The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-23
OF THE
Personal and Local.

f. A. Ford. general ticket and passenger agent
of the Pennsylvania company's lines, is stopping
in the city for a day or two.
A. Curtis, of Columbus, o., general master
mechanic of the c., st. L. 6 P. shops, was in
the citysyesterday, looking matters over.
The private car of William R. McKeen, presi-
dent of the Vandalia, has been fitted up with
the Pynxt system of lighting cars by gas.
M. A. Mcdonald, travelling auditor of the
Wabash, st. Louis & Pacific, eastern division.
has rendered his resignation, to take effect
March l.
Six elegant passenger coaches, built at the
i Pullman Car Works for the Cincinnati Southern
road, passed east, over the c., l., st. l.. & c.
road, yesterday.
A. B. Southland traffic manager of the Louis
vile, New Albany q Chicago system, returned
from New York, yesterday, and went directly on
to Louisville, Ky.
j. NJ. johnson, late with the c., L, st. L. &
c., who, March 1, takes the assistant general
freight agency of the Chicago d Rock Island, is
in the city for a couple of days.
The Vandalia is again away ahead of its per
cent. in the east bound livestock pool at East st.
Louis, and is, this week, turning its business
over to the Chicago & Alton road.
For some weeks past the Jay Gould syndicate
have not been publishing the earnings of the
| Wabash road or his Southwestern system, a fact
S -O@N
Il. B. Hammond, president of the indianapolis,
Decatur & Springfield Railroad Company, has
gone to North Carolina for a six weeks %soiourn,
accompanied by his wife, who is in poor health.
The right of way for the Columbus, Hope &
Greensburg road, within the limits of Columbus,
Ind, was condemned on Thursday, and rs soon
as the weather is suitable the track will be laid.
The circulars issued on the Wabash. st. Louis
& Pacific the last three days bear the signature
of Jay Gould, president. Heretofore they have
been signed by some one of the vice-presidents.
The Pittsburg Locomotive works on Tuesday
forwarded to the Vandalia one of the five pas
senger engines ordered some sixty days ago.
Another is expected to-day. They are model en-
gines in every respect.
Up to IL P. NJ, yesterday, fast-freight line
agents at this point had received no notice from
superior officers to restore and maintain rates.
and were feeling rather sighted that line agents
had been so notified at Chicago, while they were
not.
A Wabash official, well up in the ranks, says
it will not be missing the slate to predict that
A. w. Dickinson, superintendent of the st.
Louis bridge and Union Railway Company, st.
Louis, will be appointed general superintendent
of the Wabash system.
{. Selden, who last week retired from the po-
sition of superintendent of telegraph of the
Wabash, st. Louis & Pacific, has accepted the
position of superintendent of telegraph wires on
the Baltimore q Ohio road, at an increase of
salary of 81, 500 per year.
The management of the Cincinnati, Indianap-
oils, st. Louis & Chicago road have come out
fiat footed against cheap excursions to Indianap-
Oils and Cincinnati, the complaints OF mer-
chants at towns on their lines that it was unfair
to them having led the passenger department to
adopt such n policy.
The Cincinnati, indianapolis, st. Louis 6
Chicago road has, this week, loaded cars to go
through without breaking bulk, to Victoria,
British Columbia; to San Francisco, and to Salt
Lake City, Utah. The car sent to Victoria was
one of the Northern Pacific, and was loaded with
choice walnut lumber.
NJ. Mounts, trainmaster of the C., Fl. e. l.
division of the Cincinnati. Hamilton d DAYTON
lines, has declined to accept the position of train
master of the main line. vice A. Griggs, who re-
tires March l. Mr.. Mounts states that it is more
work and responsibility than he wishes to take
upon his shoulders at the present time.
A. Duprat, secretary of the indianapolis, De-
catur & Springfield road, writes from New York
that about one-half of the bonds and preferred
stock have been exchanged for the old second
mortgage bonds, and in two or three weeks it is
expected the whole issue will be exchanged, leav-
ing the debt, 81, ne, 900 second mortgage, as
originally.
E. Cluckner has been appointed superintend-
ent OF bridges on the Belt road. He will begin
the construction of a trestle $50 feet in length on
the east end of the bridge over White river as
bridge on the extension, which, owing to incom-
petent engineering, it is stated, has to be prac-
hcally rebuilt.
Gaylord Beach, chief engineer of the Bee
line system, is in the city. arranging to further
increase the capacity of the yards at Bright
wood. Tho side-tracks there now will hold 300
cars, and it is proposed to increase the car ca
pacity to 1,600 ears. As the system of tracks
is now arranged the longest side holds ninety
six and the shortest forty-six cars.
The following telegram from Boston to st.
Louis passed over the wires this week, which
shows that the Vanderbilt lines are at the old
game of Undertaking.; Ship one car of bran to
me and underbil by a color line This dispatch,
interpreted, means: "Ship me one car of bran.
If it weighs 10000 pounds bill it at 20, 900 and
send it over the Red or White line, both of which
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