The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-06-14
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.


Personal and Local.
In the last few days through-p passenger bust
mess mas assumed large proportions, while local
travel is unusually light
j, d. Campbell general counsel and secretary
of the l., B. s. w. Railroad Company, who has
been in Europe for a short time, has returned
There is to be further change in the east
bound classification. The roads interested in the
4runk line pool now have the matter under con
sideration.
The strike Of the miners at the Jackson coal
mines, on the Ohio Southern road, operated by
the l., b. & w. people, has ended and orders
for coal cars are coming in freely.
prominent railroad man yesterday remarked
Chat the Wabash st. Louis d. Paclhc road was
drifting into a more lengthy and ugly htlgatlon
than ever the Erie road was subjected to.
E. R. Hanekel, for several years chief clerk of
the passenger department. has been appointed
TO succeed George DeE1aven, promoted to be
passenger agent of the Baltimore district.
Percival Lowell. general passenger agent OF
the c., b. & O., passed through the city yester,
day He was accompanied by his father and
mother who are considerably advanced In years
The l., B. & w. management is operating the
Ohio Southern road on 81 per cent of the gross
earnings. and will do even better when the I'M
provemente, in the way of side-tracks, etc, are
completed.
The train dispatchers of roads which ter
inmate at Louisville will hold meeting at
Supt McKennas Office, in Louisville, Sunday
afternoon, to arrange a uniform system OF train
dispatching.
, A. j. Smith, general passenger agent OF the
Decline system, states that their passenger re-
lceipts have increased handsomely since the
company established outside independent otnces
lat Indianapolis and Cleveland.
number of late employees on the Toledo,
Cincinnati & st. Louis road are in the city
seeking work. The T., G. & st. l.. owes them
for four months labor, and some OF the poor
fellows are in needy circumstances.
The freight men are puzzling their brains to
find out which of the six fast freight lines oper-
ating over the Wabash road, out of Indianapolis,
carried the fifteen tons forwarded from this
point in the first seven days of June.
John Browning, passenger conductor on the
T. g. St L., who has been off on leave of absence
for a couple of months takes his train again Sun
day night While off of duty John has put in
his time in buying several hundred cavalry
horses for the o. s. government
George H. Prescott, superintendent of motive
power and machinery of the Vandalia, has gone
East with his family. While absent, Mr. Prescott
will visit some of the leading locomotive works,
and look after any new Improvements which
have been adopted on eastern roads.
Two elegant new parlor cars will be put on the
Vandaiia, Monday to be run between Indanap-
oils and ST Louis Going west the car will be
hauled on the noon train; coming east on the
train which leaves ST. Louis at 7:3O "A. NJ,
and breaches Indianapolis at 3:55 P. NJ.
Paymaster Shepherd of the Wabash. con
firms the statement made that the delay in
making his rounds was il consequence of some
legal technicality discovered after he began the
rounds, requiring halt at Tayloryille, ILL., UNI
til duplicate payroll could be made for the use
iOf the receivers
President Corbn of the L, B. & w, is re-
ported to be making excellent progress n his
scheme to secure the T., G. d St L. for his line
into st. Louis. The Boston Advertiser says;
The ''Corbin" people now claim that they have
the signatures of the holders of the 1912 900 ofthe
st. Louis bonds, to their plan of reorganization
of that division
The statement recently made in the Journal
thar the L, B. & W. people were anxious to again
secure control of the Champaign, Havana q
Western road. proves to have been correct. Ne
gotatons are in progress which will likely re
suit in their securing the road, which should
never have been cut off of the L., b. IL w.
proper, as it is one of its most natural feeders.
The oldest conductor in the service on the
Pennsylvania system is Andrew QuiLton, who
ran train as far back as 1885. He is
sistant receiver at Trenton, conductors full
pay. The oldest conductor in actual service is
Captain William Coulter of Jersey City, who be
gan in 1910. AS reward for his faithful serv-
ices, he is required to work only five days of
every week.
From an official of the Chicago & Eastern
Illinois road it is learned that, now the ownership
of the property has been fully established
the road bed is to be put In number one condi-
ton The equipments already firstclass
but will be Increased The c. & E. !. people
have purchased thirty acres of gravel land just
above Newport, paying 800 an acre. 1t is said
10 contain the best gravel of any land along the
line of the road. and the roads now to be heavily
graveled its entire length.
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