The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-10
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.


tariff, which is FIVE cents per 100 POUNDS higher
than the summer tariff.
c. G. F. Bent superintendent Of Transports
ton of the L., N, A. & @. railway, has also as
sumed the duties OF chief train dispatcher.
H. Gabelman has been appointed travelling
auditor of the Wabash road, vice E. s. Benson,
who has been appointed cashier and assistant
freight agent of the Wabash at Chicago
J. A.. Fellows has been appointed general
ticket and passenger agent Of the Buffalo, New
York & Philadelphia road, vice W. S. Baldwin,
who recently took a similar position on the L.,
N. a. & G. road.
Rates on cattle and hides will be advanced, it
is stated within the next ten days. 1t Is about
time that livestock rates were advanced. There
is no money in the business to the roads at
the present tariff.
The annual election of the l., D. & s. railway
was held Yesterday The following directors
were elected for four years: II. b. Hammond
E. r. Andrews and S. S. Sands of New York.
and E. +. Leonard of Springfield, Ill.
The Peoria, Decatur & Evansville railroad
gives notice that the postoflice at the station
now known as Majority Point, l3S mules from
Peoria, having been changed to Toledo, H., the
name of the station has been changed to CORE
spond BElCER
There is evidently a big leak in passenger
earnings somewhere. There is not an Indian
apolis road which did not in the month of august
and September this year, do heavy passenger
business, and heavier than in the corresponding
months for years past, yet with nearly all lines
falling off in earnings is shown this year
The c., St. l.. & P. management is pushing
matters at its shops in the eastern part
of the city, hoping by Monday next to start up
the new engines and what there is Of the new
machinery already received and put in position
1t is stated that while there may be larger shops
west of the Alleghenies. there are none where
there is so much completeness in outfit.
The Boston & Albany are applying to some of
their locomotives the American steam-driger
and tender brakes, which enable the engineer to
to bring his train to short stop without shock
thus greatly aiding the work of the automatic
brakes on the cars. Master Mechanic Prescott
of the Vandalia. is using the American Steam
driver and tender brake on this road, with very
satisfactory results
Commencing with yesterday, passenger con
ductors on the c., H. & l. road run first in first
out, and those who heretofore run only to Ham
iton now run through to Cincinnati This
change is made to equalize their salaries. I'm
der the old plan some conductors made $40 to
$3.50 per month, while others made only $92 to
$95 per month. Now their salaries all around
will average 1923 per month.
One of the oldest and brightest passenger
agents in the country yesterday remarked that
so long as general passenger agents paid their
agents no salary but commissions on tickets Sold
just SO long would it be impossible to maintain
rates. Inc JempUaJlOn TO make even One-tnlru
of the commission paid would every time induce
an agent to divide his commission with the pur
chaser of the ticket regardless of the interest of
the company he represents.
The new north and south freight line, which is
to be known as the Orange line, will soon open
for business, restoring the number of ast-freght
lines operating over Indianapolis roads to twenty
two. This line has been organized to run over
the Cincinnati indianapolis st. Louis g. Chi
cago (Kankakee line), Kentucky Central. and
East Tennessee. Virginia and Georgia systems
1t will take in all points in North Carolina, South
Carolina, Alabama. Georgia, Florida and Ten
nessee. Mr.. Edwin Fitzgerald has been ap-
pointed manager, with headquarters at Cincin-
matt, and Mr. B. Y. jackson general northwest
ern agent at Chicago.
In talk with reporter of the Cleveland Her
aid, Master Mechanic Turreff, of the Bee-line
system, said the hardest task he had ever per-
formed was that of dscharging the old engineers
of the line who were found TO be color blind,
when the subject of color blindness was first
brought up. OF the l50 men only four were
found to be color-blind. One of them refused to
believe that he was thus afflicted, and felt conf
dent that after u few days trial at home with
light tests he would be able to pass muster. He
began system of drill in distinguishing coors,
but at the end of week he was convinced that
he really was color blind, and never applied for
reinstatement He had been in the service of
the road twenty eight years 1t would seem, if
Mr. Turreffs feelings were so tried, on as extens
i've a system as the Decline some employment
could have been found for their veteran railroad
men where a clear vision was not so important.
Sketch of Col SCOTS Railroad Life.
Col. Horace Scott returned from New England
yesterday, where he has been on a pleasure and