The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-12
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.

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lines and 554 II branch lines. The total track
mileage is TO- 57j. &c miles.
The c., l., St L. & c. is again running its
Lawrenceburg branch. Temporary trestlework
has been put in much of the distance between the
Junction and Lawrenceburg
Two of the oldest and most trustworthy pas
senger engineers on the Pittsburg division Of the
! Pennsylvania railroad were discharged, last
week, because they failed to pass the examina-
ton for color blindness.
Val Rose, of Louisville, KY, formerly general
southern agent of the Adams Express Company,
is stopping day or two with friends in this city,
! On the 18th of the month he again takes an inn
| portant position with the Adams Express Com
! pany.
Superintendent Burrows, of the indianapolis
| & st. Louis road, has issued notice similar in
| character to that issued by John Evan, superin
tendent of the Decline, regarding the payment
| of board-bills. etc. and dischargng all employees
who fail to pay such bills
1t is stated that the directors of the Louis
! VILE New Albany & Chicago road recently
! offered to sell their 431 miles of road and their
! equipments to the Cincinnati, Indianapolis. st.
! Louis 81 Chicago people for SO, 500, 600, which
would be about SIS, 900 per mile, as the equip
ment is worth some 100000.
The Cincinnati, Hamilton g. indianapolis
management will put in. soon as the weather
will admit, passing switch at Liberty Ind, 49,
| 900 feet long Side tracks on this division OF the
| e., IL Il ID. are to be increased some three miles
this season. With the increased business over the
line their side tracks are too limited.
Master Mechanic Ransom of the indianapolis
| & st. Louis road, says their freight traffic has
| been so heavy for month past that ten or more
| engines could have been used TO great adVan-
| tage Many of the l. & st. L. and the Feline
engines have not been in the round house except
to look them over little for some weeks past.
The Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton company,
| which operates the c., II. & J., has ordered
| twenty-five miles of steel rails for this division.
Thirty cars have been received and will be dis
| tributed west of Connersvie to-day; twenty
| five carloads were received and distributed last
month, the balance Of previous order given.
! S. NJ. Stevens. general organizer of the lodges
! of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen re
| turned Monday from an extended Southern trip.
| While absent he organized several lodges at
! Southern railroad centers. the boys showing
| much interest in the association which will soon
| outnumber the Brotherhood of Locomotive En-
| gineers.
Mr. Newton, who represents the New York
| Central road in the Southwest, with headquar
ters at Cincinnati isin the city, taking soundngs.
| One of the roads which, in connection with
! the n. Y, p. e o. and the Erie, completes for
east bound passenger business. is reported to be
cutting rates So to s. on New York and New
England.
Passenger conductors on the Vandalia system
| are now paid by the trip and in the long months
| will be able to make $120 to 1925 per month.
! which is certainly none too much for railroad
men upon whom necessarily fail so many incl
| dental expenses. The Nandalia conductors eS-
| press themselves as well pleased with the new
/ arrangement
| President Smith, of the indianapolis Eel
River & Western road, said yesterday that as
| soon as the weather would permit they would
begin to throw dirt. One of the conditions on
which the company secured funds to proceed
with the work is that they should have the road
in operation between Indianapolis and Clay City
| by Nov. l. 1884.
| G. T. Tyler formerly superintendent Of the
Ohio division of the l., B. & W. road has struck
bonanza in the Philippine islands, where he
! went for his health some two years ago. He is
engaged in handling sugars by the cargo and has
! his many friends will be glad to learn profited
handsomely thereby. His family are with him
and enjoying life hugely
James McCrea manager of the Pennsylvania
! lines, is in New Mexico, recreating. q. b.
| Thomas, manager of the Decline system, and
NJ E. Ingalls, president of the G., l., st. L. & c.,
are in Jacksonville, Florida. and G. c. Waite,
| general manager of the G, H. & d. lines, is ar
ranging to go South a pleasure trip as soon
as superintendent Hepburn is able to be at his
| post.
Local freight agents report a handsome in
crease in beth in and out bound traffic within
| the last week, and the indications are that
| the receipts of March, 1884 will exceed those of
! March, 1888 In fact, thus far this year with
the east and west lines the receipts on local bust
ness at this point have shown something of an
| increase over the corresponding period last
| year.
Freight men and shippers said, Yesterday, that
| east bound rates were better maintained than in
any day for months The fact is that there was
a belief that rates would be let down by
the trunk-line presidents to-day. and, therefore,
| they held their property to await results. One
thing is certain, hereafter rates will be reduced
or all lines will be forced to maintain the fun
| traffic rates.
Freight engine No Il, on the Jacksonville,
| Madison & indianapolis road, has been rebuilt
for passenger engine, to haul their heavy pas
senger trains The engine is equipped with a
| straight smoke stack, patent spark-arrester,
| tension boiler, air-brakes drivers, and all
| other modern improvements worthy of adoption
Freight engine No. Is is also to be rebuilt in tho
| same manner.
John Witty, road master of the Belt road, in
| ventor of switch stand and connecting rod
| which is proving grand success, has Just pat
| ented hose coupler by which hose can be con
nected or disconnected instantaneously. While
it will be very useful on trains where air-brakes
are used it will be just as serviceabe on fire
hose, and is q great improvement over many
hose couplers now in use.
There was considerable excitement yesterday
| among the passenger men over east-bound
| rates. 1t has leaked out that the Lawrence Bar
rett party who went east over the Wabash and
| Canada Southern, by the manipulation of the
Wabash passenger agent here, got p. 600 pounds
of extra baggage through for nothing The bag
gage men, it is stated were deceived by what is
] known as blind ticket for twelve persons.
VIII the Fast-Freight Lines Go?
The Buffalo Courier says the indianapolis
journal is.very much mistaken when it states
that the recognizing of the pool and the estab-
fishing of clearing house will result in the do
ing away of the fast-freght lines. "A little in
vestigation will speedily convince the writer of
these misleading paragraphs that he is ndug
ing in idle talk" The Journal has only quoted
what said by of the trunk-line presi-
! dents at a recent meeting and what has been