The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-04-07

seen him IL more vigilnntwIll not render the com
pany liable, no negligence on the part of the
company or its employees being shown.
THE STATEMENT CORRECT.
AS the Journal was one OF the first papers to
announce that s. Il. PIerson had been appointed
traffic manager of the Houston g. Texas Central
road, and us the programme has not been car
ried out. but Mr.. Pierson takes position with
Commissioner Fink, it is proper to state that
MIR Plersun was really appointed traffic mhn-
aver OF the Fl. & T. c. and within few hours
aIter the appointment was Withdrawn.
BECOMING SERIOUS MATTER.
There is possibility that one of the scalpers
has gone little too far in the matter of tamper-
ing with tickets by writing especial" across
them with red ink. at any rate, the matter has
been carried so far that the Union Railway
board will meet in day or two to take action
in the case. If 1t has been done on the authority
of the general passenger agents of certain roads,
the scalper is all right. and in such the tick
cts of the offending road stand an excellent
chance of being thrown out OF sale the Union
railway ticket office. Most of this tampering,
however, has been done on tickets Of roads
carrying the West-houud travel, and il the pro-
granme were carried out roads west OF the Mis-
souri, river would be most effected.
PERFORMING SATISFACTORILY.
The Consol engines, twenty-four in number,
which have now been In service on the Indiana,
Bloomington & Western road some six months,
are doing excellent service but cannot be used
for their full power owing to the weakness of
draw-bars, shackles and pins used the ordl-
nary cars. These engines haul with ease thirty
loaded cars up any grade on the middle division,
and would haul ten fifteen moro were coupling
arrangements OF sufficient strength to bear the
full mower of these monster engines. The Indi-
ana. Bioomin gtOn e. Western have ordered all cars
they have had built in the last few months con-
structed more substantially in this respect, and
other roans on which heavier locomotives are
being introduced are taking similar action. and
but Is few Years will pass before all through
freight trains Will he mntle up of cars of much
stronger pattern than those now in use.
OPPONENTS MUST TAKE A BACK SEAT.
The papers which have been devoting columns
for some days past in creating an impression
that the lease of the New York, Pennsylvania &
Ohio TO the Eric very doubtful, so great was
the opposition in London to such lease, may as
well turn their guns, for whenever H. j. Jewett,
president of the Erie, moves, lie does it with er.
feet and carries his point, as is evidenced by the
following eablegram, dated London. April G.:
cat Il meeting of the hondhOders of the New
York, PENNSYLVANIA Ohio railroad, Lewis, who
was III the chair, declared the opponents of the
scheme of leasing the road to the New York,
Lake Erie & Western Railway Company had not
secured II single proxy, while the supporters of
first mortgage bondholders representing n ma
jOrity of he iirstissue bonds and proxies repre-
senting $5.500,0OU OF second mortgage bonds.
Lews's motion, approving the lease, was carried,
with only four dissenting votes"
SHOWING THEIR COLoRs.
s. W. Snow, general passenger agent of the
Chicago & Atlantic road, has issued very at
traetive fOur-page circular, on one page there
being map of the route from Chicago to New
York. In speaking of the route he Gays: ''No
railrOad was ever constructed with closer atten-
tion to scientific detail than the Chicago & At
lantic The route was located with such mas
terly skill that the road may he called almost
literal strnight line, and there Is no peroeptible
grade from terminus to anutheF.
General Passenger Agent Snow, in a letter TO
the railrOad reporter of the journal, Says: "t
notice, in your paper of April A, that somebody
has mortified ynu mat the new trains OF the Chi
CagO Atlantic Railway, to be run through from
Chicago to New York, are being built Mt Will
mingtOn, Del. Idesre 10 correct this statement,
as our trains are being built 10y the Pullman
Company, ut Pullman, ILL.,, and Will consist OF q
mail car, IL baggage car, aud u secOnd-cln5S
coach, u magnificent smOking-car. with buffet,
where travellers can lunch ut their leisure. TWO
tret-class coaches, and elegant Pullman
sleeper. These trains will he of uniform design
and color, and will he the finest in the country.
They will he RIM through solid between Chicago
and New York, without change of any class.
We expect To put these trains on by June l, not
later"