The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-30
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.

G. W, has gone to New York.
H. r. Dering assistant general passenger agent
&C the Pennsylvania lines has SO far recovered
from his recent illness as to be at his post again.
j. Skinner tomorrow takes the agency of
the Red line at Burlington, Ia vice L. L. Thur
Der. who viii give his whole time to the agency
at Peoria, ILL.,
Tim Cronin, who was buried yesterday, had
held the humble position of truckman at the
Terre Haute g. Indianapolis freight depot for
twenty three years
Lodge No. 24S of the Brotherhood of Locomo-
tive Engineers, was organized at Elkhart, Ind
J. H. Canan was elected Chief and 1t has been
named the John Hill Lodge.
The Baltimore & Ohio Telegraph Company is
distributing poles ON the line of the c., l. st. l..
& c. road preparatory to extending their wires
from Cincinnati to Indianapolis
P N. Fox, recently freight agent of the L. N.
A. & C. r. R. at Chicago has accepted service
with the N X. Fairbanks Company as their
freight agent at Chicago and St Louis.
Mr.. Lucas, agent of the Red line at this point,
has been notified that on May the offices of
this fast-freight line at Sioux Falls, d. t., and
at Winnipeg, Manitoba, will be closed.
Manager McCrea, of the c., st. l.. & P, says
the plan of shortening up the running time of
the fast-mail trains between st. Louis and New
York has been abandoned for the present, at
least.
H. j. Steen, chief clerk in the e. & T. H.
office at Terre Haute, has been appointed travel
ing auditor of the road, to succeed w. NJ. Bonar,
who has taken position the Southern Kan
sas road.
Engine 359, just out of the Columbus shops,
yesterday hauled the fast mail train of eight
cars from Bradford to the indianapolis Belt
road in two hours and forty minutes, distance,
105 miles
G 9 niv for many 1-aars a0an+ of +ba n IT
& D., at Eaton O.. has become insane and has
been sent to the asylum at Dayton. Financial
misferttlnes weighed so heavily on his mind as to
throw it out of balance.
u. c. Cleveland, who tomorrow takes the
agency of the Erie g. North Shore line at this
point made his appearance yesterday. He is an
old railroad man, very genial in his ways, and
will be welcomed heartily in Indianapolis rail
road circles.
The track of the L., n. A & C. Airline is be-
ing rapidly placed in good condition, and at an
early day it is proposed to shorten the running
time between indianapolis and Michigan City
one half hour; between indianapolis and Grand
Rapids, one hour.
Rumor has it that syndicate has been
formed which proposes to purchase the Indiana
G. Illinois Southern road, of which w. C. Lyon
is manager. convert it into standard gauge
road and place it in good condition, both inan-
cially and physically.
G. Mesier of st. Louis has been detailed by
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agent of the Wabash at this point. Mr.. Denny,
the district passenger agent is at Hot Springs
still, and, his friends will regret to learn, is
having serious trouble with his eyes and il is
feared will lose his eye-sght
Superintendent Miller, of the c., st. L. 6 P,
has instructed station agents to at once heautify
the grounds about their stations with grass
plats and hower-b beds neat in design. At this
point along Virginia avenue, neat fence is to
be built, and the vacant ground between the
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sodded.
petition has recently been circulated in
Pittsburg requesting Congress to build, equip
own and operate a doube-track, standard gauge
railway, extending from New York to Chicago
The scheme is advocated by the Farmers League
of Iowa 1t seems to he fair counter
part of the Peoples railway, organized in
indianapolis some months ago.
A special stock train over the Decline yester
day made the run from indianapolis to Gallon
in ten hours and forty minutes, distance 105
miles, The c., St L. & P. also made big run
with livestock train Yesterday from Indianap
oils to Columbus. Both trains are loaded with
stock for Jersey City, and considerable interest
is taken as to the time these trains make
Manager McCrea and Superintendent Miller
of the Pennsylvania lines spent most Of yester
day in planning for their new yards in the vicin
ity of their new shops. large force of men
will be set at work to morrow, grading and lay
ing the tracks When the work is completed
there will be track capacity for 900 cars. which
with their present sidetraclls here, will give
room for 3, 500 cars.
The Chicago & Eastern Illinois people have
been much annoyed by saloon located at Dan
Vile Junction. it being in so close proximity to
their tracks that the train men will run in there
while train stops. to get drink Supern-
tendent Lyford has hit upon a novel plan to get
rid of the nuisance. He has ordered light
board fence, ten feet high, built not only in
front of the saloon but for quite distance on
both sides parallel with the tracks.
Barney Hughes, better known as Pap Hughes
was found dead in his room at the johnson
Hotel, Logansport, Ind on Monday morning.
The deceased was of the Oldest and most
widely known conductors that ever ran q pas
senger train on the Panhandle. For upwards
of twenty years he had charge of train
this system, but about year ago was relieved
and has since had charge of the boarding-cars
in service on the Vandalia extension.