The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-23
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local,

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plate line, and W. R. Hill, in the city.
Royal Robinson has accepted the position of
soliciting agent of the Wabash at this point
D. w c. Brown, general superintendent of
the Chesapeake e Ohio railroad resigned yester-
day on account of bad health.
Billy Williams, general western agent of the
Red line. has resigned and on May LIST will be
succeeded by j. L. Clark, a Lackawanna line
man
The Indiana, Bloomington e. Western road in
the three months ending March 81 earned $685.
1856 against STA, 032 the corresponding period
1883.
Secretary Burke, of the c., c.. c. G. I. Rail-
way Employees Mutual Benefit Association, dur
ing his two or three days stay atIndianapois
and Brightwood, secured seventy-two new mem
bers
W. G. Sala. late division superintendent of
the L., N A. & C. railroad, has accepted position
with the operating department of the Chicago &
Northwestern railway, with headquarters at Chi
csgo.
The bears base their belief that the Wabash
will soon go into the hands of a receiver on the
fact that Jay Gould and Russell Sage are much
larger holders of its first mortgage bonds than
of the stock.
A. D. Edgar general agent of the Northern
Pacific at Chicago, has been appointed assistant
general freight agent of the road. His successor
western freight agent of the Erie.
G. J. Hepburn, general superintendent of the
C., H. & D. lines, on Monday receive tele-
gram from c. G. Waite, general manager, stat
6ng that he had reached Arizona, and could al
Health.
The Nickel plate fast-freight lire has per
fected its arrangements for doing business at st.
Louis, using the Chicago & Alton between st.
Louis and Bloomington and the Indiana, Bloom
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nections with the New York, Chicago & St Louis
road.
General Manager Talmage has instructed SUI
Terintendents to be very exacting on section
men, requiring all right of way to be kept per-
fectly clean, and ties to be piled certain way
and certain height, and that they keep the
roadway generally in a clearly and orderly con-
dision.
Charles A. Dana, of the New York Sun, ex-
Railroad President General }. H. Wilson, and
several other newspaper men and railroad Off
eials came in over the Vandalia this morning,
en-route for New York. The party have been
spending some weeks in trip to the City of
Mexico and other Southwestern points of inter
est
In the three months ending March 81 the Gin
cinnati, Indianapolis, St Louis & Chicago road,
(Big Four) earned 5000, $50 against 1853, 522 the
corresponding quarter 1888 This is certainly
favorable exhibit when their troubles from the
flood at Cincinnati and from snow blockades on
the northern division are taken into eonsdera-
tion.
President Loveioy, of the Denver & Rio
Grande road, passed through Chicago Monday
en- route for New York. To Inter Ocean
porter he declared emphatically that Mr.. +. G.
Minis, general passenger and ticket agent, had
not resigned, reports to the contrary notwith-
standing nor has he any idea of dispensing with
Mr.. Nims's services.
Jim Reed, as he is Familiarity called in railroad
circles, who has grown gray and bald-headed in
fha an earvica of fine Hannibal e. ST
road, has been gathered in by the Chicago, Bur
Hngton q Quincy people General passenger
agent Percival Lowell, of the c., B. & O., is
gathering into their passenger service of late
some of the best railroad talent
The L., N. A. g. c. Airline took out or yes
terday through and fifteen passengers for
Grand Rapids. The business of the Air line, in
connection with the Chicago & West Michigan,
Us opening up finely Major Robert Emmett,
who is looking after the interests of this route,
is on the alert and advertising it in manner
which will yield handsome returns.
Walter R. Hill, who, for three months past,
las acted as agent of the Nickel plate line, at
Peoria H. was yesterday appointed agent of
the same line at ST. Louis Mr. Hin is one of the
brightest young men in the freight service, and
will make wide awake solicitor of traffic out
of St Louis M. P. Kelley, the present agent,
May l returns to the White line as contracting
agent
The more economical railway managers are
now proposing to cut off the travelling passenger
agents, as well as to reduce the number of fast
freight lines These economical fellows argue
that the travelling agents do not increase the to-
tai passenger business of the country; that there
is SO much to go anyhow, and that the only use
of the travelling agent is to exert an influence
(good or bad to divert it from one line onto an
other.
1t seems generally understood that the traffic
agreement between the c.. l., St L. & c. and
the L., n. A. & c. will not go into full effect
til the one and one-fifth mile of the road paral-
leling the Chicago & Atlantic, by which the L.,
N. A. g. G. connects with the Chicago & Western
Indiana is completed However, as a. Chicago
passenger route, the L., N A q G. Airline has
been abandoned, all trains running only between
Indianapolis and Michigan City, hauling no
through coaches for Chicago.
The c., c., G. & l. Railroad Employees Mutual
Benefit Association has under consideration the
calling of special meeting for the purpose of
revising its bylaws and constitution. AS the
81 St Louis road although it is a part of the
Bee-line system, cannot be admitted to member
ship, and it is proposed so to change the bylaws
that they may be- Then some of the members
in favor of paying only ST. 900 to the heirs of
deceased member AS it now stands, in case
of the death of member each surviving member
pays 81, and there are now over /, 400 members.
1t is proposed TO tighten the assessment or use
all above 81 900 paid in in creating a surplus
fund. However, this last proposition has not
as yet taken definite shape
Heading Off the Strikers.
1t has leaked out that the operators in the
Clay county block coal regions have combined to
put in machinery similar to that in use in the
Abbey coal mines, on the Western division of