The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-05
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.


freight traffic over the Bee-line system is sell
dom heavier than at the present time. Yester-
aiay the road was 1900 cars short of filing its
xrsBrs
W. S. Whittier. formerly chief dispatcher of
abe Sonora railroad, of Mexico has accepted
similar position on the Panhandle road, head
quarters at Pittsburg.
The Lackawanna fast freight line has closed its
Office at Lafayette, which leaves E. j. Waldron
xua in the cold His territory will be looked
after by w. ID. Wilson, the lines Indianapolis
agent
The San Francisco Chronicle is authority for
The statement that A. G. Bird, assistant general
Pacific coast will pass the winter in southern
california.
The Office of general superintendent of the
American Refrigerator Transit Company has
been discontinued. The duties pertaining there
80 will be performed by Reid Northrop, presi-
sdens of the company.
"a B. Wilkins has been appointed general
Hrpsght and passenger agent of the California
&onthern railroad, with headquarters at San
Diego. He will have charge of the entire traffic
department of the company.
ID. c. Roach, who for some years past has
bsBn assistant passenger agent of the Michigan
Gsatral road, has resigned to accept the position
Rho New York Central road.
The controlling powers of the Indianapolis.
Peru 81 Chicago road yesterday established
q station at the point this road crosses the
Ahleago q West Michigan. neat suitable
station will be built there at once.
Hudson Fitch, general freight and passenger
agsnt of the Toledo e. Ohio Central has re-
signed, to take position in the coal department
of the New York, Lake Erie 81 Western. w.
j. Brown, of Toledo, is to be his successor.
An official Of one Of the roads in the Chicago
RBd Ohio River pool which demands an increase
In it's pool per cent, although not earning its
present allotment, assigns as reason for max
ang such demand "our prospective business"
meeting of the Transcontinental Associa
y Riun has been called for Dec. a. at New York.
The principal matter to be considered is the no
ties of withdrawal given by the Denver 81 Rio
Grande and the Burlington & Missouri River
soads.
Glenn hackney, master mechanic of the Atchi-
son, Topeka d Santa Fe, has been appointed SUI
perintendent of motive power of the Union Pa
ellie railway and branches Mr.. Charles Koras
of the Santa Fe, goes with Mr.. Hackney as pri-
Vate secretary.
The new route from St Paul to Kansas City
via the Minnesota & Northwestern, Cen trail
Iowa and Wabash roads, WILL it is formally an
nounced be opened on Sunday next, the extern
sion betweed Lyle and Manly Junction having
been completed.
Major Robert Emmett, district passenger
agent of the L. n A. g. G. road, headquarters
cat indianapolis, retires Dec 15 1t is under
stood the Office will then be abolished. j. D.
Baldwin yesterday appointed city ticket and
passenger agent of the L. N. A. g. G.
One Indianapolis road which, to help shipper
out, billed forty three out in transit after
4he date fixed for the advanced rate to take eff
feet, has been called ON to pay $l5 per car to
make up the difference between the rate charged
and the through tariff rate 1t is rather an ex-
pensive lesson.
There are said to be still some irregularities
praeticed in billing east-b bound freights, billing
under weight or changing classification being
the schemes resorted to. Steps have been taken,
however, that will put stop to these dishonor
able methods still in vogue with some agents to
help shippers out.
The meeting of managers of lines interested
IN the Western trunk-line (tripartite) associa-
ton will be held Dec TO- when the matter of the
arrangement of percentages will be discussed.
Commissioner Fink seems anxious that the work
tnRuguarated in this direction by President
ingalls, should be carried out
Twenty three years ago the only railroad in
Minnesota was a road between St Paul and
Minneapolis; the first railroad proper to enter
Minneapolis was the Milwaukee g. st. Paul-in
1857. To-day there are twelve roads centering
there, operating twelve thousand miles of road,
with one hundred passenger trains day.
Thomas Barry, late assistant general passen-
ger agent Of the c., W. & B., has been appointed
Bity passenger agent of the L., n. A. 81 c., at
Cincinnati No one will question that General
Passenger Agent Baldwin has made good Sc
lection, and the L.. n. A. 81 G. can safely look
for good results through this appointment
Norman Beckley, general manager Owen
Riee, general ticket and passenger agent, of the
C., W. u nj. road, are in the city arranging for
opening their new offices at this point. f. w.
florence, whom they have appointed their agent,
is young man OF considerable ability, and will,
doubtless, well represent the interests of the
road
John B. Carson, general manager of the L.,
N. A. q T., speaks very encouraglngly of the
affairs of that road. He says their operating ex-
penses down to the low notch, while their
earnings are getting up toward high water mark.
The road bed and equipments are in fine shape
TO go into winter and the prospects for the road
were never brighter.
Should there be heavy SHOWS in northern In
diana this winter Superintendent Woodland. of
the L., N. A. & G., does not propose to have their
trains snow bound for a week they were last
year. and as a precautionary measure has built
Hour large snow plows, which have been placed
at points where they would be most likely to be
needed to clear the track.
The entire equipment of the l., P & G. divis-
ion OF the Wabash system is to be reettered,
the indianapolis. Peru e. Chicago. The manner
Mr. Scott, general agent Of the bondholders of
4he l., L. 81 G., is taking hold of matters indi-
Gates that the bondholders expect to get the road
back. Mr.. Scott has this week ordered ten miles
OF steel rails and 20. 900 crossties.
The Indianapolis car works were Yesterday
awarded the contract to build 500 box-cars for
the Chicago. Milwaukee d. St Paul road. The
cars are to be thirty-four feet in length, and of
n substantial build. The Indianapolis car works
some months since built 200 stock-cars for this
road. and the work was of SO satisfactory a
character that they gave further orders for cars.
Negotiations are on foot between Mr.. Tai
mage, of the Wabash, and the New York Cen
trai Sleeping-car Company. for the resumption
of the sleepngcar service by the latter between
Kansas City, st. Louis and other points, and the
seaboard, contingent on the Wabash agreeing to
nSe the Wagner exclusively. and it is probable
that an understanding will be reached by Jan. l.
The Baltimore g. Ohio roads position outside
81 the pools may look dangerous from the street
point OF view. and was POSSIBLY intended to pre-