The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-03
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Paraonal and Local.

Europe Tor rest
w. D. Wilson, the newly appointed agent of
the Laekawanna line yesterday opened his Office |
in Room 15 Union Building.
General Agents Jim Reed, Of the g, B. o. q, |
and W. NJ Shaw Of the H., B. 4 w, were in |
Che city yesterday prospecting.
d. F. Whitcomb superintendent of the Union |
Railway Company, has gone to New Hampshire |
to spend al few days with his aged mother.
Mr.. George +. Brown, general superintendent
of the Pullman Palace Car Company, returned |
from Colorado on Monday, after months abb |
sence.
H. NJ Bronson, general passenger agent of the
J., b. & W.. has gone to Sandusky to attend the
fftieth anniversary Of the marriage OF his
parents.
Chicago and st. Louis papers are loud in their
praise of the Mann boudoir ears placed on the
Wabash road ten days ago. They are said to be
the finest coaches run in this country
General Passenger Agent Chesborough, OF the
Vandalia, states that the parlor cars put on some
two months ago to run between indianapolis ana
st. Louis, revery handsome paying institutions.
John whelan. for some time past travelling
passenger agent of the Louisville, New Albany
g Chicago road, has resigned, to accept the posi-
ton Of travelling passenger agent of the St Paul,
Minneapolis & Manitoba road, with headquarters
at Pitssburg.
The Chicago Tribune gives currency to a ru-
NOR that j. A. Grier, for many years past gen
6ral freight agent OF bn6 ullCHlSdH SeHOrcA ANall
road Company, has resigned his position, and
that Mr. Alexander Maekay, general freight
agent of the Chicago g Atlantic, had been
offered the place and is likely to accept IT.
Seventy eight cars were built last week at the
Indianapolis Car Works, complete with the ex-
eeption Of lettering and numbering the twelve
built on Saturday This was done Monday
morning. Eighty is the number President Mil
lard has asked the boys to build this week, ana
they are quite determined to comply with this
request
The Chicago, st. Louis & Pittsburg people are
removing their machinery from their old shops
on Noble street to their new shops in the eastern
part of the city With the old machinery and
the $l8O 900 worth of new machinery being erect
ed these shops will be among the best west OF
the Allegheny mountains, if not the best
equipped.
A ticket reading from New Albany to Louis
vile, over the j., M & / road, was turned IN
yesterday which had been raised to read from
Indianapolis to Louisville, and person was car
ried between the two points named without the
conductors discovering that the ticket had been
tempered with and raised from a ticket which
cost the party ten cents to ticket which sells
for So. 90
Mr. w Hobbs, who was for some years railroad
editor of the St. Louis Globe Democrat. recently
engaged to do similar service on the St Paul and
minneapolis Pioneer Press. Before leaving st.
Louis his friends in that railroad center gave a
banquet in his honor; and presented him on the
occasion with an elegant gold watch and chain,
anu pdFIeu WIFI HlIH WIFI sincere T6BT6tS- Lii
aeine the surprise four days after when he re-
turned to st, Louis, having in that brief period
of time at ST Paul. become so homesick that he
throw up his position.
Fl. w. Hibbard general freight agent Of the
Fandalia fears that the item IN Monday rs Jour-
nal regarding line changes at Terre Haute may
mislead, and that Assistant General Freight
Agent Kendall is to give special attention to
the business of the Great Western Dispatch and
Erie & Pacific Dispatch at the expense of the
Union line, which also works over the Van
dalia SYSTEM This is not the case. The Vandalia
people discriminate in favor OF no fast-freight
line which operates over this system, and leave
the matter wholly with the shippers so far as
the company is concerned
The travelling passenger agents who went as
delegates to the annual convention, held at Den
yer, Col, some two weeks ago, are still return
ing. one by one, and all are unanimous in the
statement that they had grand time. Very
liberal arrangements were made for extensive
tours amid the magnificent mountain scenery of
the Centennial State by Mr.. S, Z. Hooper, gen
eral passenger agent of the Denver q Rio
Grande, and Mr.. Ada, general passenger agent
of the Union Pacific in Colorado. The assoeia-
ton is thirteen years old, has 800 active
members, and its meetings have proved Dene-
ficial on account Of the opportunities they afford
for the cultivation of friendly feelings between
the representatives OF rival lines The veteran
Mr. +. D. May, who has been in the service OF
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company for thirty
years, was one Of the delegates present and a.
Denver journal states that The was the most
noted parsonage in the convention"
Pe@ce Again Declared-Rates Restored at
Midnight.
The general and local passenger agents met
yesterday at tho office of Pool Commissioner
Richardson to talk over local troubles All
roads were represented except the Indiana
Bloomington & Western, and up to noon it
looked as if the war rates would continue,
and with increased bitterne IS. On the advice
of Commissioner Richardson a committee was
appointed consisting of A. j. Smith, of the Bee
1ine;J Chesberough of the YandaIia, and John
Egan, of the c., l., st. l. & G., to wait on the L
B. 81 w. people and learn why the road was not
represented at the meeting General Manager
Henderson was called on, and expressed
surprise that his general passenger agent,
Mr. Bronson, some representative
of the road was not present Atalk was INDUCED
in which brought ont some of the reasons that
led to the recent war on passenger rates,
and after an hours discussion Of the situation
Manager Henderson, on the part of the l., B. g
W., and the general passenger agents of the
roads above mentioned, agreed to restore rates
at u O'Clock last night and to bring about a
maintenance Of rates. The local agents are in
structed to meet at noon, to-day, and take the
preliminary steps to form an association similar
TO that In Kansas City, as suggested in the
journal OF yesterday Mr.. Nichols, of
the Decline and T. g. ST. T., was instructed to.
procure copy of the Kansas City agreement
and to make it a basis Of a similar agreement at
Indianapolis; and as soon as the agreement is
drawn up and in shape to receive the signatures
of the general passenger agents and local
agents, meeting is to be called and fhet
agreement clinched All old contracts are to be
reported at to-day's meeting Those in 4 posi-
ton to understand the situation express the
opinion that the Indianapolis roads are nearer
arranging for peace and the maintenance Of
rates than at any time for years AS a railroad
center and rate demoralizing point indianapolis
has headed the list, the rate troubles dating
hack as far as 1872