The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-12-22
AFFAIRS or THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.


Dec. Is.
n A. Lewis, general manager of the Erie lines,
who has been in New York several days, is ex
pected home to-day.
General Agent Brecount has been obliged to
increase his clerical force, showing that healthy
business is resulting from the vgor of the new
management.
Last week COL carloads of stock were hand
led at the stockyards, and 504 carloads of hogs
were delivered to indianapolis packing houses
$4,000 head.
Commissioner Fink says that the trunk-line
freight business is now comparing very favor
ably with last year, and the rates are excellently
well maintained.
The views of s. F. Person vicechairman of
the joint pool executive committee in charge of
the passenger department, which were published
in the Railway Review, have been reproduced IN
pamphlet form.
J. Henry Hobart, who died az Omaha, on Fri
day last, from the effects of exposure and intern
perate habits, was at one time brilliant clyll
engineer, and constructed the famous loop on the
Southern California railroad.
The Decline last week forwarded from this
point 757 loaded cars; the G., ST. L. d F., 529
the G., H. & l., 284; the l., B. d W., 214; total
ABA cars, against ALB forwarded in the week
ending Dec. l3, and 2,565 in the week ending
Dec. g.
Fifty-seven men nightly patrol the track of
tho Indianapolis Il St Louis road between this
city s. st. Louis. Each carries a lantern
which shows the engineer that the track is all
right and also can be arranged to notify an en-
gineer of danger
The express companies are grumbling loudly
over the unusually light holiday business they
are doing All over the country there is said to
be Is to so per cent. less carrying of packages
thus far in December than last year for the cor
responding period.
The double-track Belt road bridge over Pleas
ant run was completed on Saturday. Superin-
tendents of indianapolis roads will hereafter
have no occasion to complain of delays in trans
iferring cars over the Belt road as at this bridge
which single track, the delays have oc-
Cured.
The Order of Railway Conductors of the
Wabash will give their second annual hall in
Moberly, Mo-, Feb. %, 1884. Those who at
tended the given by them last spring re-
member it as being grand success, and every
thing was in first-class style. They intend this
years to eclipse their former effort.
The five Western roads last week brought into
this station g. 61 loaded cars as follows: Van
dalia. 995 c.. l., St L. g. Co., 624; l. s. St L.,
TT L, B. & W. Peoria division), 39l; (St. Louis
divisionl ia. In the week ending Dec. ID the
game roads brought into indianapolis d 08S cars,
making decrease last week of l. 127 loaded cars.
Manager Talmage of the Wabash system, has
gwen the proper subordinate officers to under
stand that too much money was paid out in com
missions and that there must be reform. In
one month last summer the Wabash paid out
$i7, 900 for commissions on ticket sales Now,
take this basis, and one can conjecture about
how much is paid out this account by the
large systems and trunk lines.
Eighty years ago Oliver Evans, in an address
made before Philadelphia audience in honor Of
the FIRST application of steam to railway
riages in America, prophesied that the time
would come when passenger will set out from
Washington in the morning, breakfast in Balti-
oil 10
the same day. Mr.. Evans gave a description
of what he supposed would be the future rail
road, but the event has surpassed his greatest
expectations
In commenting on the extent of the Wabash
system at the present time, the Railway Age
says: SIN 1857 so much Of the late Wabash
SYSTEM (which some considered the most I'M
systematic thing imaginable as was then organ
lied as the Toledo, Wabash & Western railway
The road was in running order from Toledo to
the State line of Illinois 243 miles. connec
ton was made shortly after with the Great
Western railway. of Illinois, which had been ex-
tended to the Mississippi, making the entire dis
lance 474 miles, which they announced as the
largest continuous line of road under the opera
ton of single company in the United States
How our ideas of what are great railways have
grown in the last twenty five years."
w. Hasell Wilson, consulting engineer of the
Pennsylvania railroad, and president of the
Philadelphia & Erie and other companies, has
been longer in active and important railway
service than any other man at present living.
Mr.. Wilson's entry upon railway work dates
back as far as 1929, when he served a rodnan
iu the engineer corps engaged in surveying the
Philadelphia d Columbia railroad. From
that time to the present he has been al
most constantly and prominently identified with
the various railways now included in the Penn
sylvania railroad system rising from the posi-
ton of rodnan through the various grades of
assistant engineer principal assistant engineer,
chef engineer, etc. TO the very responsible Office
now held by him.
On and after the LIST day of January 1885, the
Offices of cashiers of the Cleveland 6 Pittsburg
railroad at Cleveland. O., the Jeffersonville,
Madison q Indianapolis railroad, at Louisville,
Ky. and their auxiliary branches will be abol-
ished. The financial business of these roads
will be transacted by the treasurer. John E.
Davidson, at Pittsburg. By this change the ne
cesSty OF separate paymaster for the Cleveland
IL Pittsburg railroad is obviated The duties of
this Office will be performed by Mr.. J. H. Dury,
in connection with his Office as paymaster of the
Pittsburg, Cincinnati & St Louis railroad.
Walter Irwin, the popular paymaster and cashier
of the j, NJ & l., is left out in the cold and
John Snee, paymaster on the Chicago st. Louis
Sc Pittsburg, will pay over the j., NJ. & 1.
At regular meeting of indianapolis Division
hob. Order of Railway Conductors held Dec is,
1884, the following preamble and resolutions
were adopted:
=. Whereas, 1t has pleased the Supreme Grand
Uhief Conductor of the Universe to from
midst our late brother, no. V. Holloway, of the Lake
Eric & Western railway, and
Whereas, The intimate relations long held by our
deceased brother with the members of this division
render it proper that should place record our
appreciation Of his services brother and his merits
q man, therefore, be it
Resolved, That while we bow with humble sub.
mission to the will Of the Most High do not the
less mourn for brother who has been called from
his labors TO rest.
Resolved, That in the violent death Of Brother
Holloway this division loses brother who always
Sctive and Jealous in his work. brother ever
ready to succor the needy and distressed of the fra
ternty prompt to advance the interests of the order
devoted to its welfare and prosperity; one who was
wise in council and fearless in action; honest and
upright man. whose virtues endeared him, not only to
his brothers Of the order but to all of his felowciti
hens.
Resolved That this division tenders its heartfelt
AYrnnihY the fa-1ilu and role of Annn..n