The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-13
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.



lines, has gone to New York to work for an in
crease in per cents in the east bound pool
E. r. futile, travelling passenger agent, and
A W. Barbour, who represents the Union Pa
eifc at St Louis are in the city prospecting.
The Pennsylvania railroad has put on sale
Its regular excursion tickets to Florida, giving
q trip from New York to Jacksonville and return
for $50.
Colonel Hill, superintendent of the Vandaia,
and associate officials, have been spending
couple of days this week inspecting the Logans-
port division.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen will
give their eleventh annual ball at Lyra Hall,
December IL, 1884, They are making arrange
ments for grand time.
The l. B. & w. management is about closing
contract for twenty miles of steel rail weigh
ing sixty pounds to the yard, to be placed in the
track on the Peoria division.
Mr. Outwater, the lightning calculator" of
the New York, Lake Erie g. Western Railway
Company, does the footing up for the canyassing
board Of the vote of New York,
S. P Peabody assistant of Col Peabody, gen
eral manager of the Ohio and Mississippi road,
has been appointed superintendent of the Col
umbus and Cincinnati Midland road.
J. G. McQuiston, late road master of the c.,
l., St L. & c., has gone out of railroading, and
has taken hold of patent automatic gas pres
sure regulator which is favorably spoken Of
The Bee line is making a bold push for its
share of Southern travel from New England
points via Cincinnati; there is but one change of
cars between Boston and all points reached by
the Cincinnati Southern road
The Chicago, ST Louis & Pittsburg company,
at their new yards, are fitting up a novel yet
very convenient method of coaling up engines
In three minutes after an engine is placed in
position, several tons of coal can be dumped into
the tank.
Apples from Michigan and even from New
England States are going south over Indiana
lroads to Southern markets by the traln-load,
land shipments of dressed meats from Chicago to
Southern cities is becoming an important feat
&ure of traffic.
H W. Hubbard, general freight agent of the
Vandalia passed through the city yesterday, en-
route for New York He says there is little
in attending the Trunk line meeting. as there
seems to be d disposition to let per cents. stand
about at present figures
John Egan, general passenger agent of the
O.. l., St L. & C., gives notice that George
Rech formerly of the Union Depot ticket oficel.
has been appointed assistant district passenger
agent and Theodore F. Brown special travelling
agent in Mr.. Martins district.
Justice Harlan has given Special Master
Brannon another forty days to make his final re-
port in. The delay is caused by parties who
contest claims. Seldom are the financial af-
fairs of road more badly mixed and difficult to
1t is asserted that the Pennsylvania maintains
through passenger rates because cutting would
disturb its more profitable local business. If it
met New York Centrals rate at Chicago, In
dianapolis and st. Lauis, that would bring the
fares to Chicago and Pittsburg, by Pennsylvania,
on the same level
General Passenger Agent Baldwin and Gen
.eral Freight Agent McDoel, of the L., N. A. &
c. road, spent yesterday in the city The COM
pany leased room 26 South Illinois street,
which will be occupied by Major Emmett, dis
trct passenger agent, and Geo. Brecount, gen
eral agent, for Offices.
J. A. Vargas, who for some years past has
been the travelling agent of the Lake Shore and
Michigan Central Roads in the Republic of Mex
leo, has resigned that position in order to be-
come the Mexican consul in Chicago. In order
to accept the latter position, Mr.. Vargas was
obliged to become citizen of Mexico.
The 240, 900 catalpa twigs which President
Mackey of the Evansville & Terre Hauto, set out
two years ago, are now three inches in diameter
and growing vigorously. Five years from now
they will furnish cross ties. not only for the Ev-
Ansville & Terre Haute road, but the Chicago &
Eastern Illinois, as we'll, should they be consoli-
dated.
The last two weeks the Ohio & Mississippi
road has been unfortunate, four five acct
dents having occurred on the road, in which
fireman and engineer were killed. Under the
present management this road has heretofore
been quite exempt from accidents of serious
character, so much so as to excite favorable
comment
The Baltimore g. Ohio does not seem to be
making much Roadway in it's contest against the
Pennsylvania, which assumes very much the
position of the big dog who refuses to let go of
the bone which he has III order to pick up a
smaller one. The latter runs its trains as usual,
and does not attempt to meet the B. IL o. III its
cut rates.
The Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul, the Chi
cago d. Northwestern and the Chicago, Burling
ton q Quincy roads refuse pro rate in the special
rates made from indianapolis to Missouri river
points, while the Wabash the Chicago & Alton
and the Chicago s. Rock Island roads accept
them. The special rate is so low as to practically
cut the tariff rate in two.
The guarantee companies have taken very
positive grounds that they will not guarantee
any agent or empioye of road who drinks in
toxicating liquors, runs after fast women, or is
xowdy In character. Within the last few weeks
two young men who wished positions on Indian
apolis roads could not get the company to
guarantee them. simply for reasons above stated.
The L., N A. & C. people yesterday COM
pleted arrangements for putting on through
trains between indianapolis and Chicago and
ION each of these trains will be hauled through
Cincinnati cars. The L., N. A & G. Airline
trains will leave the Union Depot at l2;45 p. NJ.
and at Ills P. NJ, and will arrive from Chicago
at 3;15 p, NJ and $3.50 \. NJ Both night trains
are new trains.
w. H. Van Tassall, superintendent of the
Ohio Southern road, has been offered an import
ant position on the Chesapeake 6 Ohio road,
which he will probably accept His successor on
the Ohio Southern will probably be p. j. Muir
ply, his present assistant. who was formerly
agent of the l., B. & w. at Charlottesville The
rapid advance both gentlemen have made in
railroad service is gratifying to their friends in
Indiana railroad circles
The inducements which are offered this year
In the shape of very low excursion rates to the
exposition at New Orleans, also to the City of
Mexico, San Francisco, Galveston, Havana, and
to other winter resorts, with choice of routes
going and returning must draw travel. The
active business man who can afford only one
vacation year will perhaps regard this propo-
Siton with more favor than a summer trip to
the seaside. Tourists and invads will be es-
pecially interested in the generosity of the rail
roads in this respect