The Indianapolis journal., 1884-10-05
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F. A Hustled, train dispatcher Evansville &
Terre Haute railway, is spending Sunday in the
city.
j. B. Grannell, for the past year conductor of
the Covngton branch trains on the Wabash has
resigned on account of confined i'll health.
| NJ S. Conners, chief train dispatcher of the
! c., H. & |. road, who has been on a pleasure
trip East, accompanied by his wife, has returned
Col Horace Scott, on Thursday made very
satisfactory test of the Brown patent COUPLER
! before the Railroad Commissioners of Massachu
| setts.
S. T. Blizzard, of the c., l.. st. L. & c. train
dspatchers' force, is off duty on ten days leave
of Absence and will spend the time III the North
| west
| T. ODell and W. Ray, of the general Offices
| of the Vandalia at Terre Haute, who have been
in the city for couple of days taking in the fair
returned yesterday.
| J. X V. Agnew, late train master of the Chi
cago & Grand Trunk, has been appointed assist
| ant general superintendent of the Chicago Il
West Michigan road.
j. E.. Schlaudecker, train dispatcher Texas
Pacific railway, Denson Tex, was married to
! Estee c. Kleinfeter of Cincinnati, at Cincin-
natl Wednesday last.
r, 5. Sweeney, of the Vandalia. was, on Thurs
day, married to Miss c. Shaw, of Marshall The
bridal party were given grand reception at the
residence of r. A. Taylor.
j. W. Sauier has been appointed travelling
! freight and passenger agent of the Chicago Il
West Michigan Railway Company, with head
| quarters at Grand Rapids.
Thirty thousand shares of Baltimore & Ohio
stock, which was the individual holding of the
late Mr.. Garrett, to be held intact by trus
tees for period of twenty years.
Superintendent EVAN, of the Indianapolis di-
vision of the Beeline. writes that he is having
grand time in Colorado and will not return to
duty until about the 18th of this month.
The Offices of ticket and freight agent of the
Evansville & Terre Haute road at Evansville
! have been consolidated, and n. Lewis appointed
| agent. Frank Talbot is left out in the cold.
Now it is said that the Globe fast-freight line
| will establish an Office at this point and that
| Mr.. Parmelee will be the agent of this line as
well as the West Shore and Hoosac Tunnel lines
Mr. Stuyvesant, vicepresident of the Illinois
! Central arrived in Chicago from New York yes
| terday. He is on his way to the South to in
spect the new branches now in course Of con
! struction.
Official announcement is made of the appoint
| ment of Mr.. J. A. Munroe to the Office of first
assistant general freight agent OF the Union Pa
cifc, with Office at Kansas City, instead of at
! Council Bluffs. as heretofore.
E. P. Ripley, general freight agent of the c.,
| B. & Q. road, is now regarded as out of danger,
unless he should suffer another relapse. His
| physicians state however, that he will not be
aDle 10 resume his duties lOI several ulOuIlS.
With the closing Of the uptown Union railway
ticket Office George Rech, one of the most popu-
lar ticket agents in the service, contempates re-
firing from railway service He has received
| very tlattering offer to engage in commercial
pursuits
V. II. Stevens secretary of the Indiana di-
vision train dispatchers' association, has issued
| a call for a special meeting of the division to be
held at the Offices of the G., H. & /. railway
! Sunday, Oct Il, at Z P, NJ, to determine to
! maintaining the Indiana division as an auxiliary
| branch of the national association.
Master arbuilder Koher, for many years
the efficient head of the cardepartment of the Wa
! bash railway, has resign ed and retres from the
service of the company He is succeeded by NJ
NJ. Martin, recently the superintendent Of the
Litchfeld Car Works, in Illinois, Mr. Martin
| will remove the headquarters of the car works
at once from Toledo to Decatur.
President Frederick Lovejoy, of the Denver &
Rio Grande, accompanied by c. o. Pothoner
| Robert Fleming, A. NJ. Van Weel and d. Parrish
| Representatives of English, Dutch and Scotch in
vesters in the road is making tour of inspec-
ton of the property They will estimate its
value, and on their return to Europe will prob
ably report plan of reorganization.
The Pennsylvania people have leased the room
in the Claypool Block, adjoining their present
| room, which is not sufficiently commodious.
The newly leased room will be occupied by J.
A. Perkins, assistant general freight agent, and
his force; the corner room by H. R. Dering
| clerical force, and as city ticket office.
"Gould left the Wabash because, for the mo
ment, he was through with it. says the Boston
Commercial Bulletin 'Jewett the Erie because
he could not stay any longer; Willard the North
ern Pacific and Gowen the Reading, because each
had ruined his road Now Mitchell is about to
resign from the st. Paul, and few other rail
road presidents must go into retirement"
Railroad officials express the belief that the
trunk line troubles are good as settled and
the only clouds OF this sort remaining are hang
ing over the roads westward of Chicago, which
continue to wrangle over l,O00mie tickets and
| threaten to cut Omaha fares. Passenger wars
are, however, of short duration, and these mat
ters may be harmonized almost Immediately
The Terre Haute Gazette says: IS. F. Gray,
local agent Of the Star Union line at Indiauapo
lis came over here yesterday to look at some Of
Samuel McKeen's Aid6;aav cattle His appear
ance was seized upon by the papers, and the
| statement made that the general manager of the
line was here and ordered E. r. Bryant, the
| agent, to maintain rates, which We're named
| The gentleman is the local agent at Indianapolis
and has about much to do in fixing tariff rates
as the man in the moon"
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company has done
| something which deserves favorable mention. Re
tail dealers at cities and towns their line de-
mand Sc 30 per ton fer coal. This has caused the
employees of the Pennsylvania railroad to club
together and buy their coal from the company
| By this means they enabled to purchase the
best anthracite for So 20 per ton of =, 240 pounds
! This arrangement has worked so satisfactorily
| on the Philadelphia division, that similar advan-
tages have just been extended by the company
to its employees along the Middle division. Coal
| will be sold to them for 81. 16 per ton, with
| special freight charges per mile in addition. 1t
| is understood that arrangements are being made
for cheapening the price of coal to its employees
along the entire line of the Pennsylvania rail
road.