The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-16
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.

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Al j. Doherty, chief clerk in the Indianapolis |
Ie.st lcnnd nool office +a1xes . similar nosition
az.
nnder w. .. oplers, DIVISION Irelgn1 asslie - INC
Wabash road.
The r e. O EXPRESS COMPANY deny that their
war with the p. R. r. about the shipment of
800. -, 1oL.t5alnb;o q, yv;1n,;n o,ton
uo'enS oFe. one !. - 5. go. |
road Wall affect tnelr eastern ualno = any
way.
mss s+a+ad thaf Al b Se,lthard has been
49,, a.;4;. =, a.. 11roh.,1 a,,ata..
- . 80 es-..,-. 8. e.
MT oouen lar anu AMY " 10Y On ~ a
$500 leasvro LIP nu ~ Ao ~
CVnith IN vilo 1uiAoh'
The dining. cars run on the Bee line proper are
this year, for the first time in their history pay
ing institutions. The heavy New England tray
eloNer me route tnls season nasi lnuch 70 e'of
" WIN ING OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
President Millard of the indianapolis Car
Works states that this week they will turn out
seventy cars ON their lt0OO-car contract Tor Inc
Ohio Southern road. The works now have con4
tracts which will keep them busy some Iour
months.
Since the order Of: General Traffic. Manager
Talmage,. of the Wabash, st Louis q racine
system, regarding the running OF passenger
trAinSsOR tlies /, p. 81 g. division to better ac=
commOdate the patrons of the road took erect,
the passenger earnings have increased ~ per
cent
b. W. MeKenna the weIl-balanced superin-
tendent of the Jeff6rsonyihe, Madison % Indi-
annapolis road, has just entered his seventh year
insthat was several Years praor TO gong
on to theL. M. & l., superintendent OF the In
diar1apos,& Nincenness road, and has been. ON
the Pennsylvania system from childhood
M M Knight general freight agent of the
Wabash is tfesauthority on which we state that
should the Wabash retain the L. P. & 9. division,
division freight agent will be appointed whose
special duty would be to look after the interest
Il.
ltsstfathc soserIously for want OF attention.
President MeRae of the Union Railway Com
parry, was surprised when. told by Supenn-
tendent Whitcomb that the heavy crawling on
the Union tracks had been done at an expense to
the company OF only 5O cents per CUBIC yard
The Pennsylvania people are well satished when.
1t Is done at cost OF 60 cents per eufae yard,
Reports vary as to the results of the meeting
of Western railroad managers at Chicago last
week The Chicago Tribune says everybody
was disappointed. and President Adams, Of the
Union Pacific especially Mr.. Adams tells Bos
ton people that-matters We're adjusted in q man
which seems to him quite promising and sat
isfactory.
Persons well yersed in the affairs of the Gin
cinnafi Hamilton e. Dayton road sneak insverv
tomDlimentaIv terms of the great come-out to
the nyopeTtv since Cs e. Waite took tI1e general
management of the affairs of the company. I'm
derhis administration thetrafic of the road has
increased and IFS nhysical condition has been
Fhe Northern Pacihe passenger department
4be country not the Tnd;snanolis district that
$I36. so will be taken out Of his pay to rectify
mistake he made in selling tickets to q party
pno enl lroin eaSsesn
fhe cutting Of rates to get business.
AS IL seems to be a natter of surprise that
the Pittsburg Fort Wayne y Chicago, Pennsyl-f
yana ana Fannanoe Tallroads are alsenarging
# e 10 state this i tbes nsl1aI dseha1rra
which takes place annually but has been has
tened this year on account OF the completion Of
oiio SoAA''ie. i0p.'lls Alu IN pro
IL Is stated oInclally that stne passenger earn+
,ngs Of me yeHersonVllle Maalson q lndlan an
lis road, IN the SIX months endlng June: 81 ex-
ceedea those OF the corresponding perlod, 1853
some @o,OVo, ana the earnings OF july anu AL
guse TINS 1ar are showing still larger gains over
5ase year; Freight earnings loot up at about
last year s ngures While the tonnage IS less TINS
year raees nave peen petter nfaantalned.
The Indiana, Bloomington & Western people
have now experimental with what are called,
train agents some six months with satisfactory
results. The duties of the train agents are to
furnish tickets to any person who takes passage
0nsona of their TRAINS without first purchasing
tickets, ndialsD to make aracord of every ticket
taken up by the conductor. the record to show
where the passenger boarded the train and also;
where he left it,
-,
ho Aolanones VI BUSINESS TON men the
Railways Draw Their Largest Traffic.
The+more one studies the statistics published
in Pooys Mammal &c the Railways of
!, - = 80 o---eoO
ooaOes ehe n'ore.as one lpressed WITH 0ne mag
nitude of the railroad interests Of this country,
and its Importance and close alliance with i+ss
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Soninloroal ineeres1s Ane hiahual Gnls year Is
credit to the publisher, being much more COM
pIeteand reliable than any previous year., one