The Indianapolis journal., 1884-04-04
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.

Il ID. (fnatl, SOUTHWESTERN dS0iiO VI IiAO DAuO
line, is to remove his headquarters from Evans
vile to Terre Haute
The Missouri Pacific will hereafter favor the
Wabash by delivering to it as much OF Its uncon-
signed through business as it can.
E. B. Thomas, general manager OF the Bee
line, writes from Florida thathe ishaving good
time and will not return until April H.
The earnings of the Cleveland, Columbus, Gin
cinnati & indianapolis railroad for the month OF
February were: 1884, $2S1, ,O53; 1883, $3l5, 04O
decrease this year. $34, 4SL
The rrmor that Commissioner Fink had asked
the trunk lines to restore rates to basis OF TWEEN
ty cents per one hundred pounds from chicago
to New York is officially denied
F. J. Wolfe, formerly private secretary of Gen
eral Manager Laying, of the New York, Buffalo,
& West Shore road, has been appointed travel
ing agent of this road wee W. y. COTTON re-
signed.
Winter tourists tickets to Southern points
have been taken off sale, and the travelling pass
eager agents Of the Northern lines are now pre-
pairing to place sale; May l, tickets to North
ern pleasure resorts.
The coal traffic on the Ohio Southern road,
operated by the l., B. g. w. people, is developing
far beyond the expectations of the management,
even sixty days ago The track is again in good
shape New equipments have been added, and
matters moving along very satisfactorily.
Freight agents report the migration to Kan
sas and other Southwestern points as heavy be-
yond parallel Never before, they state have
the shipments of household goods been SO heavy,
and it is noticeable that most of the migrating
farmers take their horses mules, dogs, cats and
agricultural implements with them.
Between Chicago and Pittsburg the limited
express run over the Pennsylvania lines is
obliged to come to stand-still at nineteen rail
road crossings, while between Pittsburg and
New York they cross tn track of but one rail
no11n 10 hat
are right, at a speed of fifteen miles per hour.
Local traffic outbound is said to be heavy with
all roads. At the Vandalia, an average of twen-
tySix cars per day have been loaded for couple
of weeks past with strictly local freights of
mixed character. Harry Wetsell, the agent,
states that prospects for business with them
were never more fattering than at the present
time.
Parties posted on the matter express the opin-
ION that the McKeen syndicate have little
bonanza in the Terre Haute & Southeastern,
and that when prudently managed and operated
economically it will pay annually Is per cent. on
the investment Its business will be almost
wholly Of local character, and will be carried
at good paying rates.
The Eureka Lodge No A. of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Firem en- are leaving nothing
done to make their first annual entertainment and
union meeting the 18th, a pleasant affair.
Some fifty brother fremen from lodges at other
railroad eenters are to be present, and the
officers of the grand lodge. The indianapolis
lodge. known as the Eureka, now has 120 active
members.
The conductor of the fastmail train over the In
diana, Bloomington q Western road yesterday
declined to stop the train at Maonmet to let DR..
Gardner off The Doctor pulled the bell rope
and, as the train slackened its speed, jumped off
and ran across the fields. Before he gets
through with the experiment he may find it
bitter dose, as the l., b. & w. people propose to
enforce the penalties on the N. D..
S NJ. FELTON,, general manager of the New
York, Pennsylvania & Ohio road states that
the strike on that road among the brakemen
does not threaten to assume serious
form. The fact is that but few roads in the
coUntry-not one of the indianapolis roads
employ more than two brakemen and a con-
duetor on each through freight train, and man
ager FELTON, is doing no more than has been done
on majority of the roads in this country.
third man brakeman on through freights is
uncalled for.
An honest Quaker called at one of the outside
Offices on South Illinois street for information
yesterday. The local passenger agent soon
learned from his conversation that he was a
of influence in the section where he dwelt and he
became lavish with promises, going far as to
say that should he work in their interest when
the coming annual meeting of the Quakers at
different points occurred he would see that the
party asking information was furnished free
transportation The Quaker evidently was
suspicious that passenger agents words are not
always to be relied upon, and in blunt way
asked the local passenger man "How long does
it take promise from thee to run outl
Several locomotives on the Pittsburg, Fort
Wayne & Chicago road, it is stated
what are known as high pressure engines, and
they carry from 100 to l60 pounds Of steam,
while on a majority of roads only 120 to 1870
pounds is carried. The engine which exploded
recently, while hauling the limited express over
the p, Ft W. & G. road, was one of the high
pressure engines. They were built when j. D.
Laying was general manager, and are very
perior, powerful and rapid-running locomotives.
The boilers were constructed with great care,
and have been looked upon as being perfectly
safe; but it is supposed there flaw or weak
place in the boiler which exploded, which had
not been detected.