The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-25
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.


meeting of the joint western classification
committee will be held in st. Louis May Z, to
consider a number of amendments to the classif-
cation.
Commencing with May l it is announced that
the White line will operate over the New York,
Chicago & st. Louis road as well as over the
Lake Shore.
Commissioners Spiers expects to have the Peoria
east-bound pool IN running order by May 1,
The L, B. & W. and the L & St L., through the
p, D. & E. broad are interested in this pool
The best of the iron rails taken up on the In
dianapolis & ST. Louis road are relaid on side
tracks with which the road, when the contem-
plated siding is all in will be the best provided
of any road in the State.
Theodore McEwen. who for some twenty
years was ticket agent of the Wabash at Spring
field ILL.,, and who recently resigned, has opened
a ticket brokers office, as the higher railroad
parlance names it, at Springfield, Ill
Should the Wabash, the Vandalia and the l.
& st. L. be conceded the per cents. in the st
Louis east bound pool which they demand 9n;a e.
there would be nothing left for the ONO d.
Mississippi, and Chicago g. Alton roads.
j. H. Steiner, Western superintendent of the
White line, yesterday notified that the
Pennsylvania e. Western, and Boston y Provl-
dence roads had been admitted to the White line
take the Boston rate.
Passenger conductor Letter, on the G., l., st
L. & c. has been reinstated, and Uncle Billy
Smith has been offered his train. Whether he
will take it or not is questioned as he had in
tended to quit railroading this fall had the late
troubles not come up.
w. W. Chandler, general agent of the Star
Union line at Chicago, will to-day celebrate the
thirty first anniversary of his connection with
the interests of the Pennsylvania, company.
Some of the men then associated with the com
pany are still working in its interests.
The Terre Haute 6 Logansport promises to be.
come popular line for northern Michigan and
Niagara Falls, as well as to northern Indiana.
AT South Bend the L. H. & l.. will make con
nection with the Grand Trunk the Lake Shore
& Michigan Southern and the Michigan Central
roads.
Mr. H. H Hitchcock, formerly division superin-
tendent of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy,
whose death was announced last week, be-
queathed the bulk of his property, valued at
from $75 600 to 800, 900, to Knox College, at
able on the death of his wife, who alone of his
family survives him.
Attorneys in this city who are interested in
the foreclosure proceedings of the Illinois Mid
land road were yesterday notified by n W.
Brannon, special commissioner, to appear before
him at Springfield, H., on Tuesday next, to set
tie the decree in said cause. A speedy sale of
the road is now expected. as the courts are said
to be anxious to get the property out of the
courts.
The ticket scalpers are strongly in favor Of the
city licensing theln to sell tickets on the
same plan adopted in Denver and other
Western cities, they paying $500 year Speak
ing of this matter, railroad official says
doubtless they would be, as the city would then
be obliged to defend them, should the Union
Railway Company enforce the laws of the State
against ticket scalpng
Commissioner Richardson, of the Chicago and
Ohio River pool is spending a couple of days at
Cincinnati, endeavOring to Straighten matters
out. So sharp is competition between the G., l.,
St L. & G. and the c., Fl. q l. that they have
cut rates on many articles to so low figure that
there is no money in them to either road, and he
hopes to get General Freight Agents Page and
Mcleod to restore rates to tariff.
Walter Cromer, superintendent of construc
ton on the Decline system, was buried at Frank
lin, o., Yesterday. Mr.. Cromer caught a severe
cold at Cincinnati at the time of the flood, which
led to disorders which caused his death. The
deceased was highly esteemed by the superior
officers Of the road The company furnished a
special train to convey his remains and the
friends of Mr.. Cromer from Cleveland to Frank
lin
The understanding now is that the nine roads
composing the recognized Union Rail
way Company will each put up their
proportion of money for the erection Of the
new union depot and that no bonded debt will
be created on the Union Railway Company
L
and Mccullough are said to strongly favor such
a method of paying for the contemplated i'm
provements Paying fixed charges ia this case
would be annoying.
Edgar L. Spencer ex-auditor of the American
Express Company, on Monday appeared before
n Chicago Justice of the peace and while his
hands shook as with the palsy expressed the
hope that he could be sent to the Washingtonian
home. He was accommodated. Through drink
he has lost position that was paying him So, 900
a year, and has gone down from afluence to
penury and want Mr. Spencer is well known in
indianapolis railroad and expressmen's circles,
and his friends will regret to hear of his unfer-
tunate career.
The Cincinnati, Hamilton e Dayton people
are Boosting considerably of passenger engine
No. on the main line. When hauling heavy
trains it has made good record, and the last
few weeks in hauling the express trains over
the Indianapolis division, it has done some fast
running, morning two since running from
indianapolis to Hamilton, 100 miles, hauling
five cars in two hours and forty minutes, max
ing seven stops The engine. last month, ran
1910 miles without one cents worth of repairs.
1t was built at the Lima shops, on the C., ii. &
d., under the supervision of John Black, master
mechanic of the road, has l7x24-inch cylinder.
five and one-half feet driver, and weighs II 900
pounds empty.
The New Railroad Shops.
One of the officials of the c., l., St. L. & c,
road yesterday remarked that the signs were
good that the new shops of the Big Four to be
built in the eastern part of the city will be