The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-04-25
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.


Personal and Local
The general Offices of the Chicago & Great
Southern road, on Thursday, were removed
from Goodand to Attica-
f.. D. Raymond, general freight agent of the
Chicago & Great Southern road, will hereafter
make his headquarters at Attica instead of at
Chicago.
The express companies having Offices at Attica
now have quite a large business in shipping
Cameron Springs water to different parts OF the
country.
Ex-Passenger Agent Murray Keller, of the L.,
n. A 6 c., is a candidate for surveyor OF Gus
toms and collector of the port of Louisville. Ihe
young man, il is said, Is well backed
@. ii. Hagans, of Chicago, has taken the po-
siticn of assistant ticket agent in the passenger
Offices of the Pennsylvania lines in this city. He
is said to be passenger man of some ability.
A meeting of the general freight agents of the
lines embraced in the Chicago and Ohio river
Tpool will be held at Commissioner Richardson's
Office on Thursday next. Tho subject of rate
cutting by outside roads affecting the pool lines
wlll come up for consideration
The general freight Office of the indianapolis
ySs st. Louis railroad has been removed to Cleve-
anrd, and Edgar Hill appointed general freight
agent, vice Henry Gays resigned. nj. .. was
son has been appointed assistant general freight
1gent with headquarters at ST. Louis.
w. FL. Stevens secretary. gives. notice that the
first semi-annual meeting or the Indiana Train
Dispatchers' Association will be held in Terre
Hante Sunday. May TO- Ii is very important
that every member of the association be present.
as there is important business to transact
Negotiations are pending between the Union
Railway Company and Adam Bretz for the pur-
chase of the block by the Union Railway Com
pany, on the northeast corner of Illinois and
Louisiana streets, the building occupied by
Bryans drug store and the grocery OF Adam
Bretz
A number of indianapolis physicians left last
night for New Orleans, to attend the annual
meeting of the Medical Association, which con-
venes there next week. The party took Pull
man car here, in which they 60 through to New
Orleans the j., M. g. l., the Chesapeake
Ohio u Southwestern, and the Illinois Central
a steam shovel was put in position on the
western division of the Indianapolis d St Louis
road yesterday, and Monday three gravel trains
win be put on. Within sixty days, Roadmaster
Henry says, the ]. & st. l.. will be one of the
best ballasted roads in the West; in fact, it now
IL with the exception of some thirty miles on the
E& Louis division
Wm r. McKeen, president of the Van
daiia Company. and V. T. Malott, vice presi-
dent of the Union Railway Company went
10 Cincinnati last evening, to confer with nj. K.
Ingalls,, president of the G.. l., St L. e. G.. about
tie new Union Depot enterprise. The three
constitute the executive committee. It's hardly
safe to cay it above whisper, yet there are
new features in the case which encourage ore to
believe that work is soon to be begun in earnest.
The general passenger agents of the roads
which are members or the Chicago and Ohio
river pool met in Chicago, on Thursday, at Com
missioner Richardson's Office The special rates
heretofore granted to delegates to the Young
Mems Christian Association convention at At
1anta, Ga, May T. were modified so as to equal
ice rates from Cincinnati to Louisville. No
&sekat--xSll he cod uu1pS9 N Of nv q
ti6cfts from the secretary of the association that
&he applicant is delegate or invited guest Will
lam Hill, general passenger agent of the Chicago
Dc Eastern Illinois road, elected chairman,
vice Frank Van Duesun, resigned.
Some competitors of the Pennsylvania lines
show disposition to carry the differentiai rate
matter TO extremes because the Pennsylvania
people choose to put on some fast trains, yet
these same competitors have practically four
classes OF Rates to secure travel on, which can be
uBcd against the limited trains, practically as
tfifferential. Take Baltimore and Washington;
There is the unlimited ticket at $18. 3d. the linn
lied ticket at the Union Depot tieket-ofice $780,
the limited ticket at the outside offices, $l4 to
meet scalpers rates; then. above all this, the l.,
b. & W. has its ST. so dfferential rate on all three
classes. Out of the three classes of rates one
would think that competing lines of the Penn
sylvania could, if they make fairly good time,
got fair share of the travel
Sutherland NJ. Provost, superintendent of the
Pennsylvania division of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road Company has been appointed general
perintendent of transportation, with headquar
tiers at Philadelphia Superintendent Robert e.
Petit, of the New York division, becomes gen
sral superintendent, with his Office at Altoona,
being succeeded by Joseph A. Crawford, now SUI
perintendent of the West Jersey and Camden
and Atlantic branches. His place is taken by
A q. Dayton, superintendent of motive power
of the Philadelphia s. Erie and Northern Cen
trail The appointments take effect May l. The
resignation of John Reilly, account of ILL
health, who for twenty years past has been SUI
perintendent of transportation, has been &C.
espted