The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-28
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.

authorities that the total autho rized capital is
$15l, 100 0OO of which s94, TT, $50 is paid in.
C. G. Waite, vice president of the c., FL. & D.,
lines with his family will pass through Indian
apolis this morning en- route homo from Mexico.
Al Weatherby, agent of the Louisville, New
Albany & Chicago road at Monon, has been su-
perseded by James P. Gwinn, formerly of Cos
port
The Decline people have under consideration
the shortening of the running time of the New
York and New England express trains three
hours.
ii. G. Diehl, general freight agent of the L, B.
g. W., and j. HI Steiner, Western superintendent
of the White line, returned from the East yes
| terday.
VIM. Baldwin, general passenger agent of the
L., N. A. & q. system, passed through the city
| last night en- route from New Orleans to Chi
| cago, his headquarters.
Vice-president Cheney and General Superin-
| tendent d. S. Hill, of the Lake Erie 81 Western,
have gone to New York to talk over extension
| matters with tho directors of the road.
mechanic employed in the shops of the Penn
which, instead of clamping the wheels, operates
on the track. A model of the invention is said
| to work well.
The Indiana, Bloomington & Western, middle
division, well the Peoria division, is taxed
| to its utmost capacity to move the business
| offered them. The c., l., st. L. 81 G. had, last
evening over 200 cars in their yards to go east
| over the l., B. & w. road.
| The Pniladalphia Press says there was no OPP
! position to the old ticket in the stockholders
| election of the Pennsylvania railroad. Even
| William E. Lockwood quietly cast his five votes
| for the regular nominees. The voting began at
| 10 o'clock in the morning and closed at 6 in the
| evening.
| c. A. Darlton, late superintendent of the
Louisville Evansville q st. Louis Airline
| railroad. has been appointed division superin-
| tendent of the Atlantic & Manhattan division of
| the Long Island railroad and will enter upon his
| duties next week. Mr.. Darlton is very COM
petent railroad man.
I On Wednesday last Judge Butler, of the
/ United States District Court sent for the re-
ceivers of the Philadelphia 81 Reading road, and
asked them what they were doing toward reor-
ganizing the property He notified them that,
| unless they were able to report very satisfac-
| tory progress within few days, he would entire
| ly abolish the receiver.
| After all the abuse which has been heaped
upon the l., B. & W. people, in that they had
| allowed the track of the L. D. & S. road to badly
deteriorate while leased by them, an expert rail
| road man, who came over the L., ID. Il S. road a
| day or two ago, says he was surprised to see
how well the track had been maintained, and he
| thought that, as compared with the track of
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better shape of the two.
| James P. SCOTS private car came West on the
/ fast-line yesterday. The occupants of the car
were James p Scott and wife, George Potts,
Miss Potts Henry Sharpless, Lyman Biddle and
| Moncure Robinson, jr. The car is one of the
+! handsomest in use ON the Pennsylvania road, and
| is fitted up with every possible convenience for
| the comfort of the party. The trip will include
/ five weeks of travel in the South and West, and
| will extend as far as San Francisco.
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more eggs and poultry to Eastern markets than
| is shipped from any other point in the country
| now leading Davenport, La. The last three
weeks an average OF eight carloads OF eggs
| and poultry has been forwarded daily. The Dairy
line, by which large per cent. OF this traffic is
| carried, reduces the time between Indianapolis
! and New York to three and a half days, about
| the time express companies made but few
years ago.
| Fast-freight line officials at this point yester-
day received notice from their representative in
| Chicago that several heavy shippers We're ready
| to enter into large contracts at a 17-cent. per
| 100 pound rate to the seaboat during the month
| of April, and that one shipper secured one hum
| dred cars at II cents per hundred pounds. Dur
| ing the next two weeks six thousand tons of
! canned provisions will be sent forward for ex
| port and heavy movement in both grain and
provisions is anticipated.
| One thing is quite evid ent--that is that the
local passenger sagents cannot freeze out the
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| visable that there should be a better under
| standing between the two parties. In Chicago
the local passenger agents have taken sensible
! way of dealing with scalpers, placing them under
restrictions with the understanding that, should
| they disregard such restrictions, neither of
| the roads in the Chicago Passenger Association
| will thereafter in any manner deal with them.
| Under the arrangements, the ticket scalpers
| maintain the rates agreed upon by the members
| of the association, and paid the commits
| sions, practically making tho scalper ticket
| agent of the road over which the ticket is sold.
| The scheme is said to work admirably
| The Pennsylvania people are to supply
| their passenger trains with emergency boxes"
| as well as the cabooses of their freight trains
| and their locomotives. Emergency boxes are
| light, japanned tin cases. appropriately and
| plainly lettered, and placed in positions where
they will be readily available in case of accidents
| which may involve injuries to either passengers
or employees These boxes contain surgeons ad-
hesive pasters, isnglass plasters, adhesive band
dages, roller bandageS, rubber bandages, styptic
/ cotton, ligatures and needles. scissors safety
/ pins. etc. When the lid of the case is thrown
| upward small pamphlet is the first thing
| vealed, and this contains full directions for pro-
ceedings to stop bleeding, how to apply the
| bandages and implements found within the case.
| and what should be done in case of crushed feet,
| burning or scading, broken bones wounds by
cutting bruises, and such things that would
| come in handy.
| The l., B. & W. people have made arrange
| ments with Receiver Hammond, of the L., ID. 81
| S. road. to use their tracks at Haughville until
the frost is sufficiently out of the ground to ad-
nit of the L. B. & W. people grading their
grounds and laying system of tracks. For the
present, well, the l., B. & w. will occupy
| Jointly with the L. d. & S. the freight depot on
West street The l., b. & w. people
| intended to have at once built
| their grounds, south of the Vandala freight de-
pot, but are deferring the matter until the To-
| cation of the new Union Depot is more definitely
decided upon. Meantime, Chief Engineer De-
frees of the l., B. & W.. is preparing plans for
new depot, and making surveys of the different
! lines by which the l., b. & w. can reach their
Vandala people. The most feasible plan is to
reach the depot from the east leaving the Union
tracks after the same manner the rolling mills