The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-12-28
RAILWAYNEWS OF THE DAY
Features of the Fight in the L., N.
a. x @. Management.
Revival of the Report that the Zig Four Is
Trying to Buy the Eastern Illinois
The Tripartite WIlI Win.

Employees on the Milwaukee & st. Paul road
will hereafter be paid by check, instead Of by
the pay-car
Mr.. G. II. Huntington, Evansville & Terre
HaNTe travelling agent, has been appointed agent
at Buffalo for the New York, Buffalo q West
Shore.
The bore through the Bozeman tunnel on the
Northern Pacific was completed last Saturday,
and the vice-president telegraphs that he ex-
poets to run trains through in a week.
Business is reported dull on all the leading
lines of road. Passenger earnings are falling off
rapidly. and there does not appear to be any
immediate prospect of their picking up.
On the LIST of January, A. 8. White, general
agent OF the Bee-line, will move into an uptown
ounce. Quincy Van Wrinkle, who mas been agent
at East st. LOUIS, will return to Indianapolis
and take the position of local freight agent.
f. A. Ford and family were in the city yester-
day to visit his daughter. who is now a resident
or indianapolis. While here he met Mr.. Ches
Drougn,. assistant general passenger agent of
the Vandalia line. located at ST. Louis All par
ties returned to headquarters last night
In the matter of passes, railroad managers
are growing stricteT year by year General Man
ager Hill of the Vandalia has just issued a cir
GUAR OF instructions regarding passes over that
line for 1884, saying that all passes must be
signed by either the president or general mana
ger
The general freight agent of the Pennsylvania
company has notified agents that, commencing
Jan. j. 1884, the charges for detention of ears
on gram, lumber, and other articles for more
tnan twenty-four hours after arrival at destina-
ton Will be 81 per car. The demurrage charge
at present is So per car.
MIR. e. A. Ferd, general passenger agent of the
pennsylvania cOmpany's lines, has issued a cir
cular to connecting lines informing them that
hereafter all applications for passes must be
made through him, instead of through the
slstant general passenger agents of his various
roads at Chicago, St. Louis and Indianapolis.
1t is growing extremely chilly for the scalpers
IN Denver, against whom Pool Commissioner
Daniels Is making such vigorous fight The
validity of the $500 license has been sustained,
and now the general passenger agents of the
chicago u North western, Chicago d Alton, and
the Chicago, Burlington q Quincy railroads nave
decided to cut OFF the heavy commissions here
tofore paid
The Vandalia will soon receive two new en-
glnes, the largest in this part of the country.
IheY will be used for passenger travel, ami
weigh between fOTty-fiYe and fifty tons. They
VIII be numbered 1S1 and 1872. The cylinders
are SX22 inches drivers feet 8 inches, exteu-
sion boilers and sevepfOOt fire boxes. Fifty
miles an hour with heavy train will be an easy
matter with them.
Vice-oOmmissioner Pierson, of the trunk-line
passenger pool, will meet the representatives of
the Western trunk lines in Chicago, tomorrow,
to confer with them about paying commissions
In the Eastern trunkline territory. It'll believed
he is DESTROYS of maintaining friendly relations
Jnem IN VIC SaaeS1S asd