The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-07-31
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal ana Local.

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Gem, pays to-day on the indianapolis division for
June service.
T. A. Lewis, Western manager Of the Erie
fastfreight lines, goes East this evening. to be
absent several days
The Union Pacific are said to have offered Mr..
Potter 900 and salary Of $4,000 for five
years if he will go on their road
The Louisville, New Albany & Chicago rail
road isarranging foran excursion to Cedar Lake,
August 10, at the low rate of So for the round
trip.
Superintendent Dunn, General Freight
Agent Doel, and G, G. F. Bent, master Of trans
portation of the L., N. A. g. G., are to be IN the
city to-day.
James McCrea, manager of the Pennsylvania
lines west of Pittsburg who has been at the
West some four weeks on pleasure trip, re-
turns to morrow.
Coal traffic with all roads is on the increase.
Dealers at all prominent points are beginning to
stock up with the several qualities of coal sold
in Western markets.
The first number of the Train Dispatchers'
Journal win be issued on Aug. Is Some 1000
copies will be printed Already the subscription
list numbers over 900.
r. P. Regain, general ticket agent Of the Mil
waukee & Northern, has resigned, bis retirement
to date from August /. Rumor has it that he is
to take position on the g., B. s.. @.
The monthly rate sheet issued by Indianapo-
lis roads is out for August So little respect do
tho local agents pay to this rate sheet that it
seems useless expense to continue its publica-
ton.
The several hundred men employed at the Bee
line shops met on Saturday at 730 P. ~ to or
ganize Building and Loan Association. The
association commences operations, under very
favorable circumstances.
The Vandalia, at all points on its system, is
working for Chicago business quite vigorously.
Ithas half dozen or more connections for Chi
cagO. with which General Freight Agent Hibbard
has made favorable traffic arrangements.
Both in freight and passenger business the
Logansport division Of the yandalia system is
tallying up well with the main line Saturday
last 1866 passengers were carried on the main
line, and 1,276 on the T., FL. q u. division, and
there were no excursion trains on the road that
day.
H ". Fuller, general passenger agent Of the
Chesapeake & Ohio, is issuing semi-monthly
Journal under the title Of sZephyrs = The publi-
cation is devoted to society news and personal
gossip at the shore and mountain resorts
along the line OF the Chesapeake & Ohio rail
way.
The general freight and passenger offices of
the Michigan Central. and all the general Offices
Of the Louisville. New Albany & Chicago rail
road will be removed to the new Continental
building, next to the Commercial National Bank
building, corner of Dearborn and Monroe streets,
Us soon as the building is finished
A considerable per cent of the grain moving
to the seaboard continues to go to Baltimore and
Philadelphia One hundred thousand bushels
Of grain were exported last week to foreign
ports from Philadelphia making total since
January i of 5, 48I $50 bnshels against OILS, 673
bushels for the same period of last ysar.
General Passenger Agent Hooper, Of the Den
yer q Rio Grande, gives notice that the Office OF
general agent Of the passenger department for
the company in Chicago is hereby abolished, to
take effect August 1. after which date Mr.. Matt
johnson will have charge Of both freight and
passenger business, with the title of general
agent
When the e., II. s. D. first spoke of using CON
sol engines on the c. Fl. & I division it was
thought that their weight was too great for the
bridges on this division. Now that they have
been in use for over year no bad effect has SO
far been discerned and their working capacity
adds much to the reduction of expense in the
transporting of freight
The formal opening Of the new Grand Central
passenger station at Cincinnati takes place this
evening. In honor Of the occasion, the order of
tincinnatus tenders reception to NJ. =. Ingalls,
president of tho O., L. st. Il. & O., and his as
sociates who have been instrumental in erecting
this commodious and elegant structure, which, as
we'll, is an ornament to that city.
The T. B. q w. people, as we'll as the G. III. q
L, have come to the conclusion that their award
i'll the indianapolis east bound pool is not as
large as it should be, and will refer the matter
to Commissioner Fink. Meantime Commission
er Spiers will let business run along and not at
tempt to enforce his order that the roads which
are ahead of their pool per cents shall turn bust
noes over to their competitors
Murray Keller is again prominently mentioned
for general passenger agent of the L., n. A. &
G. system. Manager Carson probably could
not do better than to give the young man another
chance. No one doubts that he is a bright,
wide-awake business man. and, with eool-head-
ed manager to curb him when he is in danger of
Oyerreaching, willdo good work. AS the saying
is, there is not lazy bone in him.
John +. Miller. superintendent of the Chicago,
st Louis 81 Plttsburg, accompanied by Division
Freight Agent "A. j. Perkins, Division Pas
Senger Agents Dering and Van Deusen SUI
psrIntendent Of Telegraph Bradford and Master
Mechanic Curtis, is making a trip over the lines
on special train, stopping at all stations talk
ing with agents regarding business andsimproye-
mentS needed at station in the way of building
side tracks, etc. The party travel on special
train. This method of acquainting officials with
agents was adopted last year, and the results
have been highly satisfactory.
The soheming Fast Freight Line Agents
So indignant is stfreight line agent whrn
it is even ntimated that they are in any man
ner responsible when cut rate is givsn-they
claim that no agent dare cut rates except on an
order from superior oficer-that an incident
which occurred day before yesterday will bear
noting. A prominent line agentcalled on heavy
shipper to get some Of his business, when the
following conversation was indulged in:
Line Agent--Mr. --, YOU have been ship
ping most Of your goods over line for q
couple Of years, just suppose you now give us a
turn at it
Slippery, l don't know; / have been
treated nicely by the line am shipping with
they make good time and get as low rates /
guess, as anybody find all line agents are
AFRAID to cut rates for fear their heads will 20
p1.
Line Agent Il know; but think can give
yOu an indirect cut.
Shipper Well, want the lowest rates. Of
course.
Lime Agent-Wel suppose / bill your property
out under another name; an article which tarss
4 lower rate. Wonld Won have INV nh1netil.,a 4