The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-09
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.

Personal and Local.
H W. Hubbard. general freight agent Of the
Vandalia has gone to Wyoming Territory on
Official business
Mr.. Samuel Shock owingsto i'll health, has re-
signed as superintendent Of the Marquette,
Houghton g Ontonagon
B. w. Wrenn, for sixteen years general pas
senger agent of the Western & Atlanta hasre-
signed to accept the same position with the East
Tennessee & Georgia system.
Mr. Jewett, of the Erie has resigned his desk
and room to Mr.. King From this it would APP
pear that the active duties of the executive
have been transferred to the assistant president.
Considerable interest is shown at present in
the future movements of Mr.. j. A. Grier, gen
eral freight agent of the Michigan Central road,
who will sever his connection with that road
Oct l.
The G, Fl. & I. people are boasting consider
ably of the business they are doing, they hand
Inns in their Indianapolis yards, last Saturday,
46O cars. The company's Toledo and Cincinnati
business Is quite satisfactory.
The monthly pay car Of the L. B. g w. is out
paying for August service The employees on
the St Louis division win be paid to-day, Peoria
division tomorrow, middle division Thursday,
Ohio division Friday and Ohio Southern road
Saturday.
Ezprass, has been appointed superintendent Of
express and purchasing agent of the Pittsburg e
Western roads and leased lines. This will be
gratifying news to Mr.. Halls many friends in
this section.
The local freight men met yesterday at the Of
fee of Commissioner Doherty. The session was
a short one and no business of Importance to the
public was transacted Commissioner Doherty
asked the agents if they were all maintaining
rates, and all to man, answered in the affirma-
tive.
At the annual national convention of the loco
motive engineers, Oct /, memorial will be
prepared for presentation to Congress asking for
q law requiring locomotive engineers to pass
thorough examination as to competency before
being allowed to run on the railroads of the
United States
Toledans will be much disturbed when they
learn that the shipments of grain from this see
ton to Detroit are largely in excess of the ship
ments to Toledo. Until quite recently every
thing went to Toledo but Detroit, as predicted it
would now leads. President Joys pet scheme
is to bring out the Detroit division.
q. A. Ho1brook, assistant general passenger
agent of the Chicago, Rock Island Il Pacific
road, and District Passenger Agent Perry Griffin
are in the city prospecting. This is Mr., Hol-
brooks first visit on official business in this city,
and he is quite fayorably impressed with the
standing of the Rock Island in this section.
The Red line forwarded to New York eleven
carloads of oilmeal for Evans & Co. and com
poUlDOrSy VINO were f6auy 10 Cub In0 TaG6 I'VE
cents per 100 if they could thereby secure the
business, allege that the Red line cut the rate,
and ask Commissioner Doherty, of the east
bound freight pool, to investigate the matter.
This is the last day of the truce between the
trunk lines on passenger rates, which was, at the
request of Commissioner Fink, to see if troubles
cannot be adjusted. Vanderbilt lines claim to
have proof that Fort Wayne is selling tickets to
New York for SIC, and ask instructions about
cutting themselves Fort Wayne people say
they are protecting themselves
Baldwin's Guide for September is at hand A
note says: In reply to number of inquiries
to what effect the acceptance of the position of
general passenger agent of the Louisville, New
at Chicago will have upon the publication of the
Guide, beg to say that it will be published in
Buffalo, as usual, under my supervision, and
that it will continue to give It's patrons the
latest and most reliable railway information
The second section of the Boston and st.
Louis express train, which hauls only express
matter for the American Express Company, and
through mail, makes the run from Cleveland,
Ohio, to Union City, 1913 miles, in five hours and
five minutes The express matter is carried
from New York to St Louis or Louisville, KY,
In two hours and twenty minutes less time than
the express trains carry passengers through, the
train hauling only express matter, leaving New
York two hours and twenty minutes after the
fast passenger train. 1t is done at heavy ex-
pense to the American Express Company and
should be appreciated by the Western merchants.
Throwing Cold Water ON Corbins Scheme.
It looks very much as though Austin Corbin
were getting possession of the Southeastern di-
vision of the Toledo, Cincinnati & St Louis sys-
tenn, the Boston Commercial Bulletin says: 1.-THE
committee who bought the property at therecent
sale in the interest Of the irst-mortgage bond
holders, consisted originally Of five members,
but upon the representation that Corbin owned
$780, 600 of the bonds, he was added to the com
mittee He is since alleged to have won two
other members of the committee to his support
and he has put the general manager of his l., b.
g w. road in charge Of the Southeastern and
has made the T., B. & WIS attorney also Rttor-
ney Of the Southeastern. Judging by what has
happened to other parties when Corbin has got
control of road in the past, the best thing the
bondholders can do is to shake him off imme.
diately or else to accept the offer of the Cincia
natl Hamilton & Dayton of So for their bonds
The Southeastern bonds are quoted in the
market at 30. and they viii be less if CDrbirl,s
plans are perfected 1t is this same Sully and
Corbin who are also trying to wrest the st.
Louis division from the hands of bandholdersp
The Bulletin adds: In the main line and ST
Louis division Of the Toledo, Cincinnati g ST.
Louis system, if their purposes were honorable
they would allow the property to be foreclosed
and sold to the highest bidder. If they wanted
the property for what it is worth they could
then bid with the rest. But they are now doing
all they can to prevent foreclosure TO impair the
value of the property, and to worry the bond
holders into submission. A speedy foreclosure is
demanded by every principle Of Justice
President Devereux's Report.
The annual report Fl. H. Devereux, presi-