The Indianapolis journal., 1884-02-13
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.

The floods are interfering with the movement
of paymasters on several of the roads.
E. P. Wilbur nephew of the late Asa Packer,
was yesterday elected president of the Lehigh
Valley road
Lemuel Sullivan, an old Indianapolis boy, now
agent of the Erie lines, at Des Moines, is stop
ping in this city for day or two with friends.
The understanding is that the payment of all
commissions will be abolished on the establish
ment of pools, or differentia fares on the roads,
in the trunk+li line pooling agreement.
George P. Dolsen, passenger cond uctor on the
Kckomo s. indianapolis division of the c., st.
L. & F., has rendered his resignation. The rea-
son is not given. James Conner has taken his
train
Freight traffic eastbound. with most lines, is
ceedingly light, the unfavorable weather for
moving grain the bad country roads and the
maintenance of rates on new business combining
for such a result
General Manager Richardson, of the Chicago
& Ohio river pool has requested the general
freight agents of the roads which are members of
the pool to meet at his Office tomorrow after
noon for conference
It is stated officially that it will take another
.-.Yats to the indianapolis & St Louis road.
Consequently Mr. Mcdenry had better ask that
$2,000.0e0 of new stock be issued.
Tha Wabash St Louis & Pacific annual meet
ing viii be held ut the Office in St Louis on
March <. A special meeting will also be held
at She came place on March %. Transfer books
were closed from Feb 8 to March "a.
Freight trains have been abandoned on the
Jeffersonville, Madison g. indianapolis road, and
cnly passenger trains which arrive and depart at
5effersonville in daylight are being run while the
tsigh waters so interfere with the movement of
trains.
The annual meeting of the indianapolis &
To,1ic c+ncl-bnt1apS will ba ba1d in
indianapolis Wednesday next. The annual
meeting of the stockholders of the Beeline
proper will be held in Cleveland on the 5th of
March.
j. V. McNeale, secretary of the indianapolis,
Decatur d Springfield road, returned from New
York yesterday. He reports H. B. Hammond,
president as having fully recovered his health,
and busy carrying out the proposed fund
ing scheme
Mr.. McHenry tells reporter of the Cleveland
Leader that he is delighted with the Bee-line.
His late trip over the road was the first he has
ever taken, and he is astonshed at the fine con-
dtion of The property, and the prospects it has
for becoming even more valuable than it is at
present
A circular has been issued by the general man
ayers of the Union Pacific, the Denver & Rio
Grande, the Atchison, Topeka 6 Santa Fe. the
Burlington & Missouri, and the Central Pacific,
giving notice of the appointment of George I'll.
Daniels as commissioner of the Utah Traffic As
sociation.
D. H. Neale, mechanical engineer Associate
Institute of Civil Engineers, has become attached
to the editorial staff of the Railroad Gazette.
The management of the Gazette are doing all in
their power to make it the leading railway mag
aZine in the country, and Mr.. Neale is a valuable
acquisition to this excellent journal
1t is stated officially that there has been
marked increase in the through passenger travel
between the West and East since the Pennsyl-
Vania lines resumed the payment of commissions
at prominent Western railroad centers. The
illfeeling toward the Pennsylvania people, that
they ceased for a time paying commissions has
disappeared, seemingly.
The Fidelity and Casualty Company, of New
York, will remove to the National Park Bank build
ing, No. PA Broadway, on or before April next
its increasing business making larger offices
necessary. On four indianapolis roads agents
and employees holding responsible positions are
Obliged to insure the respective companies against
loss by insuring in this association.
E. A. Ford, general ticket and passenger
ont of the Pennsylvania lines, takes exception
IL 81. ITEM charging that porters on the Pull
cars run over their lines are independent
Ind sometimes insolent lie states that now
and then there is an uncivil porter on the Pull
man companys lines, but as soon as it is found
out he is discharged without ceremony.
J. NJ. johnson, for the last two years assistant
general freight agent of the Cincinnati Indian
apolis, st. Louis & Chicago (Kankakee line), with
headquarters at Chicago, has been appointed as
sistant general freight agent Of the Chicago,
Rock Island & Pacific, in place of 7. p. Wolfe
deceased. In this appointment the Big Four
loses one of its most active and popular freight
officials.
Much credit is due Cort Holiday, assistant
secretary of the Board of Trade, that he has sue
ceeded in bringing about so pleasant feeling
between merchants at this point and the officials
of the roads running west from here in the mat
ter of rates. The last few weeks seldom is o
complaint heard, and when one comes to the sur
face railroad officials show disposition to
promptly adjust the matter
The bridge on the Ohio Southern road which
was swept out by the food, on Friday last was
two-span Howe truss bridge, each span 150 feet
in length. A w-mill and raft Of logs came
down, knocked out the center pier, and the
bridge hoated on to county bridge below with
out breaking in pieces. The general roadmaster
states some 400 feet of rails were hauled from
their position, so great was the pressure
Commissioner Fink last week remarked to q
railroad official of an Indianapolis road, who was
in New York. that he looked upon the Chicago
and Ohio river pool as being model pool He
said, in effect, that there had not been pool
established in this country where so many COM
plications were TO be overcome and so many in
terests to subserve, and he was greatly gratifed
that the officers of the roads in the pool showed
q disposition to live by their agreement
OLD CONTRACTS MAKING. TROITRTE