The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-04-24
Personal Points.

Personal Points.
F. Hamilton to-day takes tho agency of the
Rec Line at Harper, vice N. A. Lucas resigned.
r. Lewis, general manager of the Erie fast
freight lines, has gone to New York, to be absent
several days
Passenger Agent R. Cheney, of the c.. B. g. O.,
and Colonel William Shaw, joint agent of the c.,
n & O. and t. B. & w, are in the city.
Notice is given of the appointment Of D. g.
smith treasurer of the Wabash, st. Louis & Pa
ciic road, his headquarters to be st. Louis, Mo.
Edward Holloway has been appointed agent of
Tie Red Line at Montreal, Quebec, and j. A.
fHouston agent at ottawa, Ont. and Brockvile,
ont. Both are new points reached by the Red
Lime.
BIbal g. st. Joe road, has been sanguine that the
II. & St. Joe would not sell, hut build into
the Chicago, burlington " Quincy road had
seooped in the Fl. & st. Joe, r. Cheney, OF the c.,
B so, telegraphed Reed that 500 laborers were
en- route for Chicago, who had been employed to
aid hun (Reed) in building his Chicago extension.
Local Notes.
Ed. Cost, agent of the Lsckaw wanna Line. which
opens for business at this point May l, has leased
for his Office room 50 in the Union block
discharged Chicago, st. Louis & Pittsburg
conductor is reported as saying that the reason
the others did not was that they had money
enough to buy up the spoilers"
The Indiana, Bloomington and Western road
has arranged for grand excursion, at low rates,
TO Bismarck, Kan ,itickets to be good on any
train going west between May 10 and To-
Commencing with to-day, all live stock brought
in over the Wabash and Chicago & Indianapolis
Air Line is to be delivered to the Belt road, at
the j., M. e. L. crossing, and then sent to the
Stnckyards.
1t is not surprising, after all, that Jay Gould
ia troubled to get section men on the Wabash,
as he only pays 81 20 per day, and the poor fell
lows don't get that until from ten to twelve
weeks after 1t is earned
Terre Haute has a bad name as being an east
bound understanding point, and pressure is
TO be brought upon Commissioner Fink to re-
establish pool at that point. with the hope that
nrmer rates would then be maintained.
Under the reduction in east-bound rates, which
takes effect to-day, the rate on provisions and
starch from indianapolis TO Boston viii be SO
cents per 100 pounds; to New York, % cents
Philadelphia, 26 cents; Baltimore, % cents.
The Cincinnati. Indianapolis. st. Louis and
Chicago company yesterday received two more
passenger engines from the Schenectady loco
muuve-works. They are numbered IA and rs,
and are OF the same pattern as Nos. 70 and rs.
President Thomas ard General superintendent
Kennedy, of the Bloomfield e. Bedford, this
week will go over the routes of the proposed ex-
tension of the line eastward, and decide whether
it will be to the best advantage of the company
TO build TO Seymour or to Columbus, Ind
President ingalls, has ordered from the Pull
man ear-works four drawng-room cars for the
Kentucky Central road. One passed through In
dianapolis yesterday. These cars are sixty-two
feet long and, elegantly finished both on the OK
terror and in the interior, and rest on six-wheel
trucks
There is good deal Of ohafiug among the fast
frr,ght line agents of lines which carry export
business. While the established ocean rate, for
Instance, on Hour, is 6S cents barrel, as low a
rate as 43 Clio cents was given yesterday by one
line TO az indianapolis shipper, while agents of
other lines are unable to obtain any reduction.
In the three weeks ending April 81, the
through express trains run over both the East
ern and Western divisions of the Cincinnati, In
dianapolis, st. Louis & Chicago road. did not once
miss arriving at terminals promptlp on time.
This is q record which speaks well for the men
running these trains, and for the excellent con-
dltlon of the equipments and rOadbed.
The Cincinnati, Indianapolis. st. Louis e. Chi
cago company have large number of Russian
iaborers in their employ, and such faithful ser
wants they that Roadfmaster McQuiston
wants more. The only trouble is to make them
understand what is wanted, and as ]. c. Guisey
IS nippant c0nVersati0nalist in the Russian
language, Superintendent Sherwood EMPLOYS
him as an interpreter.
meeting of the general managers of the
proprietary lines of the Union Railway Com
panY has been called for tomorrow, and one of
the important subjects to come up is the omen.
lug of the outside offices, and doubtless it will
he decided to open them as early May 1. The
TACT Is that the three or four roads which really
closed their Offices far as selling tickets was
concerned, have been sufferers, as other roads
have been selling tickets in candestine man
ner
fight is on between the Jacksonville Madi-
SOC o. INDIANAPOLIS and the Cincinnati. Indian
apolie, st. Louis e. Chicago on Louisville bust
ness. The general passenger agents of the two
roads entered into an agreement to make the
round trip rate for parties of ten TO fourteen at
$40 per head and the c., l., st. l.. & G. people
alege that certain parties, while purchasing their
tickets at the Union Depot at that rate, on
irving at Louisville have been given 81 20
rebate. This rate was given more especially to
aecOmm odate baseball CLUBS.