The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-10
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.

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II c. Diehl general freight agent OF the l., b.
& w, returned from the East yesterday
Col Gray. agent of the Union line, has re-
moved his Office from Virginia avenue to the
rooms occupied by the Pennsylvania company,
corner of Illinois and Washington streets.
Engine 20. which was so badly demoraIized in
the Broad Ripple disaster on the L., N. A. 81 G.
Airline some months since, has been finely re-
built and is now running between Indianapolis
and Monon
H. E. Ingalls,, president of the c., l., ST. l.. &
C.. says unless the comp any has foods or some
unforeseen troubles, they will commence the
erection of their new shops in the eastern part
Of the city in June next
Railway savings banks are quite popular in
ENGLAND. They are good institution, and would
be beneficial here; but possibly it may sound
ilstle ironical to talk of saving to men work
ing on short time and reduced wages.
The annual report of ]. w Greegor, foreman
al the O.. |. St L. IL C. city freight depot, shows
that in the year ending Dec 81, 1884. 7,0l5 cars
were loaded, and 8, $50 unoaded making total
Of l6 665 carloads of freight handled
The Brooks locomotive works have just COM
pieted an additional building and their works are
now among the largest in the country. Several
of the Brooks engines are in service on Indian
apolis roads, and doing very satisfactory work.
George W. Boyd, assistant general passenger
agent of the Pennsylvania railroad, thinks that
the question of paying tickets for advertising is
0ns for the general passenger agents to settle
among themselves, and that it is the abuse and
nO4 the use thereof that is pernicious
Grand Chief Macarthur has succeeded in add
Jusaingsthe differences between President Mackey
and the engineers on the Evansville and Terre
Haute road without the threatened strike. BY q
change in the method of the runs each will
make very reasonable monthly salary.
Lucius Tuttle has suddenly and unexpectedly,
and against the will of General Manager Furber,
OF the Boston and Maine road, resigned as his
assistant. The Boston Advertiser says both the
Lowell and the Fitchburg have endeavored to
secure his services. but that he will rest awhile.
IL is stated that there are other indianapolis
shippers who had rebate contracts with certain
fastfreight lines, but in the past they have been
treated SO kindly by roads over which they for
warded their business they will not copy after
Closer u Co., and bring suits for promised
rebates
Most of the ticket agents on the line of the
ToSaao, Cincinnati & st. Louis road are throwing
up their positions. They receive as salaries 10
per cent on the sale Of tickets at their respect
iva Offices and now that only mixed train is run
each way daily, their business shows very mea-
ger returns.
Some four hundred carloads Of T., G. & St L.
freight at st. Louis have been turned over in
the last day or two to the Wabash, Vandalia
ana i. % oL Ia. ROADS TO De FORWARDED EaSG
The question now arises, will the courts pay the
rebates to st. Louis shippers promised by freight
offitials of the narrow gauge roads,
The extension of the Indianapolis 81 Evansville
SsEaight-line to Brazil, under the name Of the
Evansville, Washington Sc Brazil road, has been
parallel of the Evansville & Terre Haute road,
which finds all the competition it wants in the
Peoria, Decatur & Evansville road
Efthe trunk lines had paid more attention in
the past to building up the local interests aor G
their roads, and had devoted themselves to
be fighting for the dry bone of through bust
ness" The handsome earnings Of the Vandala
and the c.. l., st. L.. 81 G. came largely from
their excellent local traffic.
The c., L, st. L. g. G. will make change of
! fine again shortly. The afternoon accommoda-
ton train out of Cincinnati will leave at 1915
noon, reach Indianapolis at 4:30 p. NJ, and then
TRn on through to Lafayette. This train now
arrives at indianapolis at 600 p. NJ, and goes no
further. This change will give the Lafayette
people one more train from Cincinnati daily than
under the present running arrangement.
Train Dispatcher Corners of the c., III. s. +.
road has prepared in condensed form on quar-
TER sheet very complete list of officers and
agents on the road, names and numbers of sta
tons and sidings, and their capacity in cars;
Ssste and county, population of towns. names of
section foremen, limits of their sections, num-
beers of bridges, and location and names of
streams over which they cross. If anything
goes wrong the dispatcher can see at glance
tho location of the trouble, and where to put his
hand on the men.
Railway arrangements are constantly b eeom-
ing more vigilant in the selection of reliable,
sober men to handle their trains. Severa.
Western roads begin the year by notifying train
u1en that the use of Intoxicating liquors, except
for sickness, will be sufficient grounds for dis
charge. Liquor may not be bad servant, bat
certainly it is dangerous master; therefore,
abs thence by all who have to do with train
service; dispatchers, engineers, conductors.
best protection against accident Those roads
which will not employ in their train service, a
man who touches liquor in any form, are in the
right.