The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-01-07

cinnati. Indianapolis, st. Louis s. Chicago
road at that point, performing the duties of
II. T.. Hand, who resigned to 60 to the Mich
igan Central road.
1t is stated that the Illinois Central will,
during the present month, pay 3.per cent;
dividend on its Iowa division. which will
be the first paid since the company extend
ed its lines into Iowa.
The scheme to GUST X. r. Cable from the
presidency of the Chicago 81 Rock Island
road is laid at the door of Jay Gould. who
it is alleged has been busy of late in attack
ing Western railway managers.
The conference committees OF the East
ern and Western roads for the cOnsidera-
ton of percentages on through business, be-
tween the Mississippi river and the sea-
board, meet in Chicago on Wednesday next.
The Cincinnati Indianapolis ST. Louis
& Chicago road earned gross, in the year
1888, the handsome sum of $4,000 a mile.
AS Indiana roads average to earn only S.
$50 per mile gross. the exhibit is the more
favorable.
The Lake Erie e. Western management
has closed contracts for the building of
first-class iron bridges over the Wabash
river at Peru, the Tipecanoe river near lip
ton and over Fall creek. The stonewOrk
has been awarded to Branham 81 Hege of
this city.
The fifth of the ''Sp class of engines which
have been built at the Pennsylvania Com
pany's shop in Fort Wayne, will be turned
out this week, and four of the light engines
which have been in service for years will
60 to the scrap heap, the new engines TAX
ing thelI numbers.
The Cincinnati, Wabash & Michigan will
show an increase IN passenger earnings In
1888 over those of 1887 of nearly $41 900. 1t
is quite possible, however, that too much
economy Is practiced on this road. as the
conductors on its passenger trains I'LL the
positions of conductor, brakeman and
switchman, and before their trains were
heated by steam from the locomotive they
We're also stOve-stokers.
The movement for q general maintenance
of rates all over the country is gaining
strength daily: An excellent suggestion is
made that Judge Cooley of the interstate
commission and Presidents Adams of the
Union Pacific, and Porter of the Chicago 81
Eastern Illinois, shall constitute board to
approve of through tariff rates and to adj
just any questions which may arise per-
tanning to their maintenance.
The Chesapeake s. Ohio promises to be a
more valuable road to Cincinnati than is
the Cincinnati Southern. The latter cost
the city of Cincinnati millions of money,
banquet to the enterprising parties who
extended the road to that point anG have
built the fine structure over which the
trains cross the Ohio river from Kentucky.
1t is announced that circular will be
issued to-day from headquarters of the
of all employees on that system whose pay
is 500 per month and over will be reduced
10 per cent. This applies to all heads of
departments as well as others, but does not
nected with the mechanical departments.
The object of the cut is to reduce operating
expenses.
The Pennsylvania special, No. 20, was put
on June 10, 1888, and up to Jan. it had
missed but four times in running into jersey
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tanned by a freight wreck, not by any acct
dent to the train. What makes this more
creditable is tho fact that it is not unusual
for the VandalIa to wait from twenty min
nectiOns, and before the train reaches CO.
1umbus over the c., ST. L. d p, the lost
time is all made up.
The Bee-line shows an increase in pas
senger earnings In 1888, over those of 1887,
of nearly S155,0O0, and without doubt
should the Lake Shore, the New York Cen
trail and the Boston 81 Albany roads do
their part i'll the way of running solid
trains between st. Louis and the seaboard
and on as good time as their competitors
favorable results. The earnings of 1888
show that the passenger men have been
bestirring themselves all along the line
The mild weather and further introduce
ton of natural gas in this State and Ohio
is making bad inroads into the coal bust
Southern, the locking VALLEY, the
in Ohio, are not carrying one
half the. tonnage of coal that they
last year, and the business of the Vandalia,
the Chicago g. Eastern Illinois and the
Chicago 4 Indiana Coal roads is also at
low ebb.
President Strong, of the Atchison, To-
peka 81 Santa Fe, tells reporter of the
lnl fhnfh n hos int Of
resigning, adding that, This is no time for
me to resign even were disposed to do SO,
and if shall be reelected director in
May, as l expect to be, and the board shall
re-elect me to my present position, / intend
to remain. We are in the middle of the
stream now, and certainly shall not retire
until we are safely across. l was never in
better health than 1 am at the present time,
and l never felt more confidence in the
future of the AtchisOn system than do to-
day."
A well-informed railroad official states
that the Canadian Pacific road is to be
divided into two divisions. one stretching
from Quebec to Vancouver, the other to be
one of which has for its objective point a
connection with the Wabash at Detroit
Mr.. VanhOrne is to retain the presidency
and general managership of the road, and
L. H. Shaughuessy will, under the title of
assistant general manager, look after one
division, and j. NJ. Egan, now with the
Chicago, KansasCity & ST. Paul road, will
with the same title look after the other
division.
The annual report of j. b. Eckman, sec
rotary and inspector of the Indianapolis
Joint Weighing Association, shows gain
in revenue from weighing carload freights,
at this point in the year 1885, of S37, 33t4 "a
and from weighing and inspecting platform
freights at the several freight depots gain
i'll revenue of 80, 1915 making a total gain
in revenue to the companies for the year of
S59. S29. ID. The expenses of the weighing
and inspecting bureau for the twelve
months was s., 1886 From the above state
ment it will be seen that the roads profited
in their revenue through the operations of
the association, $57 63459.
The telegram sent over the country as
coming from an engineer on the Jefferson
vile, Madison IL Indianapolis road to the
effect that with only twenty -four hours
notice the engineers of the roads of this
country would, in March, make q general
strike, is hooted at by the veteran engi-
GERS who run into Indianapolis. In con-
versatiOn they say that they have had
enough of strikes; they are too expensive.
For months they have been paying their
assessments on account of the c., b. q Q.
strike it having drained the treasury of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers,
and in the end it IS arbitrated as it should
have been, they say. the second day after
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