The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-04-26
RAILWAY GOSSIP.

General Freight Agent Hubbard is still unde-
cided what steps the road will take regarding its
relations with the st. Louis east bound pool
J. NJ Greaves. late city ticket agent Of the
Pennsylvania lines, will tomorrow, with his
family, remove to Minneapolis, his new field.
Henry Fraser, general agent of the c.. l., St
l. & G. at this point, who has been i'll for some
days, is SO much better that he was at his Office
part of Yesterday.
Charles Beville operator at the Vandalia gen.
eral offices, has been accorded ten days leave
of absence, which he will spend with his wife
visiting friends in Ohio.
D. L Roberts, who succeeds F. N. Caldwell as
district passenger agent Of the Pennsylvania
lines at Columbus, Ohio. spends the Sabbath
with friends in this city.
George Bender, superintendent of the Indian
apolis, Decatur & Springfield road, will to-
morrow remove his family from Cincinnati to
Indianapolis, his old home.
S. r. Ball mas been appointed train dispatcher
on the Chicago a. Great Southern road. with
headquarters at Attica. Ind. Arthur Runyan,
of Yeddo. has been appointed assistant dis
patcher.
Official notice is given of the appointment of
John McKenna. late master mechanic of the l,
P. g. c. division of the Wabash, master me-
field road.
Interesting times are now looked for in passen-
ger circles. Imagine John Martin, of the c., l.,
st. l.. e. c., and Major Emmett, of the c.. H. 81
]. and L., n. A. & c., worrying party who
thinks of going to Cincinnati or Chicago
II. s. Morse, general manager of the Brdns-
wick & Western road. gives notice that the
Office of assistant to the general manager is
hereby abolished. Mr. c. S. Wise, who held
this position will for the present act as cashier
Tickets to the gathering of the Grand Army of
the Republic at Baltimore, have been put on
Sale. The tickets going are good from the End
OF May to the 9th, and good to return up to and
including the 10th. The fare for the round trip
is ST. So.
Engineer Edward L. Bemis whose bravery
and presence of mind prevented fatal collision
a few weeks ago, has received 800 check from
the directors of the Fitchburg road The rail
roads would do we'll to contract for all their &C.
cidents at that rate.
VIM. A. Wiener has been appointed sunerin-
tendent Of parlor cars on the Long Island and
the Manhattan Beach roads, with headquarters
at Long Island City. c. s. Leonoir has also
been appointed assistant superintendent Of this
company, with headquarters at St Louis.
Jesse Gray, late passenger conductor on the
Indianapolis & st. Louis, who was obliged to
give up his position owing to paralytic trouble.
has sold his property and this week moves to
Hutchinson, Kan, to engage in farming. Mr..
Gray is some better but unable to do railroad
service.
The people on the line of the Chicago & Great
Southern road are much gratifed over the ap-
pointment of George c. Kimball receiver. Dur
ing his five weeks management he came nearer
making railroad of it than any manager since
its construction. He is a thorough railroad man,
and things will begin to hum again.
The ball of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers, given at Logansport Thursday night,
is said to have been grand affair. The i'm
mense floor at the new rink was hardly large
enough to accommodate the large throng of
dancers. Dancers from Indianapolis, Terre
Haute and several other points were present.
1t is now stated that the trunk-line pool pres
sure was brought to bear with such force on the
Decline management that the dropping Of W.
III. Gays became a necessity. IL rate-cutting is
to be grounds for the removal of general freight
agents Of roads in the trunkline pool, large
per cent of such roads will need to make
change.
AS there seems to be some confusion as to the
standing of Edgar Hill as Bee-line Official un-
der the recent changes, we state that he has
been appointed general freight agent of the In
dianapolis 81 st. Louis road, and also retains the
title Of assistant general freight agent on the
Bee-line proper, Lucien Hills being the general
freight agent
The citizens Of Mills at their first town
meeting since the death of their distinguished
and much-lamented townsman, Lansing Mills,
late railroad president prior to the transaction
of any public business adopted. by unanimous
ceased had done much toward building up the
railroad interests Of the town.
Eastern papers state that President Elijah
Smith, of the Oregon Improvement Company,
does not contemplate resigning. He is over
burdened with presideucies but would probably
drop several others before abandoning the I'm
provement company. There is the Whitewater
Valley road for instance He might be induced
to turn the presidency over to some other man.
Charles K. Ide died last week at his residence
in Philadelphia. aged hfty-one years Mr.. Ide
was born in Fitchburg. Mass, was for many
years on the Philadelphia, Wilmington Il Balti-
more road, beginning as clerk in the superntend-
ent's Office. He was master Of transportation
from about 1860 up to the time when the road
passed into the possession of the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company, when he retired from rail
road work and engaged in the business of paper
making in Philadelphia
On Thursday next j. j. Turner begins his
sixth year as superintendent of the Indianapolis
g. Vincennes railroad Mr.. Turner was born in
Baltimore Nd, April 7. 1854 Entered railway
service Feb Is. 1870: to April a. 1870 was ticket
sorter on the Plttsbarg, Cincinnati q St. Louis
railway at Steubenville, O.; from April 1870, 10
May l, $780, on the Columbus, Chicago
q Indiana Central railway; four years and
two months telegraph operator. Richmond; FIVE
years and five months train dispatcher and six
months chief clerk to superintendent: May 1,
1880. to date, superintendent of the Indianapolis
e Vlncennes. Mr.. Turner is railroad man
through and through, and is looked upon by the
superior officers on the Pennsylvania lines as
one of the brightest and most competent among
their younger SupeflntehdentS. ftu3
In railroad circles the appointment of F. v.
Davis general freight agent of the Chicago 81
Eastern Illinois road is we'll thought Of Mr.
Davis has risen rapidly in position. He entered
the service of the G. g. e. l. about twelve years
ago as a telegraph operator at Momence. In
short time he was appointed agent Mt Milford
Later he became connected with the general
freight Office and was afterwards made chief
clerk. About three years ago he became assist
ant general freight agent of the road and now
hAcolnaS general freight agent Mr. Davis in