run from
Indianapolis to New York in twenty-fou
hours. is shown in the fact that when il
was put on it hauled but four cars; now il
comes in from the West with eight cars,
with the additional passenger coaches
loaded to their capacity. Seldom is the
chair-car capacity equal to the demand.
G.. r. Barnhart, who was recently ap.
pointed superintendent of the Indiana Mid.
land road. is doing a good work in better.
ing the physical condition of the property
and increasing its business. An ex-railroad
manager who knows Mr.. Barnhart's ability
as a railroad man says that he is too valu
able a railroad man to have no larger field
to operate in than the Indiana Midland
offers.
General Passenger Agent Mccormick. o.
the Cincinnati, Hamilton IL Dayton, takes
the position that their line from Cincinnati
to Chicago rs, In every respect, equal tt
that of their competitors, if not superior
and now the C., II. 4 d. and the L., N. A
81 c. is entitled to just as much of the pas
senger business as the Big Four OF tn,
Pennsylvania. The roads named propos,
to make a stand on that issue.
The friends of General Manager Gore. OF
the Indianapolis car-works, who has beer
obliged to retire from that position on &C
count of ear trouble, viii be gratifed I.
learn that he is in good circumstance
financially. George Anderson. foreman o
the wood department.. has been promoted
to NIL Mr.. Cores position. He will b
known as the master car-builder of tn,
works. and is said to be a very competen-
man for the position.
The Boston papers make public the an