The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-04-03

does large stock business. At q meeting, Fiji
day last IN Commissioner Fink's office 1t was
decided thar a committee be appointed to exam
inc the subject thoroughly, ascertain the exact
loss to the roads i'll carriage of dressed beef and
| live stock and the relative profits of present
rates to the two classes of shippers. The COM
mittee Will consist of representatives. of the
trunk lines and the Chicago roads, and 1t Is ex-
pected to report to the Commissioner by April
| CHANGE IN PROGRAMME DESIRABLE.
The tenor of the conversation of business men
and majority of railroad men who have given
| the Union depot question any attention, devel-
ops the fact that there is a general desire that
the several railroad companies centering here
should all their trains into one depot,
and that were the leasing lines to
cut loose from the proprietary companies
owning the Union depot, the business
interests of the city would suffer, the city has
been built up in it's business position with the
expectation that the Union depot would remain
| in much the same location now, and that all
roads centering here would occupy 1t,
ana there is general desire as well that
the Union Railway Company should
| become less arbitrary, place value on
! It's property, aud then allow any road to
become a member Of the company which would
! pay Its proper proportion of said valuation.
| There Is feeling that all this petty squaobling
| is now time for both tire owners and leasing
lines of the Union Railway Company to take
broader views and put up depot which Shall
De Union Depot in reality as well as IN name.
DOING GOOD WORK.
The Indianapolis Railroad Christian Associa-
ton held its animal meeting yesterday, and
George W. Cobb, secretary, made his report,
which showed that there had been 1890 visitors
in the rooms; 80 Sunday services held which
were attended by 1913 persons; 81 cottage
prayer meetings held; total attendance at 81
services, 5,215. Secretary Cobb visited 50 sick
and injured railroad men, called at IA railroad
mems homes, attended funerals, made 20S
visits to offices and shops, distributed
1852 magazines and papers. The library of the
association now contains 25S volumes. There
| are now on lille at the rooms two daily, twenty
three weekly and sixteen monthly and semi
monthly periodicals. The following places were
visited in the interest OF railroad work: Peru
twice, Wabash twice, Muncie twice, Vncennes
| once, Logansport once, Terro Haute once, and
Ladogs once, in this State, and New Haven,
Conn., once; MaJtooD, Ill, twice, and OwensborO,
| KY, once; total outside visitation, fourteen.
| Were the several railroad companies to unite
and furnish more attractive rooms for the asso-
citation, which is doing good work under the
pll0lng OF Secretary Cobb, il could be much more
| useful and popular.
| NOW THE FUN BEGINS.
| Officials of the Union Railway Company are
feeling rather sore over the decision as far as it
goes, in the case of the Cincinnati, Hamilton &
| Indianapolis tine Union Railway Company
| and without exception say that it has killed the
new Union Depot scheme, and indications are
that the outside ticket offices of all lines will be
reopened. j. W. Sherwood, superintendent of the
Cincinnati, Indianapolis, st. Louis Chicago
| road stated that it would be necessary for them
| so To do for sefprOtectiOn, not so much against
| the competition of the c., II. e. |. as against
| competition 10 the West and Northwest. Other
| lines, through their general offices and the scalp
erS, were selling tickets and cutting rates, and
they no longer would likely be lockers on. Will
telpgrapG H A. j. " Smith ta last even,
| ing the situation, and expects an order
| to-day to reopen the Bee Line and 1. & ST. L.
! Office These lines as well the c., l., ST L. g.
| C. have been loukers-on for some weeks G. f..
! Henderson, general manager of the Indiana,
| Bloomington & Western road, SAID they had
| given the matter no thought, but supposed if
| Others opened their outside offices they would.
| The Wabash people say they can get their office
| all the Vandalia people have to do is to bring
their ticket cases down from up stairs, fill them
| up with tickets and wade in. This leaves only
| the P, G. IL st. L. TO hear from. Meantime the
ticket scaipers are wearing long faces, for they
| have been in clover for a few weeks, and with
the reOpening of outside offices their occupation
! would receive black eye.
DECISION WHICH TRAINMEN SHOULD HEED
telegram published in Saturday mornings
| Journal that in the Superior Court of Green
| field, Mass, Judge BlOdrett presiding. Con-
ductor Hosley had been found guilty of man
slaughter is worth more than passing notice,
us the case has been watched with great interest
| by prominent railway men, for long as the
| law denies liability of the employe for Injuries
between fellow laborers, it is for their int rest
| that when these injuries result from criminal
negligence of an employee the courts shall not
suffer il to pass with impunity. In this case,
Mr.. Hosley, and old and trusted railroad man,
was conductor of train &c on the New Haven e.
| Northampton railroad. Passing over the State
| railroad, Hosley had telegraphie order at Buck
land to pass train 43(heOnging 10 another corpOr-
ntiOn) aJ Chariemont. The rules of the State road
| required him TO take that order to his engineer,
get his signature to it, sign it himself and return
| ib for transmission back to the trainmaster
| Hosley did not show it TO the engineer, Hami-
| ton, speak to him about it, but signed the
| signatures himself "Hosley. Hamilton" Hosley
| csely which the rule of the road was intended
| To prevent; he had violated the rule, it was
not prevented. Engineer Hamilton was ig-
norant of the order To pass 43 at Charlemont
| The trains collided, killing the conductor and
fireman of 43 and the fireman of 20
and badly injurng Hoslcy and his engineer.
Mr. Hosley's defense is that for some DAYS he
had heen working fourteen hours day, and he
| had had malaria so severely that on the day in
| question he remembers nothing from the time he
left previous station till he found himself lying
i'll FARMHOUSE after the accident. He said,
| however, TO one of the train men after the accI-
| dent: 81 don't know but am to blame"
| There is scarcely any dispute or doubt as to
the facts in this The responsibility for the
| collision clearly on Hosley. The only doubt
| full point was whether HoSley s mind was cloudy
| from disease and whether that fact relieved him
from responsibility. The jury evidently an
Swered the first or the second of these questions
| in the negative, for they held him responsible
| A train employee needs protection against care
lessness of his cOlabOrers more than any other
| person. The passenger if he observes ordinary
prudence, has the chancrs of safe carriage inn
mensey IN his favor ana II he suffers injury he
| is sure Of u liberal indemnify But the railroad
| emplOye is exposed to "a much greater risk and
| has no chance of indemnify.
! Real Estate Transfers.
| Instruments filed for record in the Recorders