The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-29
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.

John Macleod, exsuDerintendent of the L.,
N. A. & G. road was in the city yesterday,
prospecting.
The Office of the superintendent of the middle
division of the Wabash road now located at
Springfield, Ill, will be at Decatur on and after
Sept l.
new feature is to be introduced on the
Wabash Mann boudoir cars. This is a stew
lrdess, who will be found on each car for the
benefit of ladies.
Rumor has it that E. S. Bowen, vice presi-
dent of the Erie has resigned, and is to succeed
Thomas F. Cakes as vicerpresident and general
manager Of the Northern Pacific.
It is stated that the construction of the North
& South railroad has been contracted through
Parke county, Indiana, and it is the intention of
the company to reach Brazil yet this fall with
their track.
Round-trip tickets for Florence, Kansas are
FBtill selling at $12 at the outside offces-full
rate-$30 and to New York. yesterday, $l4
rate was made by roundabout line, and $l5 by
q direct line
The big bridge the Decline people are CON
Btructing over Miami river, at Sydney, will be
completed by November l. The structure is OF
iron, three spans 160 feet each, and will cost,
completed, $4,000.
Charles Hansel has been appointed resident
engineer of the middle division of the Wabash,
Win nea0Q quarters at OprlnRnelu, anu " q.
Travis is appointed master of bridges and build
ing in the division, headquarters also at Spring
field, Ill
The passenger rate war of the Chicago &
Ohio River pool was on just sixty minutes.
General Passenger Agent Hill, of the Chicago 81
Eastern Illinois, was congratulated by tele
graph yesterday that he so soon brought about
peace.
Chauneey Mccoy has assumed the duties Of
superintendent of the Mohawk division Of the
New York, West Shore & Buffalo road Mr..
Mccoy was for many years assistant superin
tendent of the eastern division of the P, F. w.
& G. railway.
General Manager Carson. of the L., N. A. & G.
system has issued an order that hereafter T.,
N. A. g. C. cars in their quota of Commercial
Express cars will be used in common with L., N.
A. & G. cars, which indicates that the road is to
throw off this line.
A. B. Southland rises to remark that while it
may be true that H j. Page, general freight
agent of the c., l., st. L. & G., has some idea OF
retiring from that position there is no founda
ton for the rumor that Mr. Southland is to be
the successor of Mr. Page
Vice-president Waite, of the c., Fl. & D.
lines, has mounted the economical hobby and
has given instructions to the effect that in all
departments where it is practical, operating ex-
penseS must be cut down by letting out men
and the running of less trains
H c. Agnew has resigned his position Of su.
perintendent of the Pittsburg, Cleveland & To
iedo railway Mr. J. T. Johnson the superin-
tendent of the Pittsburg & Western will assume
the same position on the p, G. & T., which will
give him Jurisdiction from Allegheny to Akron,
Ohio.
Roadmaster Miller and the master bridge
builder of the O., H. e l., Of the Cincinnati,
Hamilton & Dayton line have rendered their
designations to take effect Sept. |. It is under
stood that their Offices will be abolished and the
duties performed by the officers on the main line
who bear the above titles.
The journal is asked, what is the quickest
time made on any railroad by any train in the
history Of rairoading2" The fastest run for a
single mile ever made in this country or any
other was run in fifty and one quarter seconds
on the Pennsylvania railroad, between Philadel
Phia and Jersey City, on Sept A. 1879.
Last night the Woodruff Sleeping ear Com
pany ceased to run their coaches between Louis
vile and Chicago over the j., M & l. and the
G., ST. L. 81 P. roads. and new, elegant Pullman
sleeping cars went on In their place. The Pull
man company, which has been fighting for a
couple of years to get their cars on this line,
have at last carried their point
The new branch of the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne
q Chicago road, running up the Beaver river
from New Brighton TO Wampum, is entirely
completed. Regular passenger trains are now
running daily to and from Rock Point, and it is
thought that much Of the mainline freight
traffic will be handled over this branch as soon
as the necessary arrangements have been COM
pleted
S. 7. Mclaughlin, general manager Of the
Globe fastfreight line, writes H. s. Fraser,
agent Of the Continental line at this point,
that the rumor which originated with a
Chicago paper that the Globe line would pass out
of existence Sept l, has no foundation. How
ever, Indianapolis is not specially interested. as
this fastfreight line does not do business at this
point, or at least It has no representative here.
Mr.. E. H Talbot, president and manager Of
the Railway Age, has gone East in his private
car. The profane train dispatcher and the en-
gineer, who has with his ordinary train all he
can well haul and make time, will now express
their opinion regarding hauling newspaper men
around in private car. 1t is none of their bust
ness, however, if the service is paid for as Gen
eral Passenger Agent Gallup, of the Boston &c
Albany road, said it must be if the car was
hauled over that road
c. G. F. Bent, master Of transportation on the
L., N. A. & G. system, is making firgtclass train
men on that road by enforcing such rules as
those in practice ON the Pennsylvania system
The boys scold little, but soon see that such
observance is for their own good. One notice
issued recently is that hereafter engineers will
be charged with cost of damages to trains or cars
resulting from careless handling or Jerking of
trains and pulling out Of draw bars Engineers
must not allow ladies or children on the foot
board of their engines