The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-08
RAILWAY GOSSIP.


RAILWAY GOSSIP.
TIE Commercial Express line has appointed T.
j. Klase agent and E. j. Lukens contracting
agent at Philadelphia
Colonel r. B. Woosley. chief train dispatches
of the Vandalia, has gone to Iowa for few days
rest His wife accompanied him.
The annual meeting of the Western Associations
of General Passenger and Ticket Agents will DO
held at Louisville Wednesday next.
II. C. Ives has been appointed assistant gen-
erai manager of the st. Paul, Minneapolis &
Manitoba raod. with Office at St Paul.
The health of Colonel Robert Forsythe traffic
manager of the Chicago & Eastern Illinois road
is so poor as TO give his friends much anxiety.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company, COM
mencing with the 1st of this month, stopped issa.
ing free-trip tickets to it's employees residing on
the line of its road.
j. A. Spoor, assistant superintendent Of the
Wagner Seeping-car Company, hereafter to be-
known as the New York Central Sleeping-caR
Company, is in the city
George Rech yesterday turned over the c., l.,
St l.. & G. uptown ticket Office to his successor,
Chalmers Brown, and tomorrow cutters the ern-
East bound freight rates were not ordered 70
be restored to tariff on Saturday, as had been
contemplated. The rate is still l6 cents per 100
pounds fiat, indianapolis to seabord.
T. w. Timmony, assistant superintendent of
the Woodruff Sleeping-car Company, has fitted
up nobby office opposite the Union Depot, at
Az Louisiana street and yesterday took possess
sion of it.
j. III. Cook, Northwestern agent OF the ST
Louis q San Francisco road has had his juris-
dIct1on extended as to cover all territory east
of St Louis and north of the Ohio river, as far
east as Wheeling, w. Va.
NJ E. ingalls,, president of the c., l., St L. 81
o., says the interstate commerce bill, passed by
the Senate. is good bill and would work 20 in
justice to the railroads, and still meet the views
OF any reasonable shipper.
A circular from Charles A. Brown, the New
England passenger agent of the Chicago, Mil
waukee q st. Paul, announces the appointment
of A. r. Daugherty as travelling passenger agent
In New England territory
H. L. Collier the new superintendent of mos
tive power of the Western d Atlantic road, was,
a few days since, most agreeably surprised by his
employees. who, taking advantage of his absence
on the line for a day, refurnishad his Office.
Mr.. Kimball, chairman of the executive COM
mittee of the Transcontinental Association,
states that c. w. Smith has not yet accepted or
rejected the commissionership of the association,
but it seems to be the opinion of the COMMITTEES
that he will decline it.
F. 7. Hendry district passenger agent of the
Atchson, Tope ka g. Santa Fe road headquar-
ters Indianapolis, left for Topeka last evening,
where all the eastern agents have been sum
moned to confer on matters pertaining to their
business the coming year.
The report that conductor Patton, who was
in charge of one of the trains in the Ros3dale
wreck, on the g., st. l.. 81 p. road a few dayF
ago. was discharged, is denied 1t it now
claimed that Mr. Patton resigned.
q. Butler, freight agent of the Pennsylvania
railroad at Jersey City, N. j., was agreeably
surprised on Tuesday last (his forty second
birthday, by being presented with very hand
some watch chain and locket from his employee
Mr.. Butler has held his present position some
fifteen years.
George w. Keller has been appointed general
Eastern agent or the Mexican Central Railway
Company, limited, which has established am
Office at 261 Broadway, New York Mr. Keller,
who has been for number of years the general
agent of the Union Pacific railway at Ph;ladel-
phia, has already entered upon his duties
Grand Organizer Stevens, of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive iremen who has been East sew
eral weeks organizing new lodges is on his way
home again. Last week he organized lodges az
Mauch Chunk Pa Mount Columbia Pa, Trenton.
N. j., and Ashley, Pa. He will leave in shorE
time on an extended trip in the South, where he
willorganize lodges
The Boston Advertiser saws: president
King, of Erie has triumphed over his vice-presi
dent, Mr.. FELTON,, and appointed Mr. Charles
Paine general superintendent of the New York
Pennsylvania & Ohio" Mr.. j. NJ Ferris, whom
Mr. FELTON, wished appointed, has resigned from
the New York, Pennsylvania 81 Ohio. The
latter had been on the road some twenty years.
fI7Ilae Wall Street Daily News, spicy little
incurred iournss:i in New York, it seems has
Cyrus Field, NspiISos syy of Jay Gould and
news stands of The efe'pted~ fSlpded it from the
rather chuckles over this a.s say7safs The News
has been increased; that it doirt scaraeeulation
cent and will continue to tell the Truth on IN
usual terms
The management Of the L., N. A. 81 G. road
seem quite determined to make their line solid
with the travelling public During the recent
snow blockade trains were badly off time, it In
terfering with all arrangements for meals. Ar
irving at Lafayette Ind, behind time and with
a lot of hungry passengers, the railroad company,
in commendable spirit Of lberallty, provideA
all passengers with a bountiful dinner at the
leading hotel of tho place.
A pamphlet entitled the 1.-THE Relation of the
Railroads Of the United States to the People
and the Commercial and Financial Interests OF
the Country" by Marshall NJ Kirkman, comp
troler of the Chicago g. Northwestern rail-
way, is the latest contribution to the railway
literature Of the day. 1t is an exhaustive ex-
position Of the elements that determine the
rates that shall be charged and is a complete
answer to the attacks which have been made in
certain quarters upon tho railways in the West
The Baltimore IL Ohio passenger department.
has issued a special edition of tie Ieed Book
for the Revolution of 'S4,r for the edifeation Of
those who will attend the inauguration of Presi-
dent Cleveland. II is complete political hand
book, giving the results i'll presidential elections
by States ever since their admission into the
Union, Governors of States. electoral votes and
wonderful fund of general information. All
details connected with the Inauguration ceremo-
nies, as compiled by the committee on arrange
ments, are given in the most elaborate manner.
and the book is altogether of rare interest.
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