The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-14
AFFAIRS OF TIE RAILWAYS.


Personal and Local.
General Phineas Pease of the Ohio Central
road, was in the city yesterday visiting od-time
friends
Fl. Crawford, ir,, general manager of the
chicago & Great Southern, is in the city on Off
ciai business
The travelling auditors of the roads centering
at indianapolis have fixed upon March % to
meet in this city.
W F. Stark acting superintendent Of the c.,
II & D. lines, and John Black, master mechanic
Of the same, were in the city yesterday on
official business.
William Parmelee, agent Of the West Shore
line, will, April l, occupy the room in the Union
Block now occupied by NJ NJ. Lands, agent of
the NiSkelpate
Merritt Seeley, formerly of Detroit, has been
appointed superintendent of the National Elk
press Company. This express company operates
over the West Shore road and several New Eng
land lines
W. S Spiers, who has been delegated by Com
missioner Fink to look after all pools west of
Buffalo N Y, was in the city yesterday. He
states that this position he has taken to occupy
but temporarily.
It is stated that the management of the Penn
syiyania lines west of Pittsburg will issue an or
der that all agents and employees at passenger
tho Pennsylvania road proper.
The Pennsylvania company has adopted
rule to the effect that no employe shall be al
lowed to contribute toward present for q
periOr officer, it being held that the custom inter
feres with matters of discipline
There is semi-official rumor that John Nc
lIeOd, general superintendent Of the Louisville,
New Albany a. Chicago road will retire from the
road April l. Then let there be peace will be
the wish of all friends of the road.
There is ru1nor that Receiver Howard, of
the Danville, Olney & Ohio River road has
strike on his hands, and that most of the
piOyes, who have not been paid for any service
rendered since Jan. l; have quit work.
Household goods are now an important feat
ufe of westbound business, so large is immi-
grafton. Freight agents report twenty-five to
thirty carloads day as passing through here
from Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana towns.
The old rumor is revived that the vandalia
and the c., st. L. & P. and Pennsylvania road will
shorten up the running time of two of their trains
ono each way between St Louis and Now York,
four hours, with the taking effect of the spring
timetable.
The coal traffic of the Terre Haute & Indian
apolis road, which usually averages seventy
I'VE carloads into indianapolis daily, is now
averaging ten cars per day. The strike in the
Clay county mines is the cause of the light
movement.
1t is stated that the projectors of the Toledo.
Indianapolis & Western road have secured sub
sides or promises thereforin q sufficient amount
to build fifty miles of the road With the fifty
miles built responsible parties have agreed to adj
vance money to build the entire line, taking the
first mortgage bonds as security
If reports are true, the agent of the Indianapo-
lis e. St Louis road at Terre Haute must have
been posted by his superior officers in advance
OF the coming reduction in rates, rs on Wednes-
day he is said to have advised shippers at that
point to hold of until Thursday, and he thought
ne could give them fifteen cents per hundred
pound rate to New York.
D. r. Ennis late superintendent of the Ohio
Southern road, operated by the l., B. 6 w.
people, was yesterday appointed general superin-
tendent of the Cincinnati, Van Vert g. Michigan
road. Mr. Ennis is bright, competent railroad
man, and the directors of the road have shown
excellent Judgment in selecting him for the posi-
ton, which he will doubtless fill to their salts
faction.
1t was supposed that after the annual election of
tho Louisville, New Albany 81 Chicago Railway
Company the personal warfare between L. B.
Stahlman ex traffic manager, and the young
man Murray Kellar, eX-passenger agent, on the
side, and John Mcleod, general superin-
tendent on the other, would cease but it has
broken out anew through the newspapers. A
friend of both factions suggests that the ''outs"
wrap up their sore toes for at least one year.
when there will be another election of officers.