The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-04-25
THE DAYS RAILWAY NEWS.
The Carrying Out of Commissioner
Fink's Order Exciting Interest.
Better Pay Would Make Honest Conductors
The Vandalia Meeting Cut Rates
of ]. g. St. L.
Personal Points.

President Devereux and General Manager e.
B. Thomas, of the Bee Line system, are in New
York this week.
Passenger Agents W. Fl. Firth, of the O., B. &
O., and c. E. Russell, of the Illinois Central, are
in the city looking after the interests of their
respective companies.
R. R. Morris, auditor Of the chicago. st. Louis
& Pittsburg road, who has been in the city some
days instructng new conductors as to their
duties returned to Columbus last evening.
Superintendent Murphy, of the Detroit & In
dianapOlis road is pressing j. W. Lunt, road
master, to withdraw his resignation, which
takes effect, unless ne changes his mind, May l.
Freight officials ]. A. Perkins, of the Chicago.
St. Louis & Pittsburg; II. Q. Diehl, of the In
diana, Bloomington & Western: II. B. Smith, of
the Wabash, and j. III. Steiner, of the White
Line, are in Buffalo attending the fastfrelght
line meeting
Unfortunately for the Cincinnati, Hamilton &
Indianapolis management, Wilbur Lee mas de-
olined to look after their passenger business In
this district, but will remain as the representa-
tive of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, with
Ione OF the best passenger men, and would nave
been capital fellow for General Manager
Waite TO have got hold OF.
Local Notes.
Rumor has 1t that the earnings of the Wabash
decreased the first two weeks of this month
$40, 200. The rumor is hardly true and cannot
be confirmed, as the earnings are now reported
as part of tho Southwestern system, and moth
in., definite is get-at-able
The general passenger and ticket agents in this
district convene at the Denison House at 10 A. NJ.
to-day to revise the rate-sheet and transact any
ether business which may incidentally come up.
AS the secretary, A. j. Smith, of the Bee Line,
and several other passenger men are East, prob
ably no action OF importance VIII be taken.
What is the matter now! Superintendent
Sherwood, of the Cincinnati, Indianapolis, ST.
Louis and Chicago road, yesterday ordered that
all loaded cars OFF of their road consigned to the
Vundalia, the Indiana, Blaomin gton & Western.
or the Indianapolis & st. Louis should be trans
ferred over the Union tracks, instead Of the Belt
road, as heretofore,
Commencing with May 1, all live stock billed
east over the Indianapolis roads is TO be weighed
and billed cut actual weight. The Union Stock
yard Company to encourage this mode of doing
business placing scales in proper posi-
ton to weigh cars conveniently. After this
method Is IN operation If there is any short bill
jDg done there Will be trouble.
The Cincinnati, indianapolis, ST. Louis e. Chi
cago company, yesterday, received from Barney
& Smiths Car-wOrks two model postal cars,
which are to be run between Cincinnati and
Chicago. Their dimensions are the same as the
New York and ST. Louis postal cars rSIn over the
Psunsylvania road and Vandalia Line. They
are painted yellow, the c., l., St. l.. standard
color. instead of white, the Pennsylvania stand
ard color.
The joint executive committee Of the trunk
lines will meet on Friday 10 fully investigate the
charges against the Peoria, Decatur & Evans
vile and the Louisville, New Albany & Chicago,
on which charges the roads in the trunk line
pool are not allowed to pro rate with them
through business. Doubtless the troubles will
be adjusted, and the warning may have good
eff. CT on lines which cut rates regardless OF all
pooling agreements.
Two weeks have passed since the Chicago, st.
Louis q PittsbuTg and the Indiana BLOOMINGTON
d Western and the Lake Erie & Western restored
rates at Cleveland Sandusky, Columbus and
other points in northern Ohio and eastern In
diana, and Notwithstanding the fact that rates
have been well maintained, each has received it's
proper share of the business, and the public has
been as well well satisfied, and their superior
officers are speaking in complimentary terms of
their more bnsinessik way of doing things.
As a report is current that spoilers are
working on the Vandalia and the conductors
falsely reported to be worried about the
matter 1t is proper TO state that Colonel Hill,
superntendent of the Vaudalia, when qHes-
toned by the railroad reporter of the Jour
nal, said there were no spoilers on their road;
he had perfect confidence in the honesty of
his conductors they were quiet honest men, and
when reaching terminals struck for home and
spent their leisure hours with their families,
which was an excellent recommendation.