The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-21
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.


ticket agent of the c.. L, st. L. & c., is so i'll
that his death is hourly expected.
G. G. Cochran, general freight agent, and F.
L. Rittman, treasurer of the N. Y, P. & o.
road, were in the city yesterday prospecting.
V. Fl. Stevens, formerly with the Vandalia,
but more recently assistant superintendent of
the Ohio Central is in the city, visiting friends
There is said to be evidence in Commissioner
Finks office that certain fast-freight lines have
contracts out which do not expire until July l.
1886.
The Southwestern lines yesterday dropped the
round trip rate to the 1Iardi Gras from Indian
apolis to New Orleans, to 500. This is 81 below
last years rate.
fast freight line. agent at this point yester-
day received a telegram from his general man
ager reading, Maintain rates, but watch com
petitors and report
re J. Pendleton, agent of the Canada South
ern line at this point, yesterday issued through
bills of lading ON three portable engines con
signed to parties in Buenos Ayres.
Trains of the c., l., St. L. e c. commenced
running into Cincinnati yesterday afternoon
and better feeling set of men it would be dit
ficult to find than were the Big -Four boys.
Officials of connections of the Wabash, ST.
Louis & Pacific are hoping that MIR. Talmage, as
general master of transportation, will be less
arbitrary in his rulings than was Colonel An
drews
G. J Hepburn, superintendent of the c., H.
e d. lines, leaves for Williamsport in one of
President Waite's private cars to-day. His family
accompany him. He goes over the Erie lines to
Elmira.
The meeting of general freight agents of roads
centering at indianapolis, called by l.. ID. Rich
ardson general manager of the Chicago and
Ohio river pool, for to-day, has been postponed
until next week.
S. L. Casey for the last five years contracting
agent of the Erie lines at Kansas City. has been
appointed general agent of the Continental line
for the Missouri river territory, with headquar
ters at Kansas City
There was quite a stir in freight circles yester-
day over a well-grounded rumOr that promi-
nent lumber dealer at indianapolis and one at
Cincinnati were forwarding lot of lumber East
at sharply cut rates, made by a New York Cen
trail line
c. A. Lucas was yesterday appointed agent of
the Red line at this point. Mr.. Lucas was for
rnery agent of the l., p & G. at Peru, but of
late years has been travelling freight agent on
the Wabash road, and is looked upon as a wide
awake freight man.
James Montgomery, until recently superin
tendent of the St Louis & Nashville division, of
the Louisville & Nashville system, has accepted
the position of general manager of the Shak-
speare mines, Colorado, mines which are owned
by Evansville parties.
John Motif, who was in the shops of the Gin
cinnati, Indianapolis, st. Louis 81 Chicago road
when Thomas Morris was president, is in the city
visiting friends. The thing most worthy of note
Is the fact that he is in so good circumstances
financially as to be able to retire from railroad
service
tt is stated that the order is that the expenses
of general Offices of the Wabash, st. Louis &
Pacific shall be cut down SO per cent, and that
two Or three high salaried officers are to be left
out. Reductions in the high official departments
are much more desirable than in the lower de-
partments as much less number of men are
affected.
Travel over the Bee-line the last sixty days has
been heayy-beyond parallel for winter months.
The misfortunes of the southern lines have been
of marked benefit to this route. For couple of
weeks the southern through lines from the
West to the East were more or less blockaded by
snow; then came the foods which were still
more troublesome.
The engineers and firemen on the Evansville
& Terre Haute road, who were excepted when
the recent reduction in wages of employees was
made, have now been notified of a cut in their
wages of about Is per cent, and it is stated that
the matter has been referred to Grand Chief
Macarthur, of the Locomotive Brotherhood, and
trouble is imminent
The stockholders of the indianapolis & st.
Louis road yesterday elected as directors for the
ensuing year, j. H. DevereuX, S. Burke, e. B.
Thomas, Amos Townsend, James Barnett, G. II
Russell of Cleveland and John r. Dye, of Indi-
annapolis OF the 5000 shares 1912 were voted
for the above directory. No other business came
befor the stockholders.
The Panhandle train for the East, which
leaves indianapolis at 42l A. NJ, now stops at
Richmond Ind, for breakfast, instead of Brad
ford junction as formerly and train No. 2,
leaving indianapolis at 400 P. NJ, stops at the
same place for supper. This arrangement will
be agreeable to Travellers as the hours for meals
are much more seasOnable.
1t is stated that d. w. Holbrook is relieved
but temporarily of the agency of the Empire
line at this point, For some weeks past his fam
lily has been i'll, and for a couple of weeks past
Mr.. Holbrook has been so unwell as to be I'M
able to go to his Office and as the general man
ager preferred that Office should not be left with
out an agent, Mr. Kipp was placed in charge, and
1T was necessary that the auditor should check
the Office over to him.
H. W Hubbard, general freight agent of the
fanda1a system, states that the amount of
freight business over the T. H. & l.. division is
exceeding their most sanguine expectations
and with the extension completed to South Bend
it promises to be still heavier The money to
complete the extension to South Bend is at ready
command, and the work of construction is to be
pushed vigorously as the weather in
northern Indiana will permit.
A Griggs, master of transportation of the c.,
III. q ID. lines, will remain with the road until
March l. His promotion on the East Tennessee
Virginia q Georgia road is that of assistant su-
erintendent, at salary of SIS, 800 per year. Ten
years ago he was telegraph operator at Indi
annapolis, was promoted to train dispatcher by
L. Williams, dismissed when Bennett was made
superintendent of the road, and was renstated
when the road passed under the general manage
Inent of c. G. Waite.
Harris & Carriers railway scraper and leveler
has now been in use on the Vandalia and Indian
apolis & St Louis roads nearly yesr, and has
performed admirably. The Cincinnati Indian
apolis st. Louis & Chicago and the Ohio d Mis-
sissippi are about to put it in service on their
roads, and D. l.. Harris, the inventor, is arrang
ing to &C East to introduce it. Bya novel ar
fangement the scraper and leveler can be made
TO clear the snow from the track fourteen feet.
which, in yards, would often be a great convent
ence.
Talmage's Railroad Record.
The appointment of A. A Talmage general
manager of transportation of the three Jay