The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-09
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.

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earnings over July 1883, s17,8s9.
In the six months ending July 81, cars Of l29
foreign roads were handled on the Vandalia
system.
Last month the vandalia brought into this
station ], 272 carloads of block coal, against 900
carloads in July, 1883
The Wabash people handled, at their division
point yard at Andrews, in the month of July,
6,798 loaded cars. against 6, 5O7 in July, 1888.
a. J. Doherty, chief clerk in the Indianapolis
east bound pool Office, as well as Commissioner
Spiers, is to retire The former goes to Keokuk
Ticket-scalping Office No 5-outside passenger
offices not included-is to be opened next week,
ht No. 132 South Illinois street, by Kersting &
Williams.
week between the Vandalia and Missouri Pacific
which promises excellent results. It relates more
especially to freight business.
Master Mechanic Bergo, of the Wabash shops
at Springfield has resigned. Rumors are a1oat
that general foreman Quackenbush, Of the An
dreWS shops, will receive the appointment as his
successor.
The Wabash management has contracted with
the Baldwin Locomotive Works to build them
twenty five firstclass freight engines for early
delivery. The equipment OF the main line Is at
once to be put In number one condition.
Inc assessment Tor the nOSp1Jal SERVICE WAS
deducted from the employees of the Wabash for
the month of June. 1T makes pretty bitter
feeling, but the amount is so small that the boys
will submit rather than wrangle about it.
General Manager Talmage has adopted his old
methods of doing things on the Wabash system
For instance this week he closed contract for
10 900 tons Of steel rails at $50 per ton the rails
to weigh sixty pounds to the yard, and he has
sold the same amount of old iron rails at $l9,
which will pay for his new rails within Sill per
ton
The passenger department of the Decline and
J., s. St Il, are setting an example in the main
tenance Of rates, which their competitors may,
with profit, follow Their passenger business
has never been better, and not for years have
their passenger men so closely adhered to tariff
rates as for few months, and this is swelling
their passenger revenue handsomely.
The attention. of E. w. MeKenna, superinten-
dent of the j. M. & /, road, is called to the fact
that the passenger department. of the Pennsyl-
vania company, in their large and elegant map
Just issued do not show the Cambridge City
division of the, j. NJ. q J., an excellent and i'm
pOrtant piece of track sixty three miles in length,
extending from Cambridge City to Columbus,
Ind
The Canada Southern and the Red line hav-
ing been ordered off the Wabash system, it
leaves only the Merchants Dispatch, of the New
York Central lines, on that system, and the gen
eTal manager of that line writes Western
agent that they expect notice any day that they
must pull off of the Wabash lines The Canada
Southern still has the G., n. & D. lines to reach
Indianapolis.
Manager McCrea, of the Pennsylvania lines
west Of Pittsburg, John +. Miller superintend-
ent of the G., st. L. 81 p, and NJ J. Becker,
chief engineer, are in the city, also FL. F. Cox,
chief engineer of the Pennsylvania road proper.
The party yesterday witnessed the operations
Of the union switch signal recently erected at
the crossing of the Decline and the Belt road
track. The signal is reported to have worked
very satisfactorily.
Traffic Manager Reeve Of the entire Grand
Trunk system, west of the Detroit river, an
nounces the following appointments, taking eff
feet Aug. Ill: John Mann, assistant general
freight agent of the above lines with head
quarters at Detroit w. E. Davis is appointed
assistant general passenger agent with head
quarters in Chicago j. r. Quick has been APP
pointed general baggage agent of the entire
lines, with headquarters at Port Huron. Ben
Fletcher has been appointed travelling passenger
agent for these lines His Office will be in De-
trOit
w. H. Chaddock, general agent Of the United
States Rolling Stock Company, was in the city
yesterday and in peck of trouble. The break
up on the Toledo, Cincinnati & ST. Louis narrow
gauge road has thrown some 500 car trust cars
back on the u. s. Rolling Stock Cornpany's
hands, and he was yesterday laboring with @. p.
Henderson, manager, to induce him to allow
these cars to stand on one Of the T., O. g St e.
side tracks until they could find something to do
with them. Mr.. Henderson said they had not
side tracks to accommodate their own business,
and was memorable, and last evening agent
Chaddock was telegraphing for plat of ground
somewhere in Ohio where he could lay some
three miles of narrow gauge track to store these
cars upon.
well dressed, but rather green gentleman,
yesterday afternoon. stepped into the Union
railway telegraph office, and stated that he
wished to send a telegram to St Louis. Harry
Burt handed him telegraph paper, on which he
wrote as follows:
II take my pen in hand to inform you that I shall
be ii st. Louis, the Yandalia, at 7:3O P. M to-
night Yours truly, BEN -
Harry asked the gentleman if he wanted an
envelope to send it by mail He said II should
not have come in here if had Harry then
counted the words and said Fifty cents sir
He remarked, Il was told it would cost but Is
cents Harry answered 1t would not if you
would cut it down sixteen Words The stranger
threw down his 80 cents, remarking, ssWeH, let
her 60.
The Jersey City fire exhibited the extraordi.
nary fecuperatlye powers of the Pennsylvania
railroad, and in this respect deserves mention
1t mad no sooner begun, in the middle of the
night. than the management put into operation
new plans Tor conducting the company's bust
ness. They saved all the baggage, and the pas
senger traffic was carried on with scarcely a de-
lay-the Brooklyn annex ferry to the south
ward, and the Adams Express dock, to the north
ward Of the destroyed station, being used The
many trains were run without interruption, and
full supply Of new tickets was sent over to
Jersey City from the general Office in New York,
new ticket Office being opened in an adjoining
hotel, while a large force of men were set to
work pulling out the yet smoking rubbish in
readiness for rebuilding
Wish TO Be Fully Understood.
The Local Freight Agents Association, at their
meeting yesterday, agreed to issue the following
notice:
INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. s, 1884
To correct erroneous impression on the con-
bgaees doing business private sidings in this CITY
re give notice that freight bills are due when cars ar
rive in freight yards and the practice Of SENDING
Acolector to Office of consignees is q matter of ao
eommodation our part and that hereafter parties
refusing to settle with the collector BECAUSE The M &