The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-03-26
THE DAYS RAILWAY NEWS.
The Founding of a Railroad Mems
Hospital Here Again Talked OF.
Freight Business Makes a Bad Break-The
l., b. s. w. Surveying for Their st.
Louis Extension.
Personal Points.

EeESOnal IOtnb
E. P. Phelps has been appointed chief engineer
Of the Michigan Central road.
!. F. Tucker, traffic manager of the Illinois
Central road, who has been in California for
some weeks, returned to Chicago on Saturday.
T. A. Lewis, Western manager of the Erie fast
freight lines, left for New York Saturday night,
to attend a meeting of the directors of the
Chicago & Atlantic road.
E. ". Blank, one of the old-time conductors on
the Louisville, New Albany & Chicago road, will
resume railroading to-day as a passenger con-
ductor on the L., N. A. {.
Commissioner Fink is said to be firm in his
refusal to have nothing more to do with the
passenger pool of the various trunk lines. lie
has asked to be relieved, and he means 1t.
A II. Wood, formerly superintendent OF the l.,
B.. & W., now with the @. Il o., was in the CITY
Saturday, and called at the United States Clerks
office and took in $1,512 back pay due him from
the Is B. g. W., his claim being the largest on the
payroll.
General Manager McCrea, of the P, c. & ct. L.,
will arrive here this morning, and will remain
for a day or two looking after matters connected
with the P, c. 81 st. L. and the Union Railway
Company aud Belt road, he being president OF
the Union Railway Company.
Conductor Chaffee, of the Norwich Il Worcester
railroad, is a lucky fellow. He has served the
company twenty-nine wears, twenty-five of them
in the capacity of conductor. He has had in his
charge at least 1,220, 600 passengers, only three
of whom were fatally injured, and these by their
sown carelessness. He has had one collision, but
never lost q train in that time.
superintendent Miller, McKenna, Turner,
Sherwood, and N. K Elliott, master of trans
lpOrtatiOn of the Vandalia, are to meet General
Manager McCrea to-day TO agree upon new
rules and regulations as regards moving trains
over the Belt road and Union tracks. Colonel
Hill being at Hot Springs with his wife, Mr..
Elliott acts for him in the matter.
As there seems to be some Misunderstanding
as regards the promotion of d. Z. McCahe. who,
April 2, assumes the duties of general freight
agent Of the Chicago, st, Louis & Plttsburg road,
an explanation, as given by a P, c. q st. i.
official will not be out of place. As division
freight agent, Mr.. McCabe only controlled a pOr-
ton of the Chicago, Columbus & Indiana Cen
trial, now the c., st. L. & P. road. He is now
i. general freight agent of all divisions of the c.,
ct. L.& p, which is leased to the p. c. & st. Ii;
or in other words, he holds the same position on
the c., st. l.. & p. as does Robert Geiger, general
freight agent of the j., NJ. & l., which is as well
leased to the r., c. & ct. L., ana both are subject
TO orders from William Stewart, general freight
agent of the P, c.. & st. L., or his assistant,
General Freight-agent F.. Fl, Kingsoury. 1t is
understood that J. A. Perkins will continue TO
bear his present title and perform the same du-
ties as heretofore.