The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-17
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.

Personal and Local.
Al Shewfnaker has Been appointed agent of tie
Eriefast freigh lines at Terre Haute.
b r Sipps private secretary oe J. w. sFer-
wood, Observation-Disclosures esG, Il, ST Il. &C.
has gone to- Wisconsin. Henexpects to bring
back with him as a wifesoueof Wisconsiuss fsir
daughters
w IL Tennis for many years past an agent
lot the New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio road, is.
Hereafter ol6ok after the interests Of the Erie
lbr, resigned.
The Colorado Pool Association reaI,estss East
I ern roads to withdraw from sale Sept Is COZ
sorado tourist tickets, and the. announcement is
MADE that tickets reaching Colorado lines after
Sept 80 will snottbe accepted
! ~ O Devereux, general freight agent Of the
sonora Ss division of the Atchsou; Topeka 81 Santa
6 0aeo Aoaday night after a. short illness. Mr..
] DeTefeax was highly esteemed in freight mems
i circles and avery genial fellow
J John 8: Gaylord, for some years past night
agent OF the American Express Company at the
mon Depot4 has been appointed day agent vieee
ID. III. Jenkins resigned William SffmnalIs will,
sueceed MIR Gaylord as night agent
( Coal from the new coal mines at Island City
will be placed on this market next month. These
. mines are reached over the indianapolis q Vin4
cennes road, three, miles Of track having been,
laid from Andersonville on tlfe,Ii &5V. oIsIand
City
Thomas G. Moore, iOintlagentof the Chicago
east bound pool; excuses a mistake made by his
chief clerk in his last weekly statement, by
saying that the chief clerk who prepared the
statement was toleave the city in the evening.
70 benarried, and, consequently was somewhat
preoecupied.
J. William Revel, an engineer on the IndiaHapo-
lis % Vincennes goes to, San francisco as dele
gate OF the Indianapolis division of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers, George Tyre
goes as grand. chaplain. The latter hasbeens
elected to this position anuually;fo many years
past and never falls to attend the annual meet
ingss
+ E. A. Ford general passenger agent Of the
Pennsylg lines west of Pittsburg, yesterday
/. afternoon telegraphed all representatives Of
their lines at Indahapohsto on receipt Of this
: telegram Immediately stopiseiling or quoting
less than regular full established tariff rates
east or west over all Pennsylvania and the Van
dalias lines
Paymaster Sullivan, of tIfeC., T., ST. L. e O.,
yesterday sent out drafts paying the employees
for August service. There are now 9, 065 names.
on tie paysroils against 2 go at the correspond
ing periodin 1883 Last5year there were several
construction trains and a. large bridge force in
the. employ Of the company, which were not
needed this year
The rolling stock Of the c., T., ST. L.. & O.
road includes seventy five engines fortysfour
day coaches, twenty Of them practically new
ard fitted! up with all modern improvements
seven night chair cars, three day parfor cars
the finest IN the land! eight postal cars. sixteen
baggage cars; and 3, O36 freight cars. The entire
equipments in first class condition.
&. D: Richardson, Of the Chicago and Ohio
River pool returned from Chicago yesterday.
He states thereis trouble with the Chicago and
st Louis pool, and freight and passenger rates
are somewhat defnoralized5 Mr. Richardson
thinks, however, that the troubles will be adj
justed in a day or two; and the G., B. e @. PEG
pie will abandon the putting on of a fast solid
train between Chicago and ST. Louis.
A little announcement and respectable head
quarters has developed theability of W. j. Mich
OILS local PASSENGER agent of the Decline system
in a manner which even surprises his oId1tfme
friends; and the BeeSline management could do
no better than to- appoint MIR. Nichols as the
successor of Dave Edwards, their Southern pas
sengeF agent Il is understood that Mr.. Nor
:lidge is to fill the position but temporarily.
B. F. Mills.for fifteen years connected with
the Burlington, Cedar Rapids g. Northern rail-
way and since 79the general ticket and pas
.senger agent OF the. road died at his homesati
Cedar Rapids Iowa; Sunday night Mr.. Mills,
was recognizedas one of the ablest ticket agents
in the West He was born in Bucyfus, Craw
ford county; OF, and was thirty nine years old
His wife died in january last and four children
are left to mourn his loss.
Receiver Humphreys of the Wabash, ST. Louis
* rOeu 10 stlu 70 nafo1Itle IalIns tnat pne
visit of President Joy to Europe will be favor
able in its results, and lie admits should il not
the prospects are good that theroad will be in
the hands of the courts for years, It is stated
by the friends Of the Wabash, however that
President Joy and Secretary Ashley. Of Wabash
went to Europeat the requestof the general,
mortgage bondholders in Europe The Euro
pean bondholders wanted to have better knowIs
edge of the reorganization pian and also wanted
tosee Mr. joy and learn from;himi what policy
he proposed to- adopt in the management of the
road