The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-08
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.

mas n6iu lOfSeNeHdi years.
w. h Prputy, formerly with the l.. B. & W,
has taken the position of chief clerk of Sam
Stevenson general passenger agent of the G., H.
s. D. lines.
J. w. Pollock has been appointed ticket agent
of the Wabash road at Peru, vice L. y. An
drews, whose duties hereafter will be confined to
tho freight departments
George E. Harrington, treasurer of the Van
daIia left with his family yesterday for visit to
the northern summer resorts, including Petos-
key, Grand Haven and Port Sherman
The earnings of the Indiana, Bloomington &
Western road for July were $197, 19. Freight
earnings, $l06, l0347; passenger earnings, ST.
6S29e; miscellaneous services, $l3, S99. "a
Receiver Henderson has ordered that the en-
ployes on the Danville, Olney g. Ohio River
road be paid August 8, for July services. The
earnings Of the road are steadily increasing.
A. S. Burgess. agent of the Union Pacific
railway, and family, left last night VIA Chicago
for Denver They will make tour of New
Mexico, Utah, Idaho and Montana ere they re-
turn.
The indianapolis Rolling mill Company now
have under serious consideration the converting
of the old iron rail mill into horseshoe nail
mandatory, using some newly patented ma
chfnery in the manufacture of nails.
The Cincinnati Hamilton & indianapolis
road in July hauled out of Indianapolis 8 582 900
more pounds of freight than in July, 1888 The
earnings Of this station this year are running
far ahead Of those of any previous year.
Employees at this point on the L., B. & w.
system will to-day be paid for July services, on
the st. Louis division Saturday, Peru
division Monday the 1lth middle division Tues
day, Ohio division Wednesday and on the Ohio
Southern Friday, the 18TH
A representative Of Marion Walfick of Cam
bridge City, patentee of a railroad switch which
rs constructed with neither frog nor guard
rail- is in the city exhibiting the device to rail-
road men, The switch certainly has some ex-
cellent points, and is well thought of by rail-
road men who have examined it.
j. Il Woodland, who for week past has been
in the excellent company of A. A. Talmage, gem
eral manager of the Wabash system, and who,
with him, has passed over the entire system, re-
turned yesterday. He speaks enthusiastically
regarding crop prospects, and agrees with Man
ager Talmage that the prospects for an immense
fall traffic could not well be more favorable.
The journal has the authority of A. A. Tai
mage general n anager of the Wabash system,
for saying that the telegram sent from St Louis
changes in subordinate officials has no foun-
dation whatever. Mr.. TalInage is ambitious to
lift the Wabash out of the mire, and thinks the
present officials on the road are fully competent
to aid him in the work.
r. G. Denney, district passenger agent Of the
Wabash and Missouri Pacific system, is nicely
fixed in his new quarters, No 90 South Illinois
street His present Office is better located than
the previous one, and in every respect is more
desirable As Mr.. Denney becomes better ae-
quainted with Hoosierdom it is very seldom
he fails to secure party who proposes to go to
any point reached by the Jay Gould system.
General freight agents of the through lines
are getting blue so slow is business in improv
ing. There are said to be A. 600 empty cars on
side tracks of Indianapolis roads and their inn
mediate western, connections awaiting the move
mient Of grain. 1t is scarcely reasonable to
suppose, however, that the receipts will increase
very rapidly in the near future unless prices
materially improve, as farmers will be slow to
sell until they are more fully assured as to the
position of the trade on this and the other side
Of the Atlantic. But SO far as the railroads are
concerned the question of earnings is only a
matter of time. The property will move sooner
or later
1t is stated that the Pennsylvania company
has increased the salary of Ed McKenna
superintendent of the j., NJ & /. division of the
company lines. In commenting on this state
ment, the New Albany Ledger for once treats the
gentleman honorably. The Ledger says IF this
has been done it is graceful and most proper
recognition by the Pennsylvania company of one
of its most competent enterprising and popular
officials The Ledger has had occasion to differ
with Mr.. McKenna in some of the projects of his
company butt has never for a moment failed to
recognize the merits of Colonel McKenna as
railroad man and genial gentleman Had the
Ledger, in the past, It is said taken the right
position with the Pennsylvania company, New
Albany would to day have terminal facilities and
depots they could justly boast Of
The Pennsylvania Company to Put Up Fire
Proof Buildings at Jersey City.
Itisstated that the Pennsylvania people will
replace the buildings burned Sunday night at
Jersey City with freproof structures. The loss
by FIRE was not over 800, 900, yet it viii be a
great Inconvenience to the travelling public, and
the chief injury will fall upon the thousands of
u - = I ~ -,
by the Pennsylvania, the West Shore and the
New York, Susquehanna & Western railroads
the two last named companies have been de-
pending for their terminal facilities upon the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company and also upon
the ordinary traffic between the metropolis and
the neighbofing cities of New Jersey For until
the sudden damage which was inflicted upon the
important means of intercourse afforded by the
Pennsylvania railroad ferries shall have
been repaired, no end of Inconvenience
to individuals and interruption to traffic
must be suffered The railroad company will
doubtless repair the damage as promptly as
possible. Yet as substantial structures are
proposed to be erected, some months must pass
before the improvements can be completed.
The Pennsylvania railroad more than any
other. has shown in the character of its build
ings desire to promote the comfort and con-
venience of travellers. The destruction of its
property really took away the finest ferry
houses and railroad buildings on the New DER
sey water front-those of the Erie e. Delaware
md Lackawanna railroads being dirty sheds in
comparison-but the opportunity has now come
for putting up substantial fre-proof structures
which the managers Of the Pennsylvania com
pany viii not be slow to seize.
A Jovial Lot OF Railroad Employees.
Auditor Dickinson, of the Dayton and the
Southeastern divisionof the T., c. g St L. road,
now controlled by the Corbin syndicate, re-
turned yesterday from Dayton, where for
week past he has been paying the employees ON
these two divisions for unpaid service during
the time the road was in the hands of receivers,
carrying out the instructions Of the court It IS
said that 1t would have done one good to
stand by and see the cheerful look which came
over the facas of ennlnHas tha1r