The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-20
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Pnrsanal ana Loaal.

Personal and Local.
William r. McKeen, president of the Wanda
liza, has returned from his eastern pleasure trip
LID. Richardson, Chicago and Ohio River pool
commissioner, is in New England, the home Of
his boyhood.
RI b Woolsey, the chief train dispatcher Of
ths.y andslia, spent yesterday in the city. He
was en- route for Louisville, KY,
Hazel Dell station on the Danyilie, Olney q
Ohio River road was yesterday opened TOT ousi
ness. J. B. Sanford was appointed agent
H G. Stiles, agent of the q, y q \. returned
yesterday from the reunion at Detroit Of Libby
prisoners. He states they had a very pleasant
time.
NJ T. Doherty, the newly-appointed commits
sioner Of the Indianapolis east bound pool, ar
rived in the city last night, and Is to-day ready
for business.
Train dispatehers v. H. Stevens, M H. Cook,
S. T. Blizzard and A. A. Zion, left last evening
for Louisville to attend the National Train Dis
tpatchers convention.
J. @. Ripley has resigned the assistant general
freight agency Of the Wabash road to take the
enthusiastically Of the Wabash. and Burning
ton pool at Chicago, Sept.
The friends Of Murray Keller are still pressing
the new general manager Of the L., n. y Y. 70
make him their general passenger agent, out
the young man hesitares lest there be breakers
ahead
! Colonel Robert Emmett in free-foT7 e
fight between the Wabash, the Bee-lne and y,
w 6 NJ and the Air line, l., n. A, y Z. Sc
cured party Of forty colored preachers TOR De-
troit over the latter road.
The understanding now is that on Sept. the
eyening-up of per cents between the roads IN the
east-bound pool viii be inaugurated roads
Which are ahead in their per cents. to turn over
freights to those in arrears
John Witty, Of this city has applied forletters
patent solid steel roledfrog, which, tits said,
is superior to any frog now in use. Arrange
ments have been made with the Morden Frog and
Crossing Company to manufactures them
Monday the c., Z, st. L. s. G. delivered at
Cincinnati 437 carloads of grain. Most OF 1T
was for export via Baltimore and Newport News,
the Chesapeake g Ohio coming In for the hons
share of the shipments and the movement yes
terday was fully as heavy.
Not for many month has an official change
created so much talk IN railroad circles as the
election Of John King president of the Erie. Why
so able railroad man is passed over as IS Geo.
Blanchard, the vice president, is great surprise,
and the change is looked upon as unfavorabie
to the future Of the Erie system.
The freight rates Of the trunk lines between
Indianapolis and the seaboard average hat 3
mills per ton per mile, when they are mills
per ton per mile between indianapolis and the
Mississippi rivers Il cents between the mississip-
the latter point and the Pacific ocean.
O. G. Waite, vice president of the c. II. & D.
and A ii. Macleod, general freight agent,
Monday visited G. J. Hepburn at st. Louis
Springs, Michigan, and found him improving IN
health, and the ply sicians say that they viii have
him fully restored within sixty days. This will
be good news to the many friends OF Superinten-
dent Hepburn.
The Canada Southern fast freight line having
got onto the PennsY lrania road proper. connect
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the agent at this point is worrying competitors
some. and when the new deal is fairly in opera
ton this line will be much more important one
indianapolis shippers than heretofore, as it will
take Philadelphia and Baltimore business and
make fast time with it.
John c. Tucker, general Northwestern pas
senger agent of the c., l., st. L. & c., head
quarters Chicago, has introduced new method
of taking care Of the Big Four passenger bust
ness. He has discharged all curb-stone and
local solicitors and finds his business rather on
The increase, the Big Four steadily running
ahead Of its per cent. in the Chicago and Ohio
River pool The O., St i. g. r, the Chicago q
Eastern Illinois and L, B. q w. maintain among
them dozen OF more extra men employed in
drumming up business The fact is, that first
class travel begins to steer clear of these annoy
ing passenger solicitors
disposition is shown to ridieule Jay Gould
for selecting as president of the Wabash system
James +. Joy, who is considerably over seventy
years old to regenerats the Wabash road The
Boston Commercial Bulletin says docs not Mr..
JOY regret the time when he leased his little
railroad-the Eel riverto the Wabash, or the
local pride that afterward induced hTm to take q
seat in the Wabash directory He Will not have
10 live much longer before he viii grieve bitterly
over his great indlscretion. Wabash di-
4 rector asked Jay Gould after the meeting if he
did not think the new president too old fer the
conntenance was evident as he replied He is
ripe in railroad experience.