The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-23
RAILWAY GOSSIP.


A. J. Gibbons, chief engineer of the Vandalia,
has gone to spend Thanksgiving with friends in
Iowa.
NJ E. ingalls,, president of the c., l., ST. L. &
c. road is expected home from New York this
morning
President Lovejoy has had enough Of Denver
& Rio Grande, and urges the directors to accept
his resignation, long since rendered.
Fl. S. Watson, formerly agent of the Hoosac
Tunnel line at this point, has accepted position
in the Blue-line Office at Louisville, KY
j. N Langworthy, formerly agent Of the
Southeastern railroad at Clay City. has been APP
pointed travelling passenger agent of the Nardalia
line.
B. D. Caldwell, chief clerk in the vandalia
passenger Office, at St Louis, is to be married,
Dec. TO- to Miss Sallie Bowman, daughter of
Bishop Bowman.
John Crowel a Lake Shore passenger conduct
or, has been appointed superintendent of tracks
used jointly by the Fort Wayne, Panhandle and
Alton at Chicago.
Russell Stimson formerly superintendent of
the Dayton & Union railroad and lately super
intendent of the St Paul G. Minneapolis railroad
died suddenly Friday night, of heart disease, at
Saltwater, MINI
cheering the hearts of the New Enganders with
good words about Union Pacific The floating
debt will soon be got rid of.
j. j. Turner, superintendent of the 1ndianapo
lis g Vincennes road, is expected home from his
bridal trip in season to take Thanksgiving din
ner with Indianapolis friends
George Blanchard, vice-president of the Erie
railway, retires from that position tomorrow
During his official career on the Erie, he has
shown himself to be railroad man of ability.
F. G. Minis, formerly general passenger agent
Of the Denver 81 Rio Grande, will open an ex-
cursion agency at Cleveland. This is looked
upon in railroad circles as quite tumblefor Mr.
Minis.
E. D. Carter, master car builder of the Van
dalia, is still unable for duty, he has been for
nearly seven months. During his illness his de-
partment has been under the charge of his son
Charles.
Arrangements have been made by which,
commencing with Dec. l. through sleeping
coaches will be run over the c., l., St L. d g.
and the B. & o. between Indianapolis and Wash
ington, D. c.
j. F. Allen, travelling freight agent of the l.,
B. d W., who has been so much out of health
for a month past as to unfit him for duty, is i'm
proving, and expects the coming week to resume
his usual duties
Charles Irwin, for some years past chief opera
tor OF the Vandaiia at this point, has resigned
and gone to Michigan to engage in commercial
pursuits John Gaynor, of Greenville, ILL.,, has
been appointed his successor.
S. S. Stevens, who has been general agent of
the Rock Island at Council Bluffs ever since the
road was built, has resigned and will remove to
Los Angeles. Stevens is succeeded by his as
sistant, jerome MeCfintoek. Poor health was
the cause of Stevens's resignation.
Frank Wade, who recently accepted the dis
trict passenger agency of the Wabash, head
quarters Indianapolis, is rapidly catching on
no NJ
business he sees that the Wabash gets its full
share.
w. A. Wallace, foreign freight agent at Chi
cago of the Baltimore and Ohio, has beer pro
NOTED to better position in the general offices
of the company at Baltimore. Mr.. Wallace has
been in the employ of the company for fifteen
years, seven Of which have been in the Chicago
Office
D. w Caldwell, president of the New York,
Chicago 81 St. Louis road, last week, when in
New York, remarked to an old railroad friend
that he never was happier in his life In his
present position he had only one man to account
to- and that was W. K Vanderbilt. and the less
he said to him the better Vanderbilt seemed to
like it.
H. j. Jewett, late president of the Erie and
New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio road, is said TO
be greatly relieved that he has the burden of
these roads off his mind. l'e is still president
of the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton system,
which is ably run by G. c. Waite, causing Mr..
Jewett no anxiety. He is also president of the
Chicago & Atlantic, which is gradually getting
into better shape financially Physically there
are few better roads.
Charles Croker, of San Francisco, president
of the Southern Pacific railway, together with
his wife and daughter Miss Hattie Crocker,
were in Lafayette for a day or two last week.
The party were the guests of Mr. and Mrs Geo
B. Williams Miss Croker is returning from o
tour of the world, and was met at New York by
her father and mother Mr. Croker is of
the famous syndicate of five railroad kings who
control all the lines converging at San Francisco.
Thomas NJ. King, who, on Thursday last was
elected to the position of vice president of the
Baltimore & Ohio road, started in railroad life
as messenger boy in the A. V. railroad office,
was four years in the military railroad service,
then dispatcher on the A. " railroad from
which he was promoted to superintendent of the
river division. He resigned this TO become
perintendent of the PittSburg division of the b.
& o., and latterly has added to the duties of
this responsible position the presidency of the
Pittsburg 81 Western ard the Pittsburg june
ton railroads.
Leander Carey has resigned his position as
superintendent of the car department Of the
New York Central & Hudson River road, to take
effect Dec. 81 next. The Office will then be dis
continued, OF rather merged with that of the
superintendent of motive power. Mr. Carey has
been connected with the road q long time, having
been for many years master car-builder of the
New York q Harlem before his appointm to
his present position. He is widely known, both
by his position on prominent road, and by his
long service as president of the Master Car
builders Association, of which he has been
leading member from the first organization
Gaylord Beach, one of the Bee-line officials
who was with the inspection party when they
paid the appropriate tribute of bringing their
train to a STOP and visited the grave of their
late associate official, j. II. Cromer, relates an
interesting incident AS the party of forty or
more were about retiring from the grave, having
strewn it over with flowers, the wife of the
deceased and her father came into the cemetery
not knowing what had trarspred with flowers
to place upon her husbands grave, it being the
fifth anniversary of her marriage to the deceased.
The scene which followed was quite affecting, 50
highly did she appreciate the kind regard this
party of Beeine officials had shown to her do.
ceased husband