The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-09
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.



Personal and Local.
i ". W. Washington, superintendent Of the
Fort Wayne, Muncie & Louisville road, is in the
city on official business.
Parlor cars will be hauled on the cyclone ex-
press between st. Louis and Indianapolis, be-
ginning with May l, 1884
Passenger men report travel unusually spas
modic in haracter-heavy one day and light the
next-but averagings on the whole, about as
usual for April.
It is said that a passenger brakeman on one of
the Pennsylvania lines running into Indian apo
lis, has been laid off ten days for appearing on
duty with one of the buttons off his coat.
=. H. Palmer, general agent of the Wabash &
Missouri Pacific. left for Chicago last night. tax
ing with him William Holly, of the Indianapolis
ticket Office. Heisto be permanently located lie the
Chicago Office.
All the freight as we'll as passenger Engines on
the Chicago, st. Louis & Pittsburg road are to
be equipped with air-bTakes on the drivers. All
engines on the Pittsburg, CINCINNATI & st. Louis
are now so equipped.
Fl. G. Townsend, general ticket and passenger
agent of the Wabash, Missouri Pacific, etc, has
gone to Mexico to look after the interests of
these companies in that section. He is to be alb
sent a couple Of weeks.
Assistant Commissioner S. F. Pierson has
called a meeting of the Joint executive commit
tee passenger Department., to be held at his of
fee, an New York, on Tuesday, April 10, for the
consideration of unfinished business.
L. N. Harris, late train dispatcher. has been
appointed train master of the L. N. A. d T..
railway system, and d. E. Findley is appointed
train dispatcher, to succeed Mr.. Harris. Both
will have their headquarters at Lafayette.
President Roosevelt, of the L., n. A. & G.
road, isGn Chicago. and he tells the railroad re-
porter of the Times that the trouble with the
Chicago g. Atlantic is practically settled, and the
new traffic arrangement with the Big -Four will
probably soon go into effect.
Superintendent John F. Miller, of the c., st.
j. & P: J. J. Turner, of the |. & "; John
iEwan, of the Beeline; Colonel Hill, of the Van
dafia, and n. K. Elliott, master of transporta-
t$iOn, went to Cincinnati last night over the C.,
l., st. L. & c., TO attend the time convention.
Fhe mail agents atthe Union Depot report that
indianapolis proper is sending out overt roads
which are weighing their mails, this month, an
average of six tons per day. The month selected
for weighing mails is more advantageous to the
postal department than to the railroads, as in
the month of April, it is stated, less mail matter
Is carried than in 'anytmonthlof the year Feb
Fruary, the short month, not excepted.
Notice is given of the following changes in
agencies ON the Louisville, New Albany & h
cagO system; J. W. carp, who has resigned, is
succeeded by H. c. Weathersby as agent at
Greencastle; Frank Miller succeeds Mr.. Wealth
ersby-trapsferred from Lacrosse; f. R, Hardy,
agent at New Albany, ~retires, and is succeeded
by w. M. Gepafd, late agent at GOSpOrt, ana d.
j. Gwinn succeeds Mr.. Gerard at Gosport.
Engine No. GA, on the CINCINNATI, Indianapo-
lis, St Louis & Chicago road, came, out of the
shops this week, and made its first trip yester-
day. The engine has an entire new steel boiler
and fre-box, air-brakes ON driversn and many
other modern improvements; among other de
vices an invention of a mechanic i'll the Alias
Machine Works, by which an engine can be re
versed more readily and safely than on the or
binary engines.
The Woolley Locomotive Electric Headlight
Company yesterday filed articles of incorpora
ton with the Secretary of State; capital $780,
900. The incorporators and directors are l. g.
Woolley, W: w: Douglass, 2: M. johnson, I. At
kinson and W. D. Hord. Mr.. NOoley claims
that his present light is an improvement over
the light now in service.on one of the C., ST. i.
10 z. engines. One of them will be put in serv-
Nee ON a Vandalia engine in a shorttime and
she merits OF the improvement tested.
v. 7. Malott, viee-president Of the Union Rail
rWay Company, goes to Cincinnati to-day to meet
several of the railway officials interested IN the
reorganized Union Railway Company. Mr..
Malott says he proposes to get all handstogether
on Wednesday of next week. He has asked them
to bring their dinner-baskets with them and pre-
pare for a t~wo-days' stay. He proposes to have
no more dily-dallying in regard to the new
union depot question. AL the officials admit
ted that a more commodious depot must be
built. but Mr.. Malott has been unable as yet
this year to get them together to take definite
action in the matter.
While the Wabash management has arranged
the running of its trains so as to stop the
growing on the northern division, or Michigan
City division, on the south end the complaints
have broken out afresh. A business man at
NoblesVille complains. He says; 1.-The first day
train we get passes at 10:41 A. NJ, arriving at
indianapolis at Ir:s0A A. M, and the only train by
which we can return before 11:30 at night
Twelve hours latter is one which returns at 2:l5
y. NJ, unless it is the Wabash cannon ball. and
there is a rumor that that is taken off, which
leaves Indianapolis at 7 P. NJ, arrives here at 10
j. NJ Rakingtwentv-two miles in 1SO minutes,
five stapssout."