The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-16
RAILWAY GOSSIP.

RAILWAY GOSSIP.
L. @. Matthews succeeds v. H. Stevens as
assistant train dispatcher on the c., L, st. L. g.
G. road.
Paymaster Hedges, of the c., Fl. G. D. lines,
paid yesterday on the indianapolis division for
October service.
President Adams, of the Union Pacific, has
appointed as assistant to the president, Il.
Hinckley, of Boston.
The L., N. A. & c.. Sunday trains are not a
paying institution, and it would not be a sur
prise were they again hauled off.
j. D. Baldwin, brother of William Baldwin,
general ticket agent of the L., N A. & c., has
been appointed ticket agent Of the road at In
dianapolis.
II. G. Washburn, master mechanic of the
Chicago & Western Indiana road and Belt line,
has resigned. Mr.. r. ". johnson has been ap-
pointed his successor.
W. NJ. Green, son of President Green, of the
G., H.. V. & T. railroad, has been appointed
second vice president Of the road, an Office just
ereated in the company.
Official notice is given Of the appointment of
George Hogdon as trainmaster of the c., H. &
ID. lines, vice j. W.. Finfrock resigned The ap'
pointment takes place to day.
A reduction of 10 per cent. on the wages of
employees at the Terre Haute car works has
been made and a part oS the force of molders
have quit on that account.
George L. Barringer has resigned as general
superintendent of the Cincinnati Northern road.
1t is understood from this on that Mr.. Barringer
will abandon railroad pursuits
Henry Fowler, who for some years past has
been superintendent of the Wabash yards, at
Lafayette, has been promoted to assistant road
master of the Rantoul division.
Amos Burr has been appointed Pacific coast
agent OF the Michigan Central road, at
San Francisco, and Nh. William Bedell will
represent the Lake Shore road at. San Francisco.
w. c. Hobbs, assistant general freight agent
OF the C., l., st. l.. q c., and his assistants,
Messrs. Crawford and B~ookwalter, moved into
their new quarters on North Meridian street
yesterday.
William Fl. Vanderbilt is said to be really in
bad health, with a strong tendency to paralysis.
His trip West was with the hope that a change
anG the motion Of his private car would ward
paralysis off.
j. F.. Richards, master mechanic of the G., T.,
St l.. d &. shops at this point, who has been in
Hot Springs for some weeks. has returned much
improved in health. He had been a great suf-
ferer from rheumatism for many months.
e. Lane, heretofore superintendent of bridges
and buildings of the Union Pacific road, has
been appointed resident engineer, with juris-
dlct1on over all lines of road operated by the
OANOA L oSAAS company ~ OAlSG az Oh1dhu
Conductor Charlie Rhodefer, on the Wabash
road, has resigned, and will remove to, Califor
MIA. The step is taken in consequence of his
mothers n-health, and in the hope that the
change may be beneficial to her. Mr.. Rhodefer
expects to locate in Tulee county.
President Corh[ says the reported change in
the ownershSo of the Long Island railroad has
no trutLin it. There are plenty who would like
to get control, but those who own the road don't
care to sell. The same parties own, the l., B. &
W., have a good thing, and know it.
F. E. Rittman has rendered his. resignation as
assistant treasurer of the N. Y, L. E. & w.
railway, to take effect Dec. /. Mr.. Rittman ex-
poets to quit railroading. His successor has not
been named yet, but it is probable that Mr.. J. A.
Sergeant, cashier with Mr.. Rittman, VIII be APP
pointed.
At the urgent request of G. C. Waite, vice
president of the G., H.. & D, lines, G. j. Hep
burn has been placed under the charge of an
eminent New York physician. Whether he will
again get the use of his lower limbs is still a
problem. Except in locomotion, Mr.. Hepburn is
as sound a man as ever.
Samuel Church. superintendent of transporter
ton of the Chicago, St Louis g. Pittsburg lines,
Will on Wednesday next be married to a daugh-
ter of John Joyce, a.wealthy gentleman of Co
lumbus, Q. A large cir Gle of friends will wish
Sam, as he is Familiarity known, much pleasure
in the new relations he is about to form.
James Shay, section boss on the Chicago, st.
Louis u HlttSDurg lines, seems TO De III luck.
He is awarded the first prize for having his Sec
ton in best condition of any between Pittsburg
and Indianapolis, his section being known as the
Charlottesville section, and he is, as well, given, in
the line of promotion, supervision of the new
yards at indianapolis.
The change on the vandalia, Logansport divis-
ion, by which through trains are put on between
Terre Haute and South Bend, will necessitate
the removal from Logansport of quite a number
of employees of the road Conductors Murray,
Cassell and Knapp and several trainmen will be
compelled to make their headquarters either at
the north or the south end of the road.
The death of tom Dewitt" a locomotive en-
gineer at ~Binghamton, last week, has called for
special attention in the press of New York. He
was noted for many daring exploits, and had
passed safely through many collisions, discharg
ing his duties always with fearless courage and
winning the respect of the public generally. He
was prominently identified with several railway
societies.
Oscar Vanderbilt, who represents the North
Pacific in this section, with headquarters at
Indianapolis, yesterday received a letter from j.
w. Crosbie, San Fernando, Trinidad, West
Indies, in which he says: II notice that the
Journal mentions, favorably, a book published
by the Northern Pacific road, entitled, 'The
Wonderful Land of the World Please send
me a copy, with bill therefor, and | will remit
promptly"
Manager McCrea, of the Pennsylvania lines,
issues a circular announcing thaS Mr.. William
Swanston has been appointed master mechanic
of the C., ST L. 6 P. company's indianapolis
shops, in addition to his duties on the Jefferson
vile, Madison d indianapolis. Some thirty
men of the j., NJ. & l. road have been transferred
the past week from Jacksonville to Indianapo-
lis, and others will follow as fast as the ma
chinery in the new shops is placed in position.
The indianapolis Orphan Asylum.
The good people of indianapolis should re-