The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-14
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
personal andIsocaI.

Pers0nal and local.
IL HI Poppleton, general solicitor Of the Bee
line, is in the city'on official business.
General Manager Jarvis, of the Traders Dis
patch and Davis, Of the Midland fast freight
line, were in the city yesterday, taking sound
ings
A. F. Banks general agent of the Continental
line, who has been quite illfor some three weeks,
is able to be out again, but still too unwell for
duty.
J. H. McNeely formerly chief clerk in the Bee
line Office, Monday next takes a similar position
on the Wabash with Mr.. Walker, agent at this
point
HI. w. Gays. general freight agent of the ]. &
St L. road, who has been spending a month at
Old Orchard, Me-, accompanied by his family,
returned yesterday
The Palmerton Wrecking Frog Company has
contracted with the Morden Frog and Crossing
Company, Chicago, to manufacture 200 OF the
PalmertOn wIecking frogs.
Rumor has it that the receiver of the Wabash
will this week pay the interest and rental on
leased lines which fell due in July and August
that they propose to hold on to, and that tne L,
p. & G. is one of the number.
The new Z o'clock p NJ train over the L, Z. 4
e. division of the Wabash, which haus the De-
troit sleeping coach, is catching on with the pub
lie finely, and promises to become one OF the oest
The L., N A. & G. Airline will run an ex-
cursion from Indianapolis to Mackinac island,
August o. ut the rate'of 100 round trip. The
excursion will be personally conducted by Col
Robert Emmett who knows how to take care OF
the people.
p, yesterday, for Yellowstone Park. AT Chi
cago they take the Chicago & Northwestern.
The party are to be absent some thirty days
and will travel over the Northern Pacific lines
entire before they return.
September the Vandalia people hope to get
on through passenger trains between South Bend
and Terfe Haute The T. H & L. division of
the Nandalia system is developing remarkably
heavy freight and passenger traffic is done over
it, notwithstanding the talk Of dull times in rail
road business
w. S. Spiers, commissioner of the indianapolis
east bound pool who was to-day to assume the
duties of division freghtagent of the T., P. q w
division of the Wabash system. has asked the
Wabash people to allow him to look after the
indianapolis pool until his successor is de-
cided upon, which will be probably as early as
Monday next.
G. q. Henderson, general manager of the Day
ton e Southeasternand the Iron division Of the
T., 9. q st T., narrow guage road, has ordered
that the employees on the road between Deiphos
and Dayton, be paid to day, between Dayton
and Wellston on the 18th. Wellston and Ironton
onthe 10th. for their service in July, after the
purchasing committee took possession.
Western road have been signed by the Indiana
trustees and are now ready to be placed on the
market They are to be sold only in amounts
needed as the construction work proceeds The
parties behind the enterprise believe that they.
will command better figure when the location
of the road and its prospective business is better
understood.
Time has demonstrated that Western freight
were right in their belief that the last ad
vance in east bound rates was an unwse policy.
It is said had rates not been advanced the move
dnent of grain would now be heavy. An indirect
but slight cut by some lines is now moving con
siderable property, but anopen eighteen-rate cut
from Indianapolis to New York would create a
lively traffic.
So satisfactory service are engines 70, 8, a, 5
ind ION the iC.. j., st. Il. q G. road giving that
Superintendent Sherwood has advised President
ingalls, TO purchase four more Of the same
lady Locomotive Works and weigh forty three
tons, and are famous for picking up heavy
train quick as railroad parlance has it. The
boilers, as web, are SO large that they make
steam readily
There are as yet but thirteen applicants for
the position of commissioner Of the Indianapolis
east bound pool But three of the number are
said to be competent to fill such posi-
the position are decision of character and abil
ity to ferret out and denounce crookedness on
the part of presidents general freight agents
line agents, local and soliciting agents. as it is
raid neither of the three last named ever cut a
rate unless the two officers first named are aware
of it, or at least winked at it