The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-26
RAILWAY GOSSIP.

freight pool
II. B. Hammond, of New York, receiver of the
l., d. & S. road, is expected West again the
latter part of the week.
M. r. Spellman, superintendent Of the New
Orleans Shell Beach railroad, comes North this
week to remain for few days
The Decline people announce grand excurs-
ion to Dayton, o.. Aug. g. The train will
leave the Union Depot on that date at 7:30 A. NJ.
The bitter remark is attributed to DR.. Hos
letter that the South Pennsylvania road
shall be completed if it takes his whole fortune.
O. B. Skinner, traffic manager of the c., c.,
G. g. l., the /. & ST. L., and the D. g. w. roads,
or Bee-line system, has given notice of with
drawal of these lines from the Central Passen.
ger Association Aug 20.
A Maurel general manager of the Manitoba
railroad, telegraphs Chicago parties that he learns
that tho present prospects are that the winter
wheat crop will be the largest and best they have
had in northern Dakota for six years.
Col. VIM. j. Berg, of the Chesapeake & Ohio,
is one of the best lecturers OF the turf, and his
eloquent descriptions of summer resorts along
the line of his road are exceeded only by his
concise speeches on ''Airines and Time Tables
The Baltimore q Ohio Railroad company an
nounces 81 emgrant rate from Baltimore 20
Cincinnati, Chicago, St Louis and other import
ant points in the West, to meet the Pennsyl-
vania rate from New FORK and to protect the pas
senger traffic Of ocean steamers running to Bal
tlmore.
H. M. Bronson. general ticket agent of the l.,
b. d W., by circular gives notice that Geo. c.
ToImen, travelling passenger agent of this COM
pany has been transferred from northern and
central Ohio territory to that formerly covered
by Mr.. w. II. Shaw, resigned, with headquarters
at Kansas City.
The officers of the Buffalo, New York & Phila-
delphia Railroad Company state that several
conferences have recently been held with Hon
Carl Schurz, who represents the Amsterdam
stockholders and bondholders of the company
They report that satisfactory progress is being
made toward a reorganization of the property.
e. 2. Murray. general superintendent; W.
f. Aiken, cashier; a. II. Snyder, general freight
agent, and W. II. Vandegriff. superintendent of
the st. Louis division of the Toledo, Cincinnati
q st. Louis, have resigned, to take effect Aug
/. Salaries will be generally reduced Economy
is the motive of the changes and still further
changes may be expected.
In reply to the circular recently sent out by
Chairman Moore, asking Western lines to take
measures to prevent the scaping of through
eastbOund tickets over their roads, an answer
has been received from the majority of them.
and IN some instances, sit for tat" like, they
have retaated by asking that the Eastern lines
tickets at such limitations as demoralize the
business of the Western roads from Chicago
west, and which tickets appear from time to
time In the Chicago scalping Offices.
The Packer family will long be remembered in
honor throu ghout the Lehigh Valley Tor the
number ana character of its charities the latest
being hospital located at Sayre which was
opened for the reception of patients on Monday.
The building and grounds were the residence of
the late Robert A Packer, and are estimated to
ha with +,1+t,N i1r
who are sick wounded and come there desti-
tute, but it is intended especially for employees
Of the Lehigh Valley railroad. 1t will be main
tanned by voluntary charity. which will probably
come largely from the surviving Packer heirs.
The sale of stock owned by Charles Z. Gore in
the Lafayette car works to Mrs b. F. Masten,
his resignation as superintendent and trip to
Colorado, coupled with Mr. Masten's temporary
removal to Chicago, have again started the
rumor that the works are to be removed to
another point. Dir. Masten however, denies the
rumor, Mr. Cores reason for selling out and
resignation are understood to De that he intends
locating at Durango, Colorado, where he and
Relief jackson have extensive mining interests,
including large smelling works, of which Mr. g.
will take charge as superintendent, at very
liberal salary,
A fireman on the |. & St. L. road takes ex-
ceptons to the reports of late of fast runs on
railroads. He writes: while l acknowledge
that the conductors and engineers have a good
Il L
the man on the left side (the fire.
man) should be neglected l have
seen accounts of fast runs that
have been made by conductors, and tho nerve
that an engineer had to make the run But
nothing said of the fireman, who in my es-
tmation, is due to part of the honor at least.
While the engineer and conductor is making
tSst run the fireman is working TO keep the re-
qhlred amount of steam to make the run which.
without that, could not be made Then, talking
about the nerve of an engineer while ne is sitting
keeping steady watch ahead that no danger
shall escape his eyes, the fireman is down putting
Ill fire, not paving any heed to the danger that
is ahead when if he had the chance the engineer
has to watch ahead he might have some chance
to jump in case of danger. This being the case
give him part of the honor at least The old
saying is, the fireman has nothing to do but nut
the coal IN, and the engineer does the work.
Speaking from five years experience firing | beg
leave to differ from that"
In Florida Major B. S. Hennng is looked upon
as being one of the leading men of this country
so much has he done to develop the railroad
interests of that State, and through them made
1T feasible to place the products OF Florida gen
orally upon the Eastern and Northern markets,
ana re has also done much to make the lumber
regions OF that State valuable In this
connection, brief sketch of his railroad
career is not out OF place Major
I5enlamin S Henning, president of the
Florida Railway and Navigation Company,
Iortud transit & IenlnSuiar, .~'i!ud
Central 81 Western, Fernandna 81 Jacksonville
and Leesburg Indian River railroads, Office
New York city. was born in Ithaca. n Y June
%, 1923, entered railway service 1856 as president
Winnebaeo railroad; January to October 1865
assistant-eeneral superintendent Union Pacific
railroad: October, 1865, to June 1866 superin-
tendent construction, Leavenworth branch same
road: June 1866, to December 1868, vce-pres-
dent Leavenworth, Lawrence & Galveston Rail
road Company; December, 1868, to April 1879
general SUPERINTENDENT Missouri River Eort Scotr
& Gulf Railroad; June, 1879 to June, 1851. gen
erai manager, and June 1881, to September, 1882,
vice-presdent Indiana Bloomington & Western
railway; January, 1881, to September, 1882, vice
president Long Island Railroad Company: July.
1882. to March, 1884. president Florida Central &
Western Railroad Company and Nov l5 1882,
to March, 1884, president Florida Transit & Pc
ninsular Railroad Company March l, 1884, to