The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-06-24
FEARS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local,


w S. Spiers is in the city, and will remain
until he gets the indianapolis east-bound pool in
ming order
lutz's automatic coupler is being tested on
mber of the cars on the L., N A. 81 G. rail-
d. and is said to operate admirably.
The next annual meeting of the Roadmasters
ssociation of North America will occur at
indianapolis, the second Wednesday of Septem-
Ger.
J. f. Howley has been appointed travelling
auditor of the j., M. & l., the l. & ", and the
Little Miami divisions of the Pennsylvania COM
panys system.
Pool or no pool, the c., St L. &P. people will
to-day announce a 81. 70 round "trip rate from
indianapolis to Chicago during the Democratic
national convention.
General freight and passenger agent A. b.
Southland of the L., N A. & c. system, says thirty
days from now it will be question of cars, not
how low rates you can carry the property
The prospect for heavy passenger business
over all the Indiana lines is good, and earnings
have shown wonderful increase in the past ten
days, more especially to cool pleasure resorts
1t is stated that fully 20 per cent. of the hogs
shipped east over the Bee line the last few
months have gone to New England points This
feature of the traffic has increased largely of
Late years.
Three hundred trains, carrying 10000 passen-
gers, now enter and depart from the Broad
street station IN Philadelphia every day. The
number will soon be increased to 800 trains, to
accommodate the summer travel
The c.. l., St L. & C. engine No. GA yesterday
hauled the five coaches carrying the Raper Com
mandery from Indianapolis to Louisville, the
forty six miles from the Belt road, indianapolis,
to Greensburg in fftyseven minutes.
Passenger conductors Perkins and Branham,
or 49, Annapolis d Vincennes road, were yes
~ cd NV pinta Turner that
v ~ervIces were no longer needed. Both had
Ht their new summer uniforms.
nd the coaches run on the Danville,
W 10 River road have been cleaned up,
" ong the line have ceased to occupy
9t rs standing on side tracks as a resi-
the road is fast assuming the air of
10 ility.
j. FL. Fisher has been appointed general man
Pger of the st. Paul & Duluth road, and will take
his new position in few days Mr.. Fisher sue
reeds FL. 2. Breed, who took the place left va
cant by Manager Stimson going to the Manitoba
road about eighteen months ago.
VIM. Swanston, master-mechanic, and Mr.
Austin, master car builder, of the Pennsylvania
rompanys Western lines, will, July /. re-
move their headquarters from Jeffersonvile,
Ind, to Indianapolis The new C., St l.. Il p.
shops will be under their immediate supervision
Under present arrangements it is necessary for
the officials having charge of pool matters to be
on the road to or from meetings nearly all the
of consideration, that all the roads keep man
in New York specially to look after pool mat
tiers.
The Indiana division of the Train Dispatch
ers' National Association has elected as officers
r. B. Woolsey, of the Vandalia president: W.
s. Connors of the C., Fl. & D. vice-president;
V. II. Stevens of the c., l., St L. & c., secre-
taNy and treasurer The division already has
forty members
The American Master Mechanics Association
elected the following officers: President, J. H.
Flynn, of the Western & Atlantic railroad first
vice president, J. Davis Barnett of the Midland
railroad Of Canada; secretary, J. H. Setchel, of
the Ohio & Mississippi; and treasurer, George
Richards of the Boston q Providence.
The triSzlations of the trunk-lne railroads
seem to be endless If freight matters are fixed
up. trouble occurs in the passenger pool. At
present several lines running out of Chicago re
fuse to go into the pool unsettling the situation,
consequently 1t was necessary to extend the old
contract to August l. Meantime a meeting is to
be held July 15 to endeavor to patch matters
up
The Pennsylvania people viii save 50 600 per
month through the consolidation of the j., M. 81
/. and c., st. L. & P business at this point
They will do away with several Office clerks,
day and night yardmaster and their respective
assistants, two switching engines and their
crews, watchmen, wipers, etc, at the round
house. The company has another important
change pending which we are not at liberty to
give, which will further cut down the operating
expenses ON the indianapolis division.
Boston papers say that Charles Francis Adams
The new president of the Union Pacific is expect
ing to hold the position only temporarily Hugh
Riddeil, a director, and also of the Rock Island
is mentioned candidate to succeed Mr.
Adams. This may arise, perhaps, from the fact
that Messrs Adams and Riddell will start
upon tour of inspection over The Union Pacific
BY the by it is reported that President Adams
has invited General Manager Galloway, of the
Crank Trunk, to accompany him in tour over
the road That Galloway may succeed Clarke
as general manager is more than probable.
A large per cent of the stock going east over
the Bee-line comes from Kansas City. and is
turned to the indianapolis g. St Louis
road at Alton Junction. Live stock taken at
Alton junction comes under the Indianapolis pool,
and consequently swells the Dee-line tonnage out
to the c., St L. & p, under the indianapolis
pool, only such stock as is gathered up this side
of East St Louis All taken from East ST.
Louis comes under the St Louis east-bound
livestock pool, consequently the Vandalia is
always ahead in the st. Louis pool and the l. g.
st. L.. behind, while at indianapolis the Bee
line per cent. is now running ahead Of that of
the c., St L. & P. road largely
Win the BendhOIders BE Frozen Out?
railroad man of large observation and who
has watched closely the financial maneuvers of
The Jay Gould stock and bond manipulato1s, yes
terday remarked, every move made indicates
chat it is the purpose of Jay Gould and his
right bowers to force if possible the courts into
allowing the receiver to issue receivers certf-
cates tn the aino11pt of millions IN nav fret tho