The Indianapolis journal., 1884-05-24
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.

The fruit and vegetable traffic northward is al
ready immense and promises to be much heavier
this than in any former season.
William Flaney, of st. Louis, who represents
the Erie passenger interests in the West, is in
the city on official business.
E B. Thomas, general manager of the Bee
line system, was in the city yesterday afternoon
and left for Cleveland on the night express
Paymaster Sheldon, of the Bee-line system,
pays here to-day for April service and on Mon
day starts west over the l. 6S ST. L. division.
1t is believed that General Passenger Agent
the month. His successor has not yet been
named
G. K. WILDER has been appointed travelling
agent of the Union Pacific, in place of d. B.
Quinlan, resigned with headquarters at
Chicago
St Paul road is reported as purchaser of 900,
900 bushels of wheat If this be true, it is a
bad omen for the road
General freight agents of Indianapolis lines
are disposed to smile at the promptness with
which kilograms and letters are answered as
compared with former times.
The Wabash ticket agents sold, yesterday. at
their outside Office, $242 so worth of tickets,
which they look upon as good record for the
first day the Office was opened.
T. A Lewis Western manager of the Erie
fastfreight lines, will return from Chicago to-
day. H. r. Duval. of New York, general man
ager, will accompany him, and will be MIR.
Lewis's guest for the Sabbath.
It is an almost everyday occurrence on
the Pennsylvania and Bound Brook route to
average for short distances, seventy miles
hour; in fact, often mile in forty five seconds,
or at the rate of eighty miles an hour.
H. R. Derng, assistant general passenger
agent of the Pennsylvania and Vandalia lines,
states that these companies will not open their up
town Office for the sale of tickets until it is appar
ent that they must do so for self protection.
Secretary Sanger, of the Yardmasters' Mutual
Benefit Association, reports that the Southern
roads are responding very generally to the re
quests for free transportation for the member
ship to their coming annual convention, in At
lanta, Ga
S. K. Hooper, general passenger and ticket
agent of the Iowa Central railroad announces
the following appointments j. W. Pickering,
Southeastern agent, at indianapolis; ". L.
Hayes, Southwestern agent, at Kansas City, and
e. D. Young, Northwestern agent, at St Paul.
D. J. Mackey, president of the Evansville &
Terre Haute road was given a banquet at
Evansville last evening. Mr. Mackey sails from
New York next week for Europe He goes for
the benefit of his health. H. NJ. Sweetser,
of the directors of the E. & T. H, accompanies
him
There was large number of locomotive en-
cinnah yesterday to attend their annual picnic.
An outsider, who was present, says that the
present members of that body showed a much
higher average as regards sobriety, intelligence
and even social standing than those Of twenty
years ago
The scheme to make the Toledo. Cincinnati g.
st. Louis road part of the Indiana, Blooming
ton 81 Western system has against snag.
Under the lease of the Sandusky road to the l.,
B. & W. the latter could not enter into any
rangement with the main line bondhOlders. as
that property is in competition with the San
dusky road.
Several merchants at this point have received
bills of lading issued by the new Globe fast
freight line which has not arranged with any
road as yet to run in here, or appointed an agent
at this point. Probably this results from the
diverting freight plan which is proving so an
moving to merchants often who are in hurry
for their goods
Superintendent Sherwood, of the c.. l., St L.
& c., spois all the talk to the effect that there
has been trouble between President Ingalls,, of
the Big Four aud President Cable, of the Chi
cago & Rock Island, which resulted in the taking
off of the through trains, by saying the trains
simply abandoned, because they were not
paying either road.
A new private car for the use of President r.
r. Gable, of the Rock Island. has just been
turned out of the Rock Island shops. 1t is one
of the finest and most convenient private cars
ever constructed, combining elegance with com
fort. The interior is finished in carved mahog-
any, with satin drapery. 1t contains, drawing
room, Office, observation-room, bed kitch-
en- and closets
The fast freight lines are making big time
with freights east, as well as west bound. Two
years ago even four and one-haf days was
called good time from indianapolis to New York
for special time freight; now several lines are
making the run regularly in eighty hours and
the White line has recently landed provisions in
New York in three days and three hours from
time of shipment.
A railroad man who is well posted in fan
cial matters said yesterday that he looked for
music next month. He feared that there would
be more defaults in roads, paying interest on
their bon0s than is now looked for. Earnings
have been small with many roads, which was
due to the cutting of rates more than to the
light traffic, and taking all things together he
looked for blue times next month.
r T. w. Lee, formerly of indianapolis. now in
charge of newspaper and advertising service.
Burlington Route c., B. g. O. railroad, sends
the Journal little leatiet containing political
map of the United States with political statistics
and other valuable information. This leafet will
be distributed free in Chicago during the two
coming national conventions and TO friends of
the road. 1t is really an instructive and attract
i've affair, and at the same time answers as an
excellent advertisement for the road
The breaking of stocks and cutting of rates is
benefit in one respect as it is bringing officers
of the Union and Central Pacific roads to such a
sense OF the changed position of their roads that
the freight officers now condescend to talk cour-
teously to shippers when they call on business
This is not as it used to be in the old monopo-
ly times. Then the shippers were treated with
such dscOurtesy and subjected to such arbi-
trary usage thatno railroad corporation in the
country was more bitterly hated by them than
the Union and Central Pacific.
The Journal announced Wednesday morning
that the engine which hauls the Wabash pay car
had been ordered to S. Louis and that was seven
days later than usual. The Andrews Express says
the journal correct, but failed to catch on to
the fact that shortly after the order was counter
manded. and now the boys are wondering when
Paymaster Shepperd will come around The
$3.50, 600 il requires to pay off with will be quito
help to the Wabash people in paying their
June interest. which the delay Of the pay car i'll.
dicatcs that they propose to do.
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