The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-07-23
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.

HerSOnS1 ana LOCAL.
Superintendent Burrows, of the l. & St. L. is
in the city.
Paymaster Crawford of the yandalia, will to-
day pay on the T. q. & l. division for june
service.
Line agents were yesterday notified that the
next monthly line meeting will be held at Mag
ara Falls July 80
The Wabash people express willingness to
again become a member of the Central Iowa
Traffic Association
W. s. Bible has been appointed agent of the
Vandalia at Jewett, vice w. L. Ford, who takes
the agency of the company at Reesville
1t is rumored that the Atchison, Topeka s.
Santa Fe has secured lease of the portion of
the Wabash running from ST Louis to the Mis-
souri, river. 1t is not believed.
Pennsylvania railroad stock commands So so
premium on 100 shares in Philadelphia. Stock
is very scarce. Good stocks generally are scarce
Not kicking around in the street any more
The question whether the Wabash has the
right to refuse to honor tickets purchased pre-
vious to the day when the road was placed in
the hands of receivers will be tested in the
courts.
The Indianapolis & ST. Louis passenger con
ductors climbing up onto the anxious seat
They have Just discovered that three spoilers
have been working the road, and they feel that,
whether guilty or not their heads will tumble
into the basket.
H. B. Mcclellan, formerly with the Missouri
Pacific, has been appointed general Eastern
agent of the Wabash, in charge of both freight
and passenger business, with headquarters in
New York w. 81. Hutchins has been appointed
commercial agent at Kansas City.
U. Q, Cleveland, agent of the Erie &
North Shore line, is near relative of Grover
fTla,1o data
The former, however is a thoroughbred Repub-
lican. u. c. Clevelands father, who is eighty
eight years old, is also Republican.
Freight men are not favorably impressed with
the opening of the Lackawanna fastfreight line
at this point fur business. The reputation of
the line for maintaining rates is bad, and it
is alleged that last week they took from an
Indianapolis elevator 10000 bushels of grain
at three cent cut on the then very low tariff.
Some of the competitors of the Bee-line are
feeling somewhat sore that by vote of the local
pool the Whiteline is still loading cars at one of
the Indianapolis elevators at the old rates, and
one road threatens that should this be allowed
further they will resume loading cars at the
rates given prior to the advance on Monday last.
G. Curtice, extra passenger conductor on the
Vandalia- takes the train formerly run by j. p.
Hazelton, who has been appointed agent of the
Vandallla at Efhngham, very important sta
ton. While Mr.. Hazelton's promotion was quite
unexpected to him, he is worthy Of It. and will
doubtless fill his position in manner satisfac-
tory to his superior officers.
At the request of Commissioner Richardson
the general passenger agents of the roads in the
Chicago and Ohio river pool met at his Office
yesterday and organized rate association, elect
ing II. NJ. Bronson, of the l., B. & W., chair
man, and h r. Dering, of the Pennsylvania
lines, secretary. All charges of rate cutting are
to come before this association for adjustment,
and it will also fix excursion rates and adjust all
misunderstanding.
Up to Saturday nightlast, Roadmaster Henry,
of the |. & St L. road, reports that seventy-one
miles of the middle and western divisions of the
road had this season been graveled depth aver
aging fifteen inches There are but fifteen
miles more road to gravel to complete the work
Twenty two miles on the western DIVISION how
ever, is yet to be balasted with broken stone
Good judges of track who have rode over the
q St L. recently speak in very complimentary
terms of its slnoothness and solidity.
E. B. Thomas. general manager of the Bee
line, when on his recent trip West was inter
viewed by a newspaper as to the probabilities
that the /. & St L. division would be extended
to Kansas City, Mr.. Thomas said: There is
plenty of room for another line across Missouri
and undoubtedly one will be built before long
1t may be built by our company, but it has not
been fully determined upon as yet. 1t is a bad
time to talk of extending at present, but sooner
or later the Decline will have its own route to
the Missouri river"