The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-11-28
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.

Personal ana Local.
u. Fletcher, general freight agent of the Carlo,
Wincennes g. Chicago road. is in the city official
business
The new shops of the l.. B. g. W., on the West
Side, nearing completion. The main building is
EGO feet long by forty wide.
George Hogdon, master of trains the O.. III. 81
d. main line, has resigned and Dec. will be sue
ceeded by w. s. Bruce of the c., St. L. g. P. road.
IL w. Hibbard general freight agent of the Van
kAa system, J. r. Kendall assistant general freight
agent, and n. X. Elliott superintendent of transpor
4Ahon in the city.
Ii is intimated that fastfreght line agent sup
TO his old tricks of cutting eastbound rates by under
billing which is the most dishonorable way OF getting
business practieed
The c., l.. ST. L. & c. is laying this week five miles
0f sixty seven pounds to-tneyard steel rail on the
western division This is all the steel the COM
pany has put IN this season.
Johnny Lands late agent of the Merchant Dis
patch at Minneapolis has accepted position in the
freight department of the Cairo, Vincennes q Chicago
-oAd. His headquarters will be Cairo.
General Superintendent Miller has sent out official
circulars announcing the retirement of E. ". Nc
kenna supintendent of the j., III. ~ 1. road, Dec ~
land thai w. +. Black will be his successor.
The c., l. St L. g. G. viii to-day occupy their new
freight depot at GreensbgTg built in place OF the one
10y thiry.fve wide, brick, resting stone founda-
4ion
The L. D. & s. earned the first three weeks of this
Gnonth, There was increase III LrelgHI
earnings of $4,000 over the corresponding twenty
one days of 1884, and decrease in passenger
6ngs of $142. 10.
The Decline limited trains, so-called are said to
have averaged since put on, to 81 40 per mile
run This is good showing, unless the earnings per
1ne of the other trains have been impaired. and Is
stated they have not been.
C. F. Allen who for some months has been
ming the c., Fl. 81 ID. main line spotter, under
the title OF ticket agent has resigned assigning as
reason that the calling of detestable charac-
ter he would not pursue it.
Dave Brady, who has represented the Baltimore &
Ohio at Louisville has been notified that his services
would not be needed after Dec. 1. Like Ben Tnney.
who received a similar notice, he has been with the
company twelve years more.
The friends of Col Joseph Hill. supern-
tendent of the Vandalia lines, and the employees,
WELL viii be gratltied to learn that he will remain with
the road. The health of his wife has improved of
late, and he is much encouraged.
Most of the superintendent already arranging
10 special trains into the city Tuesday next in
curry of agents showing that large numbers of people
contemplate coming to Indianapolis to attend the
funeral of the deceased Vice president.
G. w. Fairbanks the attorney of the L. b. &
w, is in Boston and New York for few days,
aiding President Corbn in his schemes to
tain portions of the t., G. & St. l.. narrow gauge
road, which is to be sold at foreclosure sale.
The L.. n. A. g. @. (Airlne) has, for a road of its
age an excellent roadbed, but unfortunately they
running few old passenger coaches this di-
vision which ride roughly freight caboose, and
the reputation of the road is suffering thereby.
All the trunklines Sunday next adopt the win
ter schedule and Western trains are Obliged to change
time to conform to them All Western lines out of Chi
cago will leave thirty minutes later than In
dianapos Western lines change from ten to twenty
minutes from the present schedule, they not having
the weather during the winter to contend with
of Chicago roads.
j. II. Steiner late Western superintendent of
the White line, has been appointed general
headquarters at Memphis, Tenn. His terrific
ny includes all south of the Ohio river and west
of Louisville Ky. 1t is of the most important
aoofth Eria md Mr. 10 iuStt ha
man for the position.
After a few months experience the Pennsylvania
people, who, the Western divisions introduced the
double header method of running trains are going
back to the old style. The trains when double
headers, unwieldy often break in two and the
broken coupers and collisions resulting therefrom
more expensive than the employing of more train
crews and handling fewer cars in one train.
In another part of the paper will be noticed that
the general agents of the roads which
ter at indianapolis have decided to reduce rates on
Sunday Monday and Tuesday next on account of the
funeral ceremonies of the deceased Vice-president.
The rate will be faer for the round trip, ard to
organized associations military companies cent
per mile Connecting roads have been asked to make
similar reductions.
y %. Sweet, division freight agent of the Wabash
lines is in the city his special mission being the To-
cation of outside office. 1t is quite probable that
the West Washington street in the Bates
House now occupied as billiard saloon will be So
iected as their Office E. f. Caypool promising to fit
st up in thorough and attractive manner. In
the room will be the Office of P. A. Lynn, general
agent; +. Z. Wade, district passenger agent and Will
Parmelee, agent of the West Shore line
Frank Darlington who has been appointed super
intendent of the Muskingum Valley road, will have
but short time to serve the Pennsy people
Jet go of it Dec. 81. By the by who is on the
inside says the bondholders will operate the Muskn
gum Valley road, and M. NJ. Mounts now master of
transportation the c. III. & l. road is prominently
mentioned for the superintendent. Mr.. Mounts
on the road some years ago. and is well posted
to the best method of reaching good results for the
bondholders.