The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-04-02
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
. Personal and Local.

Jay A. Buck succeeds J. f. Watson as agent
u the c., St L. s. P. at DuHreith, to-day.
]. G. Everest, general agent of the Chicago,
Milwaukee g. St. Paul road, is in the city pros
pecting.
@. w. Morgan, agent of the L. B. G. w. at
fremont, retires to-day and is succeeded by o.
j. Mullen.
c. w. Beadle has been appointed agent of the
Southwestern Railway Association at st. Louis.
He will have his Office with the Chicago, Bur-
aington & Quincy, 112 North Fourth street.
Thomas Field, General foreman of the
Wabash road at the indianapolis shops and
Hound-house, yesterday assumed the duties of
master mechanic of the L., N. A. & c. at La
fayette.
A FL. Mackay is appointed freight agent of
The Rock Island road for Oregon, Washington
Territory and British Columbia, with head
quarters at Portland, Ore. in place of William
Burnell, resigned.
Stock of the Cincinnati indianapolis. st.
AJouis 81 Chicago road has reached seventy-one
points and when it is evident that hereafter it
will be divdend-payn road, as it will be after
EJuly l, the stock will doubtless run up to par
J. Fl. Hiland, arbitrator of the Chicago, St
Louis and Missouri River Passenger Association,
has been presented by his friends the St
Paul. Minneapolis & Omaha railway, with which
road he was connected for many years, with
Csns gold watch and chain.
The l.. B. & w. are preparingto turn over the
L. ID. e. S. equipments on Sunday next, or at
least the locomotive and passenger equipments.
1t will require some time to gather in the box
Fears, so much scattered are they. At present
&hey furnish the l. D. e. S. with only such pow
er and cars as they really need
A B. Southland has been appointed general
agent Of the Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas
Pacific road, headquarters Louisvills, KY, vice
W N. Culp who takes similar position on the
louisville & Nashville. Mr. Southland takes hold
April s. and will doubtless prove valuable man
for the road he represents.
President Adams, of the Union Pacific, will
leave Boston during the latter part of this week
for the West. From Chicago he will go to Mexi-
co by way of New Orleans. He will return
North by way of the Mexican Central and South
iern Pacific to San Francisco, and will probably
.9xtend his journey to Victoria, B. c., and Port
land, Ore.
Chief Engineer Morris, of the c., I. St L. &
C., under instructions from President ingalls,,
has been examining the old Anderson, Lebanon
81 st. Louis road, and is to report its condition.
OF course this has put in circulation rumors
regards President Ingallss intentions, and one
rs that he is to take the read in at the coming
foreclosure sale.
C B. Mcvay and L. A. Boyd, late of the
kentucky Central road. yesterday entered the
service of the Indianapolis, Decatur g. Spring
field company. Mr.. McVay takes the position
of chief clerk, cashier and paymaster under Su-
lperintendent Bender Mr.. Boyle takes position
az chief train dispatcher. Both began railroad
service on the Panhandle lines.
The stockholders of the American Electric
Headlight Company hold their annual meeting
in this city April 81, 1885, at the Dennison
House. Their headlight is now in use on seven
roads. and it is performing admirably. Col.
Joseph Hill, superintendent of the Vandalia,
says he hopes to be able to make arrangements
to equip every engine on their system with this
light and will soon open negotiations looking to
such an end.
Mention was made few days since that w.
r Woodard. late general manager of the Texas
& st. Louis road, had been offered the position
Of general superintendent Of the Louisville, New
Albany 81 Chicago road The Journal has good
authority for saying that he will the
duties OF the Office next week. Mr.. Woodland is
one of the most practical railway men il the
country, and was at one time general superin-
tsndent of the Hannibal g. st. Joseph road
when Gen. John. b. Carson was general mana
gG
E. A. Ford, general passenger agent of the
Pennsylvania lines west of Pittsburg has made
himself solid with the travelling passenger
agents by offering them free transportation and
Pullman sleeping car accommodations for them
selves and families over all lines on the Pennsyl-
vania system, covering the Pennsylvania road
proper, as well, on the occasion of taeir annual
meeting, which will be held in Boston July T.
1888. w. b. Tnney, secretary Of the associa
Of his association, most of whom will doubtless
avail themselves of his generous offer.
1t is believed that the general passenger agents,
at their meeting in St Louis next week, will en-
ter into an agreement, proposed at their meeting
IN indianapolis Tuesday to the effect that tariff
rates should be strictly maintained and that
every agent who cuts rate should for the first
ofense, pay penalty of $50, and on the second
effense should be discharged and not reemployed
on any road which is party to the agreement
era 01eh an aroI ;~fo
carried out to the letter, it would not only lead
70 maintenance of rates. but would, as we'll,
largely increase the revenue of the roads in
terested.
Passenger conductors will regret to learn that
w. II. Finkline better known as "Old Fink" is
dead. But few men are better known in rail
road circles than was the deceased He ran as
conductor on the o. e. M. in the early sixties
and afterward on the ST. Louis, Alton q Terre
Haute, known now as the ]. e. ST L. In 1870
he took Vandala passenger and it was during
his service there chat most people hereabouts
remember him. In 1875 he accepted a passen-
geS run on the central branch of the Missouri
Pacific road running from Atchison, Kan. to
Leonora. distance of 293 miles His home has
been at Atchison.
The Success of the Enterprise Assured.
Mention has been made several times Of the
St Louis e. Western cable road, an enterprise
In which number of indianapolis capitalists are
interested From one Of the officers is learned
that all clouds that have hung over the enter
prise are cleared away by action of the City
Council of ST. Louis and the legalizing of such
action by the Legislature of Missouri. After the
Council had done their duty to aid the parties
who have hold of the matter, there was still
hitch, there being doubts lest the
building of the cable road conflicted with !
the third parallel law but bill passed
the Legislature of Missouri on Monday covering |
al points which made it possible for trouble to
arise in the future and now the builders |
can move along with clear sailing The money is |
all arranged for needed and contracts let for |
the entire Improvement even to the equipment of |
Inc road. While it would have been more agree |
able to notice had these indianapolis capitalists