The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-17
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.


T. L. Dunn, superintendent of the L., N. A.
81 C, road, was in the city yesterday on special
business.
G. H. Brice has been succeeded as vice-presi-
dent of the Richmond g. Danvi,le by T. W.
Huidekoper.
The station on the Indianapolis & st. Louis
road heretofore known as Stockton, hereafter is
to be called Loxa
On the 18th the l., B. & W. people will estab
fish an agency as Tecumseh, o., where they
cross the Cincinnati, Van Vert & Michigan road
Several of the roads were annoyed in the run
ming of trains yesterday, by the breaking down
of telegraph wires from the ice which loaded
them down.
John b. Carson. general manager of the L.,
N. A. & G. system, is in New York in consulta
ton with the directory of the road He is to be
absent several days.
It is stated that several changes are contem
plated in passenger conductors on system OF
roads where the Conductors have had quiet times
since Colonel Barton went East
William Hicklen, who bought out ticket
scalper Kiestord on Jan. /, has been seriously
III for some days. Mr. Hicklin was formerly
local agent of the c. l., st. L. e. C. at this point
The Pullman Palace-car Company. at Pull
man, are building train of elegant passenger
coaches for the L., N. A. 81 O., to take the place
of the train recently destroyed by fire near Put
namvitle
K H. Wade, superintendent of transporta
ton; George Stevens superintendent; H. nj.
Knight, general freight agent. and Mr.. Sweet, di-
vision freight agent, of the Wabash were In the
city yesterday prospecting
The Chicago & Alton road has pat on another
passenger train between Chicago and Kansas
City, making three daily trains each way. This
gives the l., B. 81 W. train leaving Indianapolis
at p NJ. direct connection.
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mp nicely for railroad Offices, and will be occu-
pied by Passenger A gents Hendry. of the A, L.
& S. f., Tinney, of the c., w. q b.; Mordough,
of the c., M. & St p, and Fishback, Of the st.
p. & Manitoba.
One of the largest contracts for the shipment
of grain ever made in the West was consum
mated Thursday. According to this arrange
ment 7 900 carloads Of corn. containing $500,
600 bushels will be sent from Nebraska points
to Baltimore via ST. Louis.
John Egan, general ticket agent of the c., l.,
St L. & c. has notified other officials of Indian
apols lines that George Rech has been author
lied to represent the Big Four at all meetings of
passenger men at Indianapolis when he CIR.
Egan) is unable to be present.
The resignation of Mr.. Joseph Sprague as
president and superintendent of the Ohio Falls
works, at Jeffersonvile, was accepted at a
meeting of the directors held Wednesday. His
successor has not been elected but it is proposed
10 put an able man at the head of the establish
ment.
A Chicago paper starts the rumor that grain
rates from Peoria to New York are being. cut by
the Indiana, Bloomington & Western. and
Peoria, Decatur e Evansville roads, the cut
being p cents below tariff rates. The Journal
has good authority for saying there is no grounds
for such 81 report.
The prospects that Indiana is to have Rail-
way Commission improve. There are now
twenty-five States in the Union that have Rail
way Commissioners. There is Commission in
every New England State Only New York, of
all the Middle States and she not until last
year, has seen fit to adopt any system of rail
road regulation.
The walters at the Union Depot. Indianapolis,
some thirty in number, yesterday for the first
time, appeared in uniform, which consisted Of
q white linen jacket and white apron. By
the by, under the management of Thomas Tag
CART these dining rooms have become known
the country fayorably for their cleanliness,
good food, and prompt service.
On Jan. 1S the T., b. & w. will commence
moving its trains on the new imecard, and will
on that date withdraw all through trains from
the ST. Louis division and will only run q local
accommodation train between Decatur and In
dianapolis, reaching Indianapolis in the morning
at ii A. M, and, returning leave indianapolis
for Decatur at 5:02 p NJ. AS these trans will be
merely run for local business, they turn all the
through business oyer to the Peoria division.
Arrangements have been made with the Wabash
by which all coupon tickets reading via Decatur,
in either direction, will be good via Danville
certain clique of lawyers at lafayette it is
stated entertain petty spite against the L., n.
A. & @. Railroad Company, and whenever they
secure a judgment against the company they an
noy them as much as possible. The company
has plenty of property in Lafayette subject to
attachment, but this seems unsatisfactory. and
they go to some station and attach the ticket
Office. An official of the road cites one ease.
When the lawyer who secured a Judgment knew
that check was in the hands of agent with
which to pay the sum awarded, and had been foI
two days, yethe got out on attachment and closed
one of the companys ticket Offices. The last
eighteen months the company has been unfor
tunate and it is no triaing affair that every few
days some party gains verdict against them of
q few thousand dollars. While the damages may
be just, the matter should net be aggravated by
annoying the company more than it is really
necessary to do.
An Excellent Record.
As the roads centering at Indianapolis, the
country over have good record regarding the
Vnovemaut Of thair naSsanoep traipc rnakino q