The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-26
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS,


The indianapolis Car Works have shut down for
a few days in all departments.
Passenger rates were badly off, west,bound
again yesterday. A cut of s. to Kansas points
was quite common.
The passenger agents meeting called for yes
terday was fzzle and the few agents present
adjourned the meeting to April y.
H. R. Duval, general manager, and T. A.
Lewis, Western manager of the Erie lines left
yesterday for Chicago to attend the line meet
ing
G. G. Waite, vice president and general mana
ger of the c., H. & D. lines, eontemplates
trip to California, that he may have a genuine
rest.
H. c. Diehl, general freight agent of the l., B.
& W., went to Chicago, last night, to attend the
meeting called for to-day in the interest of the
Chicago pool.
Upon application of Austin Corbin, C. E. Hen
dersOn was yesterday appointed receiver of the
Danyille, Olney & Ohio River road vice Charles
Howard, resigned.
A. B. Southland, traffic manager of the L., n.
A. & G., who has been having quite tussle with
the chills and fever, was yesterday so much bet
Ter as to be on duty again
Major Hotchkiss, general travelling
agent of the Chesapeake & Ohio road,
Is in the city on official business
Dir. Hotchkiss arranged the coming pleasure trip
for the accountants which is highly apprecf
sted by them.
The iron rail mill at New Albany, which has
been idle since the Ohio river flood, resumed OPP
erations Monday. AS Mr.. w. G. DePauw
is NOW the largest owner in the indianapolis
iron and steel rail mills it is to be hoped he Will
i1aEart some life into these institutions.
The auditors of the indianapolis roads and 10
cal freight agents yesterday, were i'll conference
several hours perfecting better system OF adj
jussing accounts for switching and track service
at this point There is to be harmonizing OF
rates and definite period fixed upon for settle
nseats between the roads.
A couple more of passenger conductors on the
Cincinnati, Indianapolis. St. Louis d Chicago
road were dropped yesterday, one being uncle
Is5ily Smith, as he is Familiarity known Mr..
Smith has been on the road thirty years,
teenty two a passenger conductor and was
very popular with the travelling public.
J.W. Sherwood, superintendent of the Gin
c;nnati. Indianapolis st. Louis g. Chicago road,
yesterday issued the following notice: Mr..
ThOS- o. Morris will assume general charge of
tine road department, with title of Engineer OF
Msintenance of Way" Appointment to take
effect at once Headquarters Indianapolis, Ind.
Another economical streak has come over
President Mackey of the Evansville & Terfe
Haate road, and the through parlor ears run be-
fY0Sn Evansville and Indianapolis over the d. &
U. II. and the T. H 65 ]. have been taken off,
and the force of section men on the Il. u T. I'll.
has been. it is stated, reduced to one man on a
section.
The new sleeping coaches on the Indiana
Bloomington d. Western road, which are to be
rsn between Peoria Ill. and Columbus, O.,
went into service last night Going west the
eOaen passes through indianapolis at II P. NJ;
going east at APO A. NJ. Tickets by this line will
be placed on sale at the Union Depot sleeping
car office.
The Greensburg Hope & Columbus road will
DO opened for business on April l. NJ. e. In
gals president, and j. w. Sherwood, superin-
tendent, viii to day make an inspection trip
ever the line. The American Express Company
will at once appoint agents at stations OIL the
line and put on messengers between Columbus
aad Cincinnati.
Ga the pay rolls of master mechanic Prescott
Of the Vandalia system, are 1,0O2 men. OF this
number. 120 are engineers; 100 firemen; 500
employed in the shops at Terre Haute; ll6 at
Effngham; so at East ST. Louis; "a
at AsOgansport Since Jan. l, the employees in
the shops have been working but eight hours
April they commence working nine hours and
Eay ten hours.
T. @ Moore joint agent has asked the gen
Grad freight agents of the roads which are mem
hers of the Middle and Western Freight Agents
Association, to meet in his Office on Friday next
to establish more equitable tariff all classes
Of freight subject to the Middle and Western
States classification. This classification covers
al competing territory between the Mississippi
river and the Western termini of the trunk
lines.
IL has taken but a few weeks to demonstrate
tho fact that it unwise policy on the part
of the Decline people to place their shops at
Brightwood and Nation under one master me-
chanic and cut down the force in the shops 80
per cent. Their locomotives, which in
number one condition rapidly getting into
bad shape, no work is being turned out, and
matters are said to be in bad shape with the mo-
tive power generally.
The lumber tariff which makes q reduction of
five cents per 100 pounds, to take effect April l,
and continue until Oct. l, was issued, yesterday.
by commissioners of pools interested. This
makes the rate on pine hard and soft lumber,
class, in Carloads twenty cents per 100
pounds from Indianapolis to New York. On
slaves, heading, hoop-poles, shocks, hoops, stave
bolts rough, undressed stone, in carloads,
swenty three cents per 100 pounds, and to other
points the usual differences.