The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-19

Omaha, in closing letter to th6 Journal makes
thefollowng pleasant alluson to his former home,
indianapolis: "My family and myself enjoy
ing our usual good health, and are prospecting as
well as we could wish L cannot say that we
| have grown materially in spiritual grace since
| we came to Nebraska. but physically i think the
dry air and higher altitude has proved good
change. l have not, however, forgotten the
friends IN Hoosierdom, and always enjoy re-
| turn TO that country
| number of changes among the officials of the
| New York, New Haven & Hartford railroad
were announced yesterday. o. NJ. Shepard,
! superintendent of the Shore Line, Airline and
! Connecticut Valley division has been appointed
as assistant to President Watrous Ia new Office
| William A. Waterbury, local freight agent at
| Belle Dock, becomes superintendent of the
| Shore and Airline divisions, and the superin-
| tendency of the Connecticut road transferred to
| superintendent Davidson, of the Hartford
| division. Mr.. Shepard has many friends in
| southern Indiana who will be pleased to learn of
| his promotion For six years Mr. Shepard was
| superintendent of the ST. Louis 81 Southeastern
| road
General Joseph E. Johnston the noted ex-
confederate commander, lately appointed United
| States Commissioner of Railways to succeed
| George E. Armstrong, has started On an in
| spection trip in company with T. b. Pickerel.
| the government expert who spent some time last
| year investigating the condition of the Union
Pacific. General Johnston's duties comprise a
personal inspection of the property and books Of
| the subsidized roads These roads are the Sioux
| City & Pacific. and the Union and Central
Pacifcs and branches. He commenced his du-
| ties on Thursday last by going to Sioux City and
inspecting the railway property at that point,
| and yesterday he spent in inspecting the Union
| Pacific shops in Omaha, and Monday starts for
Denver in the private car of Traffic Manager
| Kimball, of the Union Pacific. After making
| an inspection in Denver he vail leave for San
| Francisco.
| John F. Miller in a few days enters his twenty
| second year on the Indianapolis division Of the
g., st. L. u F., as superintendent. That Mr..
| Miller is one of the most popular men in the
| railroad service all who have the pleasure of
his acquaintance will admit He is practical
railroad man. treating employees I'M
| der him in such a manner as
to command their respect and their
confidence, and as result everything
| of the Pennsylvania system under his super
| vision. Mr.. Miller was born July It, 1880, at
| Ithaca, N. Y. Entered railway service in 1851;
to 1852 freight brakeman 1852 to 1855, freight
conductor; 1893 to 1889, passenger conductor
| 1859 to 1864, train dispatcher; spring of 1864 to
| fall of 1864, trainmaster; fall of 1864 to date,
| superintendent as above.
| Edward Gallup assistant general supern-
| tendent Boston 81 Albany railroad, in charge
| passenger traffic, office Springf Mass is
| looked upon in New England railroad circles as
| being one of the brightest and most capable men
| IN the railroad service, and as he received his
railroad education largely in the West, brief
| sketch Of his career in railroad service will be
| read with interest. Mr. Gallup was born in
Brooklyn, Conn, Aug. "a 1872 entered
railway service April, 1869; to October, l. 1872,
| passenger agent Ohio q Mississippi railway,
| Cincinnati; October !, 1872, to September, 1873;
| general agent passenger department Kankakee
line Chicago; September, 1873 to December,
1878, joint passenger agent Plttsburg, Cincin-
| natl d st. Louis railway and Kankakee line
| pool Chicago December, 1873 to December,
| 1882, general passenger agent Boston q Albany
railroad; December, 1882, to date, assistant gen
| eral superintendent.
Untlquite recently, in railroad circles. it has
| been understood that when railroad man
| reached the position of general passenger agent
| he was at the top round of his official career,
but in later days this theory has proved incor
rect, and several general passenger
agents have been called and have
| filled still more important positions with
marked ability. A. d. Towzlain went from
| the position of general passenger agent on the
A.. Z. & S. f. to that of general manager, but,
| owing to i'll health, was obliged to resign and
| spend time IL Europe, where he now is. L.
l.. Kmbal, general traffic manager of
| the Union Pacific road, and who is doing
| better work for the company than did either of
his predecessors left the position of general pass
| enger agent to take the managershp E. ST.
| John general passenger agent of the Chicago &
Rock Island road, recently made assistant general
manager, WILL no doubt, prove to be a
| valuable man in the new duties that will devolve
upon him, and now the rumor comes that it is more
| than PROBABLE that Z. V. H. Carpenter general
| passenger agent of the Chicago. Milwaukee e.
| St. Paul road will at an early day, be appointed
| general manager of the entire system