The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-07-30
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.

Wabash earnings for the third week in July
Increased $l6,94l
The Decline shops at Brightweod are newin
operation but five days of the.week.
The steam yacht run ON Lake Maxinkuckee
has been christened after VIM. R. McKeen,
president of the yandalia.
The total car mileage on the c., H. q D., in
june, was 2,1s1,26s; engine mileage, 21S, $685.
total number of engines in service, 81.
On Aug the night gravel trsins on the l. &
St L. division of the Decline, are to be taken
off, SO far advanced is the graveling on the west
ern division
A new Wabash plan is being matured which
proposes to assess stock at about So per share,
which will yield over So, 600, 600 to be used in
Iquidatfng the floating debt.
L. +. Sullivan, assistant treasurer of the O.,
l., St L. II c. G. D. Crugar, agent at Cincin-
natl and A. Smell, general yard-master were in
the city yesterday prospecting
John T. Whelan travelling passenger agent
of the Louisville, New Albany q Chicago road,
was married at San Francisco on Friday lastito
u fair maiden on the western slope.
M Knight, general freight agent Of the Wa
bash, says it was bad mistake when the Wa
bash people allowed H. B. Smith to leave tho l.,
+. &c. division as general freight agent
Frank Palmer. general agentof the Wabash,
has selected Ed 7. Barton Of Terre Haute, 70
took after the Northwestern business. Frank is
gathering around him some fifsticlass corwefk=
ers.
s. X. Hooper tells the reporter of the Denver
Tribune that the statement is correct that he
has been offered the general passenger agency OF
the L., N. A & G. road, but he could not accept
He addes.: My relations with the Rio Grande
are too harmonious for me to think of breaking
them off
The Fort Wayne Cincinnati & Louisville
road viii Monday next run an excursion train
from Nashville and Connersville in connection
with the Nickel plate to Niagara Falls, fare for
round trip S., tickets good to return for twenty
DAYS This looks like cutting passenger rates
with scythe.
j. H. Deyereux president of the. Beehne
system, who has Just returned from New York,
tells the railroad reporter Of the cleveland
Leader that the financial situation at New York
has much improved, and he considers railway
prospects as being much better than they were
a few weeksago.
Under date.of July 2S, O. j. HepburnJ general
superintendent of the c., III. e. D. lines. issues
the following notice: The duties of w. +.
Stark as assistant superintendent are extended
over all divisions of theses lines, with Office at
Cincinnati, taking effect this date Approved
by g. @. Waite. vice president
e. A Ford and party last week, when on their
northern pleasure excursion found a lake on the
Milwaukee & Northwestern road in which they
were able to catch 200 or ore fine bass in few
hours and hunting thereabouts was excellent
Mr. Ford killed a fms deer ThelRke is known
as Lake Gogibic, is $40 miles westof Milwaukee,
and some five miles distant from the M. q N
W. road
CASTOR Meser, of the Missouri Pacific, who
30 acceptably filled the position of district pas
Eenger agent of the Wabash during Mr.. DennyS
illness, is in thee city The Wabash people have
been very fortunate in the selectionof the repre-
sentative of their passenger department at this
point. As Mr.. Denny gets Hoosierized he is
catching on we'll and cutting wide swath In
passenger circles.
The Bedford 81 Bloomfield people say that UNI
questionably the bridge which went down night
before last had been tempered with by enemies
of eroad. j. Hege, who. buiit the bridge.
says it was standard bridge and bulb with the
expectation that the road would be converted
into standard gauge, and he says there was
something vitality wrong. or 1t never would
have gone down with seventeen ton engine on
it.
&C f. Bent, master Of transportation on
the L., N. A. s. c., has issued series Of new
rules, with pocket book penalties attached. For
instance. for each neglect to acknowledge re-
ceptsof an order which may be posted at time of
departure of train from its terminal point, con-
daet0raor engineer, both, as the case may be,
will be fined ST. 1t is stated that both freight
and passenger trains are now run, on this road
with more regularity than at any time in the
history of the road
The Brotherhood of Railroad Brakemen, which
was organized in Oneonta in September of last
year, is rapidly growing, and since April l. nine
teen lodges haveibeen organized There Is no
organization of brakemen in this city but there
is need of one, which could be made strong a
lodge as any in the order. The peculiar labors
of ertfain- men. place Them in such position
that, accidents often happen to them which
either kill the victim or MAIN him for life A
convention or the brotherhood is to be held at
Oheontas about 0ctobersl.