The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-06
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.


c. C. Waite. vice-president of the c.. Fl. g. D.
lines. is so i'll as to be confined to his room.
Captain Hart, who represents the Erie fast
reight lines at Memphis, Tenn, is in the city to
Onfer with Manager Lewis.
w. r. Robinson, recently of the West Shore
sailroad, has been appointed traffic manager of
The Texas & st. Louis narrow-gauge.
1t cost Austin Corbin, president Of the Long
Island road, 1892 to furnish the employees on the
road with turkey on Thanksgiving and Christ
mas
J. w. Greegor, foreman at the G., l., st. L. &
C. city freight depot, has been presented by
he men under him, as a token of respect,
With one of Clark's elegant reclining chairs.
A the request of large holders of East Ten
nesSee securities and all MEMBERS OF the board,
George /. Seney has withdrawn his resignation.
and all differences in the board have been ad-
lnsted.
The chartering of sleeping cars by parties who
vish to go to Washington on March 4 has al
ready commenced, and indications are that all
the coaches which can be commanded will be
wanted.
West bound passenger rates are off again. One
line was cutting the Kansas City rate yesterday
g per ticket. Like humor in bad blood, the
disposition to cut rates will manifest itself some
ghere daily.
{ 8 o'clock yesterday morning the c., L st.
t. & c.. had standing in the yards at the Belt
road connections. eight full freight trains ready
to move out as rapidly as the rules governing
trains permits.
J. w. Preston and others brought suit yester-
day in the United States court at Cincinnati, for
an order of sale of the Cincinnati, Columbus q
Hooking Valley railroad, marrow gauge) upon
Judgment for $104, 900 previously rendered.
The Offices of trainmaster and car accountant
Il a. TI.-Z.- I--- as1an Tnnn-a
pany have been abolished. Mr.. d. g.. Henshaw
has been appointed superintendent of transpor-
tation, and will have charge of the train, station
and car-service departments.
The management of the Bee line system have
come to the conclusion that a road engineer Is a
useless official, and have abolished the position.
X H.. Malone, who held the position on the In
dianapolis division, has been appointed foreman
OF the Brightwood round-house.
The classification of locomotive engineers is
an injustice in railroad service which should be
wiped out. No man should run an engine unless
fully competent, and if competent, and he does
She work, he should have the same pay per mile
that a pet engineer receives. The trouble on the
Southwestern system originated from this CLASH
fcation of engineers.
The c., B. & 9. people announce that Mr.: G.
G. Merrill has been appointed local travelling
passenger agent on the line of the Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy railroad and branches west
of the Mississippi river. W.. w. King has been
appointed local travelling agent on the line of
the Chicago, Burlington e. Quincy railroad and
branches east of the Mississippi river.
The local freight agents held another meeting
yesterday at the pool Office, to further consider
the organization of a weighing association. The
,ernmittee were not ready to report upon a plan,
and but little was accomplished. Special rates
on certain classes of freights between Chicago
and Louisville. Chicago and Cincinnati, and
Chicago and Indianapolis were agreed upon to
take effect Jan. 10.
The report Of George w. Cobb, secretary of
the indianapolis Railroad Mems Christian Asso-
citation. shows that as gloomy and unattractive
ns the rooms are there were l,04S visitors to
them the last three months of 1884. During
that period Mr.. Cobb made ~ffty-four visits to
sick ard injured people, distributing 454 papers
and magazines, aud attended two funerals.
Thirty one volumes were added to the library in
the last quarter of the year.
A. III. Mcleod. general freight agent of the c.,
IL IL ID. lines. was in the city yesterday on Off
cial business. An incident occurred in this con-
nection worthy of note. Mr.. Mcleod wishing to
goto Cincinnati over the c., l., st. L. & G. he call
sd UP the Union Depot baggageman by tele-
phone and asked, lis train No. a fast express
from Chicago to Cincinnati on timer Without
going to the train board the baggageman answer
cd: Il guess so, they always are
The friends of the Erie lines in the West fear
that President King is pressing the retrench-
Jnent policy too strong. and is abolishing agencies
IN the West and Northwest too recklessly. Erie
has had to fight for its business at all times. and
Just now all the roads are pursuing that policy.
The crumbs that are likely to fall to peace low
ing Erie Won't be worth the picking up. The
New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio will feel the
loss of business more than the Erie proper. how
ever, as the trunk-line pool will help the Erie
but not the N. Y, P. 0.
The Boston and Albany Railroad Company
have fitted up a commodious and attractive
room at Springfield. Mass. for a railroad mems
library. On New Years day there were 5, 1876
volumes in the library. By the by the officers
of the Union Railway Company promise that if
new union depot is completed there shall be a
light, cheerful room set apart for the Railroad
Mems Association, and for a library. But it is
none too early for Secretary Cobb, of the Rail
road Mems Christian Association to begin en-
large his library, which now has only $50 books.