The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-29
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.

Personal and Local
OBJ. Skinner, traffic manager of the Bee-line
system, is to be in the city to-day.
G. W. Gettier. on June l, takes the agency of
the c. c., G. & 1. and the White line at Dayton,
O..
The Postal Department should encourage the
Decline fast-train service by carrying the north
err New York and New England mails from
this section over that route.
The Chicago, st. Louis & Pittsburg people are
grading for a second "" to connect their road
with the Belt road, one which will not cross the
G., II. & |. tracks, as does the first put in.
Under the timetable which takes effect Sun
day next, the st. Louis IL Boston express will
make but nine stops at stations between indian
apOlis and Cleveland-under the old schedule
Ihirty-eight stops were mace. :
The Cincinnati, Hamilton & Indianapolis
depot at Palestine was burned on Tuesday night.
Loss about 81, 200. The bursting of a coal-oil
lamp, left by the agent burning in his Office, is
supposed to have been the cause of the conf1a-
grafton.
On Monday next a change of time takes place
on the L., N. A. & g.. and the first train north,
put on to haul the Chicago & Great Southern
train. will probably start from Crawfordsville
instead of Lafayette, as under the present ar
rangement.
The handsome increase in through tonnage
over the Cincinnati. Hamilton q indianapolis
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enterprise of the officials and agents of the
Traders Dispatch, who are always on the alert
for business.
D. nj. Boynton, general agent of the Wiscon-
sin Central road, is in the city looking after the
interests of the company. Round-trlp tlckets
good until Oct, [, over this finely-equipped road,
lave been placed on sale at the Union depot
Very low rates are offered to the pleasure resorts
oa lake Superior.
". H. Greegor travelling passenger agentof the
Michigan Central road, is in the eiey, and yes
eerday arranged to place on sale round-tr1p
tiekets to Portland Maine, and the New England
seashore on June 23, and July 10, and August
L. Tickets good for sixty days, and running out
of indianapolis over either the Wabash, the G.,
II. Il l.. the L., n. A. & c., Air Line, or the l.,
D W.
The officials of the Indianapolis, Eel River &
Western Railroad Company are in excellent
spirits. Grading was really commenced In Put
nam county yesterday, and Chief Engineer De
gore saws twenty-five miles of the grading will
be under contract within ton days. Their ar
rsngements to raise funds to build the road with,
he says, are at last fully perfected.
J. II. Palmer, general passenger agent of the
Chicago & West Michigan road, was in the city.
Yesterday. He accompanied some forty dele
gates to the Greenbaek convention who were
brought in over the L., n. A. q Z. Airline i'll
palace cars. The delegates were largely from
northern Michigan. The travelling public are
catching on to this new route nicely, which is be-
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Al indianapolis merchant who ordered his
goods forwarded from New York by one of the
direct lines, contrary to his orders it was
shipped by the Globe line and arrived several
days late, refused yesterday to receive the goods
because diverted from the route he ordered them
shipped. A few such lessons will teach New
York merchants that they must pay some
respect to the order of Western merchants as to
s%outes, as has been said before in the Journal
If freights. to maintain the pool per cents, must
be diverted, some attention should be given as
to the character of the freight diverted.
Inquiry develops the fact that men who have
surplus moneys, all over the West, are, in quiet
manner, purchasing some of the best railroad
stocks, Notwithstanding the hammerings of the
bears. Any practical business man well knows
shat the present condition cannot always con-
Jinue. The leading railroads in the country
which have been good property are going to be
50 again. They would be now if the managers
had the confidence of the country. Assure in
vesters that the great railroad properties are
sure of intelligent and conscientious manage
raent and railroad property will again command
a fair price.