The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-28
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local,

The New York Herald says that Mr.. and Mrs.
J. II DeEereux are still sojourning at Richfeld
Springs
There is quite boom in local traffic at the
Vandalia; and at two or three other depot plat
forms men are making overtime.
E. B. Thomas, general manager of the Bee
line, who has baen in New England for couple
of weeks, is expected home to-day.
The earning of the Wabash, st. Louis 8 Pa
cifc for the third week in August, 1884, were
$415, an; 1888 1887, All; increase $4,000.
The Mann boudoir cars win be introduced in
few days on the Wabash road between Chi
cage and st. Louis, and Chicago and Kansas
City
A. johnson, commercial agent Of the Missouri
Pacific road at Chicago, has resigned to accept
similar position with the Wabash road, with head
quarters in Boston, Mass.
In southeastern Ohio the roads are troubled
to get water for their locomotives. The Ohio
Southern road is taking water pumped from the
coal mines to supply their engines.
Auditor Rockwell, of the c., FL. & D. road, oc-
cupies the third story in the new office building
of the company at Cincinnati, and claims to have
the best suite Of auditors offices in the West
SH. Yancy has been appointed Cincinnati
passenger agent of the Wabash system, and 1t is
understood that Tom Campbell, Of the Ohio u
mississippi, will represent the Wabash at
Columbus.
Thomas G. o. Beard, for two years past with
Joint Agent T. G. Moore, at Chicago, arrived in
the city last evening, and aas decided to accept
position with M L. Doherty, joint agent at
this point. Mr. Boards local experience will be
OF service to Mr.. Doherty
A. S. Julier, of Cleveland, general surerin-
tendent of the American Express Company,
spent yesterday in the city looking matters over.
He speaks Of the Indiana division and the Indi-
annapolis Office as being one Of the best managed
in the American Express Company's territory.
In anticipation of heavy crops and increased
activity of general trade, the Pennsylvania Rail-
road Company is getting its equipment in con-
dition for large business during the fall The.
coal cars are being made of the standard ca
pacity of $4,000 pounds EACH an increase OF 10,
900 pounds, and the whole freight service is I'M
dergoing repairs.
Notice is given by the Chicago, st. Louis q
Pittsburg road that until further notice it can
not receive or forward any freight for points on
road via Goodland, Ind. Col Crawford seems to
be troubled to lift the strike. It has often been
said that il is more difficult to adjust strike
short road than on a large system.
It seems to be settled that Russell Elliott, au-
ditor Of the Chicago & Atlantic road and his
colony of Indianapolitans are to be left out IN
the cold. Fred Biroughton, general manager of
the Chicago a Atlantic road, being anxious, it is
said, to hand the authorship of the company
over to F. Reese an Englishman who was at one
time auditor of the Illinois Midland road
Don't be surprised should Fl. J. Page, general
freight agent of the Cincinnati, indianapolis st.
Louis & Chicago road on Oct. ! retire. and a. B.
Southland, late traffic manager Of the L., N. A.
s. O., assume the duties Of the position. Mr..
Page has done some twenty years Of faithful
valuable service for the Big Four, and is inshape
financially to permit of his taking a rest
c. E. Henderson, general manager of the l.,
B. & w. system, returned yesterday FROM a
Western business and pleasure trip combined.
While absent he visited Kansas City Mr.. Hen
derson states that the Kansas roads are all do
ing an excellent business. Crops on most of those
roads were immense, and the same remark APP
plies to most of Missouri and portion of Illinois
and Indiana.
The Wabash road has opened freight agency
at Carrier Mills, ILL.,, on the Cairo division, with
ID. w. Harris as agent. Freight for this point
need no longer be prepaid Freight agencies
have also been established at the following
points: Patton, H.. on Cairo division. with j.
Buchanan as agent; Westville, ILL.,, also on Cairo
division, with Henry Cotton as agent; Troy, Ind,
on Detroit and indianapolis division, with Geo.
Reese as agent.
The Indiana, Bloomington s Western road
yesterday took ont of Indianapolis the largest
excursion tram for Niagara Falls which ever
went out of indianapolis The train was run in
two sections, a baggage car, dining car and four
teen coaches to each section, all of which were
well filed. The day coaches, parlor cars and
sleeping cars were al frstclass rolling stock
and belonged to the L, B. e w. company.
Coal traffic over the Terre Haute & Indianapo-
lis road will increase next week thirty to thirty
five cars per day, as Drew s. WATSON expect to
get the Gartsherrie cherry mines cleared of
water. These mines cover nearly 100 acres, and
the water in them reached depth of twelve feet
while the strike in the block coal region was on
Drew & WATSON purchased of Chicago estab-
lishment an engine l14x2O-inch cylinder5 to Join
with smaller engine l10x20inch cylinder) to
operate their big pump, which throws 2, 600 gal
to operate the pump satisfactorily. Both were
taken out and 14x29inch cylinder, Chandler &
Taylor patent engine substituted. This engine
gives perfect satisfaction and is running day and
night lowering the water in the mines one-half
inch per hour.