The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-06-18

Personal and Local.


The next regular meeting of the fastfreght
Ene managers and agents Will be held In BOSTON,
at Young's Hotel, June %.
Under the new change the Detroit sleeper
leaves indianapolis on train No. "a at 2:15 p. b.,
arriving at Detroit at A. NJ.
The Bee-line people are arranging for cheap
excursions to Portland, Me-, on July s. July %
and August b. On the trip Niagara Falls will
be taken in.
P. A. Marsh has been appointed train master
on the Danville, Olney & Ohio River road in ad-
dition to his duties of that character on the
western divisions of the l., B. & w. road.
The Indianapolis & St. Louis an excursion
train into Indianapolis yesterday, from Mat
toon and points this side bringing in ], PA exeur-
sionists The train was run in two sections.
An official of the Pennsylvania company says
that as soon as business improves the men set off
at their shops will be re-employed as a large per
cent of those discharged are superior workmen
The Union Pacific has sent circulars to the
travelling passenger agents that they, with their
families, would be passed free over their lines to
Denver on the occasion of their coming annual
convention.
Rumors are again current of prospective
changes in the management of the East Tennes-
see, Virginia & Georgia railroad. Commissioner
Albert Fink has been offered the presidency,
but ii is not believed he will accept
v. "A. LUCAS, general agent Ol Oue 1OCu lihOi
has returned from extended trip through
Southern Indiana and Illinois, and he reports
crop prospects very favorable. He thinks the
farmers will commence harvesting their wheat
next week.
A through car now leaves Peru at I1:3O p. N.
and at Kokomo is attached to the fast train
over the G., St L. e. P, reaching indianapolis
at 4 A. NJ. This coach will be great conven-
9ence for Toledo and Detroit passengers, as there
Will be no delay at Peru as heretofore.
nj o.
pie viii make further expenditure on their
Old freight depot on South street. as it is their
purpose, as early as practical to do the business
of the j.. NJ d |. road in one OF the Pennsylva-
MIA company's depots on Virginia avenue
The PENNSYLVANIA people give notice that they
will sell over all their lines cheap excursion
tickets to and from all stations on July } and .,
good TO return until July Z, inclusive Chill
dren between the ages of five and twelve years
viii 10 carried at one-half the excursion rate
The st. Louis, Alton & Terre Haute Railroad
Company is in good fix financially. The sum
maries of the report for 1883, besides showing
surplus of $150,6S4 on the years operations
also shows that the company had, Dec 81 last
q sinking fund of $636, 000 made up of its own
first mortgage bonds.
The Vandalia people seem determined to make
Lake Maxinkuckee a popular summer resort
,aBd to that end have made a rate of one fare for
round trip to parties of TWO more on solid
ticket good going day from sale and re-
turning five days from sale to all who wish to
visit Lake Maxinkuckee and the famous fishing
grounds there.
1t has been suggested that it would be an ex-
celient idea for the officials of railroad shops in
these dull times to close down at noon Saturday,
to afford the employees a half-holiday. This suits
almost all, as the heads of families are afforded
an easy opportunity of laying in the weeks sup
plies, and the young men an opportunity to see
the base ball games.
The cutting down expenses mania has reached
fha (thieaCO division of the g ST l. az p road
Last Saturday Superintendent Watts discharged
thirty nine men at the bogansport shops. The
force of section men on the different divisions
has been cut down, with the exception of the
Bradford; where the work Of laying down steel
rails is still progressing.
II. E. ingalls,, president of tho c., L, St L. &
&C.. and his sons, Masters Geo. H. and A. S. In
gals, accompany the pay car over the
road on this trip. The employees on the road,
from the section hands up all feel well acquaint
ed with President ingalls,, so cordially does he
address them, and so thoroughly has he incul
Gated the idea into his men that their interests
are mutual
Freight agents of nearly every northern road
are in the Southern States soliciting watermelon
traffic. The various roads interested in the
traffic have their agents travelling among the
melon growers, setting forth the merits Of their
respective lines and armed with an attractive
array of chromos and statistical documents 1t
takes the railroad man with the ability of first
class diplomatist to capture the average melon
grower and shipper.
Auditor Morris, of the Pennsylvania lines,
yesterday, checked up Mr.. Boilvin, agent
Of the J., NJ. & l., at this point
Auditor Norris compliments Mr.. Boilvin
by saying he never checked up a set
of books and reports that more correct or
neatly kept than were those at this Office. The
few months Mr. Boilvin has been agent of the
j., M. 6 l., at this point, he has made many
friends among shippers by his correct and
prompt methods of doing business
Passenger circles are a good deal disturbed
over one of the scalpers having received from
some source large batch of tickets for St Louis
and Kansas City. which he is offering at
sharply reduced rates. The mystery is, how
he could secure them reading over either Of three
roads TO St Louis and then over the Chicago 81
Alton to Kansas City. 1t is quite probable that
the Western roads will decide to meet the rate
offered by the scalper, so large batch OF their
tickets has he got hold of, all of which are linn
ited to July l.
G. e. Henderson, general manager of the Ohio
Southern road, has advertised for bids for the
construction of ] 900 coal cars, the same pattern
as those built for the l., B. & W. road, which
have capacity to carry 10000 pounds. The
management of the Ohio Southern seem quite
determined to develop the coal mining interest
on this road. By the by the impression is out
that the Ohio Southern is part of the l., B. &
w. system. This is not correct; it is operated
separately in every respect. All accounts are
kept separate Passes which are good on the l.,
b. q w. system are not on the Ohio Southern,
and they are really distinct properties.
An Honest Shippers Method of Getting
Ahead of the Railroad Companies.
The liberty which freight take in the
inspection of property shipped excites unfavora-