The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-23
Personal AND LOCAL.

A President from the Embellishments of
Railway Men.
CIV. Armstrong has been appointed agent Of
the Cincinnati, Indianapolis, ST. Louis & Chicago
road at louisville.
G. E. Henderson, general manager Of the In
diana, Bloomington & Western road. who has
been East ten days, returned yesterday.
j. P. Smith yesterday appointed agent OF
the Cincinnati, indianapolis, st. Louis e. Chicago
road at Rushville, vice 2. WIKI, jr, resigned.
j. Fl. DeVereux, president of the Bee Line
system. is still in New York. General Manager
Thomas and Traffic Manager Skinner have re-
turned.
Charles T. Mande. who represents the pas
senger department of the Pennsylvania Com
pany's lines west of Pittsburg at Columbus, o.,
is in the city.
W. K Vanderbilt, who is now so rapidly com
ing to the front as railroad man, Is but twenty
seven years of age, has good presence, and
dresses in the business costume of the day.
R. ". Geiger, general freight agent of the JEFF
fersonville. Madison& Indianapolis road, is in
the CITY. He reports business on the road as i'm
proving and rates, which were considerably de-
mOral5ed few weeks ago, are much better
ma intalned by competitors.
The Southern roads said to owe their pres
ent prosperity to Colonel FOreacre more than to
any other man: The Colonel has been engaged
almost exclusively since the war in reminding
and re-establshing railroads In Georgia, Ala
bama and Virginia
P. d. Smith, president OF the indianapolis, Eel
formerly freight engineer on the Indiana,
Bloomington g. Western road. Fl. W. Smith aud
other parties who appear in the directory as
being Urbana, ILL.,, men, were the parties who
projected and built the Champaign, Havana &
Western road.
The statement that Fred wann, general freight
agent of the Chicago & Alton road, was acting
detective for Commissioner Fink in the effort to
prove that the Indiana, Bloomington IL Western
has been cutting east-bound rates, proves to be
unjust TO him 1t is fl. Wann, of Cleveland pri-
vate secretary of j. H. Devereux, who, with II.
W. GAYS, has been looking the matter up, but
seem TO be making poor Roadway.
Toledo. Cincinnati & St. Louis road, has made
the same blunder that he did when general
freight agent of the Indianapolis, Decatur g.
Springfield road. He has issued orders to his
suhOrdinates that they must not give the
pOrters any news when asked for it, but say
something about the weather instead Of the
Narrow gauge. All that is necessary is to pub
fish a few round-hOuse rumoTS him, and he
will gladly give any information desired.
ID. ". Caldwell has been interviewed by the
railroad man of the Chicago Times as regards
the rnmor that he is to he made president of the
Nioke-plate. Mr.. Caldwell said he was well sat
istied with his position as vice-president and
did not know that he would be promoted to the
presidency of the road, the proposed change
probably existing more in rumOr than in reality.
He had heard more of IL from the newspapers
than from any other source. Yes; and the news
papers announced mat he to retire from
the position of general manager of the p, c. IL
st. L. lines some weeks before he admitted that
he was to do so.