The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-06-04
FAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.


Personal anu LOCAL
: John R. Elder, president of the Shell Beach
road, left last evening for New Orleans to be alb
sent ten days.
: H Satterwhite was yesterday appointed agent
of the Globe hne at Louisville where an Office OF
the line is to be opened at once.
The O., L st. L. & c. is copying after the T.,
ST L.. s. p, and is making its stations attrac-
Olive by grass plats, flower beds, etc., neatly
fenced in.
n On Monday a special train over the c., l., St
l q G. made the run from North Indianapolis
10 Lafayette sixty four miles, in one hour and
4sixteen minutes
Colonel Orlando Smith, president of the Gin
cinnati, Washington 6 Baltimore road passed
trough the city yesterday in special car, en-
,uts for Chicago.
" The Yandalia is again away ahead in the east
;r nd live stock pool out of st. Louis, the
- sal statement, June L, showing their excess
b 1914 car loads
4, Gorge Stevens, division superintendent of
Wabash road now has ], 800 miles OF road
T Ter his supervision, $50 miles having been
led through the recent changes.
Coal traffic on the Ohio Southern is at a stand
;tin owing to a strike of the miners. Meantime
ssL, B, & W., which operates the road, is
aking Improvement to the track
The question now is when will the Illinois
Midland road be sold Justice Harlan has tele-
lraphed another postponement OF the ming Oh a
decree of sale of the Illinois Midland, this time
indefinitely.
George Bowles who has been on a trip to
South America during the last six months has
returned and yesterday resumed his position as
private secretary to joint agent Moore, OF the
chicago east bound pool
IL b Hammond of New York, president of
the indianapolis, Decatur s. Springfield Kali
road Company, and r. l.. Ashhurst, who is in
terested in the road in financial way, will be
in. the city next week On a business trip
indianapolis loses the mandatory of the
American Electric Headlight Company they
having decided to establish their manufactory
Mt Akron o.. The company expect to introduce
their headlight on ten roads before July l.
One of the, ticket scalpers, yesterday; in an
swer to the question why he working Gin.
cinnati business over the c., l. St l.. q e., and
Chicago business over the l., B. g. w. said: |
work for the road which pays me the largest
per cent. to such points.
n Broaghton, assistant to President Jewett,
has been appointed general manager OF the Chi
cagO' & Atlantic road J. H. Parson, division
superintendent, is made general superintendent,
andJs I'll. Kinney has been appointed assistant to
General Superintendent Parsons.
The stockholders of the Terre Haute & South
Eastern road met Monday afternoon at Terre
Haute and elected as directors VIM. r. Mckeen,
Josephus Collett, ]. G.. Williams, VIM. G. jerks
and w. M TuelL The directors elected as
president, Josephus Collett; treasurer, W. Cruft;
secretary, Geo harrington.
The increase in passenger traffic over the Air
line division of the L., N. A. & C. is shown by
the official statement that thereceipts from sales
of tickets in May at the Union Depot reading
Dver this route 40 per cent. in excess OF the
sales in the month of April, and south-beHnd
the exhibit is said to be fully as favorable
The Chicago e. Eastern Illinois headed off the
scalpers in the sale of ezursion tickets to Chi
cago by issuing a novel coupon ticket 1t was
straight coupon ticket to Chicago, with the re-
turn part of the ticket blank, except number,
and the regular stamp of the G. 6 E, l. road, so
that parties who chose to remain in Chicago
could not dispose of them to the scalpers
E. H. Waldron formerly general manager of
the Lake Erie e Western road, as well as being
a very able railroad man, is an expert in social
way. On Saturday evening last he entertained
in an elegant manner the Carlyle Literary Soci
ETY. of Purdue About 125 invitations had been
issued and nearly every came, including
many invited guests from different parts of the
State
The receivers OF the Wabash will go into court
rhis week and explain that there are several
leases of such character as to make them
onerOus They will recommend that they be
empowered to negotiate with the bondholders
Cor the consumniaton of new leases on the basis
of lower rate of interest. 1t is almost def
nitely settled that the lines owned by the Wa
bash will not be sold off, but an effort Will be
made to make them pay operating expenses at