The Indianapolis journal., 1884-07-21
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.

The Vandalia last week brought into this
station 334 car loads Of block COAL and 191 car
loads Of live stock.
Saturdaylasts district passenger agent Denney,
of the Wabash, moved into the new Office at So
South Illinois street
The Chicago, St Louis 8 Pittsburg is now
hauling empty cars from Chicago into this sec
tion, to load for the East.
r. B. Thomas, general manager of the Bee
line system, who has been West on ten-days
pleasure trip, returned Saturday night.
Commissioner Pierson is reported as saying
that statistics for passenger pools are being pre-
pared and the pools will be adjusted without
DELAY.
Walcott B Wright on Saturday last closed
contract with the indianapolis Car Works to
furnish the yellow pine for the construction of
1000 cars.
A suburb of Terre Haute is called Whitelne
City The streets are laid out regularly, and
the residences, some two hundred in number, are
condemned White line car bodies
The last day or two business east bound over
the Bee line has assumed oldfashioned proper
tions Saturday, thirteen freight trains were
sent out East, and yesterday eleven.
A. A. Talmage, general manager of the Wa
bash, has sent circular to employees requesting
them as a matter of self protection, to take out
company.
The Chicago, St Louis & pittsburg road last
week forwarded East, from this point, S22 loaded
cars, the Bee line 778, the Cincinnati, Hamilton
e Indianapolis 1852, the Indiana, bloomington 8
Western 15L
To conform to the raised grade Of South East
Jireet the Union Railway Company, the G., H.
& l., the G., st. L.. 81 p. and Wabash people are
all obliged to raise the grade of their tracks
eighteen inches for considerable distance
$4,000 could be expended by the old l., P. & G.
company at this point to advantage in improv-
ing its terminal facilities. More track is needed
in the city yard and several thousand feet
should be laid at the crossing of the L, P, 8 G.
and Belt road. In fact, a roomy outer yard is
needed in the vicinity of the Belt road crossing
w. J. Morden spent Saturday in the city
mingling business with pleasure He has Just
moved into their new building for the manu-
facture of the Morden frog and crossing at South
Chicago. an establishment which should have
been located at Indianapolis The main build
ing is 300 feet long by 100 feet wide, and the
works now give employment to sixty four men
The O., l. st. L. 6 G. is doing a good busi-
ness in connection with the Chesapeake & Ohio
road and indications are that this IS TO be one OF
its most important connections The Chesa-
peake Is Ohio road is beginning to receive wheat
freely at Newport News A sample of 100000
bushels new No 2 red was offered at New York
on Friday last for shipment from Newport News
at $1.02 free on board.
Frank Palmer spent Saturday in the city stir
ring up matters in his usual style. Underthe new
deal he is made general agent Of the North
west and his salary has been pushed up ST. 600
notch. He reports their new Chicago & Kansas
City line to be doing a rattling business, and
from outside reports it is safe to say that Frank
as he is familiarly known, has caught on well at
Chicago, his headquarters.
S. K Hooper, formerly the general passenger
agent of the Hannibal & ST Joe road, and now
with the Denver & Rio Grande, has been offered
the position of general passenger agent of the
Louisville, New Albany & Chicago road. and it
is believed he will accept. General Manager
Carson is gathering around him some first class
railroad men 1t is stated upon good authority
that there are to be no further changes of i'm
pertance.
Patentees and owners of patent car-eouplers
Of late are so numerous and persistent in their
manner as to be annoying to railroad officials
One official remarked Saturday, that he
feared he would be obliged to place them on the
list of book agents, whom he does not admit to
his Office Two carcoupler men a day called on
him last week. and he, as well, received six let
ters asking him if he would test on his cars the
writer's couplers
Eden G. Hawes, one Of the best known rail
road men in this section, and who, for many
years, was conductor on the j., NJ. & /. road,
died Friday last, after q brief illness. He was
at the time of his death, q conductor on the
Southern Pacific railroad. If the body can be
Ombalmed it will be brought to New Albany for
burial; otherwise the burial will take place at
Texarkana. The many friends of the deceased
Willregret to learn of his death, and will sympa-
thize with the estimable wife who survives him.
The Indiana, Bloomington q Western.
Notwithstanding the fact that the Indiana,
Bloomington g Western road is managed with
much ability and economical, its earnings are
not reaching a dividend paying point as rapidly
as the friends of the property had anticipated