The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-04-23
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.

Paymaster Crawford, of the Vandalia, Is on
his monthly rounds, paying for March service
D. j. Mackey, president of the Evansville &
Terre Haute road, has gone TO New York to take
goundings.
Manager Thomas, of the Bee-line will not
reach home until the latter part of next week. as
he has stopped off for few days at Albu-
Querque, n NJ
Travel over the Vandalia continues heavy be-
yond parallel for this season of the year. The
fast mail, west at noon yesterday hauled twelve
heavily -laden cars.
Twelve days after the proof OF the death OK
w. B. Hibbard, VINO was run near the Union
Depot q short time since by Wabash engine,
The Accident Insurance Company paid to l.. d.
Hubbard ST. 600 insurance, the policy being paya-
Bile to the latter.
The new Woodruff sleeping coaches, Grand
Rapids" and .'Mackinaw." were put on last
night to run between Peoria, Ills. and Column
hos o., over the l.. B.. & w. route The
which, have been running between these points
10 into the shop.
The building of the Pennsylvania Company at
the crossing of the Belt road and the c.. st. L.
Il p. tracks, occupied telegraph and through
billing Office, was burned yesterday forenoon
The loss was not a serious one, as the building
yaB rather limited affair.
The running of chair-car between Cincinnati
Mne Peoria, over the c.. L., St L. e. c. and the
Wabash via Sheldon, has never paid expenses
but it is believed that in the establishment of the
new route over the c., l., ST. L. 81 G. and the L.
b. & w. it can be made paying institution.
The Union Pacific people anticipate heavy
travel this season to Yellowstone Park and Sho-
sshone Falls. Their representatives in this sec
fion state that they are in better shape to take
care of tourist travel to any of their famous re-
sorts than at any period in the history of the
road.
M L. Doherty commissioners of the east-bound
pool, finds it quite difficult to induce the freight
men to establish car weighing association. The
fact is that there has been too much under
billing practiced by some of the roads to admit
of their dropping this method of cutting rates, as
dishonorable it is.
Freight circles were somewhat disturbed yes
terday a rumor that one of the fastfreight
line agents of an indirect line had secured some
business, Tuesday, at a cut rate AS the pool
statistics do not show that pound of freight
was shipped from Indianapolis on that day by
Shis line, the rumor can hardly be we'll founded
O. S. Lyford, general superintendent of the
Chicago Il Eastern Illinois road, yesterday sent
ous the following circular: 1.-THE Office of traffic
manager of this company having been made
vacant By the death of Col. Robert Forsythe, that
Office is hereby abolished. Mr. Frank V. Davis
Is appointed general freight agent, to take effect
this date"
The Cincinnati, Indianapolis ST. Louis &
Chicago road, according TO mileage operated, is
said to be the least top heavy of any road in
the West M. Il. Ingalls, fills the position Of
president and general manager, j. W. Sherwood
rs superintendent and master OF transportation,
Il j. Page general freight agent, John Egan
general passenger agent-and there ends the
high salaried men.
The Boston Transcript says that President
Adams accompanied by Assistant Lane and
Stenographer Garfield, has started upon tour
which will include New Orleans, Mexico, Cal
ifornia, Oregon etc, and occupy the next eight
or ten weeks. Howard Hinckley, assistant
TO the president, has rendered his resignation, to
take effect next June, to enter upon manufact-
uring enterprise in the West
The Globe fast-freight line which wanders all
over the country in reaching the seaboard, has
made rate-sheet that is said to be dandy. 1t
Is of India-rubber, and can be made to ad-
just itself to the wishes of the crankiest shipper
in the land. Of course. it gets lots OF tonnage
but mighty little cash for it. 1t takes this line
from four weeks to three months to land freight
In Indianapolis shipped from Boston,.
Officials of the c., III. & d. are not much
elated over the volume of passenger business
they are doing between Cincinnati and Chicago
in connection with the L., N A. g. c. Airline
Sengers, but too large per cent travel on passes
In freight traffic, however, the G., III. & d. peo-
pie are proftng handsomely through their con-
nection with the L. N a. 81 G. via indianapolis.
May Is, a majority of the Western and North
western roads, which there are summer
pleasure resorts, will put on sale at the Union
Depot low-rate tickets. Several new resorts
will be added to the list. We would suggest
that the roads which reach seaboard pleasure
resorts, give Western people better show in
the matter Of rates than in years past The
Pennsylvania people would do we'll to give this
matter more attention.
The new refrigerator cars of the Merchants
Dispatch beginning to arrive. Two were
loaded at this point this week for New England.
and they are. as well, being put in service in
the st. Louis dressed beef trade. These cars of
which there,are 800 building have new style
truck and improved frame Of the 300 cars
IE5are to be built at the old Gilbert Car Works in
Buffalo, $50 by the Michigan Car Company and
Is by another Michigan company.
F.W. Cram general Eastern freight agent of
the Maine Central railroad. has accepted the
position of general manager of the New Bruins
wick railway, embracing 440 miles of road Mr.
Cram superintendent of the European &
North American railway previous to its consol
idAtion with the Maine Central and is railroad
man of much ability Hon. Z. r. Burpee. the
present manager, succeeds his late brother, Hon.
Isaac Burpee, as vice president
Poor Returns on Investments.
The railroad system of the country furnishes
80 close a gauge of the general condition of all