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


Hon $50 car loads Of block coal, and I32 carloads
If live stock.
The @, St e. 8 P. last week forwarded east
Boa loaded cars. the Bee-line 79O the g., Fl. S l.
E5G, the l., B. & w. 1876.
Tiigefice Of general manager Of the Wabash
system still goes begging. e. H. Waldrou was
last week rendered the position one which he
Eeuld doubtless fill with ability.
The c., L, St L. p. engine, No. 349 just
put Of the shops, hauled the train carrying the
Mcdonald Club Master Mechanic Arp had the
Engine very tastefully andhandsomeiy decorated.
Stock of tile. Pennsylvania road is again NOV
fng-upwurd: 1t is said that the traffic returns
fois the month of June would show a fair in
crease over the corresponding monthof last year.
The Wells, Fargo,& CO. express is now repre-
Benteds at indianapolis doing business at the
American express office. Express matter going
into their territory is billed direct from Indian
Rpolis.
Paymaster Shepherd, Of the Wabash, carries
with him, thismonth two ayrolls. ono of the
rompany prior to the road dropping into the
hands on receiver, the. other the receivers pay
roll forthe.f few days of May the road was under
theFa.
Grief Engineer Becker says it will be some
sixty days before the j.. M & machine shops
arc removed from Jeffersonville to the new shops
Of the Pvnnsylyania company at Indianapolis
fersonyille in 1913
Barney & Smith were ON. Saturday awarded
the contract to build the new box cars for the
Cincinnati, Hamilton 6 Dayton, company. Bar
ney s. Smiths bid was $415 per carr indianapolis
Car Works, $411 Ohio. Falls Car Works $420;
TerresHante Car w orkss $425
The superintendent of one Of the Indianapolis,
roads was last week looking about q little for al
few eight wheeled engines, and one locomotive
works offered to furnish six eight-wheeled
American standard engines, first class in every
eespect at So, 500 per LOCOMOTIVES
The 1000 coalcars the Ohio Southern manage
5nont his contracted for are to be built of So 000'
IONS capacity. They viii be 81 feet long, the
sides of the cars 30 inches in height and in every
particular they will be constructed a little heav
Ger than the first 300 cars built for this company.
The Indiana. Bloomington & Western has,
on its system 128 first class locomotives, 123
of which are in first class condition. B. Warren,
master mechanic, boasts over the excellent con
dition of hisspowep,. and certainly it is much
better shape than when he took supervision of it.
The management of the Ohio Southern road
has decided to- purchase three consol engines,
thessame pattern as the twenty four eonsoli en-
giness onithe L B! Sc W. road. The L, B. & w.
people paid $50 900 per engine for their consols
The Ohio Southern is, offered the same build
CINE, now, at $4,000
There were transformed over the Belt road last
week 7,036 cars, of which 1888 were loaded with
live stock. Comparing this statement with the
total movement of all roads, as shown in the
, weekly statement. twill be seen that nearly SIS
per cent of the loaded cars were handled on the
Bolt road, thus relieving the Union tracks.
Three consultations engines, with the Weots
ten dust burning fire box, have been sent to the
Pennsylvania railroad for trial they are to-
run on the Tyrone division. using the dust or
waste coal from tho bituminous mines on. that
division. They will receive a severe test on the
steep grades and sharp curves Of the line where
they are in use
If A. B. Southland; traffic manager. Of the d.
". A. 81 G. system, will spend half hour among
indianapolis business men. he will learn that it
would be great accommodation were he to put
On an early passenger train north Business
Wen are often obliged to take the Wabash TBS A.
e. train, and hire private cpnveyanees to take
them to towns located on the Air line
The Indianapolis Car Works last week
worked some one hundred and sixty men, and
will this week increase the number to. three
hundred and few days later will be working
their full complement of men-four hundred.
President Willard thinks the prospects good
shtt there will be plenty of car building to keep
the works busy for six months to come.
Ii the fast-freight line agents will be patient
only few days, and maintain rates on what
little business they are now getting, there will
probably be good run of business forward
insy the wheat and oats crops to the market. The
first carload of wheat shipped east last year was
on July II but 1t was ten days later before the
movement became heavy. Dealers say that if the
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price for export. and can be moved pFemptly.
Tha Indiana division of the Train Dispatehers'
Association Of the United States and Canada has
published its constitution and bylaws in pam
pflet form In a preamble it is said; Whereas,
the growth and development Of mind and inueHi
gent advancement is the result of investigation
md free discussion. and recognizing that the
success and promotion of train dispatchers is
due to Intelligence, watchfulness. thoughtfulness
and thorough knowledge of the responsibilities
Df the position. the undersigned agree TO form an
association, and for it's government do hereby
adopt the following constitution and bylaws
The charter members are: Vandalia Ene-R
3. Woolsey, L. E. Weed, S. B. Kramer, S. G.
Ralston, G.. II 8 |. railway-M. S. Connors.
W. FL, Churchman'S: & v. Failway--W. F. Fox,
J. G. Culmer Indianapolis Belt EailwaY--A. A.
zion g. r, Weaver c. l.. St. L. & G. railway
M 81 Cook, S. T. BLIZZARD, Chas. S. Compton,
r. HI Stevens; G., St. l.. & P. railway-H s.
Teusley. ]. s. Converse. J. F, Deuel. L., N A.
& c. railway--Ds E. Finley. G. NJ Hunt G. r.
& l. railway-F. W. Wilson; G. &E. / railway
"A. N. Leitnaker.