The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-21
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.

Personal and Local.
J. a. Devereux. president of the Bee line sys-
lem left for New York last evening.
BIB. Ryan. assistant train dispatcher on the
C.. St L. e. p road, will to-day bury his wife
ut Ridgeville Ind
The Chicago, St Louis s. Pittsburg recently
carried carload of church furniture from Chi
cago to Atlanta, Ga, distance of $50 miles, in
sixty nine hours
A hundred pound sack Of -four is now carried
from indianapolis to Liverpool for what it would
cost to secure the services of an expressman to
carry a sack from one of the city freight depots
10 a private residence.
The Missouri Car and Foundry Company, Jas.
Connolly superintendent, has leased the foundry
of tho Wabash shops, at Moberiy, Mo. and will
In future furnish all castings to the Wabash,
ready for use, at a stipulated price per ton.
Shippers circulated report yesterday that
certain fast freight lines had offerej a ID cent
per 100 pound rate on grain from indianapolis
20 the sea-board, but the most rigid inquiry
among line agents failed to confirm such report.
The rumor is current in passenger agents cir
cles that John Martin, district passenger agent
of the c., l., st. l.. 81 c., has rendered his resig-
nation. The same fellows have put similar re-
port in circulation forty times within the last
two years.
been treated at the Wabash hospital at Danville
since Its establishment If this is true, the Wa
6esh employees must be badly crippled set of
men, as the hospital has been open to patients
but eight months.
1t will be matter of surprise to the outside
public that the first day of the railroad strike
last week at TT Wayne there were, as stated by
the chairman, but six of the strikers; upon the
day following, but eleven, and at no time did
their number exceeded thirty,
Train agents have been placed upon passenger
trains running over the c.. III. 81 d. main line
md the indianapolis division. A train agent is
q slight improvement upon spotter and their
services indicate that the management believe
their conductors to be dishonest
Indications are that there is to be no unjust
legislation against the railroads of this State at
the present session OF the Indiana Legislature
Indiana has always been credited with dealing
honorably with its railroads. which have done SO
much to give the State good name
Gaylord Beach, chief engineer of the Bee-line
system, and W. C. Irwin, superintendent of
over the Indianapolis g st. Louis division and
decide as result of their trip, what improve
ments shall be made on this division this year.
President Ingalls,, of the c., l., ST L. & c.,
has gone East to be absent aweek or more. Be-
fore leaving he wrote a eongratuatory letter. to
Superintendent Sherwood and lis assistants
upon the promptness with which trains
moved during the recent severe weather for In
diana
An agency of the Northern Pacific has been
established at Dover Lake, Mimi, on the West
Minnesota division, ITO miles west of st. Paul,
and A. j. Andrews appointed agent thereat and
at Toston, nj. T., on the Montana division. ], lib
miles west of st. Paul. and W. B. Lorentz ap-
pointed agent.
A circular issued by the Wabash st. Louis &
Pacific road notifies the employees of that road
that on and after May 1885, all station agents,
baggagemen and porters will be required to
uniforms while on duty. similar order
issued few months since, but few of this class
OF employees then needed it.
The dissolution of the pool has its benefits.
Commissioner Doherty has paid back to the l.,
B. d w. people the $l1 900 they had paid in to
even up their per cents and the c., II. g. l. will
not need honor the draft the Commissioner
recently made upon them for 81, 900 to even up
their per cents, and the Decline will not have
to pay over the $l4, 900 they are ahead on the
pool, either in cash or by diverting business.
Commissioner Fink is quoted as saying that
the Pennsylvania road has done nothing to
break up the Trunk-line pool, but it wants other
roads to keep their agreements. He says there
Is no reason for a rate war, the present troubles
= DO thedght could be fixed up in week. With
out pools rates cannot be maintained, and the
commercial community suffers for lack of
fixed tariff. The thing to do is to see that the
pools do not make unfair rates.
In commenting on the savagery of economy as
enforced on the Evansville 81 Terre Haute road
the Terre Haute Gazette says: 1--WE understand
that employees get no more passes, but can ride
for halffare The press gets quarterly passes
(instead of annuals) and but one name inserted,
$40 matter if there be seven editors and eight
propIieters in the same Office. Brother Mackey
will begin to diet the boys whey and skeeter
wings about next January. We believe that
county coroners are given themost liberalfavors
In commenting upon the Pennsylvania Rail
road Company Withdrawing from the Trunk-line
pool the New York Indicator says The Penn
sylvania has at last shown its teeth, and they
appear to be the kind that can masticate thor
oughly when once at work. The trunk-lines
should have taken warning at the sign Beware
of the Dog" which has been in front of the
PENNSYLVANIA kennel for some time" The fel-
low Who gets mad last is generally the worst to
get along with when he does get mad Peace
with Pennsylvania may cost the other roads a
good deal
The Decline people, as an economical meas
urc, have discontinued running special train to
haul the pay car but WILL commencing with this
month, haul 1T on tie accommodation passen-
ger trains. Employees are requested to arrange
their work so they may be at stations and get
their pay promptly Employees will enter the
pay at the extreme rear end of train in the
following order: Station employees and telegraph
operatives first; Section masters, bridge fore
men and their men second Section masters
are to arrange to be at the Headquarters of
their divisions for trains named above. All en-
ployeS expected to arrange their work so
they may be on hand promptly and avoid I'M
necessary delay to trains.
Paraileiing Railroads.
President Colby of the Wisconsin Central
road is quoted as saying that they WOULD secure
q favorable traffic agreement to get into Chicago