The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-28
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.


b. S. Henping is president continue to show
gratifying increase in earning s.
The five western roads brought into this sta
ton last week 1894 loaded cars. as follows: l.,
B. 6 W., St Louis division, II; Pennsylvania
division 313; c., l., St. L. g. c., $50; Yandalia,
81; l. & St L., 1, 1913.
Rumor has it that J. F. Tucker has been offered
the position of traffic manager of the Chicago,
Milwaukee g. st. Paul road. Mr. Tucker admits
that two excellent positions have been offered
him on Northwestern lines.
The order by the trunklne executive com
mittee that the differential rates over the l., b.
d w. continue in force until June l, indicates
that it is to be permanent arrangement, In spite
of the sharp opposition to it.
Josiah Belts, master mechanic of the L., N.
A. q G. railway, who was married few days
ago, was agreeably surprised, on Friday evening
last by the employees of the railroad shops in
New Albany, who presented him with $3.50
clock as slight token of their regard.
The six eastern lines last week forwarded from
this point 3,50l loaded cars, as follows:
G., Fl. & l., pa Wabash, 237; l., b. &
w, 262; c., l., st. L. & c. 867; c., st. L. & 2
800; Bee line, 1,021. In this statement is in
eluded both local and through bushes forwarded.
This is 80 less loaded cars than were forwarded
in the week ending April 10.
Fl. c. Townsend, general ticket agent of the
Wabash, St Louis & Pacific road, is getting out
new advertising matter which, in its character,
is highly instructive and in beauty would be
difficult to excel His last work, however, the
una Invasion Pacfca de los Estados Unidos'
caps the climax, and is highly embellished with
scenes in Mexico as well as the United States,
and is really an elegant affair
J. H Palmer, general passenger agent of the
Chicago & West Michigan road was in the city
Saturday prospecting and spent Fl Friday at
Louisville, KY, in conference with Tratfic-man-
ager Southland. Major Emmett accompanied Mr.
Palmer to Louisville Ky, and arrangements
were decided upon which will do much toward
increasing the business Of the new line between
indianapolis and Grand Rapids.
J. M. Chesbrough, assistant general passenger
agent OF the Vandalia line, with headquarters at
St Louis, accompanied by G. W. Adams, assist
ant general passenger agent of the Pittsburg,
Fort Wayne and Chicago and Pittsburg and St
Louis railroads, with headquarters at Chicago,
were expected home yesterday. These gentle
men, accompanied by their wives, have been trav-
cling through Mexico and the Southwestern
States for a brief period.
L. B. Thomas, general manager of the Decline
system, and who is looked upon as one of the
brightest men holding such position, is an ex-
eeilent mechanic, and can take q locomotive to
pieces and put it up again. if circumstances
we're such as to require him to do So Mr.
Thomas has since early manhood been more or
less identified with iron and steel mills. and is
bald to have very practical ideas of the future of
these industrial interests.
In the Railway Review of April 26 is pub
lished an interesting article written by the Hon.
4. NJ. Cooley justice of the Michigan Supreme
court, and professor of constitutional law and
political science, University of Michigan, under
the head of Popular and Legal Views of Traffic
Pooling" Judge Cooley's writings on matters
affecting corporations have attracted wide atten-
ton, and the present article fully bears out his
reputation for care and thoroughness
The MeKeen syndicate have already com
menced putting the Terre Haute & South
eastern road into good condition physically and
il IS as well to be literally equipped, and prom
ises in the future to be more valuable road to
TeTFe Haute and to the Vandalia as q feeder
than it has been heretofore; and time will
doubtless prove that the gathering in of this
property by the McKeen syndicate was wise
move, as are most movements of this character
Ehch VIM r. McKeen takes the lead in
General J. T. Barnard was given a handsome
banquet at st. Joseph, Mo, his headquarters.
On Saturday night. General Barnard is, and
has been for a long time, the general superin-
iendent of the Kansas City, st. Joseph & Council
Bluffs railroad, and was recently appointed gen
eral manager of the Hannibal. Upon his ap-
p0ntment, some weeks ago, he was asked to
name day for the spread. and selected the
18th. great many distinguished railroad
from Western railroad centers were pres
eat.
The strike at the Clay county bloek-eoal mines
has developed the fact that Indianapolis and
many other manufacturing eenters are not de-
pendent on these mines for fuel. Since this
strike Goals from Ohio mines have been
thrown on this market at very reasonable prices.
The mines in Illinois the Vandalia. and the
mines on the Terre Haute g. LoganspOrt, the
indianapolis, Decatur & Springfield, the Terre
Haute q Southeastern, and the indianapolis e.
Yineennes have all pro6ted through this strike.
Coal is also brought from points on the Louis
vile, Evansville & st. Louis Air Line
The management of the Chicago, St Louis and
Iittsburg lines has ordered that within the next
six months new cars that have been in service
six months, and all other cars that have not
been light weighed for one year should be re
weighed and marked at scales where cars can be
had and there ale facilities for marking them.
All cars of the southwestern system, and Union
line National line and individual cars at home
on the above lines, should be included in the
weighing Several thousand new cars have been
placed on the Pennsylvania lines in the last
twelve months, and but few of them will now
weigh as much by several hundred pounds as
hhen placed in service
With the adoption of the summer time table
tho New York Central, Lake Shore and Michi-
gan Southern, Michigan Central Nickel Plate
and Bee-line-will adopt system of renumber
ing Of trains that will be uniform. Numbers
will continue from New York to Chicago and
New York to St Louis by any given route.
For example: Fast limited No. 3 on the New
York Central is now No. II on the Lake Shore
road Passenger trains will be numbered UP
to so and freights will begin at that number.
Odd numbers will be west bound trains and
even numbers east bound. This is regarded as
a very important measure and will enable pas
sengers to tell easily the time of connecting
trains
Last week, G. j. Henninger formerly of this
tity, now ehiefengineer and president of the
Darlington, Lafayette & Western Railway Com
pany. sent for his Typographical field instru
menfs, which were left with Mr. f. H. Peters
:hiei engineer of the Chicago g. Great Southern
Railway Company at Attica, Ind. The messen-
ger WAS surprised at Attica to find the office of
that company in ruins, having been burnt down
the day before his arrival These valuable and
rare Instruments We're partly burnt, and the part
saved considerably damaged The field notes
and the Typographical plans and proiles of the
extension Of the Q. & CT S. railway, from Yed-
do. south to Brazil, over Sugar creek and other
localities finished by Mr.. Henninger last fall
were all consumed by fire, The loss is estima-