The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-11-29
RAILWAY GOSSIP.


for Hot Springs, Ark, next week
The Atcbison, Topeka g. Santa Fe Railway Comp |
a,r has established fourteen reading at points
along its line for the benefit of its employees.
last year the scalpers of this country sold $24 |
1877 651 worth of railroad tickets. Evidently it will
be bad crowd for the general passenger agents to
freeze out.
The widow of Baldwin, the great locomotive builder
has So 600 900 to live upon. To her credit she is
very generous in distribution of money to needy fam
siies of railroad men.
O. B. Grant, who has been private secretary of E.
W. McKenna for nearly ten years, will remain with
W. r. Black, Mr.. McKenna's successor. as superin-
tendentof the j., NJ. q l. road.
Frank Hill, superintendent of the Withita & West
ern road Of tol. Joseph Hill superintendent of
tho Vandalia line. is said to be the youngest in
this country holding so important position.
Colorado has 2.413 miles of railway. valued at
$40 1874 761 90. The building of some /, 200 miles
additional is contemplated should the market be-
come healthy to place bonds to good advantage.
All the railways in Iowa require absolute prohib
ton among their employees An effort is now making
In that State to put stop to the desecraton OF the
Sabbath by running trains on that day in such num-
bers.
Joseph Sanger secretary of the Yardmasters Mu
tua Benefit Association OF the United States ana can
ada has gone to Louisville to spend the Sabbath
This afternoon he gives the membership OF the Louis
vile division little talk
Mr.. Charles Elliott late of Trainmaster Goodrichs
Urbana H. to accept the position OF travelling pas
senger agent on the Champaign Havana &c Western,
under Manager Mcdonald.
The c. T., st. L. g. c. earned the third week in No
ysmber $45. 434.6S against SAT 1878. 16 the
spending week in 1884 There was increase in
freight earnings of $544.2 and decrease in pas
senger earnings of 81 ,S27.O7
The employees of the Saratoga and Champlain divi-
sons of the Delaware 81 Hudson road have presented
Mr. Theodore Voorhees,, who recently resigned as
superintendent of these divisions with elegant gold
wat al M
In speaking of the Baltimore e. Ohio coming into
Philadelphia the Record says that every railroad
connection Philadelphia can make either to the east
ward and southwark in any other @'recton, is for
Philadephias advantage. She pants after new COM
pettve transportation hart panteth for the water
brooks.
The car works at Lafayette were lighted by electric
ity for the first time last week. Twenty lights
distributed about the establishment and twenty
win be put in the lamps arrive. They burn
until IL o'clock, thereby giving the night force
opportunity of working with almost much facility
as the day men.
The travelling passenger agents of the Chicago &
Northwestern road have been notified that hereafter
their travelling expenses must not exceed $50 per
month. Passenger agents of the Chicago, Milwaukee
&sSt Paul have been notified that they would be al
lowed $75. Most agents their expenses up to
800 or more per month.
Thomas j. Zirkle, passenger conductor the
Chicago Rock Island road married on Thurs
day avenng to MissLlian Rumell, daughter of Mr..
and mrs. Rumel, of Logansport About fifty guests
werein attendance. fine repast spread iand the
couple presented with large list of wedding
gifts. They will reside in Chicago.
Andrew Donaldson, who has within the past week
boon elected third president of the Erie is but
forty years of age and is said to be of the best
railway statistcians in the service. Mr. Donaldson
commenced railway service in 1870 the Ohio &
Mississippi road, and reached the position of auditor
in 1881. few months since President King, of the
Erie, made him his private secretary.
The resignation of Mr.. w. II. King as commissioner
of the central passenger committee in order to accept
more profitable position leaves desirable position
open for competent candidate Mr.. King has proved
efficient commissioner and it is to be hoped that
equally good will be found for the place. This
is 10 be decided at meeting to be held in Cincinnati
So. 500. ~ ~ - - " ~
The yardmasters of Toledo. o. have organized
division of the Yardmasters' Mutual Benefit
iety called the Corn City Division. No. 65. The fol-
lowing are the officers: William Kirby president K:
Harvey first ce-president; r. w. Witherby, second
vicepresden Frank Daily secretary; Ed Clark fnan-
<al secretary and John Daily, treasurer Secretary
Sanger reports the national organizations ncreas
ing in membership faster than at any time in its
history.
Lyman Van Camp, young farmer in Osceola town
ship, Michigan, the inventor of coupler which
had not been successful at the Buffalo test committed
suicide last week. in fit of temporary insanity, by
FIRST pounding his head with stone and afterwards
drowning himself in ditch the farm. AS there
still 432 inventors of couplers living, 426
of whom will be disappointed that their device is not
generally adopted more suicides of this class of in
vOntors may be looked for.
Boston papers now disposing of Receiver Clark,
who is soon to retire the road having been sold The
Boston Journal of the 25th says that he will return
10 the New York New Haven & Hartford road as
he is discharged receiver but the Traveller
this is emphatiealy denied and that he will 're
main president of the company and will probably
be the head of the corporation in the consoda:
ton with the New York: New Haven & Hartford rail
road is carried out" The Boston Advertiser says
Precisely where he will be and what he will do it is
premature to state but he expects to eat turkey
Thanksgiving at Newton Centre.
Employees of French railroad companies have ex-
RoRtin aIrrIy Rata Of tnht aA1o
signed to then. personally are much lower than the
usual rates. They receive through the special stores
kept for them, provisions of all kinds at wholesale
prices. They purchase fuel at the money as
the company paid for Il. They are attended by the
comPany's physician when they are sick, and the
medicine is supplied gratutousy. PRIMES" are al
lowed to all engineers and fremen for economy in
machinery and fuel If employees killed while on
duty their orphans are placed in proper institution
nt the expense of the company and kept there until
they are seventeen years old. These facts are in
structve tangible efforts to bridge over the
ohasm which too frequently separates the interests of
labor and capital.
The American Machinist says, with much truth
Locomotive engineers are about common sense
and free from superstition any class of men to be
found When they deal out to the enterpri sing news
gatherer little romance about haunted locomotives
and ghosty interference in train running these astute
individuals take the utterances in sober earnest.
Hinetenths of these shadowy stories which the daily
press bring out about twice a year the veriest
kind OF old chestnuts, revamped for tho occasion
by engineer of little talent for that sort of
thing and big capacity for enjoying the results. Lo-
connective engineering is young and there has not,
YET. been time to get up than about half dozen
authentic ghost stories Engineers deserve considera
bio credit for working them to meet the require
Inents of tho press
wv MeKenna. superintendent of the j., M. s. l.,
who tomorrow his connection officially with
She Pennsylvania Company. says that he will take
two three months rest before assuming the duties
OF the railroad position another important road
which is open to him. Mr.. McKenna is looked upon
as being one of the brightest in the railway
service and his education on the Pennsylvania fits
him for the most important service in railway opera
tons. Mr.. McKeuna born in Pittsburg, Pa,
Oct. "a SI5; entered railway service in May, 1862;
TO June 1864, messenger and operator on Pennsyl-
yania railroads June, 1864 to August, 1865.
UDeaF States military railroads in Virginia; April
1856 to December. 1869 operator bin clerk and
saperintendents secretary Pitsburg Cincinnati & st.
Louis railway: January 1870 to February, 1871
neutrality-suspicious. aud February 1871, to April. 1880
superintendent indianapolis g. Vincennes rairoad
May 1880. TO date, superintendent J., M. 81.