The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-08-17
FREIGHT BUSINESS HEAVY
More Cars Handled Last Week by Indian
apOlis Lines than Ever Before.
Most Of the Increase Due to the Swelling Export
Trade In Cereals and Cattle-RailWsy En-
terprises in Northern Indiana.

Never before in the history of the lndi-
annapolis roads has their traffic been rs
heavy and moving along as smoothly. In
the week Guiding Aug. Is but twenty-five
more loaded cars were handled at this
point thar in the week ending the Sth. but
the traffic of that week was heavy beyond
precedent. Comparisons are now made
with the best weeks of last year. and it
will be noticed that 900 moro loaded cars
were received and forwarded at ~lndlanap-
oils this year than in the corresponding
week of 1890; 1,232 more han in 1889. and
2.9S2 moro than in 1888. Especially 10 traf-
nc heavy with the Big Four, the Pennsyl-
vsnia and the Vandalia lines. The six
Ingalls, roads handled at this point last
week 11,172 loaded cars, and with
them 1t was the heaviest weeks
business since the consolidation was per-
fected. The tonnage moving east and west
continues to be very equally divid ed. The
Pennsylvania. for instance. brought in ZIG
loaded cars and forwarded 795; the Van
dalia brought Ill LOGO and forwarded 996
loaded cars; the st. Louis division of the
Big Four brought in 9S7 and forwarded
west $50 loaded cars, and about the same
proportion Is shown by the other esst-and-
west lines. The export movement con-
tinues very heavy, and only lack of cars
prevents Its being largely In excess OF the
shipments just now are made up of wheat,
fiour coming second for the first time in
some years. Shipments OF EXPORT cattle
continue heavy. West bound the tonnage
of high-clsss goods Is yet light. but grad
ually increasing, while shipments of low
class freights are much heavier than usual
IN August. Shipments of furniture, car
riages and machinery TO the Southwest and
Pacitc-coast points, which were for q few
weeks hight, have set in again, and there is
e good demand for cars to load to such
points. The tonnage of freights going to
Mexico is quite heavy. The agents of the
Mexican roads are doing good work In this
territory for their respective lines. Com
parsons show that the south
lines are handling about their usual volume
of business in August; this Is q month
when through business on north-and-
south roads is at its lightest, and really lit
tie but local traffic Is Local busi-
ness is highly satisfactory. There is not q
city freight depot where the force has not
been increased or arranRements made with
the platform men to work overtime. Local
business 10 of an unusually miscellaneous
character, building material being one of
tbe more important classes of freight NOV
ing. The movement of Ohio and Indiana
Goals Is not as heavy now as In the last half
of July. This is due, probably, TO the heavy
increase in business of other classes of
freights, which requires the power, if not
that class of cars, to move Ii. Freight men
say that the wheat and pats crops are NOV
ing in about their right volume. There is
no accumulation of cars. but orders for cars
at way stations are filled with more than
usual p%romptness. The outlook for o heavy
fall business improves rather han lessons
as the fall months are approached. Below
is given the number of loaded cars received
and forwarded at this point In the week
ending Aug. Is. as compared with the cor
responding week IN the preceding three
years: