The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-12-31
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS
Personal and Local.

The city freight depets will be closed after 10
A. NJ. New Years day.
Charles Eden, the noted base balfst, is now
running as freight conductor on the Kankakee
division of the c., l., st. L. & c. road,
VIM. r. MeKeen, president and N. K. Elliott,
master of transportation, of the Vandalia sys-
tenn, were in the city yesterday on official bust
ness
The bridge of the Indianapolis C ST. Louis
road near Terre Haute, over the Wabash, is
again in condition to admit of the passage of
trains over it safely.
Henry Davids, a freight conductor on the O.,
l., st. L. & G road, on Friday last when duty
had his feet SO badly frozen that he is confined
to the house fer repairs.
If Commissioner Richardson of the Chicago
and Ohio River pool, will investigate he will find
that one of the roads in the pool cut the rate to
Des Mones passengers yesterday $26 per
ticket
Freight rates south bound are again badly off.
Why roads when they have an opportunity to
make a fair revenue on property carried, prefer
to cut the bottom out of rates is an unsolved
mystery.
A further reduction of wages of employ es in
certain departments of the Wabash system is
now going on, and the employees are not speak
ing in SO laudatofy terms of the management OF
A A Talmage as they did sixty days ago.
Engine 49,, ont the C. St L. & P. road, on Sunday
hauled the fast mail train, consisting of eight
cars, from Bradford to Colun bus, SO miles,
in l08 minutes. Engine 81 hauled the same train
from Dennsen to Steubenyille SO mile, in 81
minutes.
jumped from train No. l, fast express over the
C., l., st. L. & c., near Templeton, when it was
moving at speed of forty miles per hour. Be
ing under the influence of liquor he escaped with
few bruises.
The manager of the Globe fast-freight line
has perfected arrangements to reach Indian
apelis over the l., B. q w. road. 1t is under
stood that VIM. Parmelee, agent of the West
Shore and Hoosac funnel line at this point, will
also look after Globe line business in this section.
Colfax on the c., L, St. L. 6 C. road, also on
the T. H. & |. division of the Vandalia, is be
coming an important connecting point Since
the road opened through to South Bend the
Interchange of passengers at that point has av-
eraged forty five persons daily, Notwithstanding
the fact that travel has been light.
Russell Elliott late auditor of the Chicago G.
Atlantic road, has been employed to look after
rental property of party who owns large
amount of real estate in Kansas City. 1t is
said that Mr. Elliott is to receive handsome
salary therefor. His many friends in this city
will be glad to learn of his good fortune
When New York Special Freight Agent Car
hart of the Erie railway was discharged, he
had $40, 900 of his eompanys money in his pock-
ct, which he has deposited in a bank subject to
a decision of the courts regarding his claim that
his contract with the company does not expire
for several months yet. The company has at
tached the money.
The general passenger agent of the Indianapo-
lis & St Louis road has notified foreign lines
that in apportioning through rates to or via St
Louis divided upon mileage basis, foreign
lines will allow the Indianapolis & st. Louis
railway the following arbitraries, account St
Louis bridge, viz: IS cents frstelass, so cents
second-class and emigrant, and 81 round trip.
The Wabash people have notified the L., N
A. & G. Airline management that after May L
they cannot furnish them with depot accommo-
dations for their freight yard room for their
trains The roads are largely competitors, and
it could hardly be expected that they will work
tremendously in business matters. Doubtless
the Airline people will arrange to do their bust
ness in the c., H. & l. freight depot and c., H.
& l. yards.
An indignant passenger conductor who runs
on the Louisville & Nashville road, remarked to
q reporter of the Louisville Courier Journal that
it was about time for detectives to be placed on
guard about the financial offices of railway com
panies, and give the conductors a rest. He said
that about dozen spies had been logging him
at every step during the past year, and in that
time he had not handled as much money as the
L. d n. treasurer got away with.
Railroad men, without exception, speak of the
appointment of Reuben Wells as general man
ager Of the Louisville & Nashville road as avery
fortunate one for the company, But few men are
as fully competent to fill that po-
sition as is Mr.: Wel.'. For some
ten years he held important positions
on the Jeffersonvile, Madison e Indianapolis
road, and for the last five years has held the
position of general master mechanic of the L.
g. N. road. For many years he has been fore
most in the ranks of master mechanics of the
country. Mr.. Wells has written several papers
which have been extensively published and
read with interest by scientific railway machin-
lists.
A j. Smith, general passenger agent Of the
Indianapolis 81 ST. Louis road has published in
card form the rates which take effect on the In
dianapolis 81 st Louis road Jan. l, 1885. On
the same card are the following instructions:
Where half-fare rates make uneven change
add sufficient to make them end in '0.' or 81
No halffare tickets will be sold between stations
where the single trip ticket is only 10 cents or
less Clergy tickets WILL upon presentation of
the proper certificate, be sold at cents per mile,
actual milage. All rates thus figured must end
in o, or 8, sufficient being added when neces
sary to so make them. Clergy rates to or from
st. Louis will be % cents higher than 2 cents per
mile-St Louis mileage, except Indianapolis,
which will be so cents higher. No clergy rates
of less than 10 cents will be made. Conductors
will require clergymen to present their permits
with their tickets. Rates named will apply to
the transportation of a corpse, in the baggage
car, when accompanied by some person in
charge, with certificate from a physician stat
Ing that the person did not die OF any contagious
or infectious disease. The coffin must be pro-
tected by the usual outside box. One hundred
and fifty pounds of baggage will be carried free
on each adult ticket, and seventy five pounds on
each half fare ticket, and will be checked to the
destination of the ticket only Conductors are,
upon application, authorized to issue one stop
over check good for fifteen days, on regular
local tickets No stop.over will be allowed on
any special or other reduced-rate ticket. No
special orders for any reduced rates whatsoever;
a hpn NV onVAV thaf 1oit
reduced-rate tickets they may call for must be-
procured at the tieket-ofice before entering the
cars
Cheap Coal and Low Rates.
There is not a city in the Union that has a
hetter nrnsnacf for chnar coal thar, has Indian