The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-30
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.

i4esai business
3 Mr. Gowan's address to the Reading sharehold-
ers at Philadelphia, Dec IL, is before the public
lin e fifty six page pamphlet.
The edict has gone forth that hereafter all
grain shipped from Indianapolis elevators must
be weighed and shipped at actual weight.
w I'll. Newman, traffic manager of the Mis-
souri, Pacific lines in Texas, will succeed George
Odds as traffic manager of the entire system on
Jan. /.
John Cuppy, late passenger conductor on the
Lake Erie & Western. who fell prey, it is stated,
to spotters has accepted situation as passen-
ger conductor on an Iowa road.
Ameeting of the rate committee of the Chi
geago and Ohio River pool was held at the commits
sEloners office, yesterday for the purpose OF con-
siderng special rates for the new year
Tomorrow the high officials of the L.. n A.
& C. and of the l.. p 6 G. meet in this city tor
conference regarding terminal facilities. over
which there is trouble heretofore alluded to.
The consolidation of the outside Offices at this
point of the c. H. d d. and L. n A. 81 c. is
again up for consideration, and it is said to be
ssQnite probable that the scheme will be carried
ont
A. w. Knox. for some time connected with
4he general Western passenger department of
the West Shore road has accepted position
with the ocean steamship agency Of Anton Bal
merit.
At meeting of the directors of the New York
q New England Railroad Company, yesterday,
Receiver Clark was chosen president. to take eff
feet upon the expiration of the receivership,
which occurs on the 31st inst.
H. A. Gray auditor of the Omaha" road hav-
ing resigned to accept the position OF treasurer of
the Union Iron and Steel Company, at Chicago
J. A. Robinson has received the appointment,
and will assume the duties JAN l.
f. B. Thomas general manager of the Rich
mond & Danvle system yesterday removed his
4amilyfrom Cleveland, o., to his headquarters
Richmond Va. Mr.. Thomas expresses himself
as well pleased with his new field of labor.
The Chicago Pekin & Southwestern and the
chicago, St Louis q Western have been conso-
1dated. under the title of the Chicago q ST.
Louis Railway Company Mr. d. Howard has
been appointed general agent at Chicago.
After weeks of dilly -dallyingTit is now an
nounced that by consent Of all parties on Jan.
the arrangement takes effect by which the traffic
of the Erie and the N. V, T. 81 o., between
Dayton and Cincinnati, will be carried over the
Beeline instead of the c., II. & ID.
Division Freight Agent Sweet telegraphs P.
A. Lynn, agent of the Wabash l., p. g. c., at
Ems point to at once make arrangements by
which every carload of freight shipped from In
danapolis should be weighed before billed, and
then billed cut at actual weight.
John c. Davis has resigned the position of SUI
perintendent of motive power for the Baltimore
w.
appointed in his stead Mr. Davis has been in
the service of the Baltimore e. Ohio since 1865,
and was at one time assistant to the president.
The c., H. e. D. people have entered a protest
against Commissioner Doherty, of the east
bound pool, allowing the committee appointed
monday to examine the tissue bills of lading,
which are in the Commissioners Office. On the
WHOLE the situation is becoming decidedly inter-
.esting.
Albert S. White, of Cleveland, assistant gem
seral freight agent of the Bee-line. and M. S.
WATSON, of ST. Louis division freight agent, met
an the city yesterday for conference Mr. White
reports the Bee-line to be doing a good healthy
Eraffic maintaining rates and earning more
money now than at ary time for some years.
y a. S. Rich, acting commissioner of the Col
Drado Railway Association and the Western Col
orado Railway Association, has issued his 'black
Hist for January, February and March, 1886
The list this time contains the names of no less
Ghan 223 persons who have been detected selling
Or loaning their passes or procuring passes under
false pretenses.
The past six months, has been making tests of the
Wootten locomotive, which has been in use on
the Reading railroad for the past ten years
These tests have been satisfactory and it is now
officially stated that the locomotive will be
adopted by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
with very slight notifications
After January the numerous grand union
Aicket Offices, established at different points in
the city with flourish of trumpets, a few months
since. by COL VIM. Shaw, will be among the
things that were. On that date Col. VIM. Hick-
len will take charge of the l.. d. & S. Office and
Col VIM. Shaw of the c.. n. & l. Office until a
larger field opens up to the latter.
The Journal has it officially that on Jan. W.
M. Sage. now general freight agent of the Chica-
go q Rock Island road, will become general traf
lie manager of the road, and j. NJ. johnson, now
assistant general freight agent, will become the
general freight agent. Mr.. johnson was former
Ay on the c.. l., St L. q c., and his MANY friends
iwill be glad to learn of his deserved promotion.
There are twenty-five Japanese in Philadel-
sphia. the sons of titled gentlemen in that coun-
try, who are learning the profession of civil en-
.gineering. Many of them the engineer
corps of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
sand others are in the Polytechnic College. They
are sent here at the expense of the Japanese
government to study the building of railroads in
hts minutest details.
DIR. Doherty, commissioner of the Indianapo
lis east-hound pool, at the present writing, has
tbut few warm friends among shippers. Possibly
shippers judgments are too harsh In the matter.
ade is employed by the roads to see that rates
ARE maintained. His instructions are to ferret
tout any crookedness He thinks he has ample
evidence that certain roads have been under
sbiling. and if true, such action should be
drought to light in justice to members of the
pool which are living mp to agreements.
general officer of the c., H. & D., writes the
journal as follows: ''You are authorized to say
on the part of the c., Fl. d /. railroad that SO
Tar as concerns any charge against that road.
coming from any source whatsoever, of willfully
cuttinc rates by underbilng in weights, or of con-
niying with shippers in such transaction, such
charge u.s. unequivocally and unjustifably false
by which is meant just what is said; that the
accusation in itself is absolutely untrue and that
no man, in any position. has right to make it"
AS the earnings of the railways improve the
patent-rlght man is becoming more and more of
o bore to railroad officials. The conceit of the
ordinary inventor, in supposing his design to be
indispensable, and that the public will be obliged
TO rush to him for it. is sometimes amusing.
There are some hundred thousand of railway in-
yentions, and it is doubtful if the individual
managers of our railways have inspected or even
heard of one in one hundred of them. Yet within
the last sixty days patent-right men are coming
TO the front by the hundreds
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company during